FACILITY NOTES

          In Denver, Michael Chambers reports that Pikes Peak
     Int'l Raceway (PPIR) GM Lex Dudas and most of his staff
     "were fired" Thursday by PPIR owners after a season "that
     featured disappointing crowds watching some of the world's
     best auto-racing."  Besides Dudas, Marketing Dir Chris
     Johnson and five others were dismissed.  PPIR ownership rep
     Linda Clifford said the raceway's headquarters, currently 90
     miles south of Denver, would move to Denver.  Clifford: "We
     want to refocus both where corporate headquarters are
     located and who is running the management.  We have this
     great race track, and we had a lot of people at our races,
     but we could have delivered the message a lot better"
     (DENVER POST, 10/23)....In Chicago, a SUN-TIMES/NEWS 2 poll
     of 400 residents who expect to vote November 3 found that
     57% say it's not important that the Bears remain in the
     city, while 39% say it is (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 10/23).