News on the Modified TV coverage

[Tinkfan]

From the NASCAR Home Tracks Twitter feed:

Seven Modified races to be on SPEED & nine more on Versus - same-day air of NH, Bristol & Charlotte on SPEED

[Howie]

NASCAR has announced today the television schedule for its developmental series for 2010.
The expanded calendar includes 21 events on SPEED for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and seven races for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. This comprehensive package includes airing of every race on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West schedules. Three of the Whelen Modified Tours will air as same-day televised events.

SPEED, anchored by its popular and wide-ranging coverage of NASCAR, is the nation’s first and only cable television network dedicated to automotive and motorcycle racing, performance and lifestyle. The NASCAR Developmental Series programming will air Thursdays at 6 p.m. ET.

“Our NASCAR Developmental Series all have a strong and passionate fan base, and we saw the results in the viewership of last year’s events and in January for our postseason showcase, the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown,” said George Silbermann, NASCAR managing director of racing operations. “Our fans spoke, and we listened. We are thrilled to be able to work with our television partners to provide extensive coverage of the talented drivers and tracks that help form the foundation of this sport.”

SPEED, in conjunction with NASCAR Media Group, will air each tape-delayed race as a one-hour show. SPEED will once again provide same-day coverage of the combination event between the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen Southern Modified Tour at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday, Aug. 18, as well as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 18 and the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour finale at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday, Oct. 14.

SPEED’s coverage will begin with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East opener at Greenville-Pickens (S.C.) Speedway (race date is March 27; air date is April 1) and conclude with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West finale from Phoenix International Raceway (race date is Nov. 11; air date is Nov. 18). The schedule includes seven re-airs of previous events during select Thursday slots throughout the season for a total of 34 events.

In addition, NASCAR will expand its relationship with the sports cable television network Versus to include coverage of the NASCAR Developmental Series. It will air an additional nine events from the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.

For the fourth season, TSN will again provide season-long coverage of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1.

The Versus and TSN programming schedules are currently being finalized and details will be announced shortly.

NASCAR Broadcast Times

AIR DATE AIR TIME RACE DATE SERIES EVENT
Thu, Apr 1 6 p.m. Sat, Mar 27 NKNPS East Greenville Pickens Speedway
Thu, Apr 8 6 p.m. Sat, Mar 27 NKNPS West All American Speedway
Thu, Apr 15 6 p.m. Sat, Apr 3 NKNPS East South Boston Speedway
Thu, Apr 22 6 p.m. Thu, Apr 8 NKNPS West Phoenix International Raceway
Thu, Apr 29 6 p.m. Sat, Apr 3 NWSMT South Boston Speedway
Thu, May 6 6 p.m. Re-air - Race TBA
Thu, May 13 6 p.m. Re-air - Race TBA
Thu, May 27 1 p.m. Sun, May 23 NKNPS Iowa Speedway
Thu, Jun 3 6 p.m. Re-air - Race TBA
TBA TBA Sun, Jun 6 NWMT Martinsville Speedway
Thu, Jun 10 6 p.m. Sun, Jun 6 NKNPS East Martinsville Speedway
Thu, Jun 17 6 p.m. Sat, Jun 5 NKNPS West Douglas Speedway
Thu, Jun 24 6 p.m. Sat, Jun 19 NKNPS West Infineon Raceway
TBA TBA Fri, Jun 25 NWMT New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Thu, Jul 1 6 p.m. Fri, Jun 25 NKNPS East New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Thu, Jul 8 6 p.m. Sat, Jul 3 NKNPS East Lime Rock Park
Thu, Jul 15 6 p.m. Sat, Jul 3 NKNPS West Toyota Speedway at Irwindale
Thu, Jul 22 6 p.m. Sat, Jul 3 NWMT Lime Rock Park
Thu, Jul 29 6 p.m. Sun, Jul 18 NKNPS West Portland International Raceway
Thu, Aug 5 6 p.m. Fri, Jul 30 NKNPS East Lee USA Speedway
Thu, Aug 12 6 p.m. Sat, Aug 7 NKNPS West Montana Raceway Park
Wed, Aug 18* TBA Wed, Aug 18 NWMT-NWSMT Bristol Motor Speedway
Thu, Aug 19 6 p.m. Sat, Aug 14 NKNPS West Colorado National Speedway
Thu, Aug 26 6 p.m. Wed, Aug 18 NWMT-NWSMT Bristol Motor Speedway
Thu, Sep 2 6 p.m. Sat, Aug 28 NKNPS East Gresham Motorsports Park
Thu, Sep 9 6 p.m. Re-air - Race TBA
Thu, Sep 16 6 p.m. Sun, Sep 12 NKNPS West Miller Motorsports Park
Sat, Sep 18* TBA* Sat, Sep 18 NWMT New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Thu, Sep 23 6 p.m. Fri, Sep 17 NKNPS East New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Thu, Oct 7 6 p.m. Fri, Sep 24 NKNPS East Dover International Speedway
Thu, Oct 14 6 p.m. Sat, Sep 18 NWMT New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Thu, Oct 14* TBA Thu, Oct 14 NWSMT Charlotte Motor Speedway
Thu, Oct 21 6 p.m. Sat, Oct 16 NKNPS West All American Speedway
Thu, Oct 28 6 p.m. Re-air - Race TBA
Thu, Nov 4 6 p.m. Re-air - Race TBA
Thu, Nov 11 6 p.m. Re-air - Race TBA
Thu, Nov 18 6 p.m. Thu, Nov 11 NKNPS West Phoenix International Raceway

ALL TIMES ET

Jason Christley

[MOD11RACER]

:cheers:Some good news for a change. It looks like a total of 16 races ( 7 on Speed and 9 on Versus) for the WMT and WSMT. Maybe Thompson and Stafford will get some TV time on Versus.

[stabone]

:cheers:Some good news for a change. It looks like a total of 16 races ( 7 on Speed and 9 on Versus) for the WMT and WSMT. Maybe Thompson and Stafford will get some TV time on Versus.

Yep some good news for a change,but as you can not to many posts. You would of figured this thread would be jammed with "wow Nascar finally came threw",or "what a big step in the right direction".After alll the years of complaining and whining on here how we have no TV coverage.....welllllllllll here it is!!!! Come on people its ok to give Nascar a little credit???

[Magicshoes12]

i'll give them credit when they can help the situation of getting Versus back on Direct TV! LOL, i dont mind i'll miss those tv races because the only WMT race I will miss this year is Bristol seeing I went there last year, this year i'll be at Martinsville!!! Anyone else going??

[night gent]

It is true that many people complain when nascar screws up but the same people do not give credit when it is due. The fact that the speedbowl was helped out financially to redo their barrier and the upcoming T.V coverage for the mod and east series are very positive steps although the networks should get some of the credit for finally realizing that there is an audience for racing other than the top tier series. I still don't get why the Speed network doesn't televise way more short track racing, whether they are nascar sanctioned tracks or not. The speed channel is loaded with a lot of garbage IMHO.

[km74nc]

Yeah, finally some news!

[iamaranger]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=521480


versus is back on direct tv

[Magicshoes12]

that is great news, i think my bruins have a game on there tonight too!!! SWEET!!! Racing and Hockey doesn't get any better than that until the Sox get into full swing!

[JED]

Bristol and New Hampshire will be on same day tape delay I was told yesterday.

[RichKeator]

here is the direct link for the brodcast schedual miuns the VS. channel stuff



http://hometracks.nascar.com/broadcast-times

[Magicshoes12]

any word on the versus schedule yet??