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"Survive the 25" Telecast to Air on VERSUS on March 22 at 5 p.m. ET

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RICHMOND, CA --The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is pleased to announce that on Monday, March 22, at 5 p.m. ET, the premier of "Survive the 25" will air on VERSUS, the fastest growing sports cable network in the country.

"Survive the 25" is a documentary filmed at the 2009 25 Hours of Thunderhill which focuses on the triumphs and struggles of four teams attempting to win their respective classes in North America's longest endurance race. NASA's 25 Hours of Thunderhill is well known for being one of the most grueling endurance races in the world and attracts challengers from all over the globe. Tune in on Monday, March 22, at 5 p.m. ET, to see what the NASA 25 is really about.

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2009 Post-Event Announcements

The 2009 NASA 25 Hour Post Event Coverage

We will begin adding in coverage of various event writeups from around the world now that the 2009 event is completed.

Post Event Articles

Road & Track's Sam Mitani wrote an entertaining and insightful 3 page article experience racing with the Spoon Team.

Read about the "25 in 25" team in this writeup covering Rick Weldon's historic venture to manage a team of 25 drivers in the world's longest endurance race.

John Dagys from SpeedTV has several articles following the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. A pre-event walkthrough, some live coverage as it happened and a final post event writeup with some great photos.

There was local news coverage from the Oroville Mercury-Register.

Fox40 has a series of segments covering the lead up and the race:

Ronin Automotive writes about the victorious Flying Lizard Motorsports Team

Also about the Flying Lizards, don't miss out on this American Le Mans article or this forum thread discussing the victory.

MotoIQ has a comprehensive summary of the 25 Hours

Read about Spoon Sports and their Civic Type-R and the Spoon post-event writeup.

Team Honda Research West has a great photo gallery of the 2009 25 Hours of Thunderhill.

The Garage Blog has a great gallery of the event, and David Leong has posted his own photos.

From the BMW community, bimmerfest.com has a good forum thread on BMWs at the 2009 25 Hours of Thunderhill.

Miatacage.com has a good writeup, including why they entered the longest endurance race in the world.

Team BMC Tools has a video gallery of their 25 Hour experience. This is an excellent view from a good competitor.

The Grizzly Gazette has an excellent article (with video) detailing the student-made team from Porterville High School going head to head with professional racers.

Don't miss Spoon Sports 25 Hours of Thunderhill Video, this video allows you to catch a glimpse of what goes on in the pits at the longest endurance race.