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This may have been one of the most interesting seasons in many years where NASCAR TV was concerned. The topics we discussed and the issues that arose are going to certainly be what we continue to talk about over the next three months. Before we get to that, it's time for a Thanksgiving break. ...
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Allen Bestwick started the show with NASCAR Countdown . Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty and Rusty Wallace joined him in the Infield Pit Studio. Dr. Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree were in the TV booth. The pit reporters were Shannon Spake, Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Dave Burns. Tim ...
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Ray Evernham
Rusty Wallace
Dale Jarrett
Andy Petree
The season closes out with one big storyline and several smaller ones. Jimmie Johnson's only competition is his own teammate Mark Martin. The other story is the teams going for broke to win this last race. One additional story is that Rick Hendrick has stayed behind in North Carolina to attend ...
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Rick Hendrick
The final day of the 2009 NASCAR season brings the Sprint Cup Series race from Homestead. Before the green flag flies, three of NASCAR's TV partners will be offering hours of pre-race programming. Allen Bestwick is going to have a very long day. He begins the morning by hosting NASCAR Now at ...
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Scott Speed
It begins at 10 o'clock in the morning and does not miss a beat until 11PM that night. Thirteen straight hours of NASCAR on four different television networks. There will be thirty-four on-air television personalities involved in just this one day of coverage. They will offer preview shows, on ...
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Here we go for the last time in 2009 on the Nationwide Series trail. ESPN has twelve on-air announcers coming at you for the live race from Homestead. Allen Bestwick has done a stellar job of keeping order from the Infield Pit Studio this season. On this final race, he is joined by Ray ...
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Ray Evernham
The coronation is scheduled for Sunday. The fireworks are scheduled for Saturday. Jerry Punch will describe the solem ceremony. Marty Reid will handle the explosions. Last year at this time, Reid was not even a blip on the NASCAR on ESPN radar screen. He had spent the last couple of seasons ...
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Can you believe it? Here we go with the final live CWTS blog of 2009! Homestead is the place and Krista Voda is the face who will start the SPEED TV. She hosts The Setup with Ray Dunlap and Adam Alexander. Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip will call the action. The trucks are under ...
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Scott Speed
Camping World
Phil Parsons
Michael Waltrip
The official news of the celebrity host for the banquet was released on Friday along with the musical acts and the featured comedian. Here is the media release: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony is coming to Las Vegas and Frank Caliendo is on the pole. Caliendo, the renowned ...
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Frank Williams
There are many interesting pieces in the current NASCAR TV landscape, but none is perhaps as unique as the work of SPEED's Camping World Truck Series TV production team. Over the past three years, TDP has referred to them as "the little engine that could" and as producing the best NASCAR ...
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Once late July rolls around, the remaining NASCAR TV partners are just ESPN and SPEED. They co-exist in an environment that often has them sharing TV crew members, facilities and even the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series activities. On any given weekend, fans are just as likely to see SPEED ...
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Scott Speed
It dropped out of the clear blue sky during the week of the NASCAR Hall of Fame selections. It came together at the last minute and certainly looked exactly that way when it began. Now, it is making some real news of its own. SPEED confirmed to The Daly Planet Wednesday that NASCAR Race Hub ...
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Scott Speed
Well, this is it. Probably the final time for the 2009 season that we will state the case of why ESPN, The Chase and NASCAR fans are just not getting along. " TV Troubles With Chase Easy To Understand " was TDP's column back in mid-October on this issue. Click the title to read it and make ...
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We are finally at that point. This column signals the next-to-last time that you will be able to offer your honest opinions about the TV coverage of the Sprint Cup Series. This time, the race is from Phoenix and the TV network is ABC. Allen Bestwick started the day with NASCAR Countdown . He ...
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Phoenix
The storyline is going to be the troubles of Jimmie Johnson at the last race. The focus is going to be on the Chase. The same questions will be posed to the same drivers. The challenge for the NASCAR on ESPN gang will be how to generate some interest on this next-to-last pre-race show. Allen ...
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Jimmy Spencer recently had some changes in his TV assignments for SPEED. Spencer was added to This Week in NASCAR on Monday nights during the Chase. At the same time, he was removed from Victory Lane . That is the program that interviews the winning driver, crew chief and owner right after the ...
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Jimmy Spencer
Phoenix plays host to the Nationwide Series this afternoon. Allen Bestwick will begin the day with the NASCAR Countdown pre-race show at 4PM ET. He will be joined by Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty. Tim Brewer will be in the Tech Garage. At 4:30PM the race coverage will begin anchored by ...
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Saturday's Nationwide Series race gets underway at 4:30PM ET. Turn up the TV a bit to hear the play-by-play call offered by ESPN's Marty Reid. His voice may just be something you'll hear a lot more of in the future. Reid has already worked on both the IRL and NHRA packages for ESPN. He also ...
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Here we go with the next to last CWTS race of the season. Krista Voda will host the pre-race show with Ray Dunlap and Adam Alexander as the reporters. Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip will call the action during the race. SPEED's presentation of this product is familiar and fan ...