INDIANAPOLIS— The 55th Polaris Crandon World Championships and the ninth Red Bull Crandon World Cup races Labor Day weekend at Crandon Int’l Raceway will receive live coverage on MAVTV.
Coverage begins Friday, Aug. 30 at 12 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 ninth annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup Pro 2 versus Pro 4 final on Sunday, Sept. 1.
The world-famous race venue, located about 100 miles northwest of Green Bay, Wis., 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 p.m.
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.
Short-course off-road racing’s biggest day of competition will take place on Sunday, Sept. 1 as Pro category racers compete in the ninth 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 a.m. EST with the airing of the Crandon Pro 4 and Pro 2 unlimited truck World Championship races.
The historic Crandon coverage package will conclude with the 9th Red Bull Cup race, an all-out competition between unlimited Pro 2 versus Pro 4 classes.
Additional coverage from the weekend’s action will continue on Monday, Sept. 2.
“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 Int’l 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.”