Formula 1 Indycar racing heads to Toronto to determine which is better- the Blue Jays, or motor sports. Well it would be an interesting match if the two did go head-to-head, but that's not what's happening this weekend. You will have twice the fun if you're a motor sports fan though, because this weekend is the Toronto Doubleheader. Below is the Press Release from NBC Sports Groups.
NBC SPORTS NETWORK TO PRESENT HONDA INDY TORONTO DOUBLEHEADER THIS WEEKEND
Honda Indy Toronto Race 1 Saturday at 3 p.m. ET
Honday Indy Toronto Race 2 Sunday at 3 p.m. ET
STAMFORD, Conn. – July 10, 2013 – NBC Sports Network will present more than nine hours of 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series coverage this weekend highlighted by a Honda Indy Toronto race doubleheader. NBC Sports Network will air Race 1 live on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, and Race 2 live on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
Race coverage will be preceded by qualifying on Friday at 5:30 p.m. ET, plus Indy Lights on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. In addition, NBC Sports Network will air last week’s Indy Lights from Pocono on Friday at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves of Team Penske leads this season in points and aims to extend it against Penske teammate and two-time Honda Indy Toronto winner Will Power. 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series champion and Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay looks to win his second consecutive Honda Indy Toronto.
| Date | Event | Network | Time |
| Fri., July 12 | Indy Lights: Pocono | NBCSN | 4:30 p.m. |
| IndyCar: Toronto Qualifying | NBCSN | 5:30 p.m. | |
| Sat., July 13 | Indy Lights: Toronto | NBCSN | 2 p.m. |
| Honda Indy Toronto-Race 1 | NBCSN | 3 p.m. | |
| Sun., July 14 | Honda Indy Toronto-Race 2 | NBCSN | 3 p.m. |
COMMENTATORS: For qualifying and race coverage, NBC Sports Group’s Formula One analyst and former race mechanic Steve Matchett will join the network’s IndyCar team in Toronto. Play-by-play announcer Leigh Diffey will call qualifying and race action and will be joined by Matchett and former IndyCar driver Townsend Bell (analyst), who won the 2001 Indy Lights in Toronto. Reporters Jon Beekhuis, Kevin Lee, and Brian Till will manage the pits at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario.
MATCHETT ON INDYCAR: “I’m very excited to be joining NBC Sports Network’s IndyCar team this weekend. I’ve never visited Toronto before, and to do so at the same time as the IndyCar series comes to town made this an unmissable opportunity. I’m really looking forward to being reunited in the booth with Townsend Bell. He always brings a wealth of firsthand racing knowledge to the broadcasts, and I’m keen to learn all I can from him. The racing strategies used in IndyCar, the different technologies and the equipment made available to the teams are all new to me. I can’t wait to touch these cars and to see how everything works.”
Indy Lights coverage will be hosted by Mike King, Davey Hamilton and Jake Query.
FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS: NBC Sports Network will air a total of 12 one-hour telecasts of Firestone Indy Lights continuing on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto.
Firestone Indy Lights is the premier ladder series for drivers and teams striving to compete in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis 500. Primarily run in conjunction with the IZOD IndyCar Series, the Firestone Indy Lights schedule features races on road courses/street circuits and ovals, including the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
INDYCAR ON NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA: NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will live stream the Honda Indy races on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. Coverage will be streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play.
Coverage airing on NBC Sports Network will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets throughNBC Sports Live Extra, and to the digital platforms of participating cable, satellite, and telco services, via “TV Everywhere,” which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs.
Click here for the participating cable/satellite/telco companies offering NBC Sports Live Extra: http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2013/06/06/nbc-sports-live-extra-providers/
MOTORSPORTSTALK: MotorSportsTalk (@MotorSportsTalk) on NBCSports.com brings racing fans up-to-the-minute news, video and information on the IZOD IndyCar Series, Formula One, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and all other motorsports racing from around the world. The site also serves as the destination for all news, analysis and video from NBC and NBC Sports Network productions of IndyCar and F1, including contributions from on-air commentators.
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– NBC Sports Group –
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