By Paul Kelly
indy500.com
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
ESPN on ABC will televise the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 25, 2008, the 44th consecutive year that ABC is broadcasting "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."
ABC first televised the Indianapolis 500 in 1965. It's the second-longest relationship between a network and a sports property, surpassed only by CBS and The Masters.
Race Day coverage next May will start with a one-hour pre-race show at noon (ET), followed by flag-to-flag live coverage at 1 p.m. ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 also will cover Indianapolis 500 qualifying May 10-11 and 17-18.
Helio Castroneves, recent winner of "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC, will try to win the Indianapolis 500 for the third time this May. Only eight drivers in the storied history of the race, first run in 1911, have won the world's most prestigious auto race at least three times.
Other top drivers expected to compete at Indianapolis include Indy winners Dan Wheldon and Buddy Rice, series champions Tony Kanaan, Scott Dixon and Scott Sharp, and Indianapolis 500 Chase Rookies of the Year Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti.
The entire 16-race season for the IndyCar® Series will appear on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. The 2008 television schedule includes seven events each on ESPN2 and ABC, and two on ESPN.
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2008 IMS tickets: Tickets for all three world-class events in 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – the 92nd Indianapolis 500, 15th Allstate 400 at the Brickyard and inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP – are on sale.
Fans have three easy methods to buy tickets: Online at www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com at any time; on the phone by calling (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area or (317) 492-6700 locally between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday; or visiting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Ticket Office on the first floor of the IMS Administration Building at 4790 W. 16th St. in Indianapolis from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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