World of Outlaws Racing Exclusively
On SPEED in 2008, Broadcast Partnership Includes Three LIVE Broadcasts
CONCORD, N.C. — March 23, 2008 — World Racing
Group announced today that SPEED will be the exclusive television
partner for World of Outlaws racing in 2008. The partnership
will be anchored by five super-sized multi-hour events, three
of which will be broadcast live, including the highly successful
World of Outlaws World Finals season finale.
There will be 25 hours of Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws
Sprint Car Series and World of Outlaws Late Model Series action,
featuring a combination of live and tape-delayed broadcasts beginning
on May 23 with the super-sized three-hour Rite Aid Outlaw Showdown
broadcast LIVE from The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
“The World of Outlaws broadcasts in 2007 showed us how
exciting dirt track racing can be on television,” said Rick
Miner, SPEED Senior VP of Production and Network Operations.
“The success of the World Finals show from The Dirt Track
@ Lowe’s Motor Speedway gave us a gameplan for ’08,
and as part of that plan we will be treating the five new super-sized
events just as we do any other major motorsports event on SPEED,
which should significantly raise the profile of World of Outlaws
racing.”
A return to SPEED in 2008 as the exclusive television outlet
for World of Outlaws racing will bring consistency and awareness
to the viewers.
“The broadcast agreement with SPEED continues the solid
growth we realized in 2007,” said World Racing Group CEO
Brian Carter. “The more than 75 million viewers on SPEED
give our corporate partners, like Advance Auto Parts, as well
as our teams and our promoters, the greatest opportunity to reach
our fans on a consistent basis. SPEED is the home for racing
on television and we’re excited to again have the World
of Outlaws on SPEED this season.”
Among the 25 hours of coverage will be a three-hour LIVE event
with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
to kick off the 2008 TV schedule on May 23 from The Dirt Track
@ Lowe’s Motor Speedway; a two-hour Firecracker 100 special
from Lernerville Speedway featuring the World of Outlaws Late
Model Series; a two-hour Kings Royal special from Tony Stewart’s
Eldora Speedway; a three-hour LIVE broadcast from the National
Open at Williams Grove Speedway; and the three-hour LIVE season-finale
from The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
For more information on the World of Outlaws, visit WorldOfOutlaws.com.
For the latest from SPEED, including their World of Outlaws section,
visit their new Web site at SPEEDtv.com.
2008 World of Outlaws Racing on SPEED Television Schedule
Air Date Time Day Track/City
Race Date
May 23 8-11 p.m. Fri. Lowe’s
Motor Speedway/Concord, N.C. May 23
May 31 4-5 p.m. Sat. Williams Grove
Speedway/Mechanicsburg, Pa.
May 15
June 8 1-2 p.m. Sun. Williams Grove
Speedway/Mechanicsburg, Pa.
May 16
June 15 4-5 p.m. Sun. Knoxville Raceway/Knoxville,
Iowa
June 6
June 21 4-5 p.m. Sat. Knoxville
Raceway/Knoxville, Iowa
June 7
June 28 3-4 p.m. Sat. Dodge City
Raceway Park/Dodge City, Kan.
June 20
July 6 4-5 p.m. Sun. Dodge City
Raceway Park/Dodge City, Kan.
June 21
July 13 5-7 p.m. Sun. Lernerville Speedway/Sarver,
Pa. (LM)
June 28
July 19 4-6 p.m. Sat. Eldora Speedway/Rossburg,
Ohio
July 12
July 26 4-5 p.m. Sat. Ohsweken Speedway/Ohsweken,
Ontario
July 22
Aug. 2 4-5 p.m. Sat. Ohsweken Speedway/Ohsweken,
Ontario
July 23
Aug. 16 4-5 p.m. Sat. Deer Creek
Speedway/Spring Valley, Minn. (LM)
July 9
Aug. 23 4-5 p.m. Sat. Eldora Speedway/Rossburg,
Ohio (LM)
July 25
Aug. 31 12-1 p.m. Sun. Sharon Speedway/Hartford,
Ohio (LM)
July 26
Sept. 7 6-7 p.m. Sun. Tri-City Speedway/Franklin,
Pa. (LM) Aug. 31
Sept. 27 8-11 p.m. Sat. Williams Grove
Speedway/Mechanicsburg, Pa. Sept. 27
Nov. 1 8-11 p.m. Sat. Lowe’s
Motor Speedway/Concord, N.C. Nov. 1
(‘LM’ indicates a World of Outlaws Late Model Series
event. All other broadcasts feature the Advance Auto Parts World
of Outlaws Sprint Car Series.)
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