MAVTV ANNOUNCES HISTORIC LIVE NETWORK PACKAGE FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND’S CRANDON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
MAVTV ANNOUNCES HISTORIC LIVE NETWORK PACKAGE FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND’S CRANDON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The largest broadcast package in off-road racing history will bring fans three days of the world’s most thrilling action from the 55th Polaris Crandon World Championships and 9th Red Bull Crandon World Cup
Coverage to feature top teams and drivers in multiple classes including Pro Short Course, Ultra4 Rock Racing, Pro SxS and vintage Volkswagen Beetles
INDIANAPOLIS (July 23, 2024) – MAVTV – the world's leading media platform for motorsports, powersports and automotive programming – returns to world famous Crandon International Raceway on Labor Day weekend for live network coverage of the 55th Polaris Crandon World Championships® and the 9th Red Bull Crandon World Cup. With one of the most dedicated fanbases in motorsports, this is regarded as one of the biggest and most spectacular race weekends of the year.
Representing the most comprehensive live broadcast television package in the sport’s history with more than 12 hours of live racing, MAVTV’s three-day coverage begins Friday, Aug. 29 at 12:00 p.m. ET with a one-hour preview show for the Polaris Crandon World Championships originating from the 55th Annual Lucas Oil Crandon Labor Day Parade. Race coverage continues through the weekend wrapping up with the 9th Annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup Pro 2 versus Pro 4 final on Sunday, Sept. 1.
“Crandon is America’s most celebrated locations for off-road motorsports, and we are thrilled to bring fans three days of action-packed, electrifying racing on Labor Day weekend,” said MAVTV President CJ Olivares. "For 55 years this event has represented the pinnacle of the sport, and broadcasting it live gives our viewers the chance to see the nation’s best off-road drivers competing for a World Championship crown. It’s going to be an adrenaline-packed weekend and we can’t wait to see how it all unfolds.”
The world-famous race venue, located about 100 miles northwest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, will host more than 450 Pro and Sportsman AMSOIL Championship Off-Road, ULTRA4 and Class 11 (vintage Volkswagen Beetle) series teams throughout the weekend. Fans will be treated to premier racing action from all the top off classes including Pro 2, Pro 4, Pro Lite, Pro Buggy, Pro Pro Spec, Pro SXS, ULTRA4 4400 and more.
Friday night’s MAVTV coverage will bring fans a three-hour block of live programming beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET. The Forest County Potawatomi “Friday Night Thunder” show will include ULTRA4 UTV and EMC (Every Man Challenge) categories and a Class 11 race before a Crandon Cup-style race pitting Pro Buggy versus Pro Lite trucks separated by a staggered time start.
On Saturday night, the rock racing experts from ULTRA4 hit the track under the lights for Crandon’s “Rage on the Rocks” competition on Crandon’s punishing, purpose built UltraCross rock-crawling course. Classes set to compete include the ULTRA4 Unlimited 4400 Class, 4500 Modified Class, 4700 Spec Class, 4800 Legends Class and select SxS classes. Fans will witness the world’s best rock crawlers battle for position as they compete for top honors and iconic Crandon World Championships rings. MAVTV live coverage of Crandon’s “Rage on the Rocks” will begin at 8 p.m. EST.
Short-course off-road racing’s biggest day of competition will take place on Sunday, September 1st as Pro category racers compete in the 9th annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup. Created by Crandon as an all-out, non-denominational day of racing, the Red Bull Crandon World Cup showcases the sport’s top professionals vying for over $200,000 in cash and prizes, including the title of Crandon World Champion.
Eight hours of live coverage will begin at 11:00 a.m. EST with the airing of the Crandon Pro 4 and Pro 2 unlimited truck World Championship races. MAVTV network coverage will also provide live broadcast programming for the ULTRA4, Pro Spec, Pro Buggy and Pro Lite Crandon World Championship.
The historic MAVTV Crandon coverage package will conclude with the 9th Red Bull Cup race, an all-out competition between unlimited Pro 2 versus Pro 4 classes. In 2023, Crandon local Keegan Kincaid took the win piloting a Lucas Oil-backed Pro 2 Ford.
The Crandon Labor Day “takeover” of the MAVTV network will continue Monday, September 2nd as programming from the Polaris Crandon World Championships and Red Bull Crandon World Cup will re-air throughout the day on MAVTV. Race fans can enjoy the Labor Day holiday with all the action from Crandon beginning at 7:30 a.m. EST and will run all day until 8 p.m. EST.
“This is going to be the biggest and most exciting world championship weekend in our history. With MAVTV as our broadcast partner, fans everywhere can tune in to see top racers show what it takes to win a world champion title at Crandon,” said Crandon International Raceway Promoter Marty Fiolka. “Off-road racing has a rich history extending back nearly 60 years, but the sport has never enjoyed such extensive live programming. MAVTV is known throughout the motorsports industry for its incredible live race coverage, and we are thrilled to have them as our partner for this historic race weekend.”
For additional programming information, including up-to-date airtimes, visit www.MAVTV.com closer to premier. For more details about the Crandon International Raceway and weekend festivities, visit CrandonOffroad.com.
ABOUT CRANDON INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY:
Every athletic form of competition has its iconic “holy grail” location; magic places that organically merge time, place and history in locations often imitated -- but certainly not duplicated. For off-road racing, that unlikely theater of speed is found deep within Wisconsin’s Northwoods at a place better known by Crandon faithful as the “Big House.” Located just 100 miles northwest of Green Bay and just outside of the tiny hamlet of Crandon (population: 1,386), for 55 years Crandon International Raceway has provided three generations of fans with dirt throwing, high-intensity action and history-making performances. Crandon’s purpose-built, 400-acre facility is the finest on earth and has long hosted the largest crowds in short-course off-road racing history. Featuring more than 2,200 grass camping sites, fans enjoy two big weekends of racing each year at Camp Crandon.
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