Bobby Labonte Returns as Guest Analyst on FS1’s NASCAR Race Hub

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TRINITY, N.C. – (February 5, 2018) – With a NASCAR career spanning over 30 years, including two driver championships and wins in all three of NASCAR’s national touring series, Bobby Labonte has the experience and knowledge of a highly select group in the sport. Labonte is excited to announce he is returning to FS1 and will continue to contribute his expertise and insights on the network’s popular television programs NASCAR RACE HUB and NASCAR RACE HUB WEEKEND EDITION. Continue reading

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Joining FOX Sports NASCAR XFINITY Series Booth as Analyst at Michigan International Speedway

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is joining the FOX NASCAR television booth as a guest driver analyst for FOX Sports 1’s live coverage of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race from Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, June 11 at 1:30 PM ET. Earnhardt Jr. will team with FOX NASCAR play-by-play announcer Adam Alexander and analyst Michael Waltrip to offer analysis for the entire race.

Earnhardt will be the eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver to serve as a guest driver analyst in the FOX NASCAR booth in 2016, following Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Danica Patrick.

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Rick Allen Finds his Home on NBC Sports Network

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When NASCAR returned to the NBC Sports Group this past season, it wasn’t too much of a hassle to fill the spots needed to analyze and call Sprint Cup Series races. NBC could have reached out to Adam Alexander or Allen Bestwick, since TNT and ESPN lost their rights. Alexander moved on to FOX and Bestwick stayed on at ESPN for other duties. Marty Reid could have been a near perfect fit, but he was let go by ESPN over two years ago for prematurely giving Ryan Blaney the win at the Kentucky 300 during the 2013 XFINITY Series race. Continue reading