INDIANAPOLIS -- ESPN2 viewers will get unique perspective on IndyCar Series racing with a live telecast utilizing only in-car cameras during the season-opener of the IndyCar Series. The coverage will be a simulcast of ESPN’s coverage of the March 6 Toyota Indy 300 race from Homestead-Miami Speedway.

ESPN2 will use in-car cameras in the cars of Patrick Carpentier, Scott Dixon, Bryan Herta, Tony Kanaan, Danica Patrick, Tomas Scheckter and Scott Sharp. The simulcast will feature no national commercial breaks and only five local breaks. ESPN2’s local commercial breaks will be taken at a different time than ESPN commercials to ensure viewers will be able to see race action at all times.

The ESPN2 simulcast will feature Gary Gerould calling play-by-play and 1999 Indianapolis 500 winner Kenny Brack as the analyst. ESPN’s coverage will pair commentator Todd Harris with analysts Gil de Ferran and Scott Goodyear and pit reporters Dr. Jerry Punch, Jamie Little and Vince Welch.

ESPN and ESPN2 first combined to offer a standard coverage and in-car camera simulcast in 1994 with an Indy-style race from Nazareth, Pa. It marked the first time any network utilized the innovative concept.

ESPN and ABC Sports’ telecasts of the first two 2005 IndyCar Series races will feature continuous coverage of race action through all national commercial breaks with “Side-By-Side,” a split screen of the race and commercials. ESPN will debut the new way of viewing open wheel racing at the Toyota Indy 300. ABC Sports will utilize “Side-By-Side” on the XM Satellite Radio Indy 200 presented by Argent Mortgage from Phoenix International Raceway Saturday, March 19 at 3 p.m.

In addition, ESPN360, formerly ESPN Broadband, will provide a live split-screen simultaneous display of ESPN and ESPN2's coverage, allowing users to see ESPN’s side-by-side concept and ESPN2’s unique in-car camera perspective at the same time. ESPN360 will showcase IndyCar content throughout the season, with live and on-demand coverage of select IndyCar Series and Menards Infiniti Pro Series races, plus extensive analysis and live action from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway throughout the month of May.

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