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Championship Off Road Racing
270 Newport Center Drive, Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 467-2397
(949) 467-2399 fax
1-866-501-CORR
www.corracing.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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NBC SPORTS
EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH
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CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING THROUGH 2009
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NEW YORK – October 1, 2007 -
Jon Miller, Executive Vice President, NBC Sports and Jim
Baldwin, CORR series owner announce the extension of the
network’s partnership with Championship Off Road Racing™
through 2009. Increasing its commitment to CORR by six and a
half hours per year, NBC has agreed to air nine, 90-minute
programs for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
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“We are extremely pleased
with the response from our audience in the first year of NBC
Sports’ broadcasts of CORR,” said Miller. “This series is on
the rise in popularity, and we are thrilled to extend our
partnership in order to help bring this innovative and exiting
form of racing to a very enthusiastic motor sports audience.”
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“We are pleased to extend our
very successful relationship with NBC Sports for two more
years,” said CORR series owner Jim Baldwin. “When you see the
intensity, brute strength and sheer beauty of these 800
horsepower trucks battling for dominance on some of the most
challenging courses in the country, you just may feel you’re
strapped into the passenger seat next to these incredibly
skilled and talented drivers,” Baldwin adds.
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NBC’s veteran motor sports
broadcast team, including Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr, and
Marty Snider, join longtime CORR pit reporter Kelli Stavast to
bring the fender-to-fender action to NBC’s viewers.
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The short course action of
Championship Off Road Racing™ is where NASCAR stars Jimmy
Johnson and Robby Gordon got their starts, CORR brings high
action, four-wheel motor sports including 2-wheel drive and
4-wheel drive trucks to the closed course off road arena.
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2008 CORR
Schedule (NBC dates & times are subject to change)
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CORR RACE DATE |
NBC AIRDATE |
NBC AIRTIME (ET) |
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May 17 – 18 |
Sunday, May 25 |
12:30 - 2 p.m. |
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June 7 – 8 |
Sunday, June 15 |
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
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June 28 – 29 |
Sunday, July 6 |
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
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July 19 – 20 |
Sunday, July 27 |
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
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August 23 – 24 |
Sunday, August 31 |
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
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September 13 – 14 |
Sunday, September 28 |
2:30 - 4 p.m. |
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September 27 – 28 |
Sunday, October 5 |
2:30 - 4 p.m. |
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October 17 – 18 |
Sunday, October 26 |
2:30 - 4 p.m. |
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November 8 – 9 |
Sunday, November 16
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4:30 - 6 p.m. |
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NBC Sports will broadcast the
CORR show one week after the race event for all but one race
weekend. The September 13 – 14 races will air on NBC sports
two weeks after the race. CORR anticipates announcing race
locations within the next two weeks.
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For up to date schedules and to
see the latest CORR videos please visit
www.corracing.com
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