SBRS: Series TV Schedule

Barber Dodge espn2 TV Schedule Released

LAKEVILLE, Conn. (May 1) - Skip Barber Racing today announced the 1998 Barber Dodge Pro Series espn2 broadcast schedule. The ?-hour telecasts of each of the year's 12 races will air one to two weeks after the event, plus two or three replays per race. A one-hour Rear View Mirror season-review show is again planned for broadcast in December.

Last year, there were 52 separate Barber Dodge broadcasts. Each race's cumulative A.C. Nielsen Rating averaged .6, representing nearly 500,000 television viewers. The 1997 broadcasts generated almost 6,000,000 viewing impressions---a 10 percent increase over 1996---and attracted 527,231 new viewers to Barber Dodge races.

espn2 is now available in more than 54,000,000 homes across the U.S.

1998 Barber Dodge espn2 Broadcast Schedule (race date in parentheses). All times Eastern. Subject to change.* [Note: The Sebring opener aired four times in April]

Lime Rock, Conn. (May 25) Original air date: Sunday, June 7, 6:30 p.m. Detroit, Mich. (June 7) Original air date: Saturday, June 20, 12:00 noon Watkins Glen, N.Y. (June 28) Original air date: Sunday, July 12, 11:00 a.m. Cleveland, Ohio (July 12) Original air date: Sunday, July 26, 10:00 a.m. Grand Rapids, Mich. (July 26) Original air date: Sunday, August 9, 6:00 p.m. Mid-Ohio, Ohio (Aug. 9) Original air date: Sunday, August 23, 5:30 p.m. Road America, Wis. (Aug. 16) Original air date: Sunday, August 30, 10:00 a.m. Laguna Seca I, Calif. (Sept. 12) Original air date: Sunday, September 27, 6:30 a.m. Road Atlanta, Georgia (Oct. 11) Original air date: Sunday, October 18, 11:30 a.m. Laguna Seca II, Calif. (Oct. 25) Original air date: Sunday, November 15, 11:00 a.m. Homestead, Fla. (T)(Nov. 15) Original air date: Sunday, November 29, 3:30 p.m.

*espn2 automated motorsports programming updates can be reached by calling 860.585.2236