FOX Sports Coverage Of 2017 WeatherTech Championship Highlighted By
FOX Live Network Coverage; Expanded Rolex 24 At Daytona Television
FOX Sports GO To Carry Live Coverage Of Entire 2017 Season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 22, 2016)
–
The 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – which opens in fewer
than 40 days with the 55th Rolex 24 At Daytona – is already shaping up
to be a classic, with the introduction
of brand-new race cars in the flagship Prototype class and a number of
new cars and participants in both GT classes.
Once
again in 2017, FOX Sports will have all of the action from the drop of
the green flag in the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 28 through the final
checkered flag of the season
at Petit Le Mans on Oct. 7, as IMSA and FOX Sports today unveiled the
complete television schedule for the series.
The
2017 season will open on Saturday, Jan. 28 with a live FOX Network
telecast of the first three hours of the 55th Rolex 24 At Daytona. FOX
Sports will provide 24 hours of
live television coverage of the Rolex 24 across FOX, FS1 and FS2 with
only a brief, one-hour window late Saturday evening that will not be
televised.
The
FOX Sports GO app will have 25 consecutive hours of Rolex 24
programming, kicking off live streaming in the U.S. of the entire
12-race WeatherTech Championship season in
2017. The app will simulcast all FOX Sports telecasts in their entirety
and will have seven hours of exclusive coverage in 2017.
“We
worked closely with our partners at FOX Sports to build an extremely
strong schedule for WeatherTech Championship telecasts in 2017,” said
David Pettit, IMSA vice president,
marketing. “Together, we were able to ‘reimagine’ our television
schedule to expand our presence on the FOX Network, reduce the number of
channel changes during our Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup
events and utilize the FOX Sports GO platform to
provide a consistent platform for our most loyal race fans.
“We’ve
more than doubled the number of hours of live FOX Network coverage over
2016, and are offering more live television coverage of the Rolex 24 At
Daytona than we have at
any time in recent history. At the same time, both of FOX Sports’ cable
networks, FS1 and FS2, have grown substantially, and we are making FOX
Sports GO a destination for fans to watch the season in its entirety. In
total, it’s a fantastic package to offer
our fans and partners.”
In
addition to the first three hours of the Rolex 24, the BUBBA burger
Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach on Saturday, April 8, also will be
televised live on FOX Network.
Nine
of 12 events, including all four Tequila Patrón North American
Endurance Cup races – the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 28-29, the Mobil 1
Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by
Fresh From Florida on March 18, the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on
July 2 and Petit Le Mans on Oct. 7 – will have FOX Sports GO streaming
with authentication for all FS1 cable subscribers.
FS1
will feature 27 1/2 hours of WeatherTech Championship coverage,
including a nine-hour live block of coverage from the Mobil 1 Twelve
Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From
Florida and complete telecasts of the events at Canadian Tire
Motorsport Park, Road America and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. FS2 will
carry 37 1/2 hours of live coverage in 2017.
The
2017 WeatherTech Championship season opens at Daytona International
Speedway on Jan. 28-29 with the 55th Rolex 24 At Daytona.
2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Television / Streaming Schedule
Date Event/Venue Channel Times (All Times ET)
Jan. 28-29 Rolex 24 At Daytona FOX 2 – 5 p.m. Sat.
Daytona International Speedway FSGO* 2 p.m. Sat. – 3 p.m. Sun.
Daytona Beach, Florida FS2 5 – 10 p.m. Sat.
FS2 11 p.m. Sat. – 12:30 p.m. Sun.
FS1 12:30 – 3 p.m. Sun.
March 18 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring FSGO* 10:30 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Fueled by Fresh From Florida FS1 2 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Sebring International Raceway
Sebring, Florida
April 8 BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix FOX 4 – 6 p.m.
at Long Beach
Long Beach, California
May 6 Circuit of The Americas FS2 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Austin, Texas
June 3 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix FS2 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Detroit, Michigan
July 2 Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen FSGO* 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Watkins Glen International FS1 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Watkins Glen, New York FS2 1 – 4:30 p.m.
July 9 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park FS1 5 – 8 p.m.
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
July 22 Northeast Grand Prix FS2 3 – 6 p.m.
Lime Rock Park
Lakeville, Connecticut
Aug. 6 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase FS1 2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Aug. 27 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR FS1 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
VIRginia International Raceway
Danville, Virginia
Sept. 17 Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix FS1 5 – 8 p.m.
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Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, California
Oct. 7 Petit Le Mans FSGO* 10:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Road Atlanta FS1 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Braselton, Georgia FS2 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
FS2 5 – 9:30 p.m.
NOTE: Broadcast dates and times subject to change * - FOX Sports GO with FS1 authentication
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