As a result of the significant and ever-growing interest in Australian NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose, Australian viewers will enjoy unprecedented NASCAR television coverage in 2009. For the first time, Australian free-to-air television will telecast both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying and “happy hour (final practice) on Network Ten’s new 24-hour sports channel, ONE. Before ONEs launch in late March, NASCAR Nationwide Series and selected Sprint Cup coverage will be seen on Ten-HD. ONE will also carry the full NASCAR Nationwide Series and show weekly one-hour highlights packages from both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. ONE will also broadcast four of the biggest Sprint Cup races of the season live and in high definition; the Daytona 500 (including both Gatorade Duels), the Coke Zero 400, also from Daytona International Speedway, the Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the season-ending Ford 400 from Homestead-Miami Speedway. Pay-TV network FOX Sports will continue to broadcast the full Sprint Cup Series live across its three channels as well as highlights packages from both the Sprint Cup Series and Camping World Truck Series.(Marcos Ambrose site)(2-10-2009)
