SiriusXM airs live turn-by-turn broadcast of
one of the biggest events on the NTT INDYCAR® SERIES calendar on
Sunday, July 21
Iconic Canadian rock band The
Tragically Hip to make special appearance at the
track; The No. 66 Honda of Meyer Shank Racing will display
the logo of SiriusXM's exclusive The Tragically Hip Radio
channel
TORONTO, July 16,
2024 /CNW/ - SiriusXM Canada, which airs live
broadcasts of every NTT INDYCAR® SERIES race, announced today
its programming plans for the 2024 Ontario Honda Dealers Indy
Toronto.
This year marks the 36th running of the annual marquee event at
Exhibition Place, July 19-21, and
SiriusXM will once again be the exclusive audio home.
SiriusXM listeners will have access to the live call of the race
from the Exhibition Place grounds in downtown Toronto on Sunday, July
21. Pre-race coverage begins at 10 am
ET on SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation (SiriusXM channel 218), which
is available to subscribers nationwide in their cars and on the
SiriusXM app. SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation will also air live coverage
of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice and qualifying sessions on
Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20.
SiriusXM will be co-sponsoring two cars from the Meyer Shank
Racing NTT INDYCAR SERIES team in Sunday's Ontario Honda Dealers
Indy Toronto: No. 60 SiriusXM Honda piloted by Felix Rosenqvist and the No. 66 SiriusXM Honda
driven by David Malukas.
For the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, the No. 66 SiriusXM
Honda, driven by David Malukas, will
showcase a special red and black livery featuring SiriusXM's The
Tragically Hip Radio (ch. 757), the exclusive SiriusXM channel
that celebrates the band's musical legacy, pictured below.
SiriusXM's The Tragically Hip Radio channel – available
on the SiriusXM app – features music from the band's entire
catalogue, with exclusive live recordings, rarities, discussions
surrounding their history, and the sounds that have influenced
their iconic career.
This year the band will celebrate 40 years of friendship, music
and philanthropy, with a soon to be released 4 part documentary
series on Amazon Prime, a coffee table book, and a box set
commemorating their first full length album, multi diamond award
recipient, Up To Here.
Members of The Tragically Hip will also be appearing at Ontario
Honda Dealers Indy Toronto festivities throughout the weekend. Most
importantly, Paul Langlois,
Rob Baker, Gord Sinclair and
Johnny Fay will be the honorary
grand marshals for Sunday's NTT INDYCAR SERIES race. As the grand
marshals, the band will announce the most famous words in
motorsports, "Drivers, start your engines!" for the 85-lap race on
the 11-turn, 2.874 kilometre (1.786-mile) 11-turn temporary street
circuit.
"We're very excited to partner with SiriusXM and The Ontario
Honda Dealers Indy at this year's event and to see The
Tragically Hip Radio car racing around the track," said
The Hip. "We're so pleased with our longstanding partnership with
SiriusXM, and we are grateful to their support of our music over
the years, especially through our artist-dedicated channel. As a
band, you think you've done it all, and the next thing you know,
you're announcing the most famous words in motorsports to kick off
a world-class auto race!"
"We're thrilled once again to participate in this iconic
Toronto event, and to give our
listeners front seat access to all the action as the exclusive
audio home for the race. We are especially pleased to partner with
legendary Canadian band, The Tragically Hip on this event. Since
launching The Tragically Hip Radio in 2019, we've been able
to share exclusive and never-been-aired live performances,
interviews and more with our subscribers, and this is another
example of how our service brings fans closer to what they love
with content you can't get anywhere else," said Mark Redmond, President & CEO, SiriusXM
Canada. "We wish Felix, David, and the entire Meyer Shank team all the best in the race!"
INDYCAR broadcasts are available to listeners nationwide on the
SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation channel in their cars (channel 218) and on
the SiriusXM app. For a schedule of races go to
SiriusXM.ca/live-sports/INDYCAR.
In addition to on-track coverage, SiriusXM offers fans weekly
INDYCAR-focused shows and podcasts.
- The latest episode of SiriusXM's exclusive INDYCAR show,
Brick-by-Brick, hosted by Jack
Arute and Tony Kanaan airs
every Wednesday (6 pm ET) on the NBC
Sports Audio channel (SiriusXM channel 85).
- INDYCAR fans can also tune in to the podcast Off Track with
Hinch & Rossi, hosted by Andretti Autosport teammates
James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi. New episodes of Off Track
with Hinch & Rossi debut weekly and can be heard on the
SiriusXM app and all major podcast platforms.
Eligible customers can get their first three months of SiriusXM
for free. Go to SiriusXM.ca/GetSiriusXM3mos to sign up and
experience all that SiriusXM has to offer. See Offer Details.
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country's leading audio entertainment company. SiriusXM creates and
offers ad-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy;
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SOURCE Sirius XM Canada Inc.