NASCAR has agreed a wide-ranging partnership with SeatGeek following the success of the platform’s marketplace in lifting sales at this year’s Daytona 500. SeatGeek becomes the North American motorsport championship’s first-ever official ticket marketplace partner after it assisted Daytona organisers to increase sales by 29x year-on-year during February’s race. As an official partner of NASCAR, …
Record crowds expected for British Grand Prix
Some 400,000 people will descend on Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix this weekend. This year’s event is expected to break previous British attendance records, with all 142,000 race day tickets sold out in the shortest amount of time in the race’s history. Last year’s British GP attracted 356,000 spectators …
Tickets launch for Formula E London E-Prix
Formula E tickets have launched for the 2022 London E-Prix, with the announcement that London-raised DJ and producer Jax Jones will perform at the event. The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will be returning to the ExCel Exhibition Centre in London for Rounds 13 and 14 of the racing series on July 30 and …
British Grand Prix sells out in record time
The British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone has sold out all Sunday tickets in the shortest amount of time in the race’s history. This year’s event is also expected to break all previous British attendance records, with 142,000 race day tickets for the British GP already snapped up. Organisers believe that the Friday and …
Singapore Grand Prix tickets sell out in six hours
Formula 1 fans raced to snap up tickets to the returning Singapore Grand Prix (pictured), with three-day grandstand tickets and hospitality packages selling out within six hours. Tickets went on sale yesterday (Wednesday) for the motorsport race, which is famously held at night. Shamini Suppiah, director of hospitality and sponsorship sales for race promoter Singapore …
Australian GP breaks attendance records
Yesterday (Sunday)’s Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix welcomed a record crowd, as well as breaking records for the biggest attendance at a Formula 1 event anywhere in the world. Some 419,000 people attended Albert Park across the four days of the motorsport event, while more than 128,000 attended the race on Sunday. Roughly 123,247 people …
Women set to make up almost half of Australian Grand Prix crowd
Almost half of this weekend’s Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix ticket holders are women, according to the chief executive of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. Andrew Westacott, CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, told The Age that 40% of this weekend’s attendees would be female. Traditionally, female ticket holders have made up about 25% …
NASCAR at COTA NFTs set to drop
NASCAR fans will be able to celebrate the start of race week with the launch of NASCAR at COTA stadium series NFTs (non-fungible tokens), following successful NFT drops. The NFTs will be available from 12pm CST (5pm GMT) today (Monday). Speedway Motorsports, which owns a number of race tracks across the US, will launch the …
Rally New Zealand links up with Flicket
Rally New Zealand has announced a new partnership with white-label ticketing and data solutions provider, Flicket. Motorsport fans will now be able to purchase tickets and VIP packages for the event, which is set to take place from September 29 to October 2 this year, directly from Rally New Zealand. The race was first included …
Australian Grand Prix tickets set to sell out
The Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix could host its biggest crowd ever, following its return to the calendar after the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a report from Sky News Australia, the Melbourne motorsport race is set to sell out for the first time in its history, which spans 26 years. Crowds of around 130,000 spectators …