The Nascar Thread

The Nascar Thread

New TV package is worth $7.7B over 7 years . . . so $1.1B per year (a 40 percent increase over the current deal). That's a big deal - it's going to be interesting to see how this will now relate to the need for greater revenue sharing, as Denny has been calling for.

Also, Prime video is now getting involved:

• FOX Sports will carry the season's first 14 Cup Series races, including the Daytona 500 and the season-opening Busch Light Clash.

• NBC will carry the season's final 14 Cup Series races, including the Playoffs and season-ending Championship race.

• Five Cup Series races in the FOX portion of the package will be on FOX, nine on FS1.

• Four Cup Series races in the NBC portion of the package will be on NBC, while the remaining 10 on USA.

• FOX Sports, which also includes FS1, will carry the entire NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.

• Amazon Prime Video (you'll need an Amazon Prime account) will stream five Cup races in the middle of the season.

• TNT will carry five Cup Series races in the middle of the season.

• TNT and Amazon Prime will have exclusive rights to practice and qualifying sessions.

• According to NASCAR, "Prime Video will stream practice and qualifying live for the first half of the season through their last race of the midseason series with the exceptions of the Busch Light Clash, Daytona 500 and NASCAR All-Star Race, which will remain with FOX Sports. TNT Sports will initiate its coverage with the next five midseason races simultaneously broadcast live on TNT and streaming on the B/R (Bleacher Report) Sports Add-On on Max. Practice and qualifying for the remainder of the season will stream onMax and air on truTV.

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a45991215/new-tv-deal-for-nascar-includes-amazon-prime-tnt/