Sarah Fisher and her fans hope Ellen DeGeneres feels the need for speed.
As part of Sarah's work on an upcoming book(!), Sarah has launched a Twitter campaign to get the attention of Ellen. Sarah is offering to host Ellen and provide her with two tickets to the Indy 500.
The idea quickly surfaced for Sarah to give Ellen a once-in-a-lifetime tour of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the back of an IndyCar two-seater.
Sarah's fans and the greater IndyCar community quickly joined in for a festival of ReTweeting. Every Tweet that contains @theellenshow shows up in the show's Twitter stream, increasing the chances of gaining traction with the star.
If you Tweet, you can help by following @ellen2Indy500 and retweeting messages to your followers.
If you don't tweet, you can go to Ellen's contact page HERE and email her an invitation to take a ride with Sarah at the Indy 500! Mention twitter account @ellen2Indy500 in your email.
Sarah's book, "Things Women Wish They Knew Before They Got Behind The Wheel Of Their Dream Job," will be published in May. The book includes quotes from pioneering women who have made a name for themselves in their chosen fields. Sarah launched her Twitter campaign to convince Ellen to contribute quotes to the book and to build buzz for the 2010 Indy 500.
Why not target a much more popular (but retiring) talk show host from Chicago (closer to Indy as well...)???
Posted by: AZZO45 | January 06, 2010 at 05:09 PM
I don't think she'd fit in an Indycar anymore, even the 2-seater.
Posted by: Sue | January 06, 2010 at 10:14 PM
Good for Sarah. She and her PR team "get it". Heck, she even got Hillary Clinton to show up at Indy 2 years ago.
This is almost as good a PR, as Mario Moraes wearing one silver racing glove to commemorate his idol, Michael Jackson.
Posted by: Trick Dickle | January 07, 2010 at 08:34 AM
Hey Trick... Clinton was running for this little thing called President & had a huge Primary fight in Indiana with the guy that eventually got the job... seems the Hillary PR people probably reached out to SF Hey who knows... maybe Illinois native Danica was backing Obama?
Sue: Oprah is surely not AJ Foyt huge.... & she may no longer be skinny OW, but she has hardly returned to rotund, 80's OW either.
Posted by: AZZO45 | January 07, 2010 at 09:20 AM
I am a HUGE Sarah fan, always have been, always will be. I remember cheering for her when she was kicking butt in her little blue midget. She is one of few who “Gets it” when it come to Indy Racing. I applaud any one who engages in a public outreach to make Indy cars more visible to the general public. BUT, of all the people in the world to chose, why would she chose Ellen DeGeneres. I saw DeGeneres’ act in a local comedy club in the middle 1980's. Her “I like sex with dogs” act was probably the most lewd and crude public performance I have ever seen, and on top of that it wasn’t even funny. Sarah needs to be careful, this could rank right up there with Aerosmith singing the National Anthem.
Posted by: Chris | January 07, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Chris - think about some of the stuff you said and did in the mid-80s. Do you want to be judged now by what you said or did then? Didn't think so. If you haven't seen Ellen's acts, or her television show, since then, you should.
Posted by: Sue | January 07, 2010 at 08:42 PM
:) :) :) :) :) Thanks for the chuckles Chris!!!
Yeah, Ellen is sure Lewd & Crude... I'm sure she made Sam Kinison, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, & a host others playing to sold-out crowds in the 80's just BLUSH with shock!!! (Not)
Posted by: AZZO45 | January 07, 2010 at 11:27 PM