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SPEED Channel has announced a change in its programming schedule and now plans to show four hours of live and tape-delayed coverage of the AMA series finale at Barber Motorsports Park September 20-21.

Originally, SPEED was scheduled to show the AMA Superbike and Supersport races from Barber on the following Tuesday, September 23, but those plans were changed today.

SPEED is now planning on showing Saturday’s AMA Superbike race at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time Saturday evening. On Sunday, SPEED intends to show the AMA Supersport and 250cc Grand Prix races live at 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., respectively. The second and last AMA Superbike race of the season will be taped and aired at 5:00 p.m. Sunday evening, filling the slot that would have been occupied by the FIM 250cc Grand Prix from Rio, Brazil.

The FIM MotoGP World Championship race from Brazil will be aired tape-delayed at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, September 21, as originally scheduled.

The Brazilian Grand Prix is actually run on Saturday, September 20.

SPEED’s schedule for Tuesday, September 23 currently shows the FIM 250cc Grand Prix as being shown at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time followed by both AMA Superbike races from Barber Motorsports Park.

The AMA Formula Xtreme race from Barber is scheduled to air Tuesday, September 30 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, immediately following the two World Superbike races from Imola.

The penultimate round of the 2003 World Superbike series will not be shown by SPEED on the date it is run, September 28. The United States Grand Prix FIA Formula One race, however, will be shown three times within 15 hours (1:30 p.m., 9:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Eastern Time) on SPEED September 28, according to the programming schedule on www.speedtv.com.