Your weekend in Motorsports Sept 13-15

Three main networks will fill your motorsports craving this week- ESPN, Fox Sports, and CBS Sports. That's right. CBS Sports Network once again takes to the airwaves with their coverage of the GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing Series. While this won't be the final event of the year, this will be the final event of the year CBS Sports Network televises. ESPN and Fox bring you your regular coverage plans for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, NHRA, Camping World Truck Series, etc. Here's your TV breakdown for the week.

Friday, September 13

10 AM- Camping World Truck Series: Chicago, Practice- FS1
Noon- Camping World Truck Series: Chicago, Practice- FS1
1 PM- Sprint Cup: GEICO 400, Practice- FS1
2:30 PM- Nationwide: Dollar General 300, Practice- FS1
4 PM- Camping World Truck Series: Chicago, Qualifying- FS1
5 PM- Sprint Cup: GEICO 400, Qualifying- ESPN2

6:30 PM- Nationwide: Dollar General 300, Practice- FS2
8:30 PM- Camping World Truck Series: Chicago- FS1

Saturday, September 14

11 AM- Sprint Cup: GEICO 400, Practice- FS2

Noon- Nationwide: Dollar General 300, Qualifying- FS2

2 PM- Sprint Cup: GEICO 400, Final Practice- FS2

3:30 PM- Nationwide: Dollar General 300- ESPN2

Sunday, September 15

8 AM- MotoGP: San Marino World Championships- FS1
1 PM- GoPro Daytona SportBike: Race 1 from NJ Motorsports Park- CBSSN
2 PM- Sprint Cup: GEICO 400- ESPN
2 PM- National Guard SuperBike: Race 1 from NJ Motorsports Park- CBSSN
3 PM- GoPro Daytona SportBike: Race 2 from NJ Motorsports Park- CBSSN
4 PM- National Guard SuperBike: Race 2 from NJ Motorsports Park- CBSSN
8:30 PM- NHRA Nationals- ESPN2

Here's your Auto racing details from ESPN. Should anymore details be released by Fox or CBS Sports Network, I shall also post them here. Enjoy.

Motorsports This Week on ESPN

 

The Chase Begins at Chicagoland Speedway
The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR’s playoffs, begins this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway with the GEICO 400. ESPN will have a live telecast on Sunday, Sept. 15, with NASCAR Countdown at 1 p.m. ET and the race’s green flag at 2:16 p.m. The NASCAR Nationwide Series also competes at the 1.5-mile track on Saturday, Sept. 14, and ESPN2 will air the race at 3:30 p.m., with the green at 3:47 p.m. Also from Chicagoland, ESPN2 airs NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13. All NASCAR programming on ESPN and ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.

Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick (Sprint Cup); Marty Reid (Nationwide Series); analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace; Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
 

Two NASCAR Now Specials to Preview Chase; Weekend Wrap-up Show Returns
ESPN’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will help NASCAR fans get ready for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with a pair of special programs on Thursday, Sept. 12. ESPNEWS will air coverage from Chase Media Day at Navy Pier in Chicago from noon until 2:30 p.m. ET, with host Mike Massaro, analyst Ricky Craven and reporter Marty Smith speaking with the Chase drivers and other NASCAR newsmakers. Massaro, Craven and Smith will be back with a one-hour NASCAR Now Chase Preview at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. NASCAR Now’s weekend wrap-up show returns to the air Sunday, Sept. 15, at 11:30 p.m. This week’s schedule:

Date	Time	Show	Host	Network
Tue., Sept. 10	2:30 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Allen Bestwick	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Wed., Sept. 11	2:30 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Thu., Sept. 12	3:30 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
	Noon	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPNEWS, WatchESPN
	7 p.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Sun., Sept. 15	11:30 p.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN

NHRA in Charlotte on ESPN2, ESPN3 
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competes at zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., adjacent to Charlotte Motor Speedway, this weekend in the Carlyle Tools NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by NAPA Auto Parts and drag racing fans can watch the action on both ESPN2 and ESPN3. All NHRA programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The schedule:

Date	Time	Event	Network
Friday, Sept. 13	6:45 p.m.	Qualifying (live)	ESPN3, WatchESPN
Sunday, Sept. 15	3:30 a.m.	Qualifying	ESPN2, WatchESPN
	Noon	Eliminations (live)	ESPN3, WatchESPN
	8:30 p.m.	Eliminations	ESPN2, WatchESPN

Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Jamie Howe, John Kernan.

Motorsports on Other ESPN Platforms

ESPN.com — RacingLive! on ESPN.com is a live blog where fans can engage in debate and discussion with ESPN.com writers and editors during the NASCAR Sprint Cup races. On Sunday, Sept. 15, RacingLive! Chicago will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live at http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/.
ESPN Radio — Each weekend morning, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay starts its engines at 6 a.m. ET with host Pat Patterson anchored from the site of that weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race. On both Saturday and Sunday mornings, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay listeners get an hour of news, previews and analysis, as well as profiles and interviews with NASCAR’s biggest names and newsmakers and the involvement of listeners via calls and e-mails. RaceDay also features interviews with newsmakers from the IZOD IndyCar Series from correspondent Bruce Martin.

Click HERE for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series schedules on ESPN.

Click HERE for the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule on ESPN.

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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or andy.hall@espn.com

IndyCar revs up NBCSN's weekend coverage of Motorsports

AMA Racing and IndyCar Racing highlight NBCSN's weekend coverage of Motorsports. NBCSN will air the qualifying leg and the race live. They'll also air ARCA Racing tape delayed Thursday Night. Below's the press release from NBC Sports Group.

NBC AND NBC SPORTS NETWORK PRESENT 15 HOURS OF MOTORSPORTS THIS WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTED BY IZOD INDYCAR SERIES AT MID-OHIO

Live Race Coverage Begins on NBC Sports Network
on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET

IndyCar Series Driver Ryan Briscoe to Serve as Guest Analyst This Week

STAMFORD, Conn. – July 31, 2013 – NBC and NBC Sports Network’s 15 hours of motorsports coverage this weekend will be highlighted by the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on NBC Sports Network this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET, with current IZOD IndyCar Series driver Ryan Briscoe joining the live telecast as a guest analyst.

Two-time IZOD IndyCar Series Champion and 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing looks to build off of his sweep of the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader on July 13-14. Dixon took the checkered flag at Mid-Ohio last year, and sits second in the IZOD IndyCar Series points standings behind three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves of Team Penske.

Coverage of the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio begins with qualifying on NBCSN on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET. Coverage of Indy Lights Mid-Ohio, IndyCar’s developmental series, will air on NBCSN Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports Live Extra will also provide live streaming coverage of the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio this 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.

NBCSN motorsports coverage will also include live coverage of Auctions America from its California Auction, highlighted by a special appearance from Jay Leno, well-known car collector and host of NBC’s The Tonight Show. Live coverage on NBCSN begins on Friday at 7 p.m. ET and Saturday at 1 p.m. ET.

In addition to IndyCar and Auctions America, coverage of the 2013 Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s will air on NBC on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET. ARCA Racing from Winchester Speedway in Virginia kicks off this weekend’s motorsports coverage on NBCSN on Thursday at 11 p.m. ET.

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Thurs., Aug. 1	ARCA Racing	NBCSN	11 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 2	Auctions America	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 3	Auctions America	NBCSN	1 p.m.
	AMA Amateur Motocross Natl. Championship	NBC	3 p.m.
	Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio – Qualifying	NBCSN	5 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 4	Firestone Indy Lights at Mid-Ohio	NBCSN	2 p.m.
	Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio	NBCSN	3 p.m.

COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports Group’s IndyCar and Formula One play-by-play voice Leigh Diffeywill be joined in the booth this week by current IZOD IndyCar Series driver Ryan Briscoe and former driver Townsend Bell. Briscoe won at Mid-Ohio in 2008, and is nursing a wrist injury suffered at the Honda Indy Toronto race in July. Bell is a two-time Indy Lights Mid-Ohio winner and held off Dixon at Mid-Ohio to take the checkered flag in 2000.

Briscoe on serving as guest analyst for NBCSN telecast: “Leigh Diffey and Townsend Bell have been doing an awesome job this year with the IndyCar broadcasts. I’m really excited to work with them, and I think it will be exciting for the fans to get the perspective of one of the current drivers in the sport.”

Briscoe on his experience racing on the Mid-Ohio circuit: “Mid-Ohio is a great track and one of my favorites. It’s a very smooth circuit with interesting elevation changes and incredibly fast corners. It’s a really exciting to track to drive. Qualifying times were very close last year, so it’s going to be very competitive during qualifying.”

Briscoe on Scott Dixon’s success at Mid-Ohio: “Scott Dixon is always the favorite here. If he doesn’t win it, it seems he comes second or third every single year. He is certainly very comfortable at this track.”

Reporters Jon Beekhuis, Kevin Lee, Marty Snider and Robin Miller will manage the pits. Mike King, Davey Hamilton and Jake Query will have the call of the Indy Lights Mid-Ohio race.

Veteran broadcaster Bill Patrick will work alongside Leno to lead NBCSN’s live coverage of Auctions America this weekend, and will be joined by NBCSN F1 analyst and former race mechanic for the Benneton F1 team Steve Matchett, and reporter Camile Ford.

Jason Weigandt, Jeff Emig and Kelli Stavast will provide coverage of the 2013 Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship from the legendary Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

Rick Benjamin and Jim Tretow have the call of the Herr’s Chase The Taste 200 from Winchester Speedway on Thursday.

FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS: NBC Sports Network will air a total of 12 one-hour telecasts of Firestone Indy Lights continuing with the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. 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 200 at Mid-Ohio on 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.

MotorSportsTalk’s content is provided by top racing journalists and expert analysts, including:

• Keith Collantine (@KeithCollantine), editor and creator of the F1Fanatic blog;
• Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) creator of the F1 site RichlandF1.com;
• Tony DiZinno (@TonyDiZinno), who has written for RACER Magazine and has covered IndyCar and NASCAR since 2006;
• Writer Christopher Estrada (@estradawriting) who has written for the Boston Globe, FoxSports.com, created the Indy Racing Revolution blog and is a contributor to IndyCar’s IndyCar Nation blog.

To explore the site, please visit MotorSportsTalk.com.nbcsports.com or www.NBCSports.com.

SOCIAL: Follow @MotorsportsTalk, @F1onNBCSports and @NBCSN on Twitter and “like” Facebook.com/NBC Sports for the most up-to-date news, videos and commentary about Formula One on NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network.

For more information about NBC Sports Group shows and properties, including press releases, photos, talent and executive bios and headshots, please visit NBCSportsGroupPressBox.com.

– NBC Sports Group –

UFC & MotorSports come to FUEL June 8

With the Sprint Cup series heading over to TNT this week, FOX Sports will spend most of their time devoted to Qualifying legs on SPEED and to the UFC and AMA on FUEL. This press release highlights FOX's focus on the UFC and AMA this Saturday.

KEY HEAVYWEIGHT MATCHUP AT UFC ON FUEL TV 10: NOGUEIRA VS. WERDUM THIS WEEKEND – Two of the top Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweights in the world meet again on their home turf in Brazil when The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Brazil 2 coaches Minotauro 

Nogueira (34-7-1, 1NC) and Fabricio Werdum (16-5-1) battle at UFC ON FUEL TV 10. The event takes 

place at the Paulo Sarasate Arena in Fortaleza, Brazil, LIVE on FUEL TV Saturday, June 8 (8:00 PM 

ET). The No. 3 ranked heavyweight in the world, Werdum, and the eighth-ranked Nogueira, revisit their 

2006 PRIDE bout in the Octagon. If Werdum wins, he could be next in line for a heavyweight title bout. 

The main event is preceded by five exciting matchups, including TUF Brazil Season 2 finale welterweight 

William “Patolino” Macario against Leonardo Santos. Light heavyweight Thiago Silva (14-3-0, 2NC) 

faces former Strikeforce champion Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (11-3-0, 1NC), middleweight Daniel

Sarafian (8-3-0) squares-off with Eddie Mendez (7-1-1, 1NC), and welterweight rising star Erick Silva

(14-3-0, 1NC) challenges Jason “The Kansas City Bandit” High (17-3-0). The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 1 

winner Rony Jason (13-3-0) takes on Mike “The Warrior” Wilkinson (8-0-0) in an exciting 

featherweight bout. Announcers Jon Anik and Kenny Florian call all bouts live from Fortaleza on FUEL 

TV. 

FUEL TV offers complete coverage of UFC ON FUEL TV 10 kicking off on Friday, June 7 (3:00 PM ET) 

with the weigh-in LIVE from Fortaleza. The weigh-in program is hosted by Molly Qerim, with analysis 

from UFC light heavyweight Chael Sonnen and UFC middleweight Brian Stann. The UFC PREFIGHT 

SHOW begins on Saturday, June 8 (7:00 PM ET) with host Jay Glazer and analysts Sonnen and Stann 

previewing the main card action. FUEL TV wraps coverage of the evening’s fights at 11:00 PM ET with 

the UFC POSTFIGHT SHOW, featuring Glazer, Sonnen and Stann highlighting the biggest and best 

moments of the evening’s fights. Karyn Bryant provides interviews backstage live from the Paulo 

Sarasate Arena.

WERDUM NEEDS WIN AT UFC ON FUEL TV 10 MORE THAN NOGUEIRA, SAYS SONNEN – When UFC heavyweights Minotauro “Big Nog” Nogueira and Fabricio Werdum face off this weekend at UFC ON FUEL TV 10, UFC TONIGHT analyst Chael Sonnen expects a great fight. While praising Nogueira’s ability and legacy in the business, he questions whether his time has passed, and believes 

that Werdum holds the edge with youth, speed and hunger. “We’ve all been waiting for Big Nog to quit 

fighting, and we need to accept that he’s still got it,” says Sonnen. “This guy can still fight. He’s ranked 

No. 8 in the world, and that might be a little bit low but he’s going to be tested with Werdum. Werdum 

needs this a little bit more. He’s a little sharper right now. Werdum should win this fight.” Follow the link 

for Sonnen's other UFC On FUEL TV 10 Predictions: http://youtu.be/sWwaGIdGD3k

DUNGEY CHALLENGING VILLOPOTO ON LUCAS OIL PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Round 4 of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship heads to Mt. Morris, PA this weekend for the 

GEICO High Point National airing on FUEL TV Saturday, June 8 (1:00 PM ET). With only 10 points 

separating the top two competitors, overall leader Ryan Villopoto and second place rider Ryan Dungey, 

Dungey carries the momentum into this weekend after securing his first overall win this season at the last 

stop.

FSMG NATIONAL NETWORK KEY EVENTS CALENDAR 

All Times Eastern and Subject to Change 

* Also Airing on Deportes 

Week of: 6/5/2013 – 6/12/2013 

DATE NETWORK TIME EVENT DETAILS 

6/7/13 FOX Soccer Plus 5:30 AM Australian Rules Football League: Essendon vs. Carlton 

6/7/13 FOX Soccer Plus 2:55 PM Super League Rugby: Widnes vs. Wigan 

6/7/13 FUEL TV 3:00 PM UFC Weigh-in on FUEL TV: "Nogueira vs. Werdum" --Brazil 

6/7/13 SPEED 9:00 PM NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Texas 

6/7/13 FOX Soccer Plus 11:30 PM Australian Rules Football League: GWS Giants vs. Geelong Cats 

6/8/13 FOX Soccer Plus 2:30 AM Australian Rules Football League: Adelaide Crows vs. Sydney Swans 

6/8/13 FOX Soccer Plus 5:30 AM National Rugby League: Cowboys vs. Bulldogs 

6/8/13 FUEL TV 1:00 PM Lucas Oil Motocross: Moto 1 – High Point, PA 

6/8/13 FOX 7:00 PM MLB: LAA at BOS*/STL at CIN/SD at COL/HOU at KC/PHL at MIL 

6/8/13 FUEL TV* 8:00 PM UFC on FUEL TV 10: "Nogueira vs. Werdum" – Brazil 

6/9/13 FOX Soccer Plus 12:00 AM National Rugby League: Warriors vs. Sea Eagles 

6/9/13 FOX Soccer Plus 4:30 AM National Rugby League: Storm vs. Sharks 

6/10/13 FOX Soccer Plus 12:00 AM Australian Rules Football League: Melbourne vs. Collingwood 

6/10/13 FOX Soccer Plus 5:00 AM National Rugby League: Raiders vs. Broncos 

6/10/13 FOX Soccer Plus 2:30 PM Super League Rugby: Salford vs. Wakefield 

-- FSMG --

Canadian Grand Prix highlights 13.5 hours of MotorSports on NBC Sports stations June 7-9

After seeing the ratings increase by 137% compared to last year on SPEED, NBC is ready to go full throttle with this weeks Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix. Both the practice and the qualifying rounds will be featured on NBC Sports Network while the Canadian Grand Prix will be the second Formula 1 race broadcast on national television this season as NBC once again has the call. You can also catch the Moto II AMA race this weekend on NBC Sports Network (Moto I will air on FUEL). Below is the press release with all the details. 

NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS 13.5 HOURS OF MOTORSPORTS COVERAGE THIS WEEKEND

Coverage Highlighted by Formula One™ Canadian Grand Prix Live on NBC at 2 p.m. ET this Sunday

NBC Sports Group Coverage of First Six F1™ Races Has Reached 4.746 Million Viewers, Up 137% vs. Last Year

NEW YORK – June 5, 2013 – NBC Sports Group will present 13.5 hours of motorsports coverage from Friday to Sunday, June 7-9, highlighted by live coverage of the Formula One™ Canadian Grand Prix on NBC at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday from Montreal. This is the second consecutive F1 race on NBC, following the live broadcast of the Monaco Grand Prix on May 26. Race day, Sunday, June 9, will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with a pre-race show and conclude with F1 Extra, a half-hour post-race show, on NBC immediately following the race.

Coverage from Montreal, Canada, begins with live practice on Friday, June 7, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. Qualifying will air live on Saturday, June 8, at 1 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network.

In addition to Formula One coverage, NBC Sports Network will air coverage of AMA Motocross on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET and Stadium Super Trucks on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Fri., June 7	F1: Canada Practice	NBC Sports Network	2 p.m.
Sat., June 8	F1: Canada Practice Encore	NBC Sports Network	12:30 a.m.
Sat., June 8	F1: Canada Qualifying	NBC Sports Network	1 p.m.
Sat., June 8	AMA Motocross	NBC Sports Network	5 p.m.
Sun., June 9	F1 Pre-Race Show	NBC Sports Network	1:30 p.m.
Sun., June 9	F1: Canadian Grand Prix	NBC	2 p.m.
Sun., June 9	Stadium Super Trucks	NBC Sports Network	2 p.m.
Sun., June 9	F1 Extra	NBC	4 p.m.
Sun., June 9	F1: Canadian Grand Prix Encore	NBC Sports Network	11 p.m.

COMMENTATORS: Leigh Diffey will call the race alongside veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett. F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on-site reporter from Montreal, Quebec in Canada.

VIEWERSHIP: The six live Formula One races this season on NBC Sports Network (five) and NBC (one) have reached 4.746 million average viewers, up 137% over the same point last season (SPEED, 2.005 million), according to data provided today by The Nielsen Company.

NBC’s live broadcast of the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, May 26, was watched by 1.413 million viewers, making it the most-watched F1 race on U.S. television in six years, up 231% vs. last year’s race (SPEED, 427,000 viewers), and up 36% vs. FOX’s four-race F1 average last year (1.038 million), all of which were broadcast in the afternoon, one live (Canadian) and three on same-day delay (European, British, German).

NBC tallied triple-digit increases vs. SPEED’s Monaco telecast last year among the advertiser-coveted demographics Adults 18-49 (441,000 vs. 127,000, up 247%) and Adults P25-54 (654,000 vs. 160,000, up 309%).

NBC SPORTS DIGITAL & SOCIAL COVERAGE 

F1 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 Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, May 26, as well as qualifying on Saturday, May 25, and practice on Thursday, May 23. A vast majority of 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 will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra;
• NBC Sports Network will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC 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.

F1 ON MOTORSPORTSTALK: MotorSportsTalk (@MotorSportsTalk) on NBCSports.com brings racing fans up-to-the-minute news, video and information on Formula One™, IZOD IndyCar Series, 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 F1 and IndyCar, including contributions from on-air commentators.

MotorSportsTalk’s content is provided by top racing journalists and expert analysts, including:

• Keith Collantine (@KeithCollantine), editor and creator of the F1Fanatic blog;
• Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) creator of the F1 site RichlandF1.com.

To explore the site, please visit MotorSportsTalk.com.nbcsports.com or www.NBCSports.com.

SOCIAL: Follow @MotorsportsTalk, @F1onNBCSports and @NBCSN on Twitter and “like” Facebook.com/NBC Sports for the most up-to-date news, videos and commentary about Formula One on NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network.

Commentator Twitter Chats – During the week of the Monaco race, F1 on NBC Sports commentators including @leighdiffey, @mrstevematchett, @mrdavidhobbs and @willbuxton will take part in various Twitter Chats allowing fans to get their questions answered from our very own experts.

For more information about NBC Sports Group shows and properties, including press releases, photos, talent and executive bios and headshots, please visit NBCSportsGroupPressBox.com.

—NBC SPORTS GROUP—