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Week of 12/4/05
Grab a remote, and a calendar for 2007
NASCAR has announced a new 8 year multi-network television deal that starts in 2007. Basically NBC is out, and ABC/ESPN is in, with FOX, Speed, and TNT continuing their coverage. FOX will become the official network of The Daytona 500, and the 12 races after that. TNT will handle the middle of the season, with ABC/ESPN handling the end of the season including the Chase for the Championship. Other season highlights include the Gatorade Duels, The Craftsman Truck Series, and the All Star Challenge will all be on the Speed Channel now. December 8, 2005
Parrott latest champion to join Petty
Todd Parrott has been named as the new crew chief of Bobby Labonte's #43 Cheerios Dodge for 2006. Todd adds his name to the list of champions that the Petty's have recruited recently, like Robby Loomis, and Bobby Labonte. Parrott won a championship with Dale Jarrett in 1999. December 8, 2005
Busch Champ week rolls on
The Busch Series Champion's week continues and slated for today is the Champions dinner with Martin Truex Jr. and NASCAR executives. Plus Carl Edwards will announce the words "Let's play hockey" at the Tampa Bay lightning vs. St. Louis Blues game. December 8, 2005
Where's my NASCAR? (in 2007)
• Beginning in 2007, each NASCAR season will be launched on FOX with the telecast of the Daytona 500. FOX will also carry NASCAR “Speedweeks” events including the Budweiser Shootout and Daytona Pole Qualifying. FOX will also broadcast the 12 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races following the Daytona 500.
• TNT will broadcast six consecutive NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races (races 14 through 19).
• The final 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series points races will be broadcast on ABC or ESPN. The final 10 races, the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, will be broadcast on ABC. The NASCAR Busch Series will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN or ESPN 2, with no less than four events on ABC.
• SPEED will be home to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with the exception of two events, which will be broadcast by FOX.
• NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series qualifying practice and “happy hours” will be broadcast on a combination of SPEED Channel, ESPN and ESPN2.
• SPEED will broadcast the Gatorade Duels held each year during “Speedweeks” to determine part of the Daytona 500 starting order.
• SPEED will also broadcast the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series All-Star Challenge and its companion all-star event, the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Pit Crew Challenge.
• ESPN will launch specially NASCAR-branded news and information programming.
• All broadcast partners will have new interactive rights, special “season preview” and “season end review” programming rights and other ancillary content.
• NASCAR fans will be able to receive NASCAR coverage from an expanded range of outlets including highlights and live streaming, content from and on each network’s Web pages, datacasts and newly-developed multimedia programming. December 7, 2005
NBC out, ABC/ESPN in for 2007
NASCAR Completes Eight Year Television Deals with FOX, Turner Broadcasting, ABC/ESPN
New agreements good for fans; significant increase for industry
Daytona Beach, Fla. (Dec. 7, 2005) – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) today announced the completion of comprehensive broadcast agreements that will benefit the industry and its fans for years to come. Under the new eight year agreements NASCAR races will be broadcast on a combination of networks that includes FOX, SPEED, Turner’s TNT and ABC/ESPN beginning in 2007. December 7, 2005
Dale Jr. most popular...again
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won his 3rd Chex NASCAR Most Popular Driver award in a row. A record 4.1 million votes were cast, and Dale Jr. took 1.4 million of those to take home the award. It wasn't even close with second place Jeff Gordon getting almost 1 million less votes at 594,000. Kasey Kahne was second, followed by Tony Stewart, and Rusty Wallace in the 5th spot.
6 Kevin Harvick
7 Michael Waltrip
8 Mark Martin
9 Dale Jarrett
10 Jimmie Johnson December 6, 2005
Mark Green gets Busch ride
Biagi Brothers Racing has announced that Mark Green will take the wheel of the #4 Dodge for the 2006 Busch Series Season. Jon Wolfe was hired as the teams crew chief, Mark has 1 top 5 and 13 career top 10's in the series. December 6, 2005
Roush inks all crew chiefs for 2006
Roush Racing said that all 5 of their crew chiefs are signed up and ready to go for 2006, since they have some driver changes, conisitency with the crew chiefs again is a good thing. Look for Robby Reiser, Jimmy Fennig, Doug Richert, Pat Tryson, and Bob Osborne all to be atop the box next year. December 6, 2005
Driver bank accounts rise
So lets take a look at what your favorite drivers added to their bank accounts after a season of racing.
1 Tony Stewart $13.5
2 Greg Biffle $8.5
3 Carl Edwards $6.8
4 Mark Martin $7.7
5 Jimmie Johnson $8.3
6 Ryan Newman $7.2
7 Matt Kenseth $7
8 Rusty Wallace $6
9 Jeremy Mayfield $5.7
10 Kurt Busch $7.6 December 4, 2005
Awards Banquet - High and Low lights
The 2005 Nextel Cup Series Awards Ceremony went down on Friday night, and there was the usual thanking of sponsors, awkward speeches, and video montages. Here are some of the high and lowlights of the night.
Among the highlights include:
-Actor Wil Farrell posing as Jeff Gordon since Jeff was in France for the Race of Champions.
-Carl Edwards seem to have the most natural speech of the night
-It was a running joke or theme for drivers to compliment their wives and girlfriends looks.
-Rusty Wallace's speech was touching since he is retiring
-Jay Mohr kept referring to old photos of Rusty back when he had big hair
Some of the lowlights
-Comedian Jay Mohr's monologue seemed downright mean spirited, but was funnier later in the evening
-Jeremy Mayfield's was very uncomfortable on stage with his speech, but that's why he drives a racecar for a living I guess December 4, 2005
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