Assertion: speedway's series race | /r/HasProperty | cut to 300 miles
Facets:
value: in 1998
type: TEMPORAL
value: due to a spectator's letter
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: The Xfinity Series race has historically been a 311.2-mile/500-kilometer (117 laps) since its 1992 inception, but was cut to 300 miles (480 km) (113 laps) in 1998 due to a spectator's letter questioning the metric distance, but restored to 500 kilometers by its current sponsor.