In an effort to boost attendance for the annual CTS race, Las Vegas Motor Speedway general manager Chris Powell is exploring moving the date. Sunday’s Las Vegas 350 went head-to-head with the Invensys Classic PGA tournament in town, and the NFL and the Major League Baseball playoffs on television and drew an estimated 15,000 spectators (LVMS officials do not release attendance figures). Powell said he would like to move the race to a time of the year where it wouldn’t compete with pro football. “It would be nice to stay away from football (season), but that’s not a deal breaker,” Powell said Monday. “I’m currently in some conversations with people from NASCAR about the truck race in 2003 … and I’ve got some ideas and NASCAR has some ideas. I’ve thought about a number of things and my next conversation (with NASCAR) will be to see what are the available dates.” Powell said it was unlikely the race would be moved to the spring, when the track hosts Cup and a BGN race in March and the NHRA in April.(Las Vegas Sun)(10-16-2002)
