SPEED Channel, which broadcast Champ Car races in 2002 and 2003, is the premier motorsports network in the US, reaching 68 million households across the nation.
The channel will air four races live including the inaugural Grand Prix of San Jose on July 31 and the Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver. As it did during the 2003 season, it will feature two-and-a-half hours of coverage from each event, allowing fans to see not only all of the action on track, but also some of the pre-race pageantry and the post-race reaction.
In addition, Champ Car has added another race to its network television package for 2005. NBC will broadcast the May 21 event in Monterrey, Mexico live from the temporary road circuit in Fundidora Park.
The addition gives Champ Car a total of seven races on network television in 2005, with four events on CBS and three on NBC, including the season-opening Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Each of the first six races of the Champ Car season will be shown live on CBS or NBC, marking the first time since 1997 that Champ Car will open its year with six consecutive races on network television.
Fans in Europe will be treated to live coverage of every 2005 series event on Eurosport and the new Eurosport 2 network.
