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NASCAR Announces 2020 Start Times and Networks for All Three National Series

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – JULY 07: Alex Bowman, driver of the #88 Valvoline Patriotic Chevrolet, leads the field during a restart for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 07, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Cup Series Playoffs Commence with Four Consecutive Primetime Races

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2019) – NASCAR, in collaboration with its partners FOX Sports and NBC Sports, today announced 2020 race start times and network coverage for the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr Joins Sprint Cup NBC Sports Broadcast Booth for Talladega and Martinsville

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Photo – NBC Sports Group

 NBC Sports announced Wednesday on NASCAR America that Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 88 Chevrolet, will join the NBC Sports broadcast booth for portions of two upcoming Sprint Cup broadcasts. Earnhardt, who has not raced since July as he recovers from a concussion, will lend his expertise as an analyst during NBCSN’s coverage this Sunday from Talladega Superspeedway, as well as the following Sunday from Martinsville Speedway.

Inside the NBCSN broadcast booth, Earnhardt will reunite with his former crew chief Steve Letarte, and work alongside race announcer Rick Allen and fellow analyst Jeff Burton. Sunday marks Earnhardt’s first ever NASCAR Sprint Cup broadcasting assignment. Continue reading

NASCAR Selects IMG To Become International Broadcast Agency Partner

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NASCAR Selects IMG To Become International Broadcast Agency Partner

Ten-Year Partnership Will Focus on Helping NASCAR Secure and Manage Comprehensive International Broadcast Business Beginning in 2015

Having recently solidified the sport’s domestic television future as part of record-breaking media rights partnerships with the FOX Sports and NBC Sports groups, NASCAR® announced today that it has selected IMG to work with the sanctioning body in establishing a long-term and sustainable global commercial broadcast media distribution strategy.  Continue reading