MTV Signs Bob Jenkins

Yahoo! ^ | March 10, 2004 | MTV and Open Wheel Racing Series

[Bobby Chang]

INDIANAPOLIS, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV, the first network for men, is the new cable television home for the Champ Car World Series for the 2004 season, it was announced today jointly by Champ Car President Dick Eidswick and Kevin Kay, Executive Vice President, Programming and Production, Spike TV. The network will telecast the entire 16-race schedule of one of the most popular racing circuits from venues all over the world, from Long Beach, CA. to Seoul, South Korea.

[Bobby Chang]

One of the best known voices in motorsport in the United States, Bob Jenkins, as signed a contract with MTV to become their play-by-play announcer for the Spike TV Champ Car races. Dropped unceremoniously from ESPN after over 20 years, it surprised me he has chosen to be with MTV and its highly obscene Spike TV television network. Go figure . . . he will sound SO strange to be on Spike TV and MTV.