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Discovery to air special series 'Speed Week'
 

Indiantelevision.com Team

(24 November 2007 6:45 pm)

 

MUMBAI:This November, Discovery Channel will air Speed Week, a week-long marathon that focuses on the science and psychology of speed.

 


Speed Week
will air from 26 to 30 November at 10 pm and will encore the next day at 4 pm.

Speed Week will air, for the speed enthusiasts, episodes on future cars, power boats, street racing and race dynasties. It will follow Michael Czysz and the MotoCzysz team as they are trying to bring an American designed and built machine to the forefront of international road racing.

The special series will kick off with Future Cars on 26 November.

Through Future Cars, viewers will journey to test tracks, design centers and manufacturing locations around the world for first-hand knowledge of car design, computer interface and alternative fuel sources. Visionaries will discover the remote possibilities of automobile technology. Audiences will view a new, 18-wheel truck, whose aerodynamic design alone improves fuel efficiency by 50 per cent.

This will be followed by Power Boats on 27 November at 10 pm. Viewers will experience the glamour and excitement of the world's fastest racing boats during both the build up and the race itself.

Jet Bikers Speed Dynasties will be aired on 28 November.
This programme highlights four racing families from the United Kingdom, United States, India and Brazil and finds out why the sons have chosen to follow in their father's footsteps. The sons of these speed dynasties continue to wrestle with the pressure of a famous family name - find out what motivates them and how a fear of death has influenced some family's decisions. The programme also covers the technology, expertise and engineering of different racing cars - from A1, Rally, Grand American Sports Cars, Formula Renault, to Indy Cars.

Street Racing which will air on 29 November will take viewers to Tokyo, New York City, Mexico City, Osaka and Essex to witness the real-life world of street racing. In places and settings as different as they can be, street racers are united by a bond that crosses barriers of culture and distance - their passion for speed is the most important thing in their lives.

The last program Birth of a Racer will be telecast on 30 November. It's a story on racer, architect and design daredevil, Michael Czysz, who is on a mission-to build a world-class, made in America, superbike capable of competing at the Laguna Seca round of MotoGP. His ultimate goal - to create high performance street bikes for the public in direct competition with elite Japanese and Italian companies.

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