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World Series of Off-Road Racing
NEWS
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- NASCAR’S
BRENDAN GAUGHAN TO HOST WSORR TV BROADCASTS
PALOS HILLS, Ill. -- NeWave Television Productions has announced
that NASCAR star Brendan Gaughan will provide commentary for the
Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing on SPEED TV during the
2007 season. Gaughan is a former World Champion short course
off-road racer and current NASCAR Craftsman Truck driver.
“When deciding on the broadcast team, we were cognizant of what we
thought would be best for the sport and the television series,”
stated Steve Grein, Executive Producer for NeWave Television
Productions. “Brendan’s personality and enthusiasm have been well
documented throughout his NASCAR and off-road career and we know
he’ll bring great insight and an element of entertainment to the
broadcast,” Grein added.
The NeWave television crew will be visible at all events with a
48-foot TV truck, a number of track cameras and crew on site. In
addition to Gaughan, the WSORR TV broadcast team includes newcomer
Christyn Garrett serving as pit reporter and off road racing expert
Greg Creamer hosts the shows.
NeWave will tape the entire series and compile the events into 18
one-hour programs that will air on prime time SPEED. Fourteen
episodes will focus on each round of racing from the PRO 4x4, PRO
2WD and PRO Light Pick Up classes. One show will be dedicated
entirely to the two shootout Cup races at Crandon. The three
remaining episodes will solely focus on SRT sportsman racing
highlights from the full season. In addition to the broadcast team,
NeWave has planned a different approach to the format for each one
hour show by mixing behind the scenes programming with hardcore race
results.
“Viewers love to see all the action in the pits and this kind of
programming is a great way to give them a glimpse into all the hard
work each team puts into the sport,” said Jen Ashley, Producer for
the WSORR television series.
Each one hour program will focus the reality sections on two race
teams. What does this mean? Lots of camera time! NeWave will have a
cameraman in the race team pit and put a microphone on the driver
and the crew chief. The crew chief will stay mic’d up throughout the
race and will have the cameraman with him for the duration. The
selection process for the reality participants will be determined on
the day before each event, but Ashley said the “NeWave team would be
happy to hear from interested teams”.
The television series will begin airing on SPEED in late 2007. More
information on NeWave Television Productions is available on the web
at www.newavetv.com and www.wsorr.com.
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