(Sunrise, FL) Fox Sports Net Florida’s coverage of the 2001 NASCAR season kicks off during SpeedWeeks with extensive coverage of the Daytona 500 and the premiere of weekly NASCAR programming. Weekly race telecasts, including Winston Cup qualifying, practice sessions and ARCA events, bolster Fox Sports Net’s inaugural NASCAR schedule.
Live coverage of Winston Cup practice on Feb. 9 jump starts Fox Sports Net’s NASCAR schedule. Five days of practice coverage prior to the Daytona 500 leads up to the highlight of Fox Sports Net’s NASCAR event schedule, the first-ever live coverage of the Gatorade Twin 125’s, the qualifying races for the Daytona 500, on Thursday, Feb. 15.
Four originally-produced NASCAR news and highlights studio shows comprise the core of Fox Sports Net’s local and national NASCAR coverage. FSN’s signature NASCAR show is TOTALLY NASCAR, which airs Monday through Friday from 6:00-6:30 PM. The program debuts Feb. 12 and runs through the entire NASCAR schedule, concluding on Nov. 16. Steve Byrnes, recently named a pit reporter for FOX and FX’s NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series coverage, hosts the weeknight NASCAR news show, along with insight from FOX/FX analysts Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds.
Premiering Feb. 11, NASCAR TECH airs from 10:00 to 10:30 AM and is a yearlong look at the technical side of NASCAR. NASCAR THIS MORNING airs live each Sunday from 10:30 AM-Noon, providing comprehensive pre-race coverage of that day’s NASCAR Winston Cup Series race and runs until June 24. The wrap up of all the NASCAR events each Sunday is NASCAR PRIMETIME, a 60-minute studio program Sunday evenings 9:00-10:00 PM through June 24.
“Florida is the home of NASCAR and we are thrilled to be the home of such a comprehensive schedule of exclusive live events and nightly and weekly studio programming that will give NASCAR fans a complete look at all the news, highlights and stories developing from the tracks,” said Jeff Genthner, Senior Vice President/General Manager of Fox Sports Net Florida.
Each Monday afternoon from Noon-3pm, Fox Sports Net will replay all of the NASCAR Winston Cup races airing on the FOX broadcast network and sister cable channel FX. Other race coverage includes four ARCA races in May and June.
Fox Sports Net’s nightly 11pm REGIONAL SPORTS REPORT will also provide race fans complete coverage of SpeedWeeks at Daytona beginning Friday, Feb 9 and continuing through the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18.
| Top | Date | Location | Event | Eastern Time (Live) |
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| Fri. | Feb. 9 | Daytona, FL | Winston Cup Practice | 10:00am – 3:00pm |
| Sat. | Feb. 10 | Daytona, FL | Winston Cup Practice | 8:30am – 10:30am |
| Mon. | Feb. 12 | Daytona, FL | Winston Cup Practice | 11:00am – 1:00pm |
| Tue. | Feb. 13 | Daytona, FL | Winston Cup Practice | 12:00pm – 2:30pm |
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Wed. | Feb. 14 | Daytona, FL | Winston Cup Practice | 10:30am – 12:30pm |
| Thu. | Feb. 15 | Daytona, FL | NASCAR 125’s | 12:00pm – 3:00pm |
| Sat. | Feb. 24 | Rockingham, NC | NASCAR Qualifying | 10:30am – 12:00pm |
| Fri. | March 2 | Las Vegas, NV | NASCAR Qualifying | 5:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Fri. | March 9 | Atlanta, GA | NASCAR Qualifying | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Sat. | March 17 | Darlington, SC | NASCAR Qualifying | 10:30am – 12:00pm |
| Fri. | March 23 | Bristol, TN | NASCAR Qualifying | 3:30pm – 5:00pm |
| Fri. | March 30 | Ft. Worth, TX | NASCAR Qualifying | 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
| Fri. | April 6 | Martinsville, VA | NASCAR Qualifying | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Fri. | May 18 | Charlotte, NC | Winston Cup Practice | TBD |
| Sat. | May 19 | Charlotte, NC | ARCA | TBD |
| Sat. | June 2 | Dover, DE | NASCAR Qualifying | 10:30am – 12:00pm |
| Fri. | June 8 | Brooklyn, MI | NASCAR Qualifying | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Sat. | June 9 | Brooklyn, MI | ARCA | TBD |
| Fri. | June 15 | Pocono, PA | NASCAR Qualifying | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Sat. | June 16 | Lexington, KY | ARCA | 1:00pm – 3:00pm |
| Fri. | June 22 | Sonoma, CA | NASCAR Qualifying | 5:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Date/Time | Location | Event | Tape Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, Feb. 19 | Daytona, FL | Daytona 500 | February 18 |
| Monday, Feb. 26 | Rockingham, NC | NASCAR 400 | February 25 |
| Monday, March 5 | Las Vegas, NV | NASCAR 400 | March 4 |
| Monday, March 12 | Atlanta, GA | NASCAR 500 | March 11 |
| Monday, March 19 | Darlington, SC | NASCAR 500 | March 18 |
| Monday, March 26 | Bristol, TN | NASCAR 500 | March 25 |
| Monday, April 2 | Ft. Worth, TX | NASCAR 500 | April 1 |
| Monday, April 9 | Martinville, VA | NASCAR 500 | April 8 |
| Monday, April 23 | Talladega, AL | NASCAR 500 | April 22 |
| Monday, April 30 | Fontana, CA | NASCAR 500Presented by NAPA | April 29 |
| Monday, May 7 | Richmond, VA | NASCAR 400 | May 5 |
| Monday, May 21 | Charlotte, NC | NASCAR Winston | May 19 |
| Monday, May 28 | Charlotte, NC | NASCAR 600 | May 27 |
| Monday, June | 4 Dover, DE | NASCAR 400 | June 3 |
| Monday, June 11 | Brooklyn, MI | NASCAR 400 | June 10 |
| Monday, June 18 | Lexington, KY | NASCAR 500 | June 17 |
| Monday, June | 25 Sonoma, CA | NASCAR 350 | June 24 |
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ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN | |||
| Weekly Programming: | NASCAR Tech (Premieres 2/11) | Sundays 10am |
| NASCAR This Morning (Premieres 2/11) | Sundays 10:30am | |
NASCAR PRIMETIME (Premieres 2/11) | Sundays 9:00pm | |
Totally NASCAR (Premieres 2/12) | Mon-Fri 6:00pm |
FOX Sports Net currently reaches over 3.8 million homes throughout Florida, including the home satellite dish market. FOX Sports Net’s programming includes Major League Baseball’s Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Devil Rays; the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers; the University of Miami, the University of South Florida and the University of North Florida. FOX Sports Net reaches more than 70 million households nationwide and is a service of National Sports Partners, equally owned by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., and FOX Entertainment Group. FOX Sports Net Florida is a service of Rainbow Sports, a division of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. Rainbow Sports has been dedicated to “Home Team” fans for nearly 20 years. Rainbow Sports incorporates all of Rainbow’s sports assets, including its 50 percent ownership of FOX Sports Net and FOX Sports National Advertising, the Madison Square Garden Properties, and the ownership and management of seven regional sports networks in six of the nation’s largest markets — Chicago, Florida, New England, New York, Ohio and San Francisco.
Contact:
Michelle Stevens
954-845-9994
mfstevens@rainbow-media.com
Gregory Trieste, Bratskeir & Co.
212-679-2233