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The Latest in News about Greg - AMA Pro Racing's Press Release about Speed's coverage of the Daytona Superbike Races - 2/21/07
SPEED CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF LIVE COVERAGE FROM DAYTONA
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (February 20, 2007) – SPEED will once again bring all the motorcycle racing action from Daytona this March to millions of viewers across the country. Highlighting this year’s television package is live flag-to-flag coverage of the 66th annual Daytona 200 by Honda on Saturday, March 10. Also featured will be same-day coverage of the Daytona Supercross by Honda, the Daytona Superbike, Superstock and Supersport races, as well as highlights from the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track doubleheader from Municipal Stadium.
This year marks the fifth anniversary of SPEED’s live coverage from Daytona. The network set new standards of coverage when it first broadcast the Daytona 200 live in 2002. SPEED continues to build on its legacy as the favorite stop on the TV remote for motorcycle racing fans.
This year SPEED will provide 12 hours of combined live and tape-delayed coverage from Daytona.
The television action gets underway on Thursday, March 8 at 2:30 pm Eastern with the final round of qualifying for the Daytona 200 by Honda. Last year Miguel Duhamel put his factory Honda on the pole. The 13-lap AMA Superstock event takes the green flag at 3:50 pm. In a classic last-lap, run-to-the-finish-line Daytona pass, Jamie Hacking took the Superstock win last March from then teammate Jason DiSalvo. The Pro Honda Oils Supersport presented by Shoei will close out Thursday’s programming with live coverage of the 22-lap final starting at 4:50 pm Eastern. Last year it was Kawasaki's Roger Lee Hayden emerging from a four-rider pack to win the important Supersport event.
Supercross takes center stage on Friday, March 9. The race will be shown tape delayed at 9:30 pm Eastern Friday night. This will likely be the final appearance in the Daytona Supercross for five-time race winner Ricky Carmichael. Carmichael, who is moving to a career racing NASCAR, will face two-time winner Chad Reed and fellow Floridian James Stewart, the Kawasaki ace who is hoping to earn his first victory in the prestigious race.
Racing fans in search of extensive T.V. coverage of Daytona’s races will get what they’re looking for in a big way on Saturday, March 10. From 11:00 am to 4:30 pm Eastern SPEED will bring viewers live action from Daytona International Speedway, as well as AMA Flat Track racing from Municipal Stadium in a taped program.
Saturday’s shows kick off with opening round of the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited. Last year Mat Mladin made a crafty last-lap move to beat out Yoshimura Suzuki teammate Ben Spies for the Daytona Superbike win. This year series champion Spies will try to turn the tables on Mladin.
The schedule then turns to the Daytona Flat Track twinbill from Municipal Stadium. Last year Bryan Smith and Kevin Varnes shared the spotlight with each rider winning a leg of the doubleheader.
Coverage then moves back to the Speedway for the Daytona 200 pre-race show and at 2:00 pm Eastern the green flag drops on the Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme, 66th annual Daytona 200 by Honda. Last year it was Honda’s Jake Zemke taking the victory marking the biggest win of his career.
Wind Tunnel host Dave Despain will anchor SPEED’s broadcast, while Ralph Sheheen will give play-by-play, Freddie Spencer with expert commentary and Greg White will handle pit reporting duties for the road racing events. Sheheen will be joined by Jeff Emig and Erin Bates for the Supercross broadcast and Larry Maiers, Brian Drebber and Scott Parker will call the flat track action from Municipal Stadium.
For additional information on all the Daytona AMA Pro Racing TV programming go to www.speedtv.com or www.amaproracing.com.
About AMA Racing
AMA Racing is the competition arm of the American Motorcyclist Association and is the leading sanctioning body for motorcycle sport in the United States. Its professional properties include the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF, the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship, the AMA Supermoto Championship and the AMA Pro ATV Championship. In amateur and pro-am competition, AMA Racing sanctions over 4000 events in 24 different disciplines and supports over 110 thousand active members. For more information about professional racing, visit www.amaproracing.com.
The Latest in News about Greg - AMA Sports Press Release about Greg Co-Hosting Annual Banquet from 10/31/06
The fourth annual AMA Sports Awards Banquet will be held Nov. 17, 2006, at The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. Nearly 400 national champions in more than a dozen forms of motorcycle and ATV competition will be honored for their achievements in 2006.
The 2006 Awards of Excellence also will be presented to the year's top riders, promoters and members of the media.
The banquet will take place at a new venue in 2006, The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, which will be the center of activity during the AMA Las Vegas Invasion weekend. Other weekend events include the AMA Pro Racing Championship Awards Banquet, also at the Rio, and the Maxxis EnduroCross at The Orleans Arena. The AMA Sports evening includes a reception at 6:30 p.m., dinner beginning at 7:30 p.m., and the awards presentations starting at 8:30 p.m.
SPEED TV host Greg White and MX Sports' Tim Cotter will share the master of ceremonies honors at this year's banquet. In addition, a number of the 2006 AMA Sports Awards will be presented to the stars of tomorrow by today’s motorcycle-racing superstars.
Reserve your seat or table at the banquet by registering online or by downloading a mail-in registration form. For additional information, contact Sue Mason at (614) 856-1900, extension 1244, or smason@ama-cycle.org.
The Latest in News about Greg - Speed Press Release from 4/10/06
SPEED will air the final round of the Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series from Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas on May 6 live at 10 p.m. (Eastern), according to the motorsports channel.
"What a great way to finish our first year of coverage," said Rick Miner, Speed SVP of programming/production. "The entire Speed team was thrilled to hear supercross was coming to the network, and this is a great way to demonstrate our commitment to developing the best television coverage the sport has ever seen."
Speed will cover 10 races over three and a half hours, including the Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP, Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series and both divisions of the Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Lites in an East-West Shootout.
A look at the race lineup:
Supercross:
* Two heats (top four advance to the main)
* Two semi-features (top five advance to the main)
* One last-chance qualifier (top two advances to the main)
* One main event (20 laps, 20 riders)
Supercross Lites:
* Two heats (top nine advance to main)
* One last-chance qualifier (top four advance to main)
* One main event (15 laps, 22 riders)
"We are ecstatic that we, along with our great partners at Speed can announce today that the final round of a tremendous Supercross season will air live on Speed," said Ken Hudgens, vice president of television and marketing, Amp'd Mobile Supercross. "We have seen since day one a commitment to the sport from Speed we have never seen in our history. This puts an exclamation point on the best television package a Supercross season has ever seen."
The Speed broadcast team will include Ralph Sheheen, 1990 Supercross Lites East Champion Denny Stephenson, Krista Voda and Greg White.
The Latest in News about Greg - AMA Press Release from 2/10/06
The following is from AMA Pro Racing:
Fans of AMA championship motorcycle racing will get their fill of action in March when SPEED fires up 12 hours of race coverage from Daytona Beach, including eight hours of live coverage, culminating with the broadcast of the 65th running of the Daytona 200 by Honda, the opening round of the AMA Lockhart-Phillips USA Formula Xtreme Series.
SPEED’s coverage kicks off March 9 from 2:30 to 6 p.m. ET, including coverage of the AMA Supersport and Superstock season openers as well as Daytona 200 and AMA Superbike qualifying. Last year, Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin turned the fastest lap ever on the newly configured, 2.95-mile Daytona International Speedway. Repeat coverage of the Supersport and Superstock races will air at 11 p.m. ET on March 9 and again at 12 p.m. ET, March 10.
On March 10, the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series takes center stage with primetime same-day coverage starting at 9:30 p.m. ET. The “Big Three” of Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed and James Stewart will bring their season-long battle to one of the premier events on the AMA Supercross schedule, featuring the longest and most exhausting track in the series.
On March 11, SPEED will offer morning-to-evening coverage of Daytona Bike Week racing. The day starts at 11 a.m. ET with flag-to-flag coverage of the 2006 AMA Superbike Championship Presented by Parts Unlimited season opener. Defending champ Mat Mladin will begin his quest to win a record seventh AMA Superbike title. This year, Mladin will face an even deeper field of competitors, including the returning factory Kawasaki squad led by brothers Tommy and Roger Lee Hayden.
Fans of the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship won’t be left out either. After the Daytona Superbike race, SPEED will present Thursday night’s Flat Track season opener from Daytona’s Municipal Stadium. Chris Carr is hoping to close in this year on some of Scott Parker’s AMA Grand National records.
Live coverage of the 65th Daytona 200 by Honda featuring the AMA Lockhart-Phillips USA Formula Xtreme Series will take the green flag starting at 1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 11. This year defending Daytona 200 winner Miguel Duhamel will face a strong field of competitors as he tries to become the first six-time winner of the prestigious race.
“AMA Pro Racing is thrilled to again be working with SPEED for the 2006 racing season and these 3 days in March - with 12 hours of programming, is a great rollout for another fantastic season of coverage for fans of AMA racing,” said AMA Pro Racing’s Vice-President of Commercial Development John C. Farris, Jr. “The Daytona Bike Week tradition gathers the entire AMA racing community and it is great to have SPEED bringing it to life for the fans that aren’t able to attend the events,” added Farris.
Veteran broadcasters Ralph Sheheen, who is also announcing the entire Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series on SPEED, and Brian Drebber will provide play by play alongside expert color analysis from former Daytona winner Freddie Spencer. 2 Wheel Tuesday’s host Greg White will be reporting from the pits with help from racer Jason Pridmore during the Daytona 200.
For additional information on all the Daytona AMA Pro Racing TV programming, go to www.speedtv.com or www.amaproracing.com.
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