ESPN; CBS Lead Weekend of Coverage for Team AMSOIL

This is a quick programming note for Team AMSOIL fans: You can watch your favorite racers on CBS, SPEED and ESPN this weekend.

Monster Energy Supercross heads to Oakland on Saturday night. The Supercross 450 class featuring Kevin Windham will air on CBS on Sunday morning. The Lites class, featuring Eli Tomac, will air on SPEED Sunday afternoon.

Winter X Games will be busy all weekend long with snowmobiles flying through the air. Robbie Malinoski and Ross Martin will look for gold on ESPN starting Sunday morning. Justin Hoyer will also try to win Best Trick on Sunday night.

And don't miss the Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL on HD Theater. This weeks show will air again on Saturday morning at 9:00 ET. Next week the show will air on February 3 at 10:00 p.m. ET

Until then, we'll see you at the races,

Team AMSOIL

Monster Energy Supercross Preview Show Airs Sunday

With the 2011 Monster Energy Supercross just two weeks away, its time to start thinking about the who, what, where, when and why of the upcoming campaign. CBS sports will host a 2011 Season Preview Show on Sunday December 26 at 5:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PT.

Feld Motor Sports has also announced the broadcast schedule for the 2011 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season. The 16-race lineup that will be once again be airing on SPEED and CBS Sports, features seven live races, the most in the history of the championship.

The season gets off to a fast start by showcasing the first two races of the season from Anaheim and Phoenix live on SPEED TV. Following these two live-broadcasts, CBS Sports will showcase the Los Angeles and Oakland races. The remaining live broadcasts take place at San Diego, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Seattle and the season finale from Las Vegas while CBS showcases the world’s best riders at Houston, Dallas, St. Louis and Salt Lake City.

"This is a huge step in the growth of Monster Energy Supercross," said Todd Jendro, senior director of operations, Feld Motor Sports. "Feld Motor Sports, SPEED and CBS have had a strong relationship for many years and this is a sign of the tremendous success the sport has brought to both networks."

In addition to the most complete broadcast schedule in the history of the sport, CBS Sports will also air three one-hour specials. The first CBS Sports special, the 2011 Monster Energy Supercross Season Preview, will air this Sunday, December 26 at 5:00pm ET. Supercross greats Ricky Carmichael, Jeremy McGrath, Jeff Emig, and Jeff Stanton will highlight the highly anticipated story lines emerging as the 2011 season draws near. The second CBS Sports special, AMA Supercross Legends – The Races, is scheduled to air February 27 at 12:00pm ET. And the final CBS Sports special, the 2011 Monster Energy Supercross Season Recap, will air on May 8 (time TBD), following the season finale in Las Vegas.

In the booth, the veteran duo of Ralph Sheheen and Jeff Emig return to provide the color commentary and analysis while Erin Bates brings all the breaking news from the track during each night of action.

2011 Monster Energy Supercross Television Schedule

Air Date Featured Race Network Time
Dec. 26 N/A CBS (Preview) 5:00 p.m. ET
Jan. 8 Anaheim, Calif. SPEED (LIVE) 10:00 p.m. ET
Jan. 15 Phoenix, Ariz. SPEED (LIVE) 9:30 p.m. ET
Jan. 23 Los Angeles, Calif. CBS 12:00 p.m. ET
Jan. 30 Oakland, Calif. CBS 12:00 p.m. ET
Feb. 6 Anaheim, Calif. SPEED 6:00 p.m. ET
Feb. 13 Houston, Texas CBS 12:00 p.m. ET
Feb. 19 San Diego, Calif. SPEED (LIVE) 10:30 p.m. ET
Feb. 26 Atlanta, Ga. SPEED (LIVE) 7:30 p.m. ET
Feb. 27 N/A CBS (Legends) 12:00 p.m. ET
March 12 Indianapolis, Ind. SPEED (LIVE) 7:30 p.m. ET
March 20 Jacksonville, Fla. SPEED 6:00 p.m. ET
March 27 Toronto, Canada SPEED 6:00 p.m. ET
April 3 Dallas, Texas CBS 12:00 p.m. ET
April 10 St. Louis, Mo. CBS 12:00 p.m. ET
April 16 Seattle, Wash. SPEED (LIVE) 6:00 p.m. ET
May 1 Salt Lake City, Utah CBS 12:00 p.m. ET
May 7 Las Vegas, Nev. SPEED (LIVE) 10:00 p.m. ET
May 8 N/A CBS (Season Recap) Time TBD

Until then, we'll see you at the races,

Team AMSOIL

2011 TORC Series Schedule Released

The United States Auto Club has announced the 2011 race calendar for the Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL. The schedule includes three new off-road racing venues and traditional stops at off-road racing’s most historic venues.

In its third year as a racing Series, The Off-Road Championship Series (TORC) will open the season on the red dirt of Cycle Ranch, near San Antonio, Texas. With over 100 acres of rolling terrain, planning is underway to build a permanent off-road course to complement the success of Cycle Ranch’s motocross facility.

TORC will also debut off-road racing at one of the country’s most iconic motocross tracks, Red Bud MX in Buchanan, Mich., home of the Red Bud Nationals. Complementing the success of motocross on July 4th holidays, TORC will bring off-road’s greatest athletes to the new off-road track at the famed facility over Memorial Day weekend in 2011.

Crandon will again be the center of the off-road community, as the Series hits “The Big House” two times in 2011, with the traditional June Brush Run and Labor Day’s World Championship Weekend featuring the AMSOIL Cup, a battle of the PRO 2WD and PRO 4x4 classes on the famed 1.75 mile Wisconsin course.

The Series heads eastward in July with a visit to Charlotte Motor Speedway’s dirt track for two summer nights of clashing under the lights in North Carolina. With an off weekend of NASCAR on a summer weekend in Charlotte, you just don’t know who may show up to race in front of the home crowd.

In August TORC travels to the upper peninsula of Michigan to another off-road facility icon, Bark River International Raceway. TORC’s Track of the Year in 2009 has been under continuous improvements and features the largest jump on the off-road circuit.

September brings another gem to the schedule...a Thursday night race at Chicagoland’s Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL. With NASCAR’s Chase starting in Chicagoland, all eyes will be on TORC as the opening act for the press filled weekend.

In total, the Series will feature eight race weekends stretching over seven months. A special season ending Championship race will be announced in the coming weeks as details unfold.

The Off-Road Championship is the premier short course Series, featuring off-road’s greatest drivers. The Series can be seen weekly on Discovery’s HD Theatre on Thursday nights with 26 hours of original programming following the Series in an action-documentary format. After concluding the PRO 2WD Championship last week, a special replay of the very first episode from the Cup Race from June Crandon is scheduled for this week. The PRO 4x4 and PRO Light
Coverage begin Thursday, December 2.

2011 TORC PRO DIVISION TOUR

Round 1/2 Cycle Ranch/San Antonio, TX April 30-May 1
Round 3/4 Red Bud MX/Buchanan, MI May 28-29
Round 5/6 Crandon Raceway/Crandon, WI June 18-19
Exhibition Event Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, CO June 26
Round 7/8 Charlotte Motor Speedway/Charlotte, NC July 22-23
Round 9/10 Bark River Raceway/Bark River, MI August 13-14
Round 11/12 AMSOIL CUP/Crandon, WI September 3-4
Round 13 Chicagoland Speedway/Joliet, IL September 15
Round 14/15 TBD

The AMSOIL Cup race from Crandon, Wis. featuring a nail biting finish with a Scott Douglas win will air next Thursday (Thanksgiving) at 8:00 p.m. EST on HD Theater.

Until then, we'll see you at the races.

Team AMSOIL