ESPN’s Sprint Cup Coverage Launches with Big Week Leading to Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
Quote selected text Published July 21st, 2008 in NASCAR News
The Sprint Cup Series returns to ESPN with a full week of NASCAR-related programming July 21-28, culminating with live, flag-to-flag coverage of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard from Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 27, at 1 p.m. ET. The Allstate 400 at the Brickyard is the first of 17 Sprint Cup events on the ESPN networks to close out the 2008 NASCAR season.
The first six air on ESPN, with the final 11 on ABC, including all 10 races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. ESPN’s coverage from Indianapolis Motor Speedway includes a live telecast of Sprint Cup qualifying on Saturday, July 26, at 10 a.m., and live coverage of two practice sessions for the Sprint Cup cars on the famed 2.5-mile track, all on ESPN2. ESPN360.com, the signature broadband TV network, and ESPN MobileTV, the company’s 24/7 mobile video network, also will simulcast the race, qualifying and the two practice sessions. ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s domestic Spanish-language channel, will simulcast the race.
Sprint Cup champions will be an integral part of ESPN’s coverage team at the Brickyard, including analyst Dale Jarrett who will work with Andy Petree and Dr. Jerry Punch in the booth. Tim Brewer will report from the ESPN Tech Center, while pit reporters will be Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro and Shannon Spake. The pre-race NASCAR Countdown show from the ESPN pit studio will feature analysis by Rusty Wallace and Ray Evernham, with host Allen Bestwick and analyst Brad Daugherty. The studio team will interact with the booth during the telecast of the race.
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See you all there!
Thank GOD Rusty isn’t in the booth! Now if they just drop the draft track, maybe the coverage will be somewhat tolerable
Thank God we are back to racing!!!
yeah, i agree with jeff. kill the draft track and save it for the tracks that matter….the drafting tracks. actually, that would prolly be a bad idea, cuz no one would see a darn thing on the screen. wonder what it looks like when they are upside down.
the judster wrote:
The Draft has an effect on cars as long as the speed is around/over 70mph, so every track is a drafting track.
O NO!!! NOT ESPN!!!!GO BACK TO FOX
GOD DO I LONG FOR THE DAYS OF BOGITY BOGITY BOGITY, DR JERRY PUNCH GOD ESPN SUCKS, THE ONLY GOD THINGS THEY GOT WAS SHANNON SPAKE FROM SPEED AND THEN THEY WENT AND COVERED HER UP WITH THAT CRAPPY FIRE SUIT
At least they have DJ now instead of Rusty! Hey folks hope to see you all at IMS. I’ll be up there Friday,Saturday and Sunday. Can’t wait I am so excited to get back to the track.
fischa, whens the last time they discussed a draft at bristol or martinsville. they havent, cuz its not enough to make any kind of difference to the performance of the car. maybe if they drafted mac trucks