Less than a month after the season opener was canceled, IndyCar Series chief Mark Miles outlined a new vision for scheduling Tuesday that includes more races, fit perfectly between football seasons in hopes of adding interest and fans. ''We know that in the past whatever our average (television) ratings declined 30 percent after Labor Day and we know why,'' said Miles, the CEO of Hulman & Co. College football and the NFL, the ratings king of sports, dominate the airwaves in September and October. Ideally, he wants a 20-race schedule that begins one or two weeks after the Super Bowl and ends Labor Day weekend, a few days earlier than the NFL's first regular-season game and at a time most of college football's best teams are playing non-conference games. This year, IndyCar has 16 races between March 29 and Aug. 30.
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