UFo Announces Comcast Sponsorship & UFo
Televised Events!
Coordinators of the new Unified Force Race
Championship Tour have announced the major addition of Comcast sponsorship to
the tour. The two organizations have also made an unprecedented agreement to
televise at least two tour events in the inaugural championship season to
Comcast digital cable subscribers.
The "F-2 Shockwave" in May at Pittsburgh's PA Motor
Speedway and "The Ultimate" season finale at the Challenger Raceway will both be
broadcast on CN8, the Comcast Network (channel 188) on a tape-delay basis. After
the initial broadcasts, the televised events will be moved to Comcast's
signature On Demand service under the "Your Town" folder. Viewpoint Productions
will implement the filming and production of the events.
CN8, the Comcast Network reaches 850,000 homes in
Western Pennsylvania and parts of Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. The addition
of these television broadcasts emphasizes the commitment of the UFo Race
Championship presented by Comcast to provide maximum exposure for the race teams
and race sponsors of the region as well as to generate interest and growth in
the sport of Super Late Model racing. The UFo Race Championship presented by
Comcast is proving to be one of the most exciting innovations in recent history
for both race teams and race fans of the region.
"Comcast is excited about this partnership with the
Unified Force Race Championship Tour, which enables us to bring the energy of
super late model racing right to the many racing fans in our region," said Linda
Hossinger, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Three Rivers Region.
The UFo Race Championship presented by Comcast is a
groundbreaking new concept which aligns western Pennsylvania clay-surface
speedways with unified rules and procedures and allows Super Late Model
competitors to compete for over $316,000 of payoffs including a season-ending
points bonus. The UFo Race Championship presented by Comcast is designed to help
competitors control expenses by implementing cost-savings rules options and
allowing the opportunity to compete in high-dollar events within minimal travel
distances.
2008 UFo Race Championship Schedule
Date Track Event Laps To Win Total
Payoff
April 13 Challenger PA State Short Track
Championships 51 $5,000 $21,500
May 18* PPMS F-2 Shockwave 2 x 30 $5,000
Total $22,500
June 1 Challenger Mega-Blitz 2008 51 $5,000 $21,500
July
13 PPMS Red Miley 53 53 $5,300 $21,800
July 20 Challenger Tri-Star
Superthunder 2 x 30 $5,000 Total $21,500
Aug 17 PPMS PENNational 51 $5,000
$21,500
Sep 18-19-20 PPMS Pittsburgher 100 100 $20,000 $80,000
Oct
9-10-11* Challenger The Ultimate 91 $25,000 $99,000
*To be televised on CN8, the Comcast Network
Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway is located at
Imperial, PA, west of Pittsburgh off of US 22/30 at the Noblestown exit. PPMS
information may be obtained at http://www.ppms.com or by calling 412-279-7223.
The Challenger Raceway is located 6.4 miles southwest of US 422 on PA 286, then
one mile north on McIntyre Road. For the most complete source of Challenger
Raceway information, please visit the track's web site at http://www.challengerraceway.com.
Information may also be obtained by calling 724-726-9808 on race days or
724-726-5494 during weekdays. Additional information on the UFo Race
Championship may be obtained at http://www.uforacechampionship.com.
Information on Comcast products and services may be found at http://comcast.com.
About CN8, The Comcast Network
CN8, The Comcast Network is owned and operated by
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., a division of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:
CMCSA; CMCSK) and the country's leading provider of cable, entertainment and
communications products and services. CN8, The Comcast Network provides more
than nine million Comcast cable viewers with a
unique brand of live,
interactive television delivered over its own fiber-optic network to 12 states
and 20 television markets stretching from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C.
CN8 was founded in 1996 and has quickly grown to become the
nation's leading
regional cable network, airing more than 90 hours a week of original programming
from its six studios in the Baltimore, Boston, Delaware, New York, Philadelphia
and Washington, D.C. areas. CN8 provides in-depth coverage and analysis of
special events and important news that broadcast networks often ignore. Since
its inception, CN8 has delivered on its mission to continually reshape and
revolutionize regional television and its relevance to local, regional and
national viewers. CN8 is a member of The White House Correspondents' Association
and its programming and hosts have been honored by the industry with more than
370 regional Emmy Award nominations.
About Comcast Three Rivers Region
Comcast's Three Rivers Region serves 850,000
customers in four states, including Southwestern Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio,
Northern West Virginia and Western Maryland. The region employs approximately
2,400 professionals and has been recognized by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as
one of the best top 10 large companies to work and by the Pittsburgh Business
Times for two consecutive years as one of the "50 Best Places to Work in Western
Pennsylvania."