STAMFORD, Conn. – August 28, 2014 – Team Penske teammates Will Power and Helio Castroneves lead a group of championship hopefuls this weekend aiming for the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series title at the MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships, the final race of the 2014 season, on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
NBC Sports Live Extra – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets – will live stream Saturday’s MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships.
NBC Sports Group’s motorsports coverage this week also includes more than 10 hours of Auctions America action from its flagship Auburn auction, as well as encore presentations of Mecum Dealmakers and /DRIVE on NBC Sports.
MAVTV 500 INDYCAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – SATURDAY AT 9 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
NBCSN’s coverage of the MAVTV 500 begins Friday evening at 7 p.m. ET with qualifying, followed by live race coverage on Saturday in primetime at 9 p.m. ET.
Power leads Castroneves by 51 points heading into the 2014 IndyCar season finale, followed by Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, 81 points behind). Both Power and Castroneves are looking to secure their first career IndyCar titles, and both drivers have finished second in the final standings on three separate occasions.
This weekend’s race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. is worth double points, meaning a potential 100-point swing in the standings, keeping Pageneaud’s slim title hopes alive.
Power has recorded three IndyCar victories this season (St. Petersburg, Detroit, Milwaukee), and seven podium finishes, while Castroneves has earned one victory, in the second race of the Detroit doubleheader, and six overall podiums. Last year, Power took the checkered flag at Fontana for his first career victory at Auto Club Speedway.
Pre-race coverage will also feature an exclusive one-on-one interview between analyst and former Team Penske driver Paul Tracy and team owner Roger Penske, who is primed to win his first IndyCar team title since 2006.
NBC Sports Group’s lead IndyCar and Formula One play-by-play voice Leigh Diffey will call the MAVTV 500 on-site, alongside analysts Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy. Reporters Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast, Kevin Lee and Robin Miller will report from the pits.
NBCSN PRESENTS AUCTIONS AMERICA: AUBURN BEGINNING THURSDAY
NBCSN will present 10 hours of Auctions America coverage this week from its flagship Auburn auction in Auburn, Ind. The action begins tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET, followed by coverage Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET.
NBCSN’s presentation of Auctions America: Auburn continues Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, with the final installation airing Sunday at 6 p.m. ET.
More than 1,200 classic cars, muscle cars, hot rods and more are expected to cross auction block in Auburn, including a 1921 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Saloon, and a 1964 Chevrolet Impala Convertible.
Veteran broadcaster Bill Patrick will host NBCSN’s Auctions America coverage this week, alongside NBCSN F1 analyst and former Benetton F1 team race mechanic Steve Matchett and motorsports reporter Georgia Lindsay.
