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Special from MarcTimesTV.com
CRA & Plymouth
Speedway Selects MarcTimesTV.com as Broadcast Partner
Champion Racing Association (CRA) and
Plymouth Speedway (IN) have announced an innovative partnership with
MarcTimesTV.com to broadcast their April 11th Cabin Fever
200 Presented by the Newton Center race event from Plymouth Speedway.
"We are very happy to enter into a
broadcast partnership with the CRA," said Marc Times Racing News
publisher Patrick McNamara. "Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), or
what is often referred to as live streaming, is the future of live
Motorsports broadcasting. We are excited that Plymouth Speedway and
the CRA are inviting us to join them as part of their Cabin Fever 200
team."
Plymouth Speedway and CRA are making
the Cabin Fever 200 Presented by the Newton Center available
nationwide as a Pay-Per-View event, broadcasting live from Plymouth
Speedway at 2pm on April 11th as the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman
Series, CRA Street Stocks and the Vore's Welding and Steel CRA FWD
Compacts thaw out Michiana's racing passion in the first big event of
2010. The Cabin Fever 200 broadcast team will include veteran CRA
announcer Adam Mackey along with Plymouth Speedway public address
announcer Andrew Hayn. Adam and Andrew are among the best voices in
short track Motorsports and their skills and energy will contribute
substantially to the 200 laps of feature racing being broadcast.
MarcTimesTV.com broadcast is captured by three manned television
cameras and produced on site utilizing the latest in mobile television
transmission equipment. Streamed in high standard definition flash at
30 fps at 720i in 640x480 resolution, this PPV broadcast should
provide stunning coverage of the event.
R. J. Scott, Managing Partner of the
CRA stated. "We regularly receive inquiries from our fans located
across the nation desiring to watch CRA events live. CRA has always
embraced new technology and endeavored to deliver superior racing
action to our fans. This developing relationship with MarcTimesTV.com
and the Marc Times Racing News will provide our drivers and sponsors
greater exposure, further reach and a higher level visibility while
providing our fans who can't make it to the racetrack a new option for
watching the race."
"Nothing can replace the sights,
sounds and smells of race day," said MarcTimesTV.com Executive
Director Richard Miller. "We want fans to go to Plymouth Speedway on
April 11th and witness live and in person some of the very best short
track racing Indiana has to offer. But if you can't make it to the
track and still want to watch this great CRA event, we hope you'll
find our coverage of the event exceeds your expectations".
Fans desiring to pre-order the PPV
can go to
www.marctimestv.com/subscriptions and receive a special $5
discount off the regularly priced PPV of $14.95. Live feed will
commence at 1 pm EST with racing action scheduled to begin at 2 pm
EST. All PPV's purchased before 11:59 pm EST on Friday April 9th will
receive the 35% off discount. Registration at MarcTimesTV.com is
required but is made available at no charge. In addition to the live
PPV, all PPV purchases will provide the purchaser unlimited on-demand
replays for 7 days following the event.
Additional Information:
Champion Racing Association (CRA) is
a racing sanctioning body that primarily oversees the scheduling,
administering, and officiating of the CRA Super Series for Template
Super Late Models. The CRA also sanctions Sportsman, Street Stocks and
FWD Compacts. Based out of the home state of racing, Indiana, CRA is
the Midwest's preeminent touring series for Super Late Model, Late
Model Sportsman, Street Stock and FWD Compact stock cars. CRA is owned
and managed by industry veterans Glenn Luckett and R. J. Scott, formed
in 1997 the CRA now sanctions over 60 events a year, spanning 6 states
and 15 tracks with racing action commencing in January and continuing
into November. Learn more about the CRA by visiting
www.craracing.net.
Marc Times Racing News was founded in
1964 by Dick Beebe as the Michigan Auto Racing Chronicles (MARC),
later renamed "The MARC Times Racing News". Dick Beebe was the founder
of the Michigan Speedway Promoters Association, he and his wife Pat
are both inducted in the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame. Marc Times
Racing News & Michigan Racing Scene were acquired by Patrick McNamara
in 2008 and incorporated as Michigan Circle Track, LLC. In 2010,
Michigan Circle Track was rebranded as Midwest Circle Track; Newspaper
was rebranded Marc Times Racing News & Midwest Circle Track. The· Marc
Times Racing News & Midwest Racing
Scene is the Great Lakes Region's No. 1 Racing Newspaper, with over
3000 subscribers across Michigan, Ohio & Indiana. Learn more about the
Marc Times Racing News & Midwest Racing Scene by visiting
www.marctimesracingnews.com.
MarcTimesTV.com is a cooperative
effort between Marc Times Racing News & Miller Media Vision. Richard
Miller, founder of Miller Media Vision is a 25 year television
broadcast professional having produced for several television stations
in Lansing, Grand Rapids and Detroit. After a successful stint at each
different station he worked for CBS NEWS in the regional office in
Detroit covering stories locally and internationally. Presently he is
President of MMV Inc. while freelancing for ESPN, Fox Sports Detroit
and the Detroit Lions.
Plymouth Speedway is owned and
operated by Bob Blount and Tom Smith. The gates opened for the first
time in the spring of 1952, with a surface of oil and stones. Over the
next 60 years, the track would see various configurations and track
surfaces of different distances and nights of operations. Bob and Tom
assumed ownership of Plymouth Speedway in 2005, repaved the track and
configured it to its current dimension of 3/8th medium banked set up.
Racing from April to September of Saturday Nights, Plymouth Speedway
is Michiana's top racing attraction featuring Late Models, Sportsman,
Street Stocks, Mini-Stocks and Front Wheel Drives on a schedule which
runs ever Saturday Night from May 1st through September 26th. Learn
more about Plymouth Speedway by visiting
www.plymouthspeedway.net.
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