Below is input from long time F500 manufacturer and supporter Jim Elder @ Dolphin Motorsports.
Jim's years of driving, building, rental and marketing activity gives him an honest perspective as to "who" and "how" interested in our cars and maybe the best way to generate interest...attendance. Jim, thank you for taking the time to respond. Louie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 5:37 PM Subject: car counts > Lou: > > I tried to post this myself on the F500 web, but for some reason i cannot log in. > > I was at the Road Atlanta regional last weekend There were 4 F500 of which 3 were Dolphin Motorsports owned. When I came home and sat down to check my e-mails, there were 7 pages from the F500 site of which 90% of them were questioning, "where are the cars?" My first thought was why are all these people at home writing instead of attending races? > > You are absolutely right regarding "getting out there" and talking to people face to face. A good turn out at these races would speak volumes in itself, more so than spending for advertising promoting the cars. If there is only 1 car in F500 it does not matter how many Fords he eats for lunch, the low turnout will turn people off. At the last National, a double event at Roebling Road, there were only 2 cars. > > In one of those e-mails, somebody named Thompson hit the nail on the head. He said the karters are not going to come into F500. He further stated that the karters want to move into a car with a transmission and wings, and if they cannot afford it, they would rather not race. Dolphin Motorsports has been advertising the F500s for years in the karting magazines as well as Sportscar. We have used full page ads to classified in multiple magazines. The results have continuously been the same... no new people, even after last years "off the shelf" rental car finishing 2nd at the runoffs.. . > > My point is to relay to the F500 family that printed or any other type of advertising will not attract people to F500. Attendance will. > > Of course, there are issues to be addressed, such as the 50lb weight limit on the 493. However here's the math, no attendance + no attendance = no interest. > > Lou, you can relay this to the F500 community as well as quote it, its just my 2cents on the class ./or call me. My number is 561-379-3634. > > Thanks, > Jim Elder > Dolphin Motorsports > ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
