Thread: The Schedule: A Rant
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Old 10 Mar 2005, 18:03 (Ref:1248790)   #11
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Three problems with the OWRS schedule:

1) No race at all until April 10th. Every other major Series is up and running. If the World of Outlaws can be running at dirt tracks already (and they are), so can OWRS. Can't they race in Florida, California or Arizona early?

2) The six week gap. Even the IRL has a smaller "break" for The 500 and that is taken up partially with "Pole Day" qualifying so there is a focus on the Series even though they are not actually racing.

3) No one "knows" what the schedule is. Races are added and subtracted as the season progresses. This makes for an "ad hoc" appearance and does not help in one bit to attract sponsors. The Series gets leftovers as a result: leftover sponsors and leftover drivers.

The fans are just left out.

This is supposed to be the "Premier Open Wheel Series" and instead it looks like races happen when everyone has an open spot on their schedule.
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