Daytona International Speedway Safety Teams Honored for 2020 Actions

Daytona International Speedway Safety Teams Honored for 2020 Actions

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 9, 2018) – As Daytona International Speedway gets ready to kick off the 2021 Speedweeks Presented By AdventHealth, which will culminate with next Sunday’s 63rd DAYTONA 500, its medical and track services teams were honored last week during the annual NASCAR Safety and Operations Summit powered by Verizon.

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FOX NASCAR Booth Featuring Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer Ready for Daytona Debut

FOX NASCAR Booth Featuring Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer Ready for Daytona Debut

Jamie Little Makes Historic First Laps as ARCA RACING SERIES Play-By-Play Announcer

Three-Time NASCAR CUP SERIES Champion, Hall-of-Famer Tony Stewart Joins Adam Alexander and Bowyer in NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Booth

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Starting the engines on its 21st season of NASCAR coverage and its 18th as home to The Great American Race, FOX Sports sets its Daytona Speedweeks talent assignments. (more…)

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FOX SPORTS & FOX DEPORTES SET PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE FOR DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS COVERAGE

FOX SPORTS & FOX DEPORTES SET PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE FOR DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS COVERAGE

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — FOX Sports kicks off its 21st season of NASCAR coverage with a packed slate of live racing from Daytona International Speedway on six consecutive days beginning Tuesday, Feb. 9, culminating with the DAYTONA 500 on FOX and FOX Deportes on Sunday, Feb. 14 (2:30 PM ET). Live DAYTONA 500 prerace coverage begins on FS1 with NASCAR RACEDAY at 11:00 AM ET, before the show’s move to FOX at 1:00 PM ET. (more…)

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Track Talk – NBC Sports Network Reportedly Shutting Down by the End of the Year

Track Talk – NBC Sports Network Reportedly Shutting Down by the End of the Year

According to reports in both the Wall Street Journal and Sports Business Journal, NBC Sports Network will shutter by the end of the year, representing a shift in the television rights agreement for NASCAR, IMSA and IndyCar.

NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood has called his network ‘America’s Home for Motorsports. The network premiered in 1995 as the Outdoor Life Network. It was rebranded as Versus in 2006. (more…)

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FOX AND FOX DEPORTES PRIMED FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF LIVE NASCAR ACTION BEGINNING WITH SUNDAY’S COCA-COLA 600

FOX AND FOX DEPORTES PRIMED FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF LIVE NASCAR ACTION BEGINNING WITH SUNDAY’S  COCA-COLA 600

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – FOX NASCAR is live from Charlotte Motor Speedway for four consecutive days during Memorial Day Weekend beginning with the 61st running of the COCA-COLA 600, NASCAR’s longest race, on Sunday, May 24 (6:00 PM ET on FOX and FOX Deportes), followed by on-track action through Wednesday, May 27.

Continuing a tradition that started in 2009, FOX NASCAR honors American service members who have fallen in the past year with “FOX Sports Remembers” during Sunday’s COCA-COLA 600 broadcast. The tribute features a running scroll on-screen listing the name of every U.S. service member who lost his or her life at home or abroad since last year’s Memorial Day Weekend race.

Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Larry McReynolds call Sunday’s COCA-COLA 600 from the FOX Sports studios in Charlotte. Reporters Jamie Little and Regan Smith cover the action live from the track. FOX Deportes broadcasters, play-by-play announcer Tony Rivera and analyst Jessi Losada, are live from the FOX Deportes studios in Los Angeles. A special edition of NASCAR RACE HUB airs on Sunday (5:30 PM ET on FOX) immediately prior to the race, while FS1 airs qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600 live at 2:00 PM ET on Sunday.

For the first-ever scheduled NASCAR race on Memorial Day, Adam Alexander, Jamie McMurray and NASCAR CUP SERIES driver Clint Bowyer call Monday’s NASCAR XFINITY SERIES race from the Charlotte studio with at-track reporting by Matt Yocum. The race airs live on FS1 at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by NASCAR RACE HUB at 6:30 PM ET on FS1. Rivera and Losada are on the call for FOX Deportes from Los Angeles.

On Tuesday, May 26, at 8:00 PM ET on FS1, the NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES returns to action at Charlotte. Vince Welch, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip call the action from the Charlotte studio with Alan Cavanna reporting from pit road. Rivera and Losada have the call from the FOX Deportes studios.

For Wednesday’s 300-mile NASCAR CUP SERIES encore, Joy, Gordon and McReynolds are back in the studio for the call on FS1 (8:00 PM ET) with Welch reporting from the track. NASCAR RACE HUB airs on FS1 at 7:00 PM ET. FOX Deportes offers live coverage with Losada and Rivera calling the race.

Following Charlotte, NASCAR heads to Bristol Motor Speedway, followed by Atlanta Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. Additional race date announcements are forthcoming.

DATERACE SERIESNETWORKTIME (ET)
Saturday, May 30Bristol 1 XfinityFS1/FOX Deportes3:30 PM
Sunday, May 31Bristol 1 CupFS1/FOX Deportes3:30 PM
Saturday, June 06Atlanta TrucksFS11:00 PM
Saturday, June 06Atlanta XfinityFOX4:30 PM
Sunday, June 07Atlanta CupFOX/FOX Deportes3:00 PM
Wednesday, June 10Martinsville 1 CupFS1/FOX Deportes7:00 PM
Saturday, June 13Miami TrucksFS112:30 PM
Saturday, June 13Miami XfinityFOX3:30 PM
Sunday, June 14Miami XfinityFS112:00 PM
Sunday, June 14Miami CupFOX/FOX Deportes3:30 PM
Saturday, June 20Talladega ARCAFS12:00 PM
Saturday, June 20Talladega XfinityFS15:30 PM
Sunday, June 21Talladega 1 CupFOX/FOX Deportes3:00 PM

 

 

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NASCAR Announces Second Installment in Return to Racing Schedule

NASCAR Announces Second Installment in Return to Racing Schedule

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 14, 2020) – NASCAR today announced the next installment of races in its return to racing, featuring events at Bristol Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The slate of races include events in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Series and the ARCA Menards Series. (more…)

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