18 Races in USAC's 2000 Television Package

USAC'S 2000 TELEVISION PACKAGE CONTAINS 18 RACES

Eighteen United States Auto Club races will be televised in the year 2000, including events in four different series. Involved are 11 different race tracks and two television networks.

ESPN2 will televise 15 of the events, with TNN providing coverage of the other three. The TNN races include the February 4-6 Coors Light Silver Bullet and MCI WorldCom National Midget Car "Copper World Classic" events at Phoenix, Ariz. and the October 29 Coors Light Silver Bullet race at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park.

ESPN2 coverage gets under way with the Coors Light Silver Bullet race on April 8 at Nazareth (Pa.) Speedway and involves both taped and live presentations.

In all, eight Coors Light Silver Bullet races and 10 MCI WorldCom Midget Car and Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car races will be telecast. Ten of the ESPN2 productions will air on Sunday nights, following the prime-time RPM2Nite auto racing program.

USAC 2000 TELEVISION SCHEDULE

Event Series Network/Status Broadcast Date Time (ET)

Feb. 6 Phoenix, AZ Coors Light Silver Bullet TNN/T Feb. 20 or March 5 3-4 pm Feb. 6 Phoenix, AZ MCI WorldCom Midget Car TNN/T Feb. 20 or March 5 3-4 pm April 8 Nazareth, PA Coors Light Silver Bullet ESPN2/T April 23 10:30 pm-12:30 am May 7 Madison, IL Coors Light Silver Bullet ESPN2/T May 7 4:30-6:30 pm May 12 Cedar Rapids, IA Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car ESPN2/T May 14 9:30-11:30 pm May 20 Indianapolis, IN Coors Light Silver Bullet ESPN2/T May 25 7:30-9:30 pm May 24 Anderson, IN Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car ESPN2/T May 31 7:30-9:30 pm May 27 Indianapolis, IN MCI WorldCom Midget Car ESPN2/L May 27 9:30-11:30 pm June 3 Knoxville, IA Coors Light Silver Bullet ESPN2/T June 4 9:30-11:30 pm June 18 Fountain, CO MCI WorldCom Midget Car ESPN2/T June 18 9:30-11:30 pm June 30 Anderson, IN MCI WorldCom Midget Car ESPN2/T July 5 TBD July 7 Toldeo, OH Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car ESPN2/T July 9 11:30 pm-1:30 am July 15 Indianapolis, IN Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car ESPN2/T July 16 5:30-7:30 pm Aug. 2 Indianapolis, IN Coors Light Silver Bullet ESPN2/L August 2 8:00-10:00 pm Aug. 23 Indianapolis, IN MCI WorldCom Midget Car ESPN2/T August 27 TBD Oct. 14 Irwindale, CA Coors Light Silver Bullet ESPN2/T October 22 9:30-11:30 pm Oct. 29 Memphis, TN Coors Light Silver Bullet TNN/L October 29 TBD Nov. 23 Irwindale, CA MCI WorldCom Midget Car ESPN2/T November 26 9:30-11:30 pm