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Originally Posted by Big Red
Open Access 3 have NASCAR rights in the UK - Sky only.
Thats shows you how much Nascar was watched.
There is not much motor sports that gets people jumping up and down to watch it.
Indy Car - I give you that one, I think its one if not the best motor sports on 4 wheels at the moment.
F1 would rather watch paint dry - its the new Nascar
Nascar - after time its gets boring and very late nights early mornings.
WTCC - I'm sure this was on Grandstand, then ITV1, moved to ITV4 does it sit on motorsports channel now?
Moto GP - agree its good.
So Indy Car and Moto GP are must have sports but all have long term deals with current broadcasters.
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WTCC - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
SBK (superbikes) - Eurosport/Eurosport HD (better than Moto GP)
Moto GP - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
F1 - BBC
F3 series - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
GP2 series - Eurosport
indycar - Sky Sports
NASCAR (awesome IMO) open access (public broadcast)
A1 GP Sky Sports ???
all the above are awesome motorsport series and more like BTCC, World series by Renault, GT racing series, WRC, IRC etc that dont get aired and are pretty entertaining. they would be easy for ESPN to get deals and broadcast but they dont seem interested in nothing but football. look at the list you posted over half of it is dedicated to football and the rest is split between lost of minority sports (i do like NHL though).
its a shame that ESPN are not going for these as motorsport looks awesome in HD.