The Brickyard in July
Sorry, Yankees who read this blog, but ABC and ESPN don't like Pocono either.
Today's word: The 2007 Brickyard will be on July 29, a week earlier than usual, because ESPN wants to start its portion of the broadcast season in Indiana instead of Pennsylvania.
Best I can tell, July 2007 will look something like this:
July 1: New Hampshire
July 7: Daytona
July 15: Chicagoland
July 22: Off week (so the new Busch race in Montreal will attract some Cupsters)
July 29: Indy (ESPN will show this race)
Aug. 5: Pocono
Most of the above (except the Indy date, it appears) is just a big fat guess because NASCAR hasn't released its 2007 schedule. But I don't think anyone's expecting a major overhaul, least of all the networks that just shelled out all that money in rights fees.
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I wonder what they had to do for Tony George to get the Speedway to comply with a date change.
That'll put the Brickyard awfully close to the U.S. Grand Prix, if there is one next year and it holds to an early July date. I can't imagine two races in July at IMS. Just sounds weird.
Posted on July 28, 2006 3:44 PM
Maybe that means F1 will go away and stay away.
Posted on July 28, 2006 7:29 PM