IndyCar Series Coverage To Be Vastly Increased on Versus

I just received this Press Release from the IndyCar Series folks, and thought I'd share it for you fans of open-wheel racing. I guess now would be the time to start hounding your cable or satellite company to get Versus if they don't have it yet.

INDIANAPOLIS, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 - VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive cable television home of the IndyCar Series, today announced details for extensive additional race programming in 2009, which will accompany the network’s live race telecasts. In total, the network will air more than 130 hours of IndyCar Series coverage throughout the season with a minimum of seven hours each week the network airs a race, the most ever during a race week. The programming will include four hour-long specials in March, additional programming in May surrounding the Indianapolis 500 and three-hour programming blocks on Mondays each race week that will feature flag-to-flag coverage of Firestone Indy Lights events and encores of IndyCar Series races. All IndyCar Series telecasts will be produced and available in HD.

“It’s important to us that racing fans are given more coverage than ever before, and we are very excited about the terrific schedule we put together for the first season of the IndyCar Series on VERSUS,” said Marc Fein, executive vice president of programming, production and business operations for VERSUS. “Ancillary programming to launch the season a month early, coupled with Indy Lights events and encores of IndyCar Series races throughout the season are great complements to the in-depth coverage of our 12 live races.”   

VERSUS will kick-off the racing season a month early with four one-hour specials airing each Saturday in March at 2 p.m. ET. The first show on March 7 is titled Danica: Five Years Running and will include highlights of her career—including her 2008 IndyCar Series win—and her thoughts on the upcoming season. The second program, IndyCar Series: Top 10 Closest Finishes on March 14 will feature the top-10 closest finishes in IndyCar Series history, including the 2008 season finale at Chicagoland Speedway and the closet finish ever as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. The show will also include the last several laps of each race and post-race driver interviews.

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