Starting in 2025 NASCAR’s TV deal with four networks will be worth close to $8 billion with a 40 percent increase! It’s a seven-year contract. Here is what it’s going to look like.
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SiriusXM Announces Coverage of 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Season
NEW YORK – February 28, 2024 – SiriusXM announced today its plans for season-long coverage of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES® season. Starting with the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding, running Sunday, March 10 (coverage starting at 11:30 am ET), SiriusXM subscribers will have access to the live call of every one of the 18 events on the INDYCAR calendar.
NBC Sports And INDYCAR Announce 2024 NTT INDYCAR Series Race Broadcast Start Times
STAMFORD, Conn. – Feb. 20, 2024 – NBC Sports and INDYCAR today announced the race broadcast start times for the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule, headlined by the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 at iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, with coverage beginning at 11 a.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
Track Talk – 24 Hours of Daytona Was A Surprise
WOW what surprise the 24 Hours of Daytona turned out to be! The race had its beginning back in the 60’s. Every year lots of entries showed up with just a few fans in the stands. Most of the crowd was in the infield and were sporty car loyalists.
Tony Kanaan, Juan Pablo Montoya Voted Into Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame
INDIANAPOLIS, January 24, 2024 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum announced today the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Class of 2024, Indianapolis 500 winning drivers Tony Kanaan and Juan Pablo Montoya. The inductees will be formally celebrated at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner supported by The National Bank of Indianapolis, held on Thursday, May 23, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom.
IndyCar Team Facing Contract Drama After Driver Announcement?
Santino Ferrucci’s return to A.J. Foyt Enterprises means that Benjamin Pedersen will not be back for the 2024 IndyCar season, even though he supposedly had a multi-year contract. Ferrucci is from Woodbury, CT.
By the Numbers: Team Penske Achieves Unprecedented Success
Team Penske has become synonymous with success from its first day of competition when the formerly named Roger Penske Racing picked up a win in the team’s inaugural start, the 1966 Rolex 24 at Daytona. In the 57 years since that first win, Team Penske has amassed record-setting numbers in the world of motorsports with more than 600 wins and 675 pole positions, 44 national championships, 19 Indianapolis 500 wins and three (3) Daytona 500 victories.
