Letter: IRL has made poor choices

Friday, Oct. 1, 1999 | 2:27 a.m.

I enjoyed Ron Kantowski's column on the Vegas.com 500. I was at the first IRL event in Las Vegas in September 1996 and really liked it.

As I recall, the attendance was listed at (67,000).

The attendance on Sunday (was nowhere close).

Some huge problems with the IRL is that it only runs about once a month, there's a total lack of promotion, someone made a terrible decision to let Fox Sports Net televise the races this year and there are a large number of cautions at each race.

At least the new TV deal is better with ABC/ESPN.

In order for this league to make it, it needs to run 20 races per year at venues like Las Vegas with a tie-in to NASCAR (run on a Saturday of a Winston Cup weekend), with ticket prices aimed towards families.

I've been to about 10 IRL races and have always had a good time. Thanks for the article.

BOB MCADAM

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