Indy's 100th Year

I am looking at this last month of events at the most famous race track in the world and was very impressed at all of the action. I never talk about the parade at all, but this year the parade was very grand. I was so worried that the race it self would of been the same ol action at the end of the race. Let me tell you this was not the case at all. If you didn't see the race, well you missed it. Someone was on the last lap and then the spotter must of started to head down to the winners circle and left the driver out there as a rookie! Well Dan Wheldon was not a rookie and knew the race was not over until you cross the start finish line and the checker flag was a waving at you. Look can you even think the ending of the race would of been that dramatic? Parnelli Jones; I believe won the 50th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 mile race at IMS; in the car number 98 with a very great promoter and car owner J.C. Agajanian was the best car owner and race promoter of all time. Now I can say that Dan Wheldon won the 100th Anniversary running of the Indianapolis 500 miles race in car number 98 ! Look the Lord loves a good clean race; and on Sunday in the smack middle of the the State of Indiana, would you of thought that there would of been such a race at all? On the fact that Panther Racing let Dan Wheldon go; and the driver they replaced Dan Wheldon with wrecked on the last lap of the race! Then Dan Wheldon crossed the start finish line as the 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 winner in with an under budget race team and was fired at midnight after winning the 500!Wow! Yes world that is what we saw on Sunday the 29th of May 2011. Dan Wheldon earned $2,567,255 from an overall purse of $13,509,485 for his victory in the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Dan Wheldon won in car number 98! This was not a power house team and some major car owners to spoil the end of the day fans. This is the race that the world wanted to see.

Jim Gandolf

Pennzoil Ultra - Ferrari

Desperation in sponsorship ! Why ?

Look people to find a sponsor out their in the real world you have to build a relationship with certain companies that you can create money for them. Do not call companies that all ready sponsor some other team! Go out their in the world and start you own deal. Look at all the people that you know, and how you could help them, tie that knowledge into an outline. Then start to plan the profit center for your race team. Don't trust anyone until you have the process to make money down on paper and can test the process. Look to many people out say, " All I need is the funds of a major race team, and we can compete!" Are you kidding me? You have had resources all along to get this financial process rolling down the right track to success. Look how all of your knowledge in your own world can achieve success in racing. Look you need funding in racing, that is a major fact of the sport. Build your own brand of product and get the manufacture behind you at all levels of product placement. You look crooked; by calling companies that sponsor other teams, and ask the sponsor if they are happy? Get a grip people; that are in racing. Go after a plan that who ever you get involved in the sport, and that plan should be the success of building a brand of great sales and success on all levels. You race team will not cry the money blues. Now this process does take time on all levels for success. This is not a fast payout. The proper planning and commissions schedules do take time. So does planning the best racing environment for your team and driver. Don't sit their and plan for some broke driver to come along with a one shot deal to get in a race car. You'll end up broke in a few weeks. How do you build a building without a blueprint? The same is with race teams. Focus on all funding opportunities around you at all times. Build good companies around you at all times on all levels. It's up to the race team and the drivers to make branding work for all levels in racing. The fans win, and so does the sport.

By: Jim Gandolf