[quote quote=17144]I’m not a racer, but I am one of the Vegas locals. In my opinion karting doesn’t get the credit in the racing world that it deserves, but I can tell you that from a locals point of view there wasn’t enough exposure in town for the event. Yes, I agree that most of the buzz about Supernats is going to develop on the web. However even in town it wasn’t know that the event was going on. There were no signs, there was no exposure. I know the weather for most of the days didn’t help any. My thing is that I never saw a sign or a billboard in town. Besides some banners in the hotel I didn’t see anything on it. There was no local news or newspaper coverage that I saw to draw people to the event. Why wasn’t there a kart on a stand at the front desk the week of the event that people can look at and ask what that’s all about. I’m sure a manufacturer would fess one up. Get the local guys here in town to help out. My son races locally and we have to do things to get the word out. I went to Coffee and Cars the weekend before and no one there knew about it. For being the “largest karting event” the marketing portion seems to be missing. In this town there are things you can do that aren’t out of the norm. What about the weekend before karts going down the Strip. I know you can coordinate that through the city. If the locals don’t even know about it how is anyone else?[/quote]
All things cost money. We were perpared to supply a complete kart/motor package to put in lobby of the casino or at the entrance towards track. Unfornately the cost outweighed the possible return.
