ESPN Monday Night Football sideline reporter Suzy Kolber will join the network’s NASCAR coverage team as host of the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program.
Kolber, also an anchor on SportsCenter, will host NASCAR Countdown for ESPN and ESPN on ABC’s coverage of the final 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races of 2007, beginning with the July 29 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. She also will host NASCAR Countdown for NASCAR Busch Series telecasts on ESPN2 and will host selected practice and qualifying coverage for both series. Kolber’s NASCAR schedule will include hosting ESPN2’s coverage of the NASCAR Busch Series event June 2 at Dover, Del., and ESPN on ABC’s telecast of the NASCAR Busch Series on July 14 at Chicagoland Speedway.
Brent Musburger will continue as race coverage host for telecasts on ESPN on ABC, including all 10 races in the “Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup” and other selected race telecasts.
“Many NASCAR drivers pull double duty with two races on the same weekend, and Suzy is going to be doing that with NASCAR and Monday Night Football,” said Norby Williamson, ESPN executive vice president, studio and remote production. “Brent’s big-event presence combined with Suzy’s reporting and anchoring expertise will set the stage for NASCAR’s exciting stretch run.”
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Nascar has become a circus.
I’d rather have her instead of Brent, Brent always reminds me of a college football game starting, yet I like Suzy’s work and could see her doin well.
If Suzy does her homework on Nascar like she does on football , then she will do a great job. I think she knows more about football than most of the other people on ESPN , including some of the guys that played in the NFL.
Besides , she’s damn nice to look at.