A winter indoor racing series built as a measurable acquisition channel.
The Kalshi Race Series would combine indoor winter racing, live-streamed content, incentive-driven account creation, and trailer branding into a focused Midwest acquisition platform.
Kalshi Race Series: indoor winter racing with built-in acquisition.
Instead of positioning this as a simple six-race sponsorship, the program becomes a Kalshi-branded winter indoor race series. The series would create repeatable live-event content, race-day incentives, and trackable user acquisition moments.
Structured as a title sponsorship and acquisition pilot, with a major portion of the investment reinvested directly into the racing product.
A race-day funnel built around account creation.
Streaming becomes a growth lever after the title sponsor is secured.
Best available partner
After securing Kalshi as title sponsor, the next focus is identifying the strongest streaming partner for the series.
Amazon Prime target
The primary distribution target is a syndicated Amazon Prime partner to increase reach, credibility, and replay value.
Series content
The indoor winter format creates repeatable content during a slower racing season, giving Kalshi additional exposure and acquisition opportunities.
Brand ownership, race-day activation, and measurable user signal.
Title ownership
Kalshi becomes the lead identity attached to the indoor winter race series.
Built-in acquisition
Pit pass discounts and free class-entry incentives create direct reasons for racers and attendees to create and use accounts.
Market insight
The series gives Kalshi a controlled Midwest test environment with clear event-level response and user behavior data.
A title sponsorship that funds the product and drives acquisition.
With $35,000 directed toward race setup and increased purse payouts, the sponsorship improves the quality of the racing product while creating stronger incentives for racers and attendees to engage with Kalshi.