Stands almost rival those of an average Miami Marlins game, what do you do?

[dalejrgamer]

Spoof a Powerthirst ad, of course! That's what IMS did when they realize that their NASCAR crowds aren't going to rival the Indy 500's.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnqjTWUuz3Q]Sunday, Sunday, Sunday at the Brickyard 400 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Hendrick4life]

Is this forreal?

 

[dalejrgamer]

The fact that the video is posted on IMS's OFFICIAL YouTube channel should be a giveaway.

 

[ThatOneShredder]

WOOOOOOOOOOOW c.c

 

[FloridaFan88]

I saw that earlier today. I couldn't believe what I watched.

 

[S. Yogurt]

Is this a real thing?

 

[MattSRD28]

I think I felt my IQ drop about 10 points while watching that.

 

[S. Yogurt]

But this is an actual ad, right? There's no way...

 

[Cody Ficker]

I actually like the charm that the ad is trying hard to pull off. It's not immediately appealing, it's certainly something that has to grow on you, but I enjoy it. The ad is very self conscious. It comes off strong, but I respect that a marketing team inside of NASCAR is able to do something more creative with small budgets than the typical sucky commercials we see.

But really, the "What about Jimmie? SHUTTTUUUUPPPPPPP" part is the best.

 

[CarlEdwardsRulz]

"You got toes?... Bring em' cause there's gonna be a jam"

 

[Sgt Slaughter]

I feel like I'm obligated to make a car based off of this commercial...

Dear god this is gonna be hilarious.

 

[4WideRacing]

My head hurts now... Didn't we have a smile thing that was banging it's head into the wall? That's what I was going to use here. XD

 

[evan07]

I'm not gonna lie I loved that!

 

[ShadowKnight508]

My head hurts now... Didn't we have a smile thing that was banging it's head into the wall? That's what I was going to use here. XD

This should work in its place XD

Back on topic, I will have to agree with Matt on this one in regards to feeling like I lost some IQ while watching that video. I am almost dumbstruck that this is an official ad....

 

[TJBartel]

Wow, that was sad. Sad that NASCAR has to be "sold" on that level. Unless it was intended as "humor", but I didn't find it funny.

 

[MattSRD28]

It's not all that surprising to see motorsports still marketed like this. The ads for the monster truck shows at Angel Stadium I get on TV are similar. We've seen some really bizarre track-based marketing for Nascar races through the years.

What surprises me is that I would have thought Indianapolis would have been a bit more dignified than this, unless of course the whole thing is a parody.

 

[The Captain]

unless of course the whole thing is a parody.

I thought that much was obvious.

 

[evan07]

I think we are taking this a little bit serious. It's all in good fun I watched it like 10 times. This might be the most entertaining thing about the race!

 

[jacobc62]

I loved the ad and while it may be an "official" video by Indy, I doubt that it's a "real" ad. Then again, people do need to laugh at themselves every once in a while, and this might be the track's way of doing so.

*EDIT* Also, so totally putting "MENSANITY!" in my sig now XD