Initial Offering, “NASCAR Classic Races, Volume 1,” Celebrates the Inaugural Class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame including Five of Dale Earnhardt’s Greatest Race Wins CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 13, 2010) – NASCAR Media Group, a media, marketing and entertainment company, and NASCAR.COM, operated by Turner Sports, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., announced today that it has made classic races and historical content available for download for the first time ever on the iTunes platform. “NASCAR Classic Races, Volume 1,” which is currently available on iTunes, celebrates the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame featuring legends Dale Earnhardt, Junior Johnson and Richard Petty.
NASCAR Media Group is initially making seven episodes available for download on iTunes for $1.99 each or $7.99 for the entire package and is including five of Dale Earnhardt’s most famous NASCAR wins (cut-down to one hour highlight-heavy episodes), The Junior Johnson Story and Richard Petty: 7 Wins at the Daytona 500.
- “The Junior Johnson Story” – Previously only available on DVD, this one-hour episode documents the ascent of a NASCAR pioneer from moonshiner to legendary race car driver and owner
- “Richard Petty: 7 Wins at the Daytona 500” – Previously only available on DVD, this 4.5 hour episode pays tribute to the man known as The King by reliving his record seven victories in the Great American Race
- 1998 Daytona 500 – After 20 years of trying, Earnhardt finally breaks through to win the Daytona 500
- 1999 Goody’s 500 – Earnhardt lives up to his nickname by sending Terry Labonte spinning on the last lap of the famous Bristol night race
- 2000 Winston 500 – Earnhardt charges through the pack at Talladega Superspeedway to notch the final win of his storied career
- 1989 Southern 500 – Earnhardt outduels rival Darrell Waltrip to take the checkered flag at Darlington Raceway
- 1984 Talladega 500 – Earnhardt wins for the first time in the No. 3 car that will forever be remembered as the Intimidator’s number
“Our fans have loved our weekly ‘Race Rewind’ episodes on iTunes for much of the last four years,” said Jay Abraham, COO of NASCAR Media Group. “Now we are offering our fans a unique look back at some of the greatest races of all time, biggest legends of our sport and most historical moments ever captured on the racetrack. There has been a renewed interest in the history of the sport since the opening of the NASCAR Hall of Fame this past May, and we’re thrilled to be offering our fans a look back at some of the moments that helped transform this sport into the No. 2 spectator sport in the country.”
NASCAR Media Group’s archival library contains 65,000 hours of race footage and other historical content and iTunes is just one of a number of platforms in which the company is beginning to explore in its continued effort to make historical content available to its fans.
NASCAR.COM users can access the content directly via the NASCAR.COM homepage by clicking the “NASCAR on iTunes” tab under VIDEO in the main navigation of the site or directly by visiting http://www.nascar.com/promos/itunes/. The seven episodes currently available will soon be joined by other episodes and features, as NASCAR Media Group and NASCAR.COM make more of their historic library available for download in the future.
Fans can download the iTunes software by visiting http://www.apple.com/itunes/.
NASCAR Media Group is the exclusive rights holder of NASCAR event footage, race data and content and its credits include Daleand The Ride of Their Lives, NASCAR-themed movies for Viacom distributed on TV and via DVD.
About NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for one of North America’s premier sports. NASCAR is the No. 1 spectator sport – holding 17 of the top 20 highest attended sporting events in the U.S. and is the No. 2 rated regular season sport on television. NASCAR races are broadcast in more than 150 countries and 20 languages. NASCAR fans are the most brand loyal in all of sports, and as a result more Fortune 500 companies participate in NASCAR than any other sport.
NASCAR consists of three national series (the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,) four regional series, and one local grassroots series, as well as two international series. Also, part of NASCAR is Grand-Am Road Racing, known for its competition on road courses with multiple classes of cars. NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races at 100 tracks in more than 30 U.S states, Canada and Mexico. Based in Daytona Beach (Fla.), NASCAR has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte (N.C.), Concord (N.C.), Bentonville (Ark.), Mexico City and Toronto.
About NASCAR Media Group
NASCAR Media Group is a media, marketing and entertainment company that creates and produces programming related to the sport, manages its media partnerships, and forges relationships to integrate the sport into mainstream entertainment. As the internal production and creative services company of NASCAR, NASCAR Media Group is the exclusive rights holder of NASCAR event footage, race data and content. The NASCAR Media Group leverages
The Sight, Sound and Emotion of NASCAR through TV and film production, home video, licensed consumer products and premiums for the sports' sponsors, tracks, teams and fans. To learn more, visit www.nascarmediagroup.com.
About NASCAR.COM
Turner Sports acquired all of NASCAR’s interactive rights in October 2000 and became the exclusive producer of NASCAR.COM in January 2001. The official online destination of NASCAR, the site consistently ranks among the top three sport league sites on the Internet. In 2008, NASCAR.COM was awarded a Global Media Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for TNT RaceBuddy as the outstanding interactive platform of the year. The site has also earned an Emmy® for its TrackPass with PitCommand application in 2003 and was nominated for an Emmy® in 2007 for TrackPass RaceView.
About Turner Sports
Turner Sports, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., presents some of the best and most popular sporting events worldwide and is a leader in televised and online sports programming. With events airing on TBS, TNT and truTV, Turner Sports’ line-up includes NASCAR and NASCAR.COM, the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, professional golf, PGATOUR.COM and PGA.com. Turner Sports and the NBA also jointly manage NBA Digital, which includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, NBA LEAGUE PASS Broadband, NBA Mobile, NBADLEAGUE.com and WNBA.com.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
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