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IndyCar Likely To Scrap Plans For International Race In '16, Close To Releasing Full Schedule

Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles, who runs IndyCar, said that it "is 'unlikely' that the series will open its 2016 schedule in Mexico City, delaying for at least a year a February launch that would have extended the season over eight months," according to Brant James of USA TODAY. Miles expects that the finalized '16 schedule will "feature 16 races on 15 dates -- the same as this past season after the planned opener in Brasilia, Brazil was canceled -- and extend by a few weeks into mid-September." The street course race in Detroit featured a doubleheader last season. A schedule expansion "had been eagerly anticipated to maximize investments in personnel and equipment." Miles’ desire to avoid direct competition with the NFL and NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup in the fall "made an earlier debut more attractive and would have shortened what is now a seven-month off-season." Miles said that the "final 'highly, highly likely' piece of the schedule ... depends on board approval from another venue on or around Oct. 13." He added that this "is not Pocono Raceway." Miles said that concerns over proper promotion for the Mexico City race -- which would be IndyCar’s first race outside of the U.S. or Canada since Sao Paulo, Brazil in '13 -- "prompted the series to refocus" on '17. Miles said that a proposed April 2 visit to Phoenix Int'l Raceway is "'highly likely'" and he was "'very optimistic' about a return to Pocono, where attendance has disappointed track officials" (USATODAY.com, 10/7).

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