FOX Sports to televise 23 hours of Barrett-Jackson coverage from Reno

FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2 and the Nationwide Geographic Channel can have 23 hours of LIVE protection over the course of three days from the 2014 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Reno, Nev. (Picture: Todd Oren/Getty Photography)

FOX Sports will deliver 23 hours of LIVE coverage throughout the FOX domestic of networks for the 2d Annual Sizzling August Nights Public Sale presented via Barrett-Jackson in Reno, Nev.

The Entire glamour and action will get underway on Thursday, July 31 at 7 p.m. ET on FOX Sports Activities 1.

“Many Years ago, Barrett-Jackson created a complete new adaptation on the subject of the collector Automobile Public Sale as domestic entertainment,” stated FOX Sports Activities reporter Bob Varsha, who has coated every Barrett-Jackson Auction when you consider that 2001. “Sure, it’s all about buying and selling cool cars, however whereas the Auction course of was once As Soon As, and in lots of instances nonetheless is, formal and inaccessible by using the greater Car fanatic public, Barrett-Jackson became the Public Sale into an affordable and welcoming adventure; a pageant with a Car-tradition theme.

“At The same time, the parents in Reno-Tahoe, famed as ‘the biggest Little City in the sector,’ built up what you may name ‘the most important Little Cruise-In on the earth,’ with hundreds of amazing autos on display, cruising, and even racing. Bringing Barrett-Jackson and Hot August Nights together has created an experience for the car enthusiast that can’t be discovered anywhere else and surely has to be considered to be believed. That’s the place we are available as a band of Automobile-crazy TELEVISION gypsies.”

“The evolution of Automobile accumulating into a mainstream interest has been accelerated with the aid of our LIVE television protection through the years,” mentioned Craig Jackson, chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “Our proclaims supply consignors the largest possible marketplace for their automobiles whereas providing bidders unheard of get entry to to one of the best automobile choice possible. As Soon As individuals pattern Barrett-Jackson automotive lifestyle experiences from the relief of their living room on FOX Sports, they need to enjoy the full throttle events in individual.”

Moreover to the festivities would be the ever-in style Hagerty Fable bid, the place viewers at dwelling can guess what value various automobiles will sell for in an try to win prizes. Also, custom Car builders can be competing in the reasonably new and well-got contest known as the Barrett-Jackson Cup, where numerous bragging rights can be on the line as probably the most world’s best custom Car builders will come collectively to struggle it out for a $ 30,000 grand prize.

“We’re taking a look ahead to integrating protection of the Barrett-Jackson Cup into our LIVE Auction telecast,” stated Executive Producer Rick Miner. “The day by day finalists are selected in downtown Reno and we will provide coverage of every day’s finalists. Saturday’s judging of the 25 day-to-day finalists results in the number of the highest 5 vehicles. The ‘Reno 5’ are then transported to the Reno-Sparks Conference Heart, the place the final outcomes are printed RESIDE in our Barrett-Jackson telecast. If closing 12 months’s crop is any indication, these will be cars you do not want to leave out.”

In Addition To the following TELEVISION Schedule, the event will likely be streamed live on the FOX Sports Activities GO app:

TV Time Table (all instances ET and subject to alter):

Thursday, July 31:

– 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. – FOX Sports 1

Friday, August 1:

– 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – FOX Sports Activities 1

– 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. – FOX Sports Activities 2

– 7 p.m. to eight p.m. – FOX Sports Activities GO/FOXSports.com

– Eight p.m. to Eleven p.m. – FOX Sports Activities 2

Saturday, August 2:

– 2 p.m. to nighttime – Nationwide Geographic Channel

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