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NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:12 am
by neps
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"Knight Rider's" KITT car is heading to Bristol -- sort of.
NBC has teamed up with Ford Motor Co. and Yates Racing, which operates two motorsports teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, on a promotion for the network's upcoming series.
As part of the partnership, Travis Kvapil will drive the specially painted No. 28 "Knight Rider" Ford for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday.
"The stealth look and feel of the car coupled with Travis Kvapil at the helm has us very excited about this race," said John Miller, chief marketing officer at NBC Universal Television Group and president of the NBC Agency. "This event exemplifies the adrenaline and action the 'Knight Rider' series will deliver."
Added Kvapil: "It's every guy's dream to feel like they are an action hero, and I get to have that chance under the lights of Bristol with our No. 28 'Knight Rider' Ford."
The race will be broadcast Saturday on ESPN. The series bows Sept. 24.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:01 am
by trissybabes
Wonder if it's got an Attack or Super Pursuit Mode?
NBC really seem to be trying to push this new series in a way that TKR never saw for example...
Gives me hope that they have faith in their product.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:23 pm
by sarfraz
Curious to see what the front looks like. I quite like Montoya's Texaco Dodge with its mainly black livery with shots of red. The front end of the Mexico car from last year was a dead ringer for the new KITT actually:
Sarfraz
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:22 pm
by Niggle Snoosh
neps wrote:"The stealth look and feel of the car coupled with Travis Kvapil at the helm has us very excited about this race,"
That made me chuckle a bit, hardly seems stealthy with all that advertising
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:34 pm
by PHOENIXZERO
Yeah, if it was sitting against a billboard you might not even see it!
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:32 pm
by Judd
I wonder if Travis will have a Knight Rider firesuit and helmet too.
That car is going to be ready for the scrap heap after Saturday's night's race at Bristol.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:53 pm
by Sky_Blue_Civic
PHOENIXZERO wrote:Yeah, if it was sitting against a billboard you might not even see it!
Good one Phoenix!
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:36 pm
by FuzzieDice
I like NASCAR too. I hope it works out. I went to kittisdriving.com which forwarded to a page about kitt/kr on NBC which "cannot be found". Interesting. I hope they have more on this soon!
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:48 am
by 89IROCNDoug
Judd wrote:I wonder if Travis will have a Knight Rider firesuit and helmet too.
That car is going to be ready for the scrap heap after Saturday's night's race at Bristol.
Here's a news article that says he will have a Knight Rider suit as well:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/? ... _aid=88814
That would be just plain wrong if that race car ends up all banged up from a wreck or just banging into other cars, which normally happens at Bristol. It could really use the self healing nano-technology this Saturday!!!
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:31 am
by Joe Huth
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:47 am
by neps
The one great thing about this... anyone see the Cobra on it?
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:32 pm
by goldbug
I'm really amazed at the amount of promotion going on for this show. Between frequent commercial airings and things like this, I'm really happy NBC is promoting this big time. In fact, this reminds me a lot of its push for "Bionic Woman", which failed on its own merits and not because NBC didn't push it. The only thing missing now is a big banner in Times Square, NYC (which Bionic had).
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:38 pm
by neps
goldbug wrote:The only thing missing now is a big banner in Times Square, NYC (which Bionic had).
I'm sure they're gonna do something big like that, specially in the subways in NYC. The only fall show NBC is currently promoting is Hereos (probably cause its been so long since a new episode for them). All the other shows seem to be less than a month a way that are being advertised.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:14 pm
by Judd
Travis qualified 32nd for tonight's race. I doubt we'll see the Knight Rider Ford in victory lane tonight.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:26 pm
by FuzzieDice
I'm just glad that KR is being presented in NASCAR to begin with! I can't afford cable but I'll be keeping my eye on the results!
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:36 pm
by scottab21
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:43 pm
by FuzzieDice
NASCAR Race in progress. HUGE crash but our car wasn't involved.
Here's some photos:
The crash:
Our car is ok and continuing on...
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:58 pm
by FuzzieDice
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:07 pm
by FuzzieDice
Our car is 25 and 1 lap behind as of right now.
On the crash:
Lap 216 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Big crash involving Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer, Reed Sorenson, Robby Gordon, Casey Mears, Michael Waltrip and Sam Hornish Jr. brings out the caution. Matt Kenseth will get the free pass and return to the lead lap.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:14 pm
by FuzzieDice
Our car crowded out a car and nipped him, causing a cation.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:53 pm
by FuzzieDice
I best explain, he crowded out 01.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:08 pm
by FuzzieDice
Here's the leaderboard Details:
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:32 pm
by Sue
Great reporting Fuzzie, I tuned in late so your posts were great!
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:40 pm
by FuzzieDice
Sue: Thanks! I happened to have found the live video link around lap 150-something I think.
At race end, our car was at 24th and 3 laps behind.
I'm happy Kevin Harvick got 4th! I was hoping for at least 3rd but he didn't quite make it.
Carl Edwards took the win.
Re: NBC teams up with Nascar
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:47 pm
by FuzzieDice
Ok, everyone, that's a rap!
Let me tell you it's been awhile since I watched NASCAR. I think the last time was when Harvick won at Watkins Glen a couple years ago. I love this stuff! And to have both a Knight Rider car and Harvick in the race was pretty cool! It was a pretty exciting race.
I'm quite a happy camper.
