Comments on: Random Thoughts On Milwaukee

By: DZ (@groundedeffects)

DZ (@groundedeffects) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:10:10 +0000

My 2 cents on Milwaukee Event:
1. Loved the fan village – 11 and 8 year-old’s first ever raceday was a hit. (next year Indy for them)
2. Food was too sparse behind front straight, but we walked to infield and had several options for food.
3. Saw many people w Indyfest shirts buzzing arnd in golf carts and working hard helping fans and vendors on Fri and Sat.
4. Love the small oval scene, my first one. So easy to get everywhere, do everything around the track (compared to Indy and MIS and road courses)
5. Sundrop/RC/Venom/Dr Pepper gave away free 6 oz cans during the rain delay behind straight near T1 near main entrance, Great idea!
6. Lots of sponsor signs on stands and around the track made for a feeling that this event was in demand (even if they were primarily Andretti Racing sponsors)
7. Fam and I decided to leave the seats for the Lights race and get in line early for the autograph session on Fri (was a huge hit with us all). I primarily see the 500 every year and maybe one other race, but this is the first time in all my years I’ve made time to do it. Have to thank all the drivers and Indycar for setting this up for fans. It meant a TON to my son and daughter (and my wife and I as well) to meet the drivers, get an autograph and interact. Often I think fans can be quite intimidated by the drivers, but they all seemed genuinely happy to interact and I didn’t detect any ‘fake’ enthusiasm, especially when greeting kids. I had heard much about this from other fans but had no real idea just how great this bunch of drivers would be in this situation. HUGE kudos to the drivers and Indycar on this because it’s not only the racing most come for, it’s the overall event and Andretti did a great job in my opinion.

By: SH

SH — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:13:43 +0000

The hammer needs to start falling. It’s comical.

By: james t suel

james t suel — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:55:59 +0000

M.ANDRETTI AND HIS COMPANY DID A GREAT JOB THIS PAST WEEKEND. THE TICKET PRICES WERE GOOD,OTHER FORMS OF ENTERTANMENT WERE MANY. I WAS AT THE RACE IT WAS A FUN DAY. THE MILE SEATS ABOUT 35000 AN I THINK THERE WERE 20000 + THERE SATURDAY! WITHOUT THE RAIN DELAY I BELIVE THE WALK UP GATE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. IF YOU WERE NOT THERE ,YOUR PART OF THE ATTENDANCE PROBLEM! DIXON WAS FAST ,BUT DONT THINK HE WOULD OF CAUGHT RHR.

By: redcar

redcar — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:49:09 +0000

copy that. (there were probably too many to count.)

By: Steve K

Steve K — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:37:40 +0000

Dixon didn’t jump a restart (it was aborted and he never gained an advatage). I also doubt the 9 car beats RHR since his car had a throttle problem–wouldnt go full. It is safe to say he would have nontheless finished higher.

Anyone else not like the IndyCar points system? I wish they only awarded poonts to the top 12. Indo not understand how a 25th place finish is worth 1/5th of a win.

By: jb

jb — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:38:28 +0000

Barfield said that Castroneves caused the restart to be flagged off.

By: JHall14

JHall14 — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:11:54 +0000

Great weekend. Love the Saturday afternoon race time. Good racing and love those restarts. Why the drivers complain about double file restarts when they immediately go to 3 and 4 wide is beyond me. Great job by Andretti Marketing in a short time. A+ for a tremedous weekend.

By: Ron Ford

Ron Ford — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:28:58 +0000

Amen to less downforce and more horsepower! No reason to be blue about a blue fence.

By: billytheskink

billytheskink — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:21:21 +0000

I really want to like Sato. He’s fast, he’s friendly, he doesn’t whine much, he doesn’t drive dirty, he’s easy to like… but every time you think he’s figured it out, he puts his car in the wall again. It’s tough to honestly say that you like a punchline.

By: billytheskink

billytheskink — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:09:35 +0000

One of the guys from Andretti’s promotion team was on the Trackside radio program last week and said that they did buy some spot time (not sure if it was on local stations or not) on television and radio in the Chicago market but that a full-on ad-blitz there was too expensive.

I do hope that some of that spot time was bought during earlier IndyCar and even NASCAR and F1 broadcasts. If you’re buying spot time, getting your message to those core consumers first is a good idea.