That may be a bit of a long break. I am a bit apposed to a nearly two month break for the series. That long of a break could have a negative effect on growth and attendance. This is of course debatable and could be argued many ways.
The proposed Schedule would have a Season 9 start early December with 2 or 3 race weekends and then a holiday break until January 6th of 2013.
Dec 1st, Dec 8th, Dec 15th, January 6th....
The RROD sucks Basic...really bad. There is a place about a mile from my house called Game Repair and they fix consoles, controllers & game discs. Probably cost less if you had them fix it. If you have a place near you that does that you should look into that. If not here is the number to the one here. It might still cost less to have it shipped fixed and shipped back to you.
702-655-1921