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Earlier this summer Indy Car hoped that the casual appeal of the new animated film, “Turbo” about a racing snail, would help get them some much needed bounce with consumers. After all, “Cars” and “Cars 2” gave NASCAR some amazing licensing and branding pushes at a time when their brand had plateaued, so another animated …
Last week I was doing a visit to the College of New Jersey with my daughter when I noticed a banner for the Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk near the campus tennis courts. It seemed a little out of place but I remembered that a few weeks ago the company, which is publicly traded in …
While most of the causal sports world focused on the MLB playoffs, college football, the NFL and the return of referees and the opening of NBA training camps, IZOD IndyCar made an announcement that could be a real boon to the circuit in the coming years as it continues to try and find its rightful …
The IZOD Indy Car Series was making slow, steady strides back to relevance in a sport that had left the circuit almost for dead a few years ago. The infusion of Phillips Van Heusen as title sponsor brought millions of dollars in promotions, other new sponsors had come aboard and brands were working together on …
The history of auto racing in various forms in New Jersey is a long one. From road races that cross-crossed the state to Atlantic City to raceway park and the Marlboro Grand Prix at the Meadowlands, the Garden State has found its way, even without the power of NASCAR, to come up when organizers look …
