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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
Enormous interest in Australian NASCAR driver, Marcos Ambrose, has resulted in
Network Ten securing the television rights to the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series
and selected races of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
The deal marks
the first time that a full season of NASCAR will appear on free-to-air
television in Australia and will also be the first time NASCAR has been shown in
Australia in high definition.
Before moving to the United States in 2006 to pursue a career in NASCAR, Ambrose
raced in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series for five seasons.
In that time Ambrose won two V8 Supercar championships and was a regular
guest on TEN’s weekly motorsport magazine-style program, RPM.
TEN will
broadcast all 35 races of the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series on its high
definition channel TEN-HD, starting with the first event of this season, the
Camping World 300 at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. Ambrose will
race the full schedule for the NASCAR Nationwide Series in the #59 Kingsford
Hickory Ford Fusion for JTG Racing.
TEN will also telecast five NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series races in 2008 including this weekend’s Daytona 500.
Ambrose is currently scheduled to compete in 12 Sprint Cup events in
2008 in the Little Debbie Ford Fusion, with the possibility of more races as the
year progresses.
TEN will also feature NASCAR and Ambrose on RPM in
2008, with TEN’s US correspondent and fellow Australian Leigh Diffey set to
profile Ambrose and the sport of NASCAR throughout the season.
Ambrose
is ecstatic that interest in his racing had sparked the new deal, which will
allow more of his Australian fans to watch his racing in the US.
“I was
so pleased and excited when I learned that NASCAR is going to on a free-to-air
network in Australia in 2008,” said Ambrose.
“I’ve got a lot of friends
at Network Ten from my time in V8 Supercars in Australia and I am looking
forward to being a part of motorsport on Ten once again.
“A lot of
Australian fans have made the trip over to the US to see first-hand just how
enormous and exciting NASCAR is ‘in the flesh’. The second Marcos Ambrose NASCAR
Tour is coming up this May with a big group of Aussie fans coming over and there
are only a couple of spots left.
“But it is also going to be a great
year for those Aussie fans watching back home on television as they will get to
see the action in high definition on a free-to-air network.”
TEN’s
General Manager – Sport, David White, said: “TEN is very much looking forward to
broadcasting NASCAR in High Definition throughout 2008.
“We enjoy a
great relationship with Marcos and we wish him every success this season. We
look forward to helping grow the popularity of NASCAR in Australia through our
race coverage as well as the many profile stories we're planning for RPM.”
HOW TO VIEW TEN-HD AND HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION
TEN-HD is the Network Ten’s high definition channel and just like
standard definition channels, it is free-to-air so there is no subscription fee
and no contracts.
To view TEN-HD, which will telecast NASCAR in 2008,
your television will need a high definition receiver.
Many new
televisions will have a HD receiver built-in, but older televisions are capable
of viewing HD channels as well, but you will require a high-definition digital
set-top box to pick up the HD channels.
High-definition digital set-top
boxes are available from all good electronic retail outlets and department
stores.
THIS WEEKEND’S TELEVISION SCHEDULE
2008
NASCAR Nationwide Series - Race 1 of 35
Camping World 300 at Daytona
International Speedway
AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE
Sunday 17
February 2007
Ten HD
4:00am – 8:00am EDST
Be sure to check MarcosAmbrose.com and Ten.com.au/RPM for further
information and broadcast schedules.
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