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22 Oct 2003, 15:27 (Ref:759682)
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Brilliant - CART & ALMS
If this is true:
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...threadid=45530 Congratulations!  (lots of sarcasm in this post) |
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22 Oct 2003, 16:01 (Ref:759713)
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this for a scheduling conflict, that can very well be resolved within the off-season.
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22 Oct 2003, 16:06 (Ref:759718)
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Ahhh, Vancouver should be Labour Day weekend anyway.
If it weren't Portland, it would be Sears Point (which was moved a week up to make room for Portland). Would NorCal suffer going head-to-head with CART Vancouver? I don't have any appreciation of the distances, here. OTOH, could the two weekends be flipped? Last edited by paul-collins; 22 Oct 2003 at 16:07. |
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22 Oct 2003, 16:37 (Ref:759748)
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The idea of switching the two events would probably make sense at this stage of the game.
But I would be very suprised if the ALMS did not know about this date conflict weeks/months ago and why the ALMS wouldn't avoid in the first place. The 2004 CART Vancouver date is about the same weekend as this year, even considering an event within a week of the CART date is IMO dumb. A Portland ALMS race needs all the help it can get from NoCal and Canadian fans. They should have really tried to work out a deal to be at least 3 or 4 weeks apart. Last edited by LouisTheShark; 22 Oct 2003 at 16:38. |
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22 Oct 2003, 16:52 (Ref:759757)
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One thing we also need to remember is that TV plays a role in schedules as well. Possibly Infineon has a deal with the ALMS that their race must be on network TV. There may have not been a network TV spot available on the Portland weekend. Since Vancouver was a tape delay this year, maybe Molson as a condition of continuing the Vancouver race required the race to be on network TV, hence the spot was already taken by CART. Just speculating here, but we can't forget TV.
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22 Oct 2003, 17:57 (Ref:759810)
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That's possible - since ALMS' network deal is more CBS, less NBC this year, and CART's network is all CBS.
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11 Nov 2003, 14:47 (Ref:779891)
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One thing that's just come out is that CART-Denver is moving to the summer. So suddenly the Labour Day weekend is open.
Perhaps Vancouver will move back? |
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