Up and running at 250 mph, hair on fire, from our Charlotte-area offices...getting ready to head to our Sirius NASCAR studios for the last show of our first full week hosting "Tradin' Paint" on Sirius.   It's great fun and terrific for me personally to have this new platform regularly on Sirius, now at 20 million subscribers.  I've been on Sirius NASCAR Radio since the end of 2007, and had hosted a nighttime/weekend show throughout 2008.  Sirius asked me to take over the 11am-3pm shift for '09 and I was pleased to accept.

At our Carolinas Production Group, we're gearing up for another huge year of production and syndication of both the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour stock car series and the Playboy Mazda MX 5 Cup sports car series.   We're also hoping to build on the success of our production and distribution of the ARCA ReMax Series' Loud Energy 150 at New Jersey Motorsports Park, which reached more than 54 million households in the fall of 2008.

We continue to be in discussion and negotiation with four other high-profile motorsports series about handling their television production, placement, and sales.

Also on the docket this week:  The Carolina Panthers' home NFC Playoff matchup with Arizona.  Win or lose, it's been another exciting year hosting the Panthers Radio Network postgame broadcast, and the excitement of a home playoff game this weekend will be amazing.

Off now to the Sirius NASCAR studios for "Tradin' Paint", and we'll keep you posted on our 2009 schedule as soon as possible.  We'll begin our MX 5 Cup telecasts at Road Atlanta in April once again and should have a more than full plate for the year.   See you at the race track.

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