FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS “KURT BUSCH: 36” DOCUMENTARY THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 8 AT 4:30 P.M. ET ON NBC
Emmy Award-Winning Production Team Collaborates with NASCAR Productions to Chronicle Busch’s Attempt at Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600
60-Minute “Director’s Cut” Airs Monday, June 9 at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN
STAMFORD, Conn. — June 5, 2014 — NBC Sports Group will present KURT BUSCH: 36, an all-access look into the intense preparation, 200+ MPH competition and extreme logistics surrounding Kurt Busch’s participation in IndyCar’s famed Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, this Sunday, June 8 at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
The 30-minute special will feature in-depth interviews, on-track footage, team communications and a seat right next to Busch throughout his races against drivers from two elite series, pulsating travel conditions and the limits of his own endurance. A 60-minute “director’s cut” of KURT BUSCH: 36 will air the following day, Monday, June 9, at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
NBC Sports Group’s Emmy Award-winning NASCAR production team, led by Executive Producer Sam Flood, teamed with the Emmy Award-winning NASCAR Productions to create KURT BUSCH: 36. The program furthers NBCSN’s successful line of “:36” documentaries that chronicle the 36 hours that cover the lead-up, completion and aftermath of a major sporting event. KURT BUSCH: 36 takes the series to another level as it encapsulates two races.
The special marks another NASCAR-related programming highlight for NBC Sports Group since reaching an agreement for NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series racing last July. NBCSN launched its daily 5:00 p.m. ET motorsports show, NASCAR AMERICA, in February following the 2014 DAYTONA 500 and coverage of the Sochi Olympics.
Busch, a 25-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner, became the fourth driver to attempt “The Double” by racing in both IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 in the same day.
NASCAR ON NBC
On July 23, 2013, NASCAR and NBC Sports Group reached a comprehensive 10-year agreement that grants NBCUniversal exclusive rights to the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, final 19 NASCAR Nationwide Series events, NASCAR Regional & Touring Series events and other live content beginning in 2015.
With this partnership, NBC Sports becomes the exclusive home to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, when the elite national series races through its final 10 events of the season. The Chase culminates with the season-ending championship event, which returns to network television in 2015 for the first time since 2009. Of NBC Sports Group’s 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events, seven will be carried on NBC annually, with 13 airing on NBCSN. Four of NBC Sports Group’s 19 NASCAR Nationwide Series races will air on NBC, with 15 airing on NBCSN.
In addition to NASCAR’s Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series races, NBC also obtained exclusive rights to practice and qualifying sessions for NBC’s national series events during their portion of the season, as well as rights to broadcast the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, NASCAR Toyota (Mexico) Series, the NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony and NASCAR’s season-ending banquets. Further, NBC is granted Spanish-language rights, certain video-on-demand rights and exclusive TV Everywhere rights for its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series events.
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