Alli Sports and MX Sports Pro Racing will drop the flag on the 2014 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship circuit.
As part of the agreement between Alli, the action sports division of NBC Sports Group and MX Sports Pro Racing, which manages and produces the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, there will be more than 63 hours of TV on NBC, NBCSN and MAVTV and flanking live-streaming coverage of the circuit this season. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Coverage was scheduled to begin Saturday, May 24 at 4 p.m. (ET) on MAVTV with the Red Bull Glen Helen National from San Bernardino, Calif. NBCSN was slated to begin its presentation on Sunday at 1 a.m.
All told, NBCSN will air more than 20 hours of race coverage throughout the year and 15 hours of exclusive race recaps, while NBC will present more than six hours of live coverage, notably the Red Bull Tennessee National, Red Bull RedBud National and Red Bull Unadilla National. MAVTV will present all 12 rounds of live Moto 1 coverage to enthusiasts unable to attend the races in person, as well as an additional 24 hours of original programming.
Jason Weigandt , who enters his sixth year as the voice of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, will serve as the play-by-play announcer for all telecasts on the three networks. He will be joined by analyst and two-time AMA Pro Motocross champion Grant Langston. Georgia Lindsay will serve as the pit reporter for all telecasts.
"We are thrilled to be able to provide another year of exceptional coverage of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship," said Alli Sports president Eric Grilly in a statement. "The enthusiasm and commitment that motocross fans demonstrate through their viewership excites us as we continue to present the series through our distribution channels."
All races that air on NBC and NBCSN will be live streamed through NBC Sports Live Extra, the programmer’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets. Race coverage airing on MAVTV, which is owned by Lucas Oil, will be live-streamed on ProMotocross.com.
"We are thrilled to be able to provide another year of exceptional coverage of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship," said Alli Sports president Eric Grilly in a statement. "The enthusiasm and commitment that motocross fans demonstrate through their viewership excites us as we continue to present the series through our distribution channels."
