Forgive me for the duplicate threads (the other one is in the O/T board) but IMO what Indycar racing needs more than anything else is PR exposure.
Anyway a thought crossed my head, what would the cost be for a travelling Indycar PR booth that hits the major airshows? The military bases have a desirable and probably easily attracted demographic of young and mid-30s people attracted to fast and exciting pursuits, throw in the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of airshow spectators and you have a damm good audience to target. Have a booth with a showcar, an engine on a stand, a TV playing clips of races, bumper stickers, fliers, modestly priced T-shirts, water bottles, hats, etc.
List of airshows:
http://www.airshows.com/search/search.asp?type=usalist
http://www.airshows.com/Thunderbirds_2005.htm
http://www.airshows.com/blueangels_2005.htm
Just an idea.
What I want to add is this; the three-engined jet powered truck Shockwave is appearing at the local airshow and so is a jet dragster. Instead of a showcar why not have a real Indycar? Hire a driver and a skeleton crew (that doubles as booth setup and transport), put the car on the runway and do some fast runs up and down the strip, some burnouts, and fire it up in the display area from time to time. Believe me when the engine fires up in the display the people will gravitate like bees to honey!
Get Honda involved!
Anyway a thought crossed my head, what would the cost be for a travelling Indycar PR booth that hits the major airshows? The military bases have a desirable and probably easily attracted demographic of young and mid-30s people attracted to fast and exciting pursuits, throw in the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of airshow spectators and you have a damm good audience to target. Have a booth with a showcar, an engine on a stand, a TV playing clips of races, bumper stickers, fliers, modestly priced T-shirts, water bottles, hats, etc.
List of airshows:
http://www.airshows.com/search/search.asp?type=usalist
http://www.airshows.com/Thunderbirds_2005.htm
http://www.airshows.com/blueangels_2005.htm
Just an idea.

What I want to add is this; the three-engined jet powered truck Shockwave is appearing at the local airshow and so is a jet dragster. Instead of a showcar why not have a real Indycar? Hire a driver and a skeleton crew (that doubles as booth setup and transport), put the car on the runway and do some fast runs up and down the strip, some burnouts, and fire it up in the display area from time to time. Believe me when the engine fires up in the display the people will gravitate like bees to honey!

Get Honda involved!
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