CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- IndyCar has signed a new media rights package with NBC Sports Group that will dramatically increase its exposure next season and move the Indianapolis 500 to a different network for the first time since 1965.
Jon Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports Group, called the Indy 500 "one of the great jewels in all of sports" and said he was thrilled the network has been "entrusted" with the iconic event.
ABC's partnership with the Indy 500 was second in sports only to CBS' coverage of the Masters. CBS first began covering the golf tournament in 1956.