Verizon deal announced (good news)

[TimmyZ1]

Miles and Frye will announce

Jenna Fryer @JennaFryer 33m
#IndyCar Verizon deal appears to be done and announced tomorrow, about same time Dale Jr. will be talking in Bristol.
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Fryer taking Indycar to task for the timing of the announcement but this is still good news. Perhaps the doomsayers can choke on that for a bit and shut up

[irlracingfan]

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[ICS001]

Eh, they'll find a way to spin this as negative seriously though, this is great news for the series.

[TimmyZ1]

Eh, they'll find a way to spin this as negative seriously though, this is great news for the series.

I will admit she's making some good points. Next Monday is the open test at Barber. Your making the announcement against Sebring practice and Bristol media availability. Specifically Junior's media availability.

[Hitokiri]

From Indycar's Facebook page.

We know it's Thursday night, but the major #IndyCar news for the week is only getting started. Check here or indycar.com at 9:30AM tomorrow for HUGE news. http://www.indycar.com/

[Mr. Bean]

Awesome. Cant wait to see the IndyCar logo with Verizon attached to it.

I can see where Jenna is coming from when saying its a bad time to announce the deal. If you are a motorsports reporter, you are probably either in Sebring or Bristol covering big motorsports events. I'm sure IndyCar management knows that and I'm guessing it doesn't really affect them.

[cpthornman]

Hell yeah!!

[Darth Airbox]

[sfnygiants]

Miles and Frye will announce

Jenna Fryer @JennaFryer 33m
#IndyCar Verizon deal appears to be done and announced tomorrow, about same time Dale Jr. will be talking in Bristol.
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Fryer taking Indycar to task for the timing of the announcement but this is still good news. Perhaps the doomsayers can choke on that for a bit and shut up

indystar already confirms this...not really a secret anymore.

[Team Canada]

indystar already confirms this...not really a secret anymore.

Holy cow, guys, it's Waste Management Inc. announcement of official porta potty supplier for the 500. Geez, don't you guys follow portabletoilets.forum.com forums?

[Darth Airbox]

Holy cow, guys, it's Waste Management Inc. announcement of official porta potty supplier for the 500. Geez, don't you guys follow portabletoilets.forum.com forums?

beggars can't be choosers

[cpthornman]

beggars can't be choosers

Oh but they can This is Indycar you're talking about.

[jtindy1]

This is great news for Indycar and a job well done by Miles!
Only Fryer could find a way to dump on Indycar while announcing a rumored 10 million per year title sponsorship.

[Nigel Red5]

Would have been the perfect sponsor for a series of crapwagons

[Jenna Fryer]

This is great news for Indycar and a job well done by Miles!
Only Fryer could find a way to dump on Indycar while announcing a rumored 10 million per year title sponsorship.

Hi. I am not "dumping" on IndyCar's announcement. Great announcement for IndyCar, great for the series. But for those of you who don't understand media, allow me to explain ... I'd guess 90 percent of the motor sports media that travels to races and covers them live will be at either Bristol or Sebring tomorrow. In the case of Bristol, the bulk of writers who report for national publications will be at Bristol and, because of the timing, will be physically unable to participate in the announcement.

So some of you say "So what if they can't be on the call?" ... Great, we can't be on the call, we can't participate in the call, we can't cover the news. For those who CAN participate, the 10:30 am Eastern story is overshadowed by lunch time by the live action in Bristol and Sebring. Look in your Saturday newspapers, please, and tell me how many column inches are devoted to Verizon announcement and how many are devoted to any other series.

IndyCar should have learned this a week ago when the series announced qualifying on Friday morning. How many papers ran large versions of that story, and how many papers ran Penske cars on front row in Las Vegas?

My point is only this: The Verizon announcement is not a secret, nor is it unexpected. IndyCar could have announced this on Thursday afternoon and owned the news cycle. IndyCar can announce this on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of next week and own the news cycle. Proper timing makes IndyCar/Verizon the headline of an entire day. Now it will be dwarfed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. eating banana and mayo sandwiches.

Thank you.