Talking NASCAR TV: Solid Daytona 500 Start for FOX… But Old Issues Remain
Finally, the Daytona 500 came on Sunday. SPEED came on air live at 9 a.m. and from that point there was continuous live coverage from Daytona.
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Finally, the Daytona 500 came on Sunday. SPEED came on air live at 9 a.m. and from that point there was continuous live coverage from Daytona.
just hope that ESPN’s Nationwide races this year won’t have so much emphasis on Danica Patrick.
On Friday night, SPEED brought us “time-shifted” coverage of the preliminaries of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.
If there’s one thing that I can tell you right off the bat about Together: The Hendrick Motorsports Story, it is this. They talk about family a lot.
As many of you already know, ESPN announced on Wednesday that Dr. Jerry Punch will no longer handle play-by-play duties in the booth for Sprint Cup races.
For Reed Sorenson, his only top 10 of the 2009 season was the aforementioned ninth in the rain-shortened Daytona 500.
On Wednesday, Showtime announced a new, weekly series called Inside NASCAR (not to be confused with the Inside NASCAR that aired on TNN from 1995-2000).
The stretch of the season from May to August was the best for Sam Hornish Jr. in 2009. In that stretch, Hornish picked up nearly all of his top-10 finishes.
The question of whether Danica Patrick will try stock cars or not is finally answered.
On Sunday, there was wall-to-wall NASCAR programming, including two pre-race shows. This is where the beauty of the DVR comes into play.