TV coverage for Formula Xtreme

The first of 25 half hour shows covering the 2001 Yamaha Xtreme Tri-State goes to air this Sunday (March 4) at 5.00pm (check your local TV guide) on SBS Speedweek. The first show will be dedicated to two of the four Yamaha sponsored Supersport races held at this years 1st Xtreme Tri-State event at Eastern Creek raceway on the 18th February. Racing in the Supersport class was both hard and close with a number of spectacular crashes taped including one out of Eastern creeks exceptionally fast turn 1. The remaining classes in the 2001 Yamaha Xtreme Tri-State that will be covered in the five 1/2 hour shows per event will appear in the forthcoming weeks on SBS Speedweek. A press release announcing when the remaining 24 1/2 hour shows will be shown will be released in the next two weeks.

Foxsports 2 Coverage for Formula Xtreme racing
In a first for Australian domestic motorcycle road racing the 2001 Yamaha Xtreme Tri-State will be shown on Sunday evenings on Foxsports 2 in between the 1st and 2nd races of the World Superbike Championship The first of the nine 1/2 hour shows covering the Yamaha sponsored Formula
Xtreme class of racing will appear at the first round of the World Superbike Championship from Valencia on Sunday March 11th the coverage will be shown at approximately 10.00pm. With a packed grid and very close racing at the front including an onboard camera's, with one onboard Robbie Baird's R1 looking back at his pursuers an exciting half hour of racing is promised. In another first for Australian domestic motorcycle road racing two production houses have been contracted to produce there own shows so expect two completely different styles of productions from both the SBS Speedweek and the Foxsports 2 shows both channels will feature the Formula Xtreme class.