Jimmie Johnson Makes INDYCAR Oval Debut at Texas
INDYCAR Post-Race Show to Stream Exclusively on Peacock Immediately Following Race Coverage
IMSA 12 Hours of Sebring – Live Comprehensive Coverage Begins Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock; Continues on USA Network and Peacock at 3:30 p.m. ET
Monster Energy Supercross from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis – Saturday Live at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – March 17, 2022 – The 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season continues with live coverage of the XPEL 375 from Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Pre-race coverage leads into race coverage, which gets underway at 1 p.m. ET. The race marks the second of six races airing on NBC to begin the season. A post-race show will be presented immediately following race coverage featuring driver interviews, analysis and the podium ceremony at approximately 3 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock.
Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will make his INDYCAR oval debut at Texas, a track in which he won seven races as a NASCAR driver. In 2020, the winners circle at Texas Motor Speedway was re-named the “Jimmie Johnson Winner’s Circle” for his NASCAR accomplishments.
Reigning INDYCAR champion Alex Palou is part of a star-studded group of drivers that includes six-time INDYCAR champion Scott Dixon, two-time INDYCAR champion Josef Newgarden, four-time and defending Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves, and former Formula One racer Romain Grosjean, among others. Scott McLaughlin took the checkered flag for his first career INDYCAR victory at the season opener Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in Florida, with Palou and Will Power rounding out the podium.
The lead INDYCAR commentary team of Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), Townsend Bell (analyst) and James Hinchcliffe (analyst) will call the race. Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast will provide reports from pit road.
Live coverage of qualifying and practice sessions from Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday will exclusively stream on Peacock. For more information about INDYCAR on Peacock and how to sign up, click here.
NBC Sports’ free-to-play game, INDYCAR Pick ‘Em, features a weekly contest for each race throughout the season with a $25,000 jackpot. INDYCAR Pick ‘Em is available for download now on the NBC Sports Predictor app powered by PointsBet (available in the App Store and Google Play Store).
The inaugural race of the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season delivered the series’ most-watched season-opener in 11 years, as the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in Florida averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 1.429 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, making it not only the most-watched INDYCAR season opener in 11 years (St. Pete, 2011, 1.840 million, ABC), but also the most-watched non-Indy 500 INDYCAR race in 11 years. Click here for more details.
BROADCAST TEAM
- Play by Play: Leigh Diffey
- Analysts: Townsend Bell, James Hinchcliffe
- Pit Reporters: Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast
HOW TO WATCH
- TV – NBC
- Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
| Date | Coverage | Network/Streaming | Time (ET) |
| Sat., March 19 | XPEL 375 – Practice | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| XPEL 375 – Qualifying | Peacock | 2 p.m. | |
| XPEL 375 – Practice 2 | Peacock | 5 p.m. | |
| Sun., March 20 | XPEL 375 – Pre-Race | NBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 12:30 p.m. |
| XPEL 375 | NBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 1 p.m. | |
| XPEL 375 – Post-Race | Peacock | 3 p.m. |
IMSA: 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
BROADCAST TEAM
- Play by Play: Dave Burns, Brian Till
- Analysts: Calvin Fish, Townsend Bell
- Pit Reporters: Parker Kligerman, Dillon Welch, Matt Yocum
Live comprehensive coverage of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway in Florida gets underway this Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock for 5.5 hours, with USA Network and Peacock providing live coverage of the final seven hours of race coverage beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET.
All five WeatherTech Championship car classes will be competing, including drivers Juan Pablo Montoya (LMP2), Sebastien Bourdais (DPi), and Ryan Hunter-Reay (DPi).
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS: INDIANAPOLIS
The 2022 Monster Energy Supercross season continues this weekend from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, live in primetime on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock. Eli Tomac won his third consecutive race of the season last week in Detroit and remains the 450SX Class standings leader. Jett Lawrence captured his third victory of the season in the Eastern Regional 250SX Class in Detroit.
BROADCAST TEAM
- Play by Play: Todd Harris
- Analyst: Ricky Carmichael
- Reporters: Will Christien, Daniel Blair
HOW TO WATCH
- TV – CNBC
- Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
| Date | Coverage | Network/Streaming | Time (ET) |
| Sat., March 19 | Monster Energy Supercross – Qualifying | Peacock | 1 p.m. |
| Monster Energy Supercross – Race | CNBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 7 p.m. | |
| Sun., March 20 | Monster Energy Supercross – Race* | CNBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 9 a.m. |
*Encore presentation
MOTOGP: GRAND PRIX OF INDONESIA
The second race of the 2022 MotoGP season is presented this weekend with the Grand Prix of Indonesia from Pertamina Mandalika Circuit on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on CNBC. Parker Kligerman will anchor coverage. Enea Bastianini won the season opener in Qatar. Live and on-demand coverage of all races will be available to stream on MotoGP VideoPass, in addition to every session of MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3. For more details, click here or visit MotoGP.TV.
INDYCAR, IMSA, Monster Energy Supercross, and MotoGP are part of NBC Sports’ “Home of Motorsports” programming throughout 2022, spanning NASCAR, Monster Jam, Dakar Rally, and more.
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