IndyCar – confusing the fans?

UPDATE A reader writes, Dear AR1.com, Who the hell came up with this scheme? Let me get this right. Tune in and support a competing racing series and we'll give you a discount to the Indy 500! Indy Car should be distancing themselves from this turncoat as much as they can. What are they thinking? They have got to stop the crazy Danica mania especially as she is not going to be around much longer. Anyone would think she is the only driver in the IRL. This is a desperate and dangerous way to put fans in seats. Ray M.

02/05/10 New Indianapolis 500 ticket customers can cash in on Danica Patrick’s participation in the ARCA Racing Series season opener Saturday, Feb. 6 at Daytona International Speedway.

It’s up to Danica how much they’ll cash in.

If popular IZOD IndyCar Series driver Patrick leads many laps, she’ll drive big Tower Terrace ticket price reductions for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 30 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She is driving the No. 7 Go Daddy machine for Andretti Autosport in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

For instance, if Patrick leads 40 laps, fans will receive a $40 reduction from the regular $90 price of a Tower Terrace ticket purchased between Saturday, Feb. 6 through Saturday Feb. 13. If she leads all 80 laps of the race, fans will receive the $90 ticket for $10!

In honor of Patrick's ground-breaking 19-lap run at the front in the closing laps of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in 2005, the Speedway will offer at least $19 savings on Tower Terrace tickets for the 2010 Indy 500 purchased during the promotion dates. If Patrick doesn't qualify for the ARCA race or leads 19 or fewer laps in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, the ticket price reduction remains $19.