ASA Press Release - ASA Free State 500 Telecast Debuts Tonight
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE February 22, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASA FREE STATE 500 TELECAST DEBUTS TONIGHT IN SOME MARKETS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Speed Association PR DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Monday, February 22, 2010) - Three weeks after the historic event took place, race fans in the United States will finally get their opportunity to see the ASA Transcontinental Series Free State 500 tonight (Monday, February 22, 2010) in some of the markets. The two-hour broadcast was produced by Carolina Production Group, Inc. with Rick Benjamin calling the play-by-play and Todd Lewis reporting from pit road. Sun Sports Network is available to 6.6 million households in the Florida Market will show the event at 9 p.m. EST. Altitude Sports & Entertainment reaches 3 million households in the Denver & Salt Lake City markets will air it at 10:00 p.m. EST (8:00 MST). Altitude will re-air the broadcast at 12:00 a.m. MST the same night, 11:00 a.m. MST on 2/23 and 2:00 p.m. MST on 2/27. Fox Sports North reaches 2.2 million households in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota will air at 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. CST). Fox Sports Wisconsin reaches 1.8 million households in the Badger State will air it at 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. CST). Time Warner Sports 26 reaches 500,000 households in the Central New York market will air it at 6 p.m. EST. Race fans in the United Kingdom can watch their fellow compatriot John Mickel take the win on ESPN UK on Tuesday morning, February 23 at 4:00 a.m. local time. Some of these channels listed above may also be available on DirecTV and Dish Network packages. Please check your package to see if any of these channels are available. Other Air Dates include... TENTATIVE AIR DATES FOR THE ASA FREE STATE 500 (All Times Eastern) SportsSouth (Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Birmingham, Greenville-Spartanburg) - February 26 @ 4 p.m. In Country Television Network (DISH/DIRECTV) - Feb 26 @ 8 p.m. Sun Sports Network (Florida) - February 22 @ 9 p.m. Altitude Sports & Entertainment (Denver, Salt Lake City) - February 22 @ 10 p.m. Fox Sports Pittsburgh (PA, WV, OH, MD) - February 22 @ 10 p.m. Fox Sports North (MN, IA, ND, SD) - February 22 @ 8 p.m. Fox Sports Wisconsin (WI) - February 22 @ 8 p.m. Time Warner Cable SportsNet (Rochester, NY) - March 7 @ 7 p.m. Time Warner Cable SportsNet (Buffalo, NY) - February 25 @ 8:30 p.m. Time Warner Sports 26 (Central New York) - February 22 @ 6 p.m. KC Metro Sports (Kansas City, MO) - March 4 @ 8 p.m. The Texas Channel (Texas) - March 1 @ 7 p.m. WGSR TV 47 (Greensboro, NC) - February 27 @ 7 p.m. WDRL TV 24 (Roanoke, VA) - March 15 @ 8 p.m. Tuff TV Network (National Digital Broadcast Network) - February 28 @ 2 p.m. ESPN UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) - February 23 @ 4 a.m. (UK local time) These affiliates will also broadcast the race and will announce an airdate soon. MASN (Washington D.C., Baltimore, Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Norfolk, Richmond) Comcast SportsNet, Chicago (Chicago) Time Warner Cable 3 (Albany, NY) Cox Sports Television, New England (CT & RI) Comcast Entertainment 900 (Michigan) Cox 3, OC (Orange County, CA) Dish Multi Sports Package (National) DIRECTv SportsPak (National) AT&T U-Verse (National) RaceFanTV (Broadband Network) VIA ESPN International... TSN2 (Canada) ESPN Israel (Israel) ESPN Middle East (North Africa/Middle East - 20 countries) ESPN Atlantic (Africa - 26 countries) ESPN Pac Rim (Australia, New Zealand, Islands - 8 countries) We will announce more dates as soon as they become available. ASA®, ASA Racing®, American Speed Association® are registered trademarks of Racing Speed Associates, LLC. 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