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NASCAR and NBC Sports Group Reach Landmark Media Rights Agreement

288331Ten-Year Agreement Returns NASCAR to NBC Family of Networks Beginning in 2015,

Further Underscores Strength of NASCAR’s Live Racing Product

And Positions Industry for Continued Growth

NASCAR and NBC Sports Group announced Tuesday, they have reached a comprehensive agreement that grants NBCUniversal exclusive rights to the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, final 19 NASCAR Nationwide Series events, select NASCAR Regional & Touring Series events and other live content beginning in 2015. Financial terms of the agreement, which runs through the 2024 season, were not disclosed.  Continue reading

Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR NHRA Talk – Monday, July 22, 2013

Hey Race Fans are you ready for our next episode of Fan4Racing’s Fan2Fan NASCAR – NHRA Talk on  Monday, July 22nd?

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This episode starts Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk with our Fan4Racing team discussion with Garrett Marchant, Late Model Series driver. And from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Doug Boles joins the conversation about their upcoming NASCAR weekend.

Then, Sal’s guest Morgan Lucas, Top Fuel dragster, joins the discussion.

  • Introductions – Inspiring stories
  • Q&As with Garrett Marchant – Doug Boles – Morgan Lucas
    • Call 347-996-5176 during LIVE broadcast for Q&As
  • NASCAR NHRA hot topics
  • Fan2Fan NASCAR – NHRA Talk for next week
  • Tell us what you want to talk about

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Penske Racing’s Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano Hit the Small Screen

Penske Racing’s Brad Keselowski And Joey Logano Hit The Small Screen

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Brad Keselowski on set with actor Valerie Azlynn, who plays paramedic Melanie Sutton, on the TBS television comedy “Sullivan & Son,” for an cameo appearance that premieres on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 10 p.m. ET on TBS Photo – TBS

Keselowski To Appear On TBS’s ‘Sullivan & Son,’ Logano Stars In Disney XD’s ‘Lab Rats

Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski and Penske teammate Joey Logano are set to showcase their acting skills on the small screen. Keselowski will appear in the comedy series “Sullivan & Son” (Thursday, July 18, 10 p.m. ET/PT, TBS) while Logano plays a role in an all-new episode of the hit comedy “Lab Rats” (Monday, July 22, 9 p.m. ET/PT, Disney XD).  Continue reading

NASCAR Announces Initiative to Transform Competition and Fan Experience

(L-R) Robin Pemberton, NASCAR Vice President, CompetitionGene Stefanyshyn, NASCAR Vice President, Innovation and Racing DevelopmentSteve O'Donnell, NASCAR Senior Vice President, Racing Operations speak to the media at NASCAR Research & Development Center on July 15, 2013  Photo - Street Lecka/Getty Images
(L-R) Robin Pemberton, NASCAR Vice President, CompetitionGene Stefanyshyn, NASCAR Vice President, Innovation and Racing DevelopmentSteve O’Donnell, NASCAR Senior Vice President, Racing Operations speak to the media at NASCAR Research & Development Center on July 15, 2013
Photo – Street Lecka/Getty Images

Fans are you ready for the future of NASCAR? NASCAR executives are preparing to take fans and competition to the next level.

NASCAR is recognized as a sports leader in bringing fans closer to the experience both at the track and to those watching from home. And today NASCAR reinforced their goal of constantly improving their core product by announcing their launch of a wide-ranging initiative to transform its Competition and in turn, enhance the fan experience.

This initiative began in 2012 with direction from NASCAR CEO, Brian France, as a careful evaluation of Competition, with a world-class consulting firm, who has worked with about every major sport in America and globally, McKinsey & Company. Also brought on for this project is automotive executive Brent Dewar.

“…this really started back in May or June of last year with Brian asking NASCAR to really lead in the technology and innovation space,” said Steve O’Donnell. “So we started out, a group of us, going out to a number of the leaders in the technology space from a company standpoint.  We met with a lot of the leading universities in the U.S., as well, and gathered some data as to what are some of the new emerging technologies, what could we be at NASCAR’s research and development center, and from there really applied that to what we have in place today and how we needed to change or evolve to become worldwide leaders in the innovation space. That led us obviously to the guy on my right with the hiring of Gene Stefanyshyn and initiatives that we’re looking at today.”

A steering committed led by Mike Helton, Steve O’Donnell, Gene Stefanyshyn, Robin Pemberton and Steve Phelps created and guided four internal ‘working teams’ to create a blueprint accomplishing their goal of transforming Competition in four key areas of Rules, Governance, Deterrence/Penalties and Officiating/Inspection.

There have been two primary goals from the outset – continue to modernize Competition by injecting science and technology into all of their operations – as Brian France has repeatedly declared – and position NASCAR as a leader in the sports and entertainment marketplace of the future Continue reading