2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross TV Information
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 | 5:15 PM
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MX Sports Pro Racing and Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports announce today the 2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship will enjoy exclusive coverage across NBC Sports, SPEED and FUEL TV, with 60 hours of original programming, including 28 hours of live coverage. The domestic broadcasts will reach more than 120 million viewers across the three networks.NBC Sports' coverage is spread over three months, including a pair of live broadcasts. NBC's third season of Motocross broadcasts begin with the Rockstar Energy High Point National June 12, continuing with the Rockstar Energy RedBud National on July 2 and the Rockstar Energy Unadilla National on August 13.
As a longtime supporter of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, SPEED will once again carry significant coverage for 2011 with 21 hours of programming. The network will showcase every final moto of the 250 Class Championship, in addition to two live broadcasts of the Peterson CAT Washougal National on July 23, and the season-ending Pala Motocross National on September 10.
Catch all first motos of the 2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship LIVE on FUEL TV and Allisports.com
Photo: Simon Cudby
"We are proud to continue our strong relationship with both NBC and SPEED," said MX Sports Pro Racing Vice President Davey Coombs. "They have been incredible partners for the past two seasons and their support has helped American Motocross reach millions of fans in the U.S. and around the world. Now with the addition of FUEL TV this season, we are even more excited about what the future will hold."
The Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship adds FUEL TV to the broadcast family for 2011, with more than 39 hours of total coverage on the network. FUEL TV will bring Motocross fans 24 hours of live programming, allowing them the chance to watch the stars of the 250 and 450 classes go bar-to-bar during the opening moto from each race. In addition, FUEL TV will also air 12 weekly one-hour highlight shows, plus a season preview, midseason and recap shows.
The series' widely-popular online coverage will continue as well, allowing enthusiasts to log onto the official website of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship to catch all the opening-moto action at www.allisports.com/motocross.
"Every moto enthusiast now has the opportunity to be a part of the entire day of racing, whether they choose to watch the television broadcast or the live stream, or a combination of the two," said Mark Carter, GM of Strategic Partnerships for Alli Sports. "We're providing more robust coverage this season, and giving our fans a choice of how they watch moto racing. This is a huge step forward for the sport."
The 2011 season will be will be broadcast to over 104 countries throughout the world.
Photo: Simon Cudby
Bringing the action into homes across the country is a talented lineup of veteran television personalities. Since joining the motocross broadcast team in 2009, Jason Weigandt has provided colorful play-by-play of all the on-track excitement. He returns to fulfill the same role in 2011 alongside another familiar name in former AMA Pro Motocross Champion Jeff Emig. "Fro," as many like to call him, gives viewers an insider perspective as to what is taking place in the riders' heads with analysis only a former champion could provide. Rounding out the three-person team is longtime trackside reporter Erin Bates. With considerable knowledge of the sport, Bates will bring viewers the latest breaking news and developing storylines from the starting gate and the pits.
Saturday's Rockstar Energy Hangtown National, the opening round of the 2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, can be seen beginning at 4 p.m. EST on FUEL TV, with coverage of the opening 250- and 450-Class motos. Remaining broadcasts of the final motos of each class will air back-to-back on SPEED this Sunday, May 22, beginning at 11 a.m. EST.
*All first motos will also air live on Allisports.com
2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship TV Broadcast Schedule
Event Date Channel Time (EST) Show
2011 Pre-Season Show
19-May FUEL TV 10:00 p.m.
Season Preview
20-May
1:00 a.m.
20-May
4:00 a.m.
Rockstar Energy Hangtown National
21-May FUEL TV 4:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
22-May SPEED 11:00 a.m. 450 Second Moto
22-May SPEED 12:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
26-May FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Rockstar Energy Freestone National
28-May FUEL TV 2:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
28-May SPEED 10:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
28-May SPEED 11:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
2-Jun FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Rockstar Energy High Point National 11-Jun FUEL TV 1:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
11-Jun SPEED 10:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
12-Jun NBC Sports 4:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
16-Jun FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
MotoTees.com Budds Creek National
18-Jun FUEL TV 1:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
18-Jun SPEED 10:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
18-Jun SPEED 11:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
23-Jun FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Toyota Trucks Thunder Valley National
25-Jun FUEL TV 3:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
25-Jun SPEED 11:30 p.m. 450 Second Moto
26-Jun SPEED 2:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
30-Jun FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Rockstar Energy RedBud National
2-Jul FUEL TV 1:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
2-Jul NBC Sports 5:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
2-Jul SPEED 10:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
7-Jul FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Spring Creek Motocross National
16-Jul FUEL TV 2:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
16-Jul SPEED 11:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
17-Jul SPEED 6:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
21-Jul FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Peterson CAT Washougal National
23-Jul FUEL TV 4:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
23-Jul SPEED 7:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
23-Jul SPEED 8:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
28-Jul FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Mid-Season Review Show
11-Aug FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Mid-Season Recap
Rockstar Energy Unadilla National
13-Aug FUEL TV 12:30 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
13-Aug NBC Sports 3:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
13-Aug SPEED 9:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
18-Aug FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Rockstar Energy Southwick National
27-Aug FUEL TV 1:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
27-Aug SPEED 10:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
27-Aug SPEED 11:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
1-Sep FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Steel City Motocross National
3-Sep FUEL TV 1:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
3-Sep SPEED 8:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
3-Sep SPEED 9:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
8-Sep FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
Pala Motocross National
10-Sep FUEL TV 4:00 p.m. 250/450 First Motos
10-Sep SPEED 7:00 p.m. 450 Second Moto
10-Sep SPEED 8:00 p.m. 250 Second Moto
15-Sep Fuel TV 10:00 p.m. Highlight Show
2011 Season Highlight Show
22-Sep FUEL TV 10:00 p.m. Season Recap
*BOLD indicates LIVE programming
For more information or tickets for the 2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, visit www.allisports.com/motocross.
Don't miss any of the action this summer as Ryan Dungey and company will be providing action-packed drama all season long.
Photo: Simon Cudby
The world's most prestigious motocross championship will be broadcast to 104 countries throughout the world, with a global reach of over 200 million households across six continents.
On the heels of a breakthrough domestic television package in the U.S. that will feature exclusive coverage of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship on NBC Sports, SPEED and Fuel TV, the international telecasts will be hosted on eight different networks across the world - AB Motors, ESPN Brazil, Extreme Channel, Motors TV, Moto TV, SPEED Australia, SPEED Canada and SuperSport International.
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HOLESHOT!
Holeshot.....like RV this weekend.
...watch the replay Seth,,,,, I hit the chalk line first !!! HAHAHAHAHA!
I guess while I am glad this is on TV it sure is dumb to show the first moto on Saturday and the second a day late on another network. Wonder what bright light came up with that?
what are u talking about rick melon? i totally beat u to the first corner, like i hope alessi doesnt this weekend, haha:)
thank god for first moto coverage! now if we could do something about having to tune into THREE networks to watch one complete national... my dvr is going to be confused
The MOST TV coverage in the HISTORY of the sport ... and the complainers are out immediately! The "bright light" who came up with this, stantdm, was whoever had the responsibility of negotiating with the networks ... and THIS is what they could get. NEWSFLASH: WE'RE NOT THE NFL/NBA/MLB/NASCAR!!!
Its the best coverage wqe have ever had for moto and people are still bit#hing. God there are no pleasing some of these spoiled babies. I can remember waiting an entire week to watch the race, and already knowing the outcome before I got to see it. If they decided to show the race at all. So quit crying, this is pretty darn good.
At least they are not showing the races at 2 or 3 am like they used to in the 90's.Quit crying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a big NASCAR weekend for SPEED and it just happens to be our opener, so we took a backseat there. But seeing ALL 12 rounds get some live coverage seemed like a good deal for me.... Isn't the NFL on three or four different networks? I think we're doing pretty damn good here.
DC
MX Sports
This is a big NASCAR weekend for SPEED and it just happens to be our opener, so we took a backseat there. But seeing ALL 12 rounds get some live coverage seemed like a good deal for me.... Isn't the NFL on three or four different networks? I think we're doing pretty damn good here.
DC
MX Sports
This is a big NASCAR weekend for SPEED and it just happens to be our opener, so we took a backseat there. But seeing ALL 12 rounds get some live coverage seemed like a good deal for me.... Isn't the NFL on three or four different networks? I think we're doing pretty damn good here.
DC
MX Sports
Who else can't wait?
DC my comment about it being dumb to show the first moto on Saturday and the second a day later is thinking of the casual fan who tunes in to watch a race and doesn't get to see it finish. That is not a good thing for growing the TV audience in my opinion. If your just after us, who would watch it if it were on at three in the morning you did great. I would personally prefer, and it is just my opinion, to watch a brief highlight of the first moto and the entire second moto on Saturday than have the split we have.
WHAT THE F!!!!!!!!!!!!???,,,who is the stupid ass that came up with this friggen idea????,,,watch the 1st motos today and the 2nd motos the next day???,,,what a load of shit,,,guess im not gonna tune in,,put em together or dont even bother to broadcast them,,,dumbass
@ DC yea the nfl is on a few different networks but they dont broadcast the 1st and 2nd quaters on sunday and then the 3rd and 4th quarters on monday,,,what a stupid idea,,
I am thankfull to watch ANY off road event shown on TV, be it GNCC, Supercross Motocross, or even the season previews, I could`t care less what channel there on....as long as I get them I`m as happy as a pig in shit.
DC, what's up with the triple posting? You are using up your own bandwidth!
Thanks for the live first motos. They are usually the most exciting.
I would be happy to tune in 4 hours later for a 30 minute summary of the 2nd motos, interviews, and overall and points updates.
The races are shown when the networks will show them, you DUMBASSES!!!
hey, lets hope this idea will catch on,,so when supercross kicks off next year we can watch the heats and lcqs live sat on speed and watch the mains sunday on fuel,,in between 3yr old re-runs of thrillbillies,,,,,,,DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@mike, go away, our sport doesnt need crybaby bi#ches like you. You arent doing anything for the sport except being a little pis$yas$ bit#h, so go away. At least DC is getting the sport on tv to be watched. It used to not be shown at all. I guess you would like that better?? Dumbass
i mean it is 2011. theres over 1000 channels out there, you would think they could use one of them to cover both motos live.
I'm old, been racin and following MX since the late 60's. Bengt Aberg fan. And this the best coverage yet, so, for that i'm not complaining, but they'll never gives what we want, FULL LIVE COVERAGE, unless we complain, so, like or not, complain.
Can somebody help me find a way to a link that shows all the race results, with best lap time, average speed and all this kind of info, a kind of thing you can find on the MX1 official web site for the GP's? I could watch all the SX races on TV here in Italy but they won's broadcast the National races I think.
@bolobby - Complain, sure, but on here you're addressing the people who are trying to give us the best coverage available by calling them "dumb," "bright lights" (sarcastically), "stupid ass," etc. First of all, name-calling gets you NO WHERE. Secondly, MX Sports is doing the best they can. And lastly, complain to the networks. (But if you call them "stupid asses," you'll get NO WHERE ... but I don’t expect the geniuses out here to comprehend all this.)
Here is a phrase that gets me by when things get rough. This is taken from british cities that were under direct threat of bombing by the Germans during world war two.
The phrase that was posted around the cites read :KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.
Imagine: during a bombing run these people would still manage to keep their focus
and some of us are crying about a TV Schedule! Are we going Backward?
Well.... yeah it's kind crazy.... but we get to see 1st motos LIVE every week... I gotta be honest as crazy as this is I'm really kind of excited to have this much TV coverage.
I agree waiting the next day for moto 2 is going to be somewhat annoying at first but I'm sure by week 3 we won't care....
This is just one step closer to someday being like NASCAR where we get a single channel to just air 5 hours of MX coverage.... but I've been waiting for that for about 30 years now....lol...
Weege and Emig again???
Bring back Bailey and someone who has raced in this current super scrub era, Like Langston. He filled in either on the Allisports webcast or Speed coverage and I really enjoyed it. He was well spoken.
@Snowman - The next day thing is only for this week. The rest should be same-day -- some live -- unless another "big day" in NASCAR bumps them. (But it's still waaaaaay better than being bumped by "Hockey Tonight" on ESPN2 a week later!) As for having NASCAR-like coverage ... don't hold your breath. Those who think it should be that way are delusional as to the overall popularity of our sport (much like they are delusional as to their own intelligence). And the funny thing is, when changes are made to try to become more popular, the same crew b&tches; and moans about that!
I am glad that the AMA Motocross races are on this weekend to not get bored and also to avoid that boring road racing North West 200 crap we got on in England. Thank you AMA Motocross for being on this weekend. Can it clash with Isle Of Man TT please this year?
DC ,
You guys are doing a great job ! Dont know the rating # but Las Vegas broadcast didnt work for me .
BTW , not happy to see the poor turnout at USGP but Nats come first. Luongo and Feldkamp are two smart guys so this scheduling thing stinks . Kinda feels like sour grapes to me.
Too bad we couldnt drop the USGP, give GH a NAT at the beginning of the year , and keep the MXDN. Dont know if SoCal or the teams would buy two a year.
Good job DC keep at it. See you in September !
Dirt
Pala374
ESPN2 was better IMHO
Again why is there no WMX being shown? Seems like they are continually left out of the programming. They too are exciting to watch and it is time to let them shine
I just spent 25 minutes on the phone with my cable provider. Comcast doesn't offer Fuel TV! WTF! I've been racing since 1975, went to my 1st National at Fogelsville, Pa in 1976. I HATE this TV package. I don't care about live coverage, just better coverage. What's wrong with Monday night Motocross?
Moto4life it's time to get rid of the cable stuff, they charge too much and don't offer good packages xfinity or satellite would be better if you can get it in your area.
"In my day..............." We were lucky to see a MX race 3 mos. after the fact on 'Wild World of Sports' once a year. Our results and race pics were in 'Cycle News' once a week; or a cycle mag every month. Now it's on tv live, i-net live, or the next day taped. All you young 'whipper-snappers' should all be thankful! To quote Tom Hanks:
"Crying; There's no Crying in Motocross!"
Moto4Life, the first motos were live on allisports.com last year and they are again this year. No difference. Doc, I've got cable and all the channels I want, including Fuel. However you look at it, the coverage this year is as good or better than ever. And people are hung up on this next day thing. That's ONLY FOR THIS WEEK. From here on out, the second motos are SAME DAY, live or tape delay. The horror! Can people just stop WHINING!!!
I didn't like last year either. I work Saturdays and race Sundays, so I have to watch it later anyway. I problem with watching it on the internet is two-fold. It's impossible to go to the website without seeing who won the race, 2nd I would rather watch the race on my 57in TV vs my 17in laptop. Maybe I'm the only fan of this sport that works/races on the weekend, but I doubt it.
I didn't like last year either. I work Saturdays and race Sundays, so I have to watch it later anyway. The problem with watching it on the internet is two-fold. It's impossible to go to the website without seeing who won the race, 2nd I would rather watch the race on my 57in TV vs my 17in laptop. Maybe I'm the only fan of this sport that works/races on the weekend, but I doubt it.
My only "complaint" if you can even call it that, is I don't get Fuel TV! But otherwise I join the ranks of many who are stoked to have this much TV coverage. in the mid-90's when the TV coverage was just starting to get serious, I loved the 2-hour format where we'd get BOTH 125 and BOTH 250 motos. it was a full afternoon of racing without having to go to the track. I still have a bunch of those on VCR tape somewhere... HOWEVER, I also remember being pre-empted countless times so that the World Dart Championships could be shown, or some other crap. I'd set my VCR to record, rewind and more often than I can remember it would be anything other than moto. So if I have to split the coverage, but I KNOW I will get to see it when it is supposed to be aired, I'll be more than happy to deal with it. Yes, I would love to go back to the full 2-hour format, but like DC said above, where doing pretty damn good with where we've come. and its only going to get better.
You won't be attracting any new fans with this goofy setup!! I am happy with it and will go through the hassles to watch the races but new people to the sport will get bored and think it's an absurd setup...NOw we are house bound for the entire weekend if we want to see both motos...ONe day someone will get this tv schedule up to modern standards on par with other professional sports..
my cable provider, shaw does not have fuel tv!!
To watch all four motos live, you'd sit in front of your TV all afternoon on Saturday. That doesn't sound like the hot setup to me! Moto4Life, when races started being shown online (AMA and GPs - though now GPs are pay-per-view), I went to Walmart and bought a cable that hooks my laptop up to my 50" TV. Voila! Racing on the big screen. It's 2011, brother! As for it being too "confusing" for new viewers, how many of those people are going to sit through four hours anyway? If you think about it, each moto is its own race, and can be enjoyed on its own merits. GPs are shown on a local access channel on my cable, but they only show the second motos. Still enjoyable! Stop looking for reasons to complain, and enjoy what we've got!
I guess i can't complain but imagine how much joy would go around the world of motocross if it were all live and from start to finish racing on that day..That would be the best!!!
Again, how many people are going to sit there in front of the tube every Saturday from 1pm to around 5 (depending on time zone)? Considering what we've had throughout the years (I've been watching since ABC Wide World of Sports), I think what we've got is pretty cool.
In 1999 - 2001 ESPN 2 showed all of both motos of both clasees (with David Bailey as commentator-even better) - now we have this crappy TV coverage - way to go AMA - you screwed up a good thing again. And I still hate the name motocross lights.