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November 26th 2009 @ 2:37am


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V8 Supercars secures American TV deal

The V8 Supercars will be broadcast to over 79 million subscribers in America after the championship signed a deal with FOX Sports USA.
The three-year deal will see Australia’s premier motorsport category broadcast on the SPEED network, the same cable channel which shows NASCAR, Formula One, MotoGP and several other series to a north American audience.
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  •   Boo Cheers

    Marshall said  | November 26th 2009 @ 9:08am | Report comment

    Massive deal for our series and might get some American $ into the teams. Can’t help but feel the success of Ambrose over there got their interest up

  •   Boo Cheers

    Beast-A-Tron said  | November 26th 2009 @ 2:35pm | Report comment

    V8 Supercars is a bit different to NASCAR so it will be interesting to see if the yanks pick it up. NASCAR in my opinion is less heavy on technical driving ability (going around a circle, no cornering) and more heavy on high speed automotive combat and sheer balls. I think there is a niche for V8 Supercars over there, time will tell.

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