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NTT INDYCAR SERIES DETROIT GRAND PRIX DOUBLEHEADER THIS WEEKEND ON NBC

June 10, 2021 By admin

Detroit Grand Prix Race Coverage Begins at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday; Detroit Grand Prix Race 2 Gets Underway at Noon ET on Sunday

Peacock to Present Live Coverage of Practice and Qualifying from Streets of Belle Isle Tomorrow-Sunday

IMSA from Belle Isle – Live Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN

2002 Daytona 500 Winner Ward Burton Joins the Dale Jr. Download Tonight at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 10, 2021 – NBC Sports presents an NTT INDYCAR SERIES Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader this weekend on NBC, beginning with race coverage from the streets of Belle Isle on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET and Sunday at noon ET. Live coverage from Detroit begins with practice tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET on Peacock, which will stream all practice and qualifying sessions. For more information about INDYCAR on Peacock and how to sign up, click here.

Highlighting the field at the streets of Belle Isle will be reigning and six-time INDYCAR champion Scott Dixon, two-time INDYCAR champion Josef Newgarden, 2019 Indianapolis 500 champion Simon Pagenaud, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, former Formula One racer Romain Grosjean and current points standings leader Alex Palou, among others. Dixon and Newgarden won both races of the Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader in 2019. The race was not held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With 10 races remaining in the season, Palou (248 pts) sits atop the points standings, trailed by Dixon (212 pts), who is aiming for a record-tying seventh INDYCAR championship, and Pato O’Ward (211 pts).

BROADCAST TEAM

  • Play by Play: Leigh Diffey
  • Analyst: Townsend Bell
  • Pit Reporters: Marty Snider, Kevin Lee

HOW TO WATCH

  • TV – NBC, NBCSN
  • Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, and NBC Sports app
Date Coverage Network/Streaming Time (ET)
Fri., June 11 Detroit Grand Prix – Practice Peacock 5 p.m.
Sat., June 12 Detroit Grand Prix – Qualifying NBCSN, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 11 a.m.
Detroit Grand Prix NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 2 p.m.
Sun., June 13 Detroit Grand Prix 2 – Qualifying NBCSN, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 9 a.m.
Detroit Grand Prix 2 – Pre-Race NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app Noon
Detroit Grand Prix 2 NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 12:30 p.m.
Detroit Grand Prix 2 – Post-Race NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 2:30 p.m.

IMSA WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP: BELLE ISLE

BROADCAST TEAM

  • Play by Play: Dave Burns
  • Analyst: Calvin Fish
  • Pit Reporters: Marty Snider, Kevin Lee

The 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returns this Saturday with the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle Street Course live at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Three classes will be in action — Daytona Prototype International (DPi), GT Daytona (GTD) and GT Le Mans (GTLM). Live streaming coverage of all races throughout the weekend will be available exclusively on TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold.

MECUM AUCTIONS: TULSA

BROADCAST TEAM

  • Host: Scott Hoke
  • Analysts: John Kraman, Stephen Cox
  • Reporters: Bill Stephens, Katie Osborne

HOW TO WATCH

  • TV – NBCSN
  • Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
Date Network Time (ET)
Fri., June 11 NBCSN 3 p.m.*
Sat., June 12 NBCSN Noon
NBCSN 7 p.m.*
Sun., June 13 NBCSN 3 p.m.^

*Same day-delay

^Taped coverage


BROADCAST NOTES

  • Coverage: The two-day auction from River Spirit Expo at Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla., features nearly 600 classic and collector vehicles ranging from entry-level collectibles to multimillion-dollar auctions. 10.5 hours of coverage will be presented tomorrow-Sunday on NBCSN.

DALE JR. DOWNLOAD

2002 Daytona 500 winner and brother of NBC Sports NASCAR on NBC analyst Jeff Burton, Wade Burton, joins this week’s Dale Jr. Download episode that airs tonight at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Produced on-site at Dirty Mo Media Studios in Mooresville, N.C., the Dale Jr. Download on NBCSN takes viewers couch-side for the taping of the motorsports icon’s weekly podcast, featuring unparalleled perspective, candid commentary, and insight that fans have come to expect from Dale Jr.

INDYCAR, IMSA, and Mecum Auctions are part of NBC Sports’ “Home of Motorsports” programming throughout 2021, spanning NASCAR, the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, MotoGP, American Flat Track, Dakar Rally, and more.

–NBC SPORTS–

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NBC SPORTS PRESENTS NASCAR, INDYCAR, IMSA, MOTOGP AND MECUM AUCTIONS THIS WEEKEND ON NBC AND NBCSN

July 15, 2020 By admin

NASCAR Cup Series from Texas Motor Speedway This Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN; Xfinity Series from Texas Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET

Iowa INDYCAR 250s Primetime Doubleheader on NBCSN from Iowa Speedway – Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Continues Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN from Sebring International Raceway

MotoGP Opens 2020 Season with Spanish Grand Prix from Circuito de Jerez on NBC Sunday at 3 p.m. ET

More Than 20 Hours of Mecum Auctions Coverage Continues from Indianapolis Tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN

STAMFORD, Conn. – July 15, 2020 – NBC Sports — The Home of Motorsports — presents a full weekend of motorsports action, featuring NASCAR, INDYCAR, IMSA, MotoGP, Mecum Auctions and American Flat Track, totaling nearly 60 hours of coverage across NBC, NBCSN, and NBC Sports Gold.

NASCAR Cup Series coverage of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 from Texas Motor Speedway begins with NASCAR America on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN. On Saturday, NASCAR Xfinity Series race coverage from Texas will begin at 2:30 p.m. ET with Countdown to Green on NBCSN.

NBCSN will present the 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES doubleheader from Iowa Speedway Friday and Saturday night, which coverage beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET on both nights.

NBC Sports’ motorsports coverage this weekend will also feature the first race of the 2020 MotoGP season with the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday on NBC at 3 p.m. ET; the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN; and more than 20 hours of Mecum Auctions coverage from Indianapolis.

NASCAR CUP SERIES RACING FROM TEXAS – SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

Pre-race coverage on Sunday will begin at 2 p.m. ET with NASCAR America and Countdown to Green, leading up to the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN with post-race coverage following the checkered flag. NBC Sports’ NASCAR host Krista Voda, auto racing icon Kyle Petty, Hall of Fame driver and 1999 NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Jarrett and motorsports reporter Rutledge Wood will anchor pre-race and post-race coverage.

Kevin Harvick, who has won at Texas in each of the last three seasons, leads the regular season standings with 675 points and 4 wins, followed by Brad Keselowski (587 points, 2 wins), Ryan Blaney (580 points, 1 win), Chase Elliott (575 points, 1 win), and Joey Logano (564, 2 wins).

NBC Sports’ lead NASCAR race announcer Rick Allen, 21-time Cup Series race winner and “The Mayor” of NASCAR Jeff Burton, two-time Daytona 500 Champion and recent NASCAR Hall of Fame selection Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte will call this weekend’s NASCAR races from the broadcast booth at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. Marty Snider and Dave Burns will serve as pit reporters on-site at Texas.

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES RACING FROM TEXAS – SATURDAY AT 2:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

NASCAR Xfinity Series coverage will begin with Countdown to Green at 2:30 p.m. ET immediately following the conclusion of Mecum Auctions from Indianapolis, leading into the 16th race of the 2020 Xfinity Series season at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Entering this weekend, Chase Briscoe is atop the regular season standings with 643 points (series-best 5 wins), followed by Noah Gragson (624 points, 2 wins) and Austin Cindric (610 points, 2 wins).

Following is this weekend’s NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series coverage from Texas on NBCSN:

DATE COVERAGE TIME (ET) NETWORK
Sat., July 18 Countdown to Green 2:30 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR Xfinity Series Race – Texas 3 p.m. NBCSN
Sun., July 19 NASCAR America 2 p.m. NBCSN
  Countdown to Green 2:30 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR Cup Series Race – Texas 3 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show 7 p.m. NBCSN

IOWA INDYCAR 250s – RACE 1 FRIDAY AT 8:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN; RACE 2 SATURDAY AT 8:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

Five-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing, 173 pts) currently sits atop the points standings after winning last Saturday’s REV Group Grand Prix Race 1 at Road America for his third straight victory to begin the season. Dixon’s teammate, Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing, 88 pts), earned his first career NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory in last Sunday’s Race 2 at Road America. Reigning INDYCAR champion Josef Newgarden (Team Penske, 106 pts) took the checkered flag in last year’s event at Iowa Speedway.

Live coverage from Iowa Speedway begins Friday with a practice session at 2 p.m. ET exclusively on NBC Sports Gold’s INDYCAR Pass, followed by qualifying live at 5:30 p.m. ET. An encore presentation of qualifying will be presented on NBCSN at 7:30 p.m. ET, leading into pre-race coverage at 8:30 p.m. ET and race coverage at 9 p.m. ET. A 30-minute post-race program will immediately follow the race at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Saturday’s live coverage begins with practice exclusively on INDYCAR Pass at 3:30 p.m. ET. Live race coverage of Iowa INDYCAR 250s Race 2 will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage will conclude with a 30-minute INDYCAR Post-Race at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Leigh Diffey will call both races at Iowa Speedway alongside analyst and former driver Paul Tracy, and current INDYCAR driver and NBC Sports driver analyst James Hinchcliffe. Hinchcliffe is a two-time winner at Iowa Speedway in 2013 and 2018. Kelli Stavast and Dillon Welch will report from the pits.

Live comprehensive coverage of practice and qualifying from Iowa Speedway will stream on NBC Sports Gold’s INDYCAR Pass. Race coverage on NBCSN streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

Following is this weekend’s INDYCAR coverage from Iowa Speedway on NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold:

DATE COVERAGE TIME (ET) NETWORK
Fri., July 17 Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Practice 1 2 p.m. NBC Sports Gold
Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Qualifying 1 5:30 p.m. NBC Sports Gold
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Qualifying 1* 7:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Pre-Race 8:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Race 1 9 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Post-Race 11 p.m. NBCSN
Sat., July 18 Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Practice 2 3:30 p.m. NBC Sports Gold
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Race 2 8:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Post-Race 10:30 p.m. NBCSN

*Same-day delay

IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP FROM SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY – SATURDAY AT 5:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

All four classes of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will be in action at the 3.74-mile Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway for the two-hour, 40-minute Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Mazda (Daytona Prototypes international – DPi), Corvette (GT Le Mans) and AIM Vasser Sullivan-Lexus (GT Daytona) were all victorious in IMSA’s return to competition, the WeatherTech 240, on July 4 at Daytona International Speedway. The LMP2 prototype class did not compete in that race, but returns at Sebring to begin its season-long class championship.

Kevin Lee (play-by-play), former IMSA GT driver Calvin Fish (analyst), and motorsports veteran A.J. Allmendinger (analyst) will call the action Saturday. Brian Till and Parker Kligerman will provide reports from pit road at Sebring International Raceway.

MOTOGP SPANISH GRAND PRIX FROM CIRCUITO DE JEREZ – SUNDAY AT 3 P.M. ET ON NBC & 7:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

NBC Sports has announced that the first two races of the 2020 MotoGP season will now air on NBC, beginning with the Spanish Grand Prix from Circuito de Jerez this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.

A total of four MotoGP races will air on NBC in 2020, including the Andalucia Grand Prix on Sunday, July 26, at 2:30 p.m. ET; the Teruel Grand Prix from Motorland Aragón on Sunday, October 25, at 4:30 p.m. ET, and the Comunitat Valencia Grand Prix from Circuit Ricardo Tormo on Sunday, November 15 at 2:30 p.m. ET.

This marks NBC Sports’ first season as the exclusive TV home of MotoGP in the United States. More information can be found here.

MORE THAN 20 HOURS OF MECUM AUCTIONS FROM INDIANAPOLIS CONTINUES TOMORROW AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

NBC Sports continues its coverage of Mecum Auctions’ Indianapolis auction – Dana Mecum’s 33rd Original Spring Classic – with over 20 hours of coverage from Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Ind., on NBCSN.

Tomorrow, beginning at 7 p.m. ET, NBCSN will present eight consecutive hours of coverage. Two hours of live coverage on Friday will begin at 12 p.m. ET on NBCSN and continue with 1.5 hours at 6 p.m. ET. Over ten hours, including a 2.5-hour window of live coverage, will be featured throughout Saturday and Sunday on NBCSN.

Scott Hoke will host coverage on-site in Indianapolis, alongside analysts John Kraman and Stephen Cox, and reporters Bill Stephens and Katie Osborne.

Following is NBCSN’s telecast schedule of Mecum Auctions coverage in Indianapolis:

DATE COVERAGE TIME (ET) NETWORK
Thurs., July 16 Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis* 7 p.m. NBCSN
Fri., July 17 Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis 12 p.m. NBCSN
  Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis* 6 p.m. NBCSN
Sat., July 18 Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis 12 p.m. NBCSN
  Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis* 11 p.m. NBCSN
Sun., July 19 Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis* 9 p.m. NBCSN

*Same-day delay

***

Below is a comprehensive schedule of this week’s motorsports coverage across NBC Sports:

DATE COVERAGE TIME (ET) NETWORK
Thurs., July 16 Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis* 7 p.m. NBCSN
Fri., July 17 Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis 12 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Practice 1 2 p.m. NBC Sports Gold
  IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge – Sebring 2:30 p.m. TrackPass
  American Flat Track – Volusia Half-Mile 1 4:30 p.m. TrackPass
Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Qualifying 5:30 p.m. NBC Sports Gold
  Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis* 6 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Qualifying* 7:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Pre-Race 8:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Race 1 9 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Post-Race 11 p.m. NBCSN
Sat., July 18 IMSA Prototype Challenge – Sebring 11:50 a.m. TrackPass
  Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis 12 p.m. NBCSN
  Countdown to Green 2:30 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR Xfinity Series Race – Texas 3 p.m. NBCSN
  American Flat Track – Volusia Half-Mile 1I 3 p.m. TrackPass
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Practice 2 3:30 p.m. NBC Sports Gold
  IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – Sebring 5:30 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR ARCA Menards Series – Iowa 5:30 p.m. TrackPass
  NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 7 p.m. TrackPass
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Race 2 8:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Post-Race 10:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis* 11 p.m. NBCSN
Sun., July 19 NASCAR America 2 p.m. NBCSN
  Countdown to Green 2:30 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR Cup Series Race – Texas 3 p.m. NBCSN
  MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix 3 p.m. NBC
  NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show 7 p.m. NBCSN
  MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix* 7:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Mecum Auctions – Indianapolis* 9 p.m. NBCSN

*Same-day delay

–NBC SPORTS–

Filed Under: imsa, IndyCar, Meccum Auctions, motogp, NASCAR, NBC, Uncategorized

FINAL MECUM AUCTION OF THE YEAR HIGHLIGHTED BY 2006 FORD GT HERITAGE EDITION AMONG 700 VEHICLES THIS WEEKEND AT KANSAS CITY ON NBCSN

December 5, 2019 By admin

Coverage from Kansas City Begins Today at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App to Provide Streaming Coverage of Kansas City Auction This Weekend

STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 5, 2019 – In NBC Sports’ final Mecum Auction event in 2019, a 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition, one of only 343 produced worldwide, will highlight over 700 vehicles that will cross the auction block this weekend in Kansas City, Mo., as NBC Sports presents nearly 15 hours of comprehensive coverage of Mecum Auctions: Kansas City, beginning today at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Other top-line vehicles expected to cross the auction block at the Kansas City Convention Center this weekend on NBCSN include a 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Fuelie Coupe and a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Twister Special Fastback, one of only 48 of its kind produced.

Coverage on NBCSN continues on Friday with 4.5 hours of coverage starting at 2:30 p.m. ET, followed by a four-hour window on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET. NBC Sports’ culminating Mecum Auctions coverage of the year will be four hours from the auction block beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday on NBCSN.

Scott Hoke will host coverage on-site in Kansas City, alongside analysts John Kraman and Stephen Cox, and reporters Bill Stephens and Katie Osborne.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets and connected TVs – will stream this weekend’s Mecum Auctions coverage.

Following is NBC Sports’ Mecum Auctions: Kansas City telecast schedule on NBCSN:

Date Coverage Network Time (ET)
Thurs., Dec. 5 Mecum Auctions: Kansas City* NBCSN 5:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 6 Mecum Auctions: Kansas City* NBCSN 2:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 7 Mecum Auctions: Kansas City* NBCSN 3 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 8 Mecum Auctions: Kansas City** NBCSN 8 p.m.

*Same-day delay
**Taped

MECUM AUCTIONS ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP: NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide live streaming coverage of the 2019 Mecum Auctions season via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.

–NBC SPORTS–

Filed Under: Meccum Auctions, NBC, Uncategorized

NBC SPORTS PRESENTS 2019 IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP PETIT LE MANS LIVE THIS SATURDAY ON NBC

October 10, 2019 By admin

10 Hours of Live Championship Race Coverage Across NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta

Viewership for NBC Sports’ Inaugural Season of IMSA Coverage Up 35% vs. 2018

Nearly 15 Hours of Mecum Auto Auctions from Las Vegas This Weekend

NBC Sports Presents NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 12 From Talladega Sunday on NBC

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 10, 2019 – NBC Sports — the home of motorsports — presents the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s season-ending Petit Le Mans from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta this Saturday with 10 hours of live coverage beginning on NBC at 12 p.m. ET.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will provide exclusive streaming coverage from 3-5:30 p.m. ET, with NBCSN carrying the race’s final five hours beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. Flag-to-flag coverage will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

All four classes of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will compete in this 10-hour event on the 12-turn, 2.54-mile Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Ga. In the flagship DPi class, Juan Pablo Montoya, a 2-time Indy 500 champ and race winner in both NASCAR and Formula One, will look to add an IMSA title to his resume in the No. 6 Acura Team Penske entry. Montoya and co-driver Dane Cameron can clinch the DPi title outright by finishing 8th or better.

As typical in IMSA’s longer endurance races, teams will add a third driver to their roster to help share drive time. Headlining this group are multiple NTT IndyCar Series regulars, including reigning Indy 500 champ Simon Pagenaud (No. 6 Acura Team Penske DPi), 5-time series champ Scott Dixon (No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing GTLM), and 19-year-old Colton Herta (No. 25 BMW Team RLL GTLM), who won last month’s IndyCar season finale on NBC.

Coverage of the 10-hour race will feature a cast of 10 NBC Sports commentators, headlined by NBC Sports’ lead IMSA commentating team of play-by-play voice Leigh Diffey, former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver A.J. Allmendinger (analyst), and former IMSA GT driver Calvin Fish (analyst). INDYCAR on NBC analyst and current IMSA driver Townsend Bell will be competing as a member of the No. 12 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus team in the GT Daytona class and will also serve as an analyst for portions of the race.

NBC Sports’ IMSA commentary team will also include INDYCAR on NBC analyst Paul Tracy. NASCAR on NBC reporters Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast and Dillon Welch will join INDYCAR on NBC reporters Kevin Lee and Jon Beekhuis in providing commentary from pit road.

VIEWERSHIP FOR NBC SPORTS’ INAUGURAL SEASON OF IMSA COVERAGE UP 35% VS. 2018

In its inaugural season of IMSA coverage, NBC Sports is averaging 191,000 viewers, up 35% vs. last year’s coverage to date on FOX Sports networks (142,000 viewers).

  • Coverage on NBCSN and CNBC has averaged 177,000 viewers, up 74% vs. last year’s IMSA coverage on FS1/FS2 (102,000 viewers);
  • Coverage on NBCSN has averaged 195,000 viewers, up 41% vs. FS1’s comparable coverage last year (138,000 viewers) and up 91% from FS1/FS2’s average to date (102,000 viewers).

 

NEARLY 15 HOURS OF MECUM AUCTIONS COVERAGE FROM LAS VEGAS ON NBCSN THIS WEEKEND

More than 1,000 vehicles will cross the auction block at this week’s Mecum Auto Auctions event at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among the highlighted vehicles are the 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, one of only 1,383 produced, and the 1971 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T.

Scott Hoke will host coverage on-site in Las Vegas, alongside analysts John Kraman and Stephen Cox, and reporters Bill Stephens and Katie Osborne.

Following is this week’s Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas schedule on NBCSN:

DATE COVERAGE TIME (ET) NETWORK
Thur., Oct 10 Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas 1:30 p.m. NBCSN
Fri., Oct 11 Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas 2:30 p.m. NBCSN

 

  Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas* 11:30 p.m. NBCSN
Sat., Oct 12 Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas* 11 a.m. NBCSN
  Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas 2 p.m. NBCSN
Sun., Oct 13 Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas* 7:30 p.m. NBCSN

*delayed coverage

NASCAR CUP SERIES PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 12 COVERAGE FROM TALLADEGA THIS SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. ET ON NBC

NBC Sports travels to Talladega Superspeedway – NASCAR’s biggest and baddest track – this weekend to continue the Round of 12 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with charged-up live coverage this Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC. Click here for more info.

***

Following is this week’s remaining motorsports coverage across NBC Sports:

DATE COVERAGE TIME (ET) NETWORK
Thur., Oct 10 Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas 1:30 p.m. NBCSN
  eNASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Championship Race 5 p.m. NBCSN
Fri., Oct. 11 NASCAR Cup Series First Practice – Talladega 1:30 p.m. NBCSN

 

  Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas 2:30 p.m. NBCSN

 

  NASCAR Cup Series Final Practice – Talladega 4:30 p.m. NBCSN

 

  IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Qualifying – Petit Le Mans 5:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas* 11:30 p.m. NBCSN
Sat., Oct 12 Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas* 11 a.m. NBCSN
  IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – Petit Le Mans 12 p.m. NBC
  Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas 2 p.m. NBCSN
  IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – Petit Le Mans 3 p.m. Streaming^
  NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying – Talladega 4:30 p.m. NBCSN

 

  IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – Petit Le Mans 5:30 p.m. NBCSN
Sun., Oct 13 NASCAR America 1 p.m. NBC
  NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green 1:30 p.m. NBC
NASCAR Cup Series Race – Talladega 2 p.m. NBC
NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show 6 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR Victory Lap 6:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Mecum Auto Auctions: Las Vegas* 7:30 p.m. NBCSN

*delayed coverage

^ NBCSports.com and on the NBC Sports app

MOTORSPORTS ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide live streaming coverage of all NASCAR, IMSA and Lucas Oil Pro Motocross championship coverage airing on NBC and NBCSN via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.

–NBC SPORTS–

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