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closeSPEED™ ADDS NASCAR CONFIDENTIAL SPECIAL EXAMINING INDY TIRE WEAR ISSUES FROM THE INSIDE
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO GIVE SPEED VIEWERS REAL-TIME LOOK AT HOW RUBBER MET THE ROAD
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2008
With apologies and promises it will never happen again and investigations still underway looking at just what went wrong at last weekend’s Brickyard 400, SPEED will take NASCAR fans deep inside the real-time crisis management exercise at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Adding a special edition of its popular behind-the-scenes documentary series NASCAR Confidential, SPEED and NASCAR Media Group will use their exclusive access to examine, from multiple perspectives, what went on last weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when dangerous and excessive tire wear took center stage.
Entitled NASCAR Confidential: What We Learned at Indy, the one-hour special will premiere Friday at 6 p.m. ET and re-air Saturday at 11 p.m. ET.
“NASCAR Confidential continues to deliver a viewpoint never before offered to race fans on a regular basis,” said SPEED SVP of Programming Steve Craddock. “The scale of what happened last weekend is unique and required quick-thinking and pressure-filled decision making from everyone involved. This program will show race fans just how complicated the process was and how everyone rose to the occasion to pull off a complete race under incredibly adverse conditions.”
Featured elements:
See how tire issues began to develop in practice as teams discovered tire dust and initial signs of unusual wear
Experience exclusive coverage of race day morning -- from driver's meeting instructions regarding competition cautions to the frantic work done by crews and teams as they adapted and prepared for new sets of tires issued by Goodyear
Ride on top of the pit box with two dozen crew chiefs as they examine tires, adjust to the competition cautions, adapt to blown tires and calculate new strategies for 400 miles of racing … including conversations with NASCAR Race Control
Hear from Goodyear officials, drivers (Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin) and crew chiefs (Chad Knaus, Steve Letarte and Robbie Loomis) about how crucial tires are to a track like Indy and how a blown tire can ruin your day or season
Former crew chiefs and SPEED on-air personalities Larry McReynolds and Jeff Hammond conduct post-event interviews with drivers, crew chiefs, Goodyear representatives and NASCAR officials
SPEED is the nation's first and foremost cable television network dedicated to motor sports and the passion for everything automotive. From racing to restoration, motorcycles to movies, SPEED delivers quality programming from the track to the garage. Now available in more than 78 million homes in North America, SPEED is among the fastest-growing sports cable networks in the country and, the home to NASCAR on SPEED and an industry leader in interactive TV, video on demand, mobile initiatives and broadband services. For more information, please visit SPEEDtv.com, the online motor sports authority.