Monster Energy AMA Supercross is hosting its inaugural Monster Energy Supercross E SX event, which will be broadcast on NBCSN this Saturday, May 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Second, MotoGP 20 is back for a MotoGP Virtual Race 4 event featuring on Sunday, May 17 at 3:00 p.m. ET. There will be eleven MotoGP riders joining the race including reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Virtual Grand Prix race winner Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP).
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As the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, continues to develop plans to resume racing later in the year, the stars of the sport took to a virtual track for the inaugural Monster Energy Supercross E SX event, presented by Toyota, which will be broadcast on NBCSN this Saturday, May 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
The 90-minute television special features seven Supercross athletes competing against one another in the 250SX Class and another seven athletes competing in the 450SX Class. Set in Anaheim at Angel Stadium, the race uses the track layout from the opening round of the 2019 Supercross season.
True to life, the NBC Sports broadcasting team of Leigh Diffey, Ricky Carmichael and Daniel Blair will call the action in both the 15-minute plus two lap 250SX Main Event and 20-minute plus two lap 450SX Main Event.
The Monster Energy Supercross E SX event, presented by Toyota features a fun group of athletes that are both entertaining and competitive. Racing in the 450SX Class Main Event are Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin (who is seeing his first race action of the ’20 season due to injury), premiere class rookie Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Adam Cianciarulo, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Aaron Plessinger, Smartop/Bullfrog Spas/ Motoconcepts Honda’s Vince Friese, H.E.P. Motorsports Suzuki’s Adam Enticknap, Rocky Mountain ATV/MC-KTM- WPS’ Benny Bloss, plus TPJ Fly Racing’s Austin Politelli.
Racing in the 250SX Class Main Event is Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Justin Cooper, GEICO Honda’s rookie sensation Jett Lawrence, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s RJ Hampshire, JGRMX Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing’s Alex Martin, TLD Red Bull KTM’s Brandon Hartranft, Monster Energy Fox Racing’s Josh Hill and Rock River Yamaha’s Jamison DuClos.
Although not racing in the Supercross E SX event, current Monster Energy Supercross points-leaders Eli Tomac and Ken Roczen, separated by just three points after racing ten rounds of the halted 17-race championship, both make appearances to offer encouragement or in some cases trash talk with their fellow competitors. Always colorful Blake Baggett also joins in on the conversation and provides a comical antidote as to how mechanical issues can also arise in the virtual world of racing.
A staple at every Supercross event, the national anthem will be virtually performed by 2019 ACM Duo of the Year nominees LOCASH. The Country music duo is made up of singer-songwriters Chris Lucas and Preston Brust who first broke out with the song “I Love This Life”, then followed with their first #1 hit “I Know Somebody”. Their latest single “One Big Country Song” and album “Brothers” is available wherever music is sold or streamed.
New features of the Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 3 made it possible for multiple racers to compete against one another (multiplayer mode) while a race director (race director mode) can host the race, assign starting positions and manage multiple camera angles to ensure that the best track battles are being captured.
Known throughout the gaming world, windham151, as he is known via his YouTube channel, was recruited to manage all of the on-screen action as the Monster Energy Supercross E SX event race director.
After the initial broadcast on NBCSN, the Monster Energy Supercross E SX event, presented by Toyota will be available for viewing across Supercross’ digital platforms - Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and SupercrossLIVE.com.
MotoGP 20
From the Red Bull Virtual Spanish GP at Jerez, this time we head for Misano – with the MotoGP class joined by the FIM Enel MotoE World Cup
The Red Bull Virtual Grand Prix of Spain was another digital spectacular, with all three classes lining up for the first time ever to fight it out at the Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto in Andalusia. As well as the broadcast itself, another 1000 pieces of digital content related to the event were produced, making 81 million impressions. Millions watched the event live across different platforms, and once again the total minutes of content consumed by fans added up to well over a decade of non-stop viewing! Now, it’s time to announce another awesome virtual showdown: Virtual Race 4, this time featuring two races as MotoGP and MotoE each prepare to do digital battle on Sunday, May 17 at 3pm.
The venue is Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, and the riders will be playing on the new official MotoGP20 Videogame from videogame developer, publisher and long-standing partner Milestone once again – which is available for purchase now. 11 MotoGP riders including reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Virtual Grand Prix race winner Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) head the billing in the premier class, with MotoE seeing the likes of 2019 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup winner Matteo Ferrari (Trentino Gresini MotoE) and class newcomer Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP) lining up. The MotoGP race will be nine laps (35% of race distance) and the MotoE race five laps (50% of race distance).
Once again, highlights from qualifying will be shown before the races, with those sessions set to decide the grid before the broadcast. Fans can watch the whole show from 3pm on motogp.com and esport.motogp.com, on selected TV broadcasters, and across social media platforms including YouTube (via the MotoGP and MotoGP eSport channels), MotoGP eSport Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook (via both the MotoGP and MotoGP eSport pages).
Broadcast partners showing coverage of the event will include Sky Italy, Canal+ in France, DAZN (in Spain, Italy and DACHS), BT Sport in the UK, ServusTV in Austria and Germany, Fox Asia, Fox Australia, Viasat in Sweden, NBC in the USA, Fox Brazil and ESPN in Latin America, Motorsport TV Russia, Eurosport India, TEN, and SuperSport across Africa – taking the show global once again.
As ever, Virtual Race 4 coverage will wrap up with an Instagram live with each race winner, with the MotoGP victor joining MotoGP on Instagram at 16:30 (GMT +2) and the MotoE winner at 17:00. Tune in for two more stunning races on Sunday, May 17 at 3pm,