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Wednesday, Nov 4
Here Comes Danica To NASCAR TV
At a time when the Nationwide Series could use anything to get it beyond being known as Carl and Kyle's playground, Patrick would be a great shot in the arm. Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski are the only two drivers who have helped the series to generate any buzz this season.
Monday, Nov 2
NASCAR Waking Up To TV Issues?
After working for six months on the Nationwide Series coverage, the NASCAR on ESPN team switched over to the Sprint Cup Series and proceeded to fall flat on their faces. Fans went from interactive analysts and excited announcers to the familiar drone of Jerry Punch and the total disaster o...
Sunday, Nov 1
Your Turn: Sprint Cup Series From Talladega On ABC.
This is the post-race location for comments on Sprint Cup Series coverage. Here are the details. Sunday, the NASCAR on ESPN team covered the Sprint Cup Series race from Talladega, Alabama. The weather was good and there were no technical problems.
Saturday, Oct 31
Four Hours Of Talladega Pre-Race TV Worthwhile?
ESPN has Bestwick on a tight leash for this program. It is heavily scripted and often uses the exact same edited features seen on the 10AM NASCAR Now show. All four of the NASCAR on ESPN pit reporters are used, but they do not have the same kind of relationship with the Sprint Cup Series drivers a...
Live Blogging The Camping World Trucks From Talladega (3:30PM - SPEED)
It is a rainy and dark day in Talladega. Saturday activity has been rained out early and fans are waiting to see if the Camping World Truck Series race will get in. The good fun of the pre-race show will hopefully extend to the racing. The CWTS field is very divers. NASCAR veterans are mixed with so...
Live Blog: Larry McReynolds Speaks Out On Sirius (Updated)
Larry McReynolds got his first crew chief job back in 1985. He is best known for his time with Yates and then Richard Childress Racing. In 2000, he joined the NASCAR on Fox team as an analyst. He now also works for SPEED in a wide variety of roles, including his own program called NASCAR Performan...
Thursday, Oct 29
Interesting Friday Ahead For SPEED
The evening caps with Trackside at 7PM that brings McReynolds into view again. The panel also includes host Steve Byrnes with Jeff Hammond and Elliot Sadler. Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards are the guests. Adding the outstanding Dave Despain on Assignment program about Talladega and a repe...
Wednesday, Oct 28
SPEED's Memorable Halloween Weekend Returns
Salvation for the series and a new lease on life for 2010 may come with the Saturday afternoon race from Talladega. With the Sprint Cup Series along for a Sunday race, Kyle Busch will cross-over to the trucks. In addition, a wild collection of drivers from Max Papis to Steve Park will also be in...
Sunday, Oct 25
Opinion: Hamlin Shows Social Media Impact On NASCAR
Meanwhile, Juan Pablo Montoya finished third and got done with his post-race media rather quickly. Montoya is one of the most popular NASCAR drivers on Twitter and has about 30 thousand who follow him. Instead of the hard-charging driver, fans see a family man with a wicked sense of humor wh...
Live Blogging "NASCAR Now" and "RaceDay" (ESPN2/10AM - SPEED/11AM)
Wendy Venturini and Hermie Sadler continue to be the foundation of this program in terms of NASCAR content. Venturini is long overdue to increase her time on SPEED, but has not been seen on Race Hub, TWIN or The SPEED Report. Sadler did a solid job as an analyst on SPEED's Nationwide Series cov...
Saturday, Oct 24
Muddy Breakfast With Jeremy On ESPN
Reporter Steve Delsohn is not involved in NASCAR, but he will present the Mayfield story. Delsohn is a West Coast reporter for OTL and a veteran author. The NASCAR experience will be provided by Ryan McGee, the former executive at the NASCAR Media Group and now a full time reporter for ESPN th...
Friday, Oct 23
Weather May Put NASCAR In A Pickle
NASCAR has two tracks working this weekend and they both have feature races on Saturday. ESPN is at Memphis Motorsports Park for the Nationwide Series stand-alone event. SPEED is in Martinsville, VA for a Camping World Truck Series event running with a Cup date.
Thursday, Oct 22
Will Waltrip Draw Attention From The Chase?
Over the last several weeks, the mainstream media has become totally and completely bored with Jimmie Johnson and his Chase dominance. Even some NASCAR beat writers are having trouble figuring out what else there is to write about.
Wednesday, Oct 21
Trying To Make Sense Of Champions Week
The event will include a free-admission fan event throughout the afternoon as well as a charity roast of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion. The fanfest will serve as the kickoff for NASCAR's inaugural Champion's Week in Las Vegas.
Tuesday, Oct 20
Much More Than "Shalom And Amen"
Shalom and Amen is the life story of Reverend Hal Marchman (1919 - 2009). He was a Baptist minister who for over 40 years was widely known as the chaplain of NASCAR. His ministry included the Daytona International Speedway, but extended far beyond the oval.
Monday, Oct 19
Monday Night TV Mayhem
Race Hub was designed to get drivers, owners and other NASCAR personalities in the studio for casual conversation. On this day, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was featured. Unfortunately, his contribution consisted of recorded questions from the weekend with Alexander. His Hall of Fame responses we...
Sunday, Oct 18
Chase TV At The Tipping Point
It took hours to clear over 500 emails after the Saturday night Sprint Cup Series race. TDP logged over 750 comments on our website's live race blog. Hundreds of fans used Twitter to send us messages. All of them focused on just one thing. ESPN's coverage of NASCAR racing.
"Race Hub" Faces A New Challenge In Week Two
Well, now SPEED has jumped into the game and this week some heavy hitters are on the line-up at the Hub. Perhaps, none bigger than Dale Earnhardt Jr. who will be on the Monday show. Tuesday features driver Matt Crafton while Wednesday's doubleheader is Tony Stewart and David Gilliland. The wee...
Saturday, Oct 17
Live Blogging "NASCAR RaceDay" On SPEED
Jimmy Spencer and Kenny Wallace began this TV series as two NASCAR drivers with mediocre pasts who were in the middle of a career change. Wallace had been a familiar face as a frequent panelist on the old Inside Winston/NEXTEL Cup on SPEED. His personality and outgoing nature seemed to be a na...
Friday, Oct 16
Early Friday NASCAR TV From LMS
This should be a good couple of hours leading up to the Nationwide Series race. Without Chasers and on a cool and very fast track, the Friday race could wind up being the highlight of the weekend. We will be live blogging the Nationwide Series race tonight, but in the meantime please feel free t...
Thursday, Oct 15
Drivers Use TV To Deliver "Think Pink" Message
Five Sprint Cup Series cars are going with pink wrappers this weekend at the Lowe's Motor Speedway. Drivers running these pink paint schemes are Kyle Busch, Elliott Sadler, Bill Elliott, Michael Waltrip, and Bobby Labonte. In the Friday night Nationwide Series race the three Braun Racin...
Wednesday, Oct 14
Powerful TV Coverage For Hall Of Fame
Massaro interviewed a stellar line-up of Richard Petty, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Junior Johnson, Brian France and Lesa France Kennedy in the NASCAR Now program. It was the first time many NASCAR fans had seen Kennedy on-camera and while her comfort level was not high, it was important t...
Live Blogging Hall Of Fame TV Coverage
The day ends with the 4PM announcement of the inductees by NASCAR Chairman Brian France. ESPNEWS will go live at 4PM for the coverage and then return at 5PM with NASCAR Now on ESPN2. Mike Massaro and Brad Daugherty will be in the ESPN studios, while Jerry Punch who is a HoF voter will be in Charlo...
Monday, Oct 12
All Hands On Deck For "NASCAR Race Hub"
The day ended with This Week in NASCAR on SPEED. Biffle knew he was going to be on the hotseat and Byrnes put him there quickly. Biffle originally went for the excuse that a bumpy track caused him to squeeze eventual race winner Joey Logano up against the backstretch wall in the Nationwide Seri...
Sunday, Oct 11
Live Blogging The Sprint Cup Series From Fontana, CA (2:30PM ET on ABC)
Fontana is rough for tight camera work. It is rough to show the cars racing away from the camera. On the backstretch, only a wideshot shows the pack fanning out to set-up for the passing zone. In-car cameras work best for replays. How much of this is followed and how much is disregarded is about to...
Saturday, Oct 10
ESPN Stumbles Into Sunday
He was seated in the Infield Pit Studio of ESPN and all six of the on-air announcers were taking turns asking him questions during the Nationwide Series race. Gordon had stopped by to promote the documentary film called Together: The Hendrick Motorsports Story. A one-hour preview of the fu...
Saturday Off To A Foggy Start In California
Opening a live blog early because fog has pushed back the Nationwide Series qualifying from Fontana, CA. At this time, NASCAR is going to try for 12:30PM but that depends on the weather. Click here for a direct link to live Nationwide Series qualifying coverage. Thanks to NASCAR.com for the in...
Friday, Oct 9
NASCAR TV Changes On Monday
Wednesday: One hour version beginning at 7PM. Voda co-hosts with Steve Byrnes. They will recap the Hall of Fame activities from Charlotte. Driver Bobby Labonte and SMI's Marcus Smith will be studio guests. The new 2010 Ford Mustang will be brought over from Roush Racing and will also be in the...
Thursday, Oct 8
Bad Timing Strikes France Family Again
SPEED has NASCAR Live offering news updates from the track in Fontana, CA on Friday. The network also offers Trackside later that night. This has traditionally not been a very "newsy" show. As with ESPN, the France arrest story was posted on the SPEEDtv.com website.
Wednesday, Oct 7
Hendrick Motorsports Story An Interesting Mix
NASCAR racing is a world where many owners and sponsors have come and gone. It is fitting that the results of Hendrick's methods are on display in this project from the early days racing Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Richard Childress through the present battles with Joe Gibbs and Jack Roush.
Wednesday Media Notes
NASCAR held a conference call to notify the media of changing start times for Sprint Cup Series races in 2010. David Hill of Fox Sports, who is pictured above, was joined by David Levy from Turner and John Skipper from ESPN. Brian France was also on the call.
Monday, Oct 5
Boris Stands Alone And Jimmy Gets A Muzzle
It was supposed to be a solid doubleheader of NASCAR TV on Monday after the exciting win by Tony Stewart in Kansas. Instead, it was an early evening face-off and a watered-down imitation of a fan favorite. Allen Bestwick was first on the air with the one-hour version of NASCAR Now. This week, Ra...
Friday, Oct 2
Possible Names For Jeremy Mayfield Reality TV Show?
Mayfield has now sold his race team and says he is having a hard time making ends meet because NASCAR has denied him a right to make a living racing. Mayfield has thrown NASCAR, the Aegis testing lab, and the entire multi-million dollar NASCAR drug testing program under the bus time and time a...
Thursday, Oct 1
Johnson And Martin Visit "Trackside" On SPEED
Every racing weekend, SPEED airs the Trackside show. This program is sometimes taped in the afternoon and sometimes done live. This weekend in Kansas, SPEED will welcome both Johnson and Martin to the program at 7PM ET Friday night. There is a full day of practice and qualifying coverage on t...
Wednesday, Sep 30
The Island Of Brian France
There is one fundamental truth that France and ESPN have overlooked. NASCAR fans do not change their allegiance simply because their driver did not make the Chase. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth fans do not put on Jeff Gordon t-shirts and pull for the #24.
The Race Reporters: Interview Comments
Tonight at 7PM Michael Knight will host his Internet radio program called The Race Reporters. Among the guests are former Yahoo! Sports NASCAR writer Bob Margolis and yours truly. I will be on live at 7:30PM ET. Click here for a direct link to the Internet radio location.
Thursday, Sep 24
NASCAR Continues To Expand Online Offerings
Fans can access the official NASCAR page on MySpace at: www.myspace.com/nascar The NASCAR page on Facebook originated by Turner has proven to be very popular with over 215 thousand fans. Click here to take a look at that page. It is easy to become a Facebook fan and receive lots of information f...
Tuesday, Sep 22
NASCAR's Football Nightmare Continues
Despite the double file restarts "shootout style" and the compelling stories of Mark Martin and Juan Montoya, the NASCAR TV ratings got thumped. Here is the official information: ABC’s broadcast of Sunday’s Sylvania 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway earned a 2.5...
Monday, Sep 21
Spencer Exits Before Helton Interview On "TWIN"
We'll get to your drivers later," Spencer told Waltrip in the highlights segment before the David Reutimann vs. Dale Earnhardt Jr. crash. That was certainly something that neither Chad Knaus or Biffle had ever said to Waltrip this season. There just might be a new sheriff in TV town.
Sunday, Sep 20
Mike Helton To Guest On "TWIN" Monday Night
This show has tons of potential as the alternative to the formal and scripted NASCAR Now program that ESPN offers on Monday afternoons. Embracing the informality and casual feel of SPEED's NASCAR coverage is the key. Adding Spencer to the show is a step toward putting someone on the panel wh...
Live Blogging The Sprint Cup Series Race From New Hampshire (1PM ET - ABC)
This post will serve to host your comments about the ABC coverage of the Sprint Cup Series race from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. To add your TV-related comment, just click on the comments button below. Comments may be moderated prior to posting.
Saturday, Sep 19
Third Time At The Big Dance For ESPN
The memories of Brent Musburger, Suzy Kolber and Erik Kuselias have faded. Into the TV lives of NASCAR fans have come Dale Jarrett, Allen Bestwick and Nicole Manske. This season marks the third time that The Chase for the Championship is going to play-out on ABC and will be produced by the NAS...
Friday, Sep 18
Versus And NASCAR Announce New TV Series
“We are delighted to partner with VERSUS on our Emmy-award winning Quest for the NASCAR Sprint Cup series,” said Jay Abraham, Chief Operating Officer of NASCAR Media Group. “With VERSUS being the fastest growing sports cable network in the country, this is one more way in which NASCAR can...
One Eye On Qualifying And The Other On Danica
The other big Friday attraction is the IRL race from Motegi, Japan on the Versus TV Network live at 10:30PM ET. Stories are now beginning to creep into the mainstream NASCAR media that fans may well see Patrick in NASCAR next season. Could that start in Daytona next February with Patrick runn...
Thursday, Sep 17
New York City Media Mayhem
ESPN First Take: Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon will both be on ESPN’s morning show via satellite. Program begins at 10AM ET on ESPN2. KRLD Dallas: Juan Pablo Montoya will be a guest at 11:20 a.m. WSCR Chicago: Carl Edwards will be a guest at 4 p.m
Monday, Sep 14
Opinion: Updated With NASCAR Response: Still Wondering About Champion's Week
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 14, 2009) – For the first time in NASCAR history, fans will have the opportunity to join drivers, team owners and industry leaders to celebrate the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion. This year’s awards ceremony is scheduled to be held at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, De...
Thursday, Sep 10
Updated: Tough Two Weeks For "NASCAR Now"
ESPN paid hundreds of millions of dollars to NASCAR in order to get in a position to show the final seventeen Sprint Cup Series races. These two weeks are crucial in terms of getting interviews and information out to the fans as the dramatic Richmond race approaches on Saturday night.
Wednesday, Sep 9
Online NASCAR TV Channel Now A Reality
•SPEED’s Rutledge at Large!: Join Rutledge Wood behind the scenes with drivers and fans, at the track, hamming it up in the in-field and at special NASCAR events. •Signature SPEED "shoulder" programming: NASCAR RaceDay Built by the Home Depot, NASCAR Victory Lane, Trackside, NASCAR Pe...
Mike Joy And Darrell Waltrip Ready For Eldora
This is a night of Late Model racing for charity that benefits some great causes listed at the bottom of this column. Stewart owns Eldora Speedway and this little Rossburg, Ohio dirt track is something else. Many NASCAR fans who watch the sport on TV have really never seen dirt track racing an...
Monday, Sep 7
ESPN's Ed Hinton: Danica Patrick in Nationwide And Truck Series In 2010
She is going to do a significant number of Nationwide Series races, she is going to do some truck series races, she is in this to learn," continued Hinton. "Tony Stewart is almost certainly going to sign-on as her partner and mentor in this venture."
Sunday, Sep 6
Live Blogging "NASCAR RaceDay" On SPEED
Hermie Sadler has been working hard as a reporter for the show, but it will be Wendy Venturini who is under the spotlight today. She is good friends with Tony Stewart and it might be interesting to see if Venturini scores the interview with Stewart about Patrick that everyone is waiting to se...
Friday, May 29
Why Is NASCAR's Drug Policy In My Mailbox?
Brad Daugherty is also in studio for the program and that should help. He is headed for ESPN from Dover where he will be working with Allen Bestwick and Dale Jarrett on the Saturday Nationwide Series pre-race show called NASCAR Countdown.
Thursday, May 28
TV Network's Junior Scramble Causes Big Problems
Host Nicole Manske had led a program that featured Rick Hendrick on the phone, soundbites from Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a news update from Marty Smith. All of this was in reference to the changes at Hendrick Motorsports on the #88 team. Smith had strong comments from his interview with Lance McG...
Tuesday, May 26
TNT Set To Change NASCAR TV Forever
This is a major undertaking by TNT and one that should really put ESPN in a tough spot when they begin Sprint Cup Series coverage in July. After these six TNT races fans will return to no online video application of any kind. Once again, all of us will be watching one box as the only source of racin...
Thursday, May 21
NASCAR Media May Not Be Taking This Friday Off
The SPEED Stage rolls down the road to downtown Charlotte for the annual event called Speed Street. The Trackside bunch leaves the confines of the track and takes their act into the rowdy crowd for what should be a memorable 7PM live show. Jimmie Johnson and NASCAR Hall of Fame's Winston Kell...
Wednesday, May 20
Daugherty Talks NBA vs. NASCAR On Drug Issues
Instead of more ill-timed comments to the media, the Mayfields have hired an attorney and stopped talking. Bill Diehl, the same attorney who helped Elliott Sadler through his recent employment issues, is now working for the Mayfields.
Monday, May 18
Opinion: "This Week In NASCAR" Sticks To Basics
It seems that Walrip and Knaus are also content not to offer their opinions of the Mayfield issue on TV. This show stayed withing the comfortable walls it has established over this season and offered a program full of good racing information mixed with some fun. Whether that is enough or not w...
Wednesday, May 6
Opinion: "NASCAR On Fox" Executive David Hill Wants Your Questions
Hill's official title currently is the Chairman and CEO of Fox Sports. He arrived at that company in 1994 and started the sports division from scratch, literally. NASCAR on Fox came about after a trip to the Lowe's Motor Speedway on race week and an introduction to Humpy Wheeler.
Tuesday, Apr 21
NASCAR TV Better With Danica?
We all remember the open-wheel set from the 2008 invasion. Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti is back in the IRL. Formula One veteran Jacque Villeneuve never really got his effort off the ground. Sam Hornish continues to soldier on and Scott Speed has already missed one race this season. He is 38...
Sunday, Apr 19
The Incredible Recovery Of NASCAR's Robbie Weiss
Veteran fans may remember the pale faces and shaken expressions of the NASCAR executives as they took the stage on January 22nd during the Charlotte Media Tour. Jim Hunter, Mike Helton and Brian France all appeared to have their minds on other things. As it turns out, the issue on their minds...
Monday, Mar 30
Opinion: Camping World Truck Series Can't Catch A TV Break
What a great tie-in to his struggles in the Sunday Sprint Cup Series race as those highlights would be the centerpiece of the two NASCAR TV shows on Monday. Since there was no Nationwide Series race, the Sprint Cup Series and the Camping World Trucks were the only game in town. This would be gre...
Tuesday, Mar 24
The Powerful Image Of Jeffrey Earnhardt On TV
Not yet 20, this young man is about to embark on a limited Nationwide Series schedule this season after working up from the sportsman ranks and through the Camping World East Series. To say he is the spitting image of a young Dale Earnhardt Sr. is perhaps an understatement.
Monday, Mar 16
Opinion:
Toyota has just confirmed it will be staying the course in 2009 and remaining in the top three NASCAR series. This should be a topic for host Nicole Manske on NASCAR Now at 5PM. Click here for the Toyota announcement. Great commentary by David Poole on the passing of Rev. Hal Marchman. His "shalom...
Wednesday, Feb 18
Earnhardt Tribute By "NASCAR Now" A Classy Touch
This week, NASCAR Now has consistently skipped over the Camping World Truck and the Sprint Cup Series races from California to instead promote NHRA Drag racing action. With NASCAR needing every fan possible to either watch or attend the races, perhaps the production team will re-think t...
Wednesday, Nov 19
Best NASCAR TV Booth Analyst Of 2008?
Waltrip's season was memorable for the Michael McDowell crash. "I've never seen anything like that in my life," said Waltrip at the time. There was also the very public primetime moment when Waltrip watched Kyle Busch make contact with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Richmond. "Oh, he turned him!" yel...
Tuesday, Nov 18
Best NASCAR TV Play-By-Play Announcer of 2008?
Thank you for returning to The Daly Planet in the off-season. To start the look back at the ten months of NASCAR racing on TV we are going to take an opportunity to talk about "the best of 2008." This NASCAR experience of the last two years has been rough for Punch. The veteran reporter and beloved...
Tuesday, Oct 14
Opinion: Off-Season TV Landscape Looking Bleak
Apparently, there will be no end-of-season roundtables with NASCAR journalists, no final all-NASCAR Wind Tunnel special and no final grouping of the TV personalities who worked all season long to bring the fans NASCAR coverage.
Tuesday, Sep 30
Opinion: Owner's Roundtable Proves To Be Interesting
The review of the Cup race from Kansas drew lots of great comments and analysis from all three panelists. Running through the Tony Stewart pit problems, the great save by Matt Kenseth and the banzai move by Carl Edwards, Bestwick drew-out the best from his participants and kept the energy l...
Saturday, Sep 13
NASCAR Parks The Times Square Parade
It might be a little cold for hot laps at Lowe's Motor Speedway in a Richard Petty Racing Experience car, but with all the NASCAR shops and the Hall of Fame within reach, the possibility of putting the banquets together in Charlotte makes a lot of sense.
Sunday, Aug 17
Opinion: Robin Miller Spices Up "Wind Tunnel"
Responding to a caller who was talking about the wasted open-wheel talent currently struggling in NASCAR, Miller fired a closing salvo. "I think somebody should hire AJ Allmendinger and put him in an open-wheel car because that's where that kid belongs and he wins races," said Miller. An i...
Saturday, Aug 9
Opinion: TV Build-Up For Sunday Not About That Race
This is a critical time for NASCAR. Only 34 Craftsman Trucks will start the Saturday night race in Nashville, TN. Many of those teams are searching for sponsorship and some are clearly funded privately. How many more races those teams can run is anyone's guess.
Monday, Jun 16
Opinion: Your Turn: This Week In NASCAR On SPEED
TWIN this week featured Michael Waltrip and Chad Knaus along with host Steve Byrnes. The topics covered included a preview of Sonoma's road course and a review of the Sprint Cup race from Michigan. This show has been on-the-air four months now and this is a good opportunity for NASCAR fans to...
Thursday, May 22
Opinion:
3 - Even though Friday is slow for NASCAR TV, Saturday is a very different story. If you have outdoor plans on Saturday, set the DVR or the VCR for what could be a fascinating day at the Lowe's Motor Speedway. I do not think we have seen the end of the Humpy Wheeler vs. Bruton Smith saga. There will be a...
Monday, May 19
Indy 500 TV Review And Open Forum Tuesday
We have been getting a lot of email asking for a one-time TV discussion of the Indy 500. Since there is no TV-related website that deals with open-wheel racing, readers would like a place to preview and then talk about the race telecast on ABC.
Tuesday, May 13
Opinion: NASCAR May Benefit From ESPN Shake-Up
This left any breaking NASCAR news or updates to Mike and Mike in the Morning or First Take. Needless to say, both of these programs avoid NASCAR like Superman avoids Kryptonite. When Mike and Mike visited the Texas Motor Speedway last year, they had no NASCAR presence until the final twenty...
Wednesday, May 7
Glaring Omissions Taint E:60 NASCAR Story
As it turns-out, ESPN cameras also interviewed NASCAR veteran David Stremme, ARCA team owner Eddie D'Hondt and other current NASCAR drivers on this specific subject. Once again, all of this footage was omitted from the final product.
Saturday, Apr 5
Opinion: Right "TV Team" On-The-Air For McDowell Crash (Thanks for the nice comments)
SPEED was live as the NASCAR on Fox crew of Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip was on-the-air with Sprint Cup Series qualifying from the Texas Motor Speedway. Veteran NASCAR fans like myself only have to close our eyes to remember the one part of the sport we normally try hard to f...
Monday, Jan 21
Opinion: SPEED Stays With Three For "Tradin' Paint"
Pockrass dismissed the chance of Montoya winning this season, and Petty told him the whole point of NASCAR was that any driver could win on any Sunday. Pockrass narrowed his eyes and asked "does that include you?" Fans were wondering what they would see when the show came back from commerci...
Friday, Jan 18
John Kernan Comes Out Swinging
As most fans know, PRN is a radio group controlled by Bruton Smith's Speedway Motor Sports Inc. The other radio production group is MRN, the Motor Racing Network, which was founded by the France family and is a NASCAR/International Speedway Corp. entity. Between those two, they dominate th...
Thursday, Jan 3
The NASCAR TV Story That Refuses To Die
After reading your comments, veteran Charlotte Observer NASCAR writer David Poole said, "What NASCAR needs to understand most is that it's that kind of passion they they are incredibly lucky to have, that people care that much about what's shown and how it's shown." He then added, "fans a...
Thursday, Dec 27
SPEED Channel Answers Back
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Testing from Daytona – Jan. 7-10 (7 p.m.) • NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Testing from Daytona – Jan. 11 (7 p.m.) • NASCAR Sprint Cup Testing from Daytona – Jan. 14-17 (6:30 p.m.) • NASCAR Testing from Las Vegas – Jan. 28-30 (7 p.m.)
Sunday, Dec 16
Opinion: Wendy Venturini Answers Your NASCAR TV Questions
A - Andy, Carl Edwards and I get along nicely both on and off-air. He was driving in the Craftsman Truck Series the same year I was pit reporting there. We both moved over to NEXTEL Cup at the same time, so we have seen each other succeed in our own respective fields.
Wednesday, Dec 12
A TV Tale of Three NASCAR Banquets
The advertisers of Madison Avenue have long since changed to only advertising agencies. They represent NASCAR sponsors with headquarters in Atlanta, Memphis, Dover and ironically enough, Mooresville, NC. That would be the Cup champion.
Monday, Dec 10
Opinion: Final Busch Series Banquet Tuesday On ESPN2
This Tuesday, that treatment will surface again. NEXTEL Cup driver Carl Edwards will walk away with the Busch Series trophy. Featured will be the NEXTEL Cup owners who "dabble" in this series, and the other NEXTEL Cup drivers who "have fun" Busch racing before they go to their "real job."
Saturday, Dec 8
Opinion: Steve Byrnes Answers Your NASCAR TV Questions
A - Jill, many people think it was Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaving for Hendrick Motorsports. My personal opinion is the Car of Tomorrow. It has had a huge impact on drivers, mechanics, crew chiefs, owners, etc... Quite frankly, it is still a big story.
Friday, Dec 7
Opinion: "Chasing Glory" Goes Out On A High Note
It was nice to see Eli Gold on-camera again, and also Jimmie Johnson and the other drivers interacting with the NASCAR print and electronic media they all know so well. This is a slice of the everyday NASCAR pie that fans would like to see a lot more. Put the NASCAR media on-camera and let them ta...
Saturday, Dec 1
NASCAR TV Needs One Little Thing: Diversity
Even a momentary mention of Juan Pablo Montoya was never followed by a single camera shot of that driver. Fortunately, it was during the only bright spot of the night when Tony Stewart delivered a speech that was possibly funnier than David Spade had been all evening.
Sunday, Aug 26
Opinion: "NASCAR Now" In The Midnight Mode
Recapping the race includes interviewing and featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr. every time. Junior kidded ESPN for their rain delay luck, and then paid a great compliment to the whole DEI team. With ESPN obsessed with The Chase and not the race, Brad Daugherty appeared live from the track to addre...
Saturday, Aug 25
Opinion: Saturday's "NASCAR Now" Avoids The Obvious
The Busch Series highlights did not even appear in the first segment of this show. When they finally did, they did not feature a replay of the last four or five laps. The entire NASCAR Now highlight coverage of the big Busch Series night race at Bristol consisted of fifty seconds of highlights....
Tuesday, Aug 21
Opinion: Wednesday NASCAR Topics For Comments
Wednesday night Krista Voda, Ray Dunlap and the SPEED gang telecast the Craftsman Truck Series live in Bristol, TN. The pre-race show is 7:30PM, with the race starting at 8PM. This should be a blast. Finally, Erik Kuselias was on ESPN Radio Tuesday in the old Dan Patrick timeslot. Hmmm...
Wednesday, Aug 15
Opinion: Dave Blaney Featured On ESPN's "NASCAR Now"
After dispensing with the mandatory news that Dale Earnhardt Junior will not be leaving DEI with his number eight in tow, the show stepped around all the other NASCAR stories and revealed to America that ESPN has discovered drivers race during the week.
Tuesday, Aug 14
ABC's "NASCAR in Primetime" Offers Video Previews
Next up was Mark Martin and the Daytona 500. Continuing the raw emotional theme, the show lets Mark speak clearly about what losing the Daytona 500 to Kevin Harvick has done to his life, what it meant in his career, and how he feels now six months later.
