RaceChic
06-01-03, 01:53 AM
What do you all think? If we band together on this.........
It was a great time had by all, but it was bloody freezing up in the grandstands. After talks with many of the folks from OC, Crapwagon.com and 7G a few thoughts came to our minds.
1) The rights to the Milwaukee Mile were very recently sold by Carl Haas to the city. This puts the possibility of other series being propositioned to race there in order to increase revenue for the city as well as increase the use of the track/fairgrounds themselves. So the idea was tossed around that the IRL may be recruited as an additional venue at the track.
2) The fact that it was a night race this year may have been a one time situation being that it was the 100th year of the track.
So this brings to mind that there is a possibility that the IRL may get a date in the warmer summer months. CART has raced there for years and in the recent article, it was cited that The Milwaukee Mile wanted to do everything it could to promote and support CART as awhole at the Mile. Many of us were discussing banding together by writing letters to The Milwaukee Mile itself or whoever is most appropriate (suggestions?) in order to request a date later on in the summer. The concern was raised that the IRL could receive a date during the warmer summer months and CART would keep the colder/earlier date. Should letters to CART itself be included? Also perhaps to be included in these letter is a request to keep it a night race. It was enjoyed by all and I would venture that perhaps those that could not make it this time might like the opportunity to make a night race there in the future. This could be anothe request in the letter(s).
Questions/comments?
Terri
It was a great time had by all, but it was bloody freezing up in the grandstands. After talks with many of the folks from OC, Crapwagon.com and 7G a few thoughts came to our minds.
1) The rights to the Milwaukee Mile were very recently sold by Carl Haas to the city. This puts the possibility of other series being propositioned to race there in order to increase revenue for the city as well as increase the use of the track/fairgrounds themselves. So the idea was tossed around that the IRL may be recruited as an additional venue at the track.
2) The fact that it was a night race this year may have been a one time situation being that it was the 100th year of the track.
So this brings to mind that there is a possibility that the IRL may get a date in the warmer summer months. CART has raced there for years and in the recent article, it was cited that The Milwaukee Mile wanted to do everything it could to promote and support CART as awhole at the Mile. Many of us were discussing banding together by writing letters to The Milwaukee Mile itself or whoever is most appropriate (suggestions?) in order to request a date later on in the summer. The concern was raised that the IRL could receive a date during the warmer summer months and CART would keep the colder/earlier date. Should letters to CART itself be included? Also perhaps to be included in these letter is a request to keep it a night race. It was enjoyed by all and I would venture that perhaps those that could not make it this time might like the opportunity to make a night race there in the future. This could be anothe request in the letter(s).
Questions/comments?
Terri