How about this...

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?series=wc&id=2251049

12/7/2005 12:50:48 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

The last thing I want on ESPN is another show with the quality of Cold Pizza, which would be: NASCAR.

12/7/2005 12:53:20 PM

Nascar in the Trifecta

12/7/2005 12:55:39 PM

Bring back Dr. Jerry Punch!

12/7/2005 12:59:13 PM

RPM2NIGHT

12/7/2005 1:13:04 PM

12/7/2005 1:13:35 PM

^ and ^^^^^

You do realize that NASCAR was on ESPN for years and years before the last TV deal, right?

P.S. Jerry Punch is the shit.

12/7/2005 1:16:25 PM

yeah i knew it was on espn, just thought i'd let ya'll know

12/7/2005 1:21:41 PM

espn > nbc nascar coverage.

12/7/2005 1:34:41 PM

I was hoing ABC and ESPN paid Nascar money NOT to show it on TV

12/7/2005 1:38:30 PM

yes i did.

12/7/2005 1:46:12 PM

if it means less poker on tv, i'm all for it.

12/7/2005 1:46:16 PM

This is OLD news, other than the actual specifics of the deal.
I think its safe to assume ABC and ESPN will do almost if not all broadcasts in HD, and hopefully TWC will have ESPN2HD by that time . Hopefully Dr. Jerry Punch will be involved, even better if Bob Jenkins is, as well as Benny Parsons (who was great before moving to NBC)...make Bill Weber a pit reporter again rather than play-by-play and its perfect.

12/7/2005 1:47:17 PM

Bob Jenkins is the HEAT.

One year when I was little, I was sitting in the paddock at Daytona and Bob Varsha and Bob Jenkins showed up to shoot a segment about tire pressure. I was like "OMF TV GUYS!"

12/7/2005 1:51:10 PM

They really need to bring back Eli Gold

12/7/2005 3:42:44 PM

Quote :

"UPDATE 4 - OFFICIAL Announcement: NASCAR 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. “NASCAR’s new network agreements mark a historic moment for the entire NASCAR community,” said NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France. “This is a major accomplishment for the NASCAR drivers, teams and track operators that have made this sport what it is today. It represents a significant reward for the competitive side-by-side racing our fans have come to expect. It also validates the marketing and production enhancements our current media partners have brought to the sport. The new broadcast partnership is also good for the fans because they will have so much more NASCAR content from a variety of media and new media sources." . “NASCAR is proud to continue its relationship with FOX, SPEED and TNT, while welcoming back ABC/ESPN into the family of broadcasters,” said NASCAR Vice President Dick Glover. “By signing deals with three of the largest and best media companies in the world, NASCAR will meet the growing nationwide fan demand for more NASCAR content into the next decade,” Glover said. NASCAR expands its relationship with News Corp as FOX becomes the official home of the Daytona 500. FOX’s broadcast agreements for the NFL Playoffs, the Super Bowl, the Bowl Championship Series and American Idol provide an excellent opportunity for cross promotion around the Daytona 500 held each year in mid-February. The deal also includes a brand-new comprehensive multi-media distribution program which includes Internet, wireless and broadband platforms. “FOX is extremely excited to extend its relationship with NASCAR for another eight years, and come 2007 be known as the official television home of the Daytona 500, by far the most watched auto race in this country,” said FOX Sports President Ed Goren. “Our production team has done an amazing job over the last five years to put NASCAR broadcasts on par with America's most popular sports, and we look forward to pushing the production envelope further as we move forward.” SPEED will increase NASCAR programming as the continuing exclusive home for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as well as the new home for the Gatorade Duels, NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Pit Crew Challenge and NASCAR Nextel Cup Series All-Star Challenge. NASCAR looks forward to continued great exposure and coverage of the sport from TNT, which will be entering its 22nd year with NASCAR, the longest continuous relationship of any media company with the sport. TNT will broadcast six consecutive races in the middle of the season including the July 4th weekend extravaganza, the Pepsi 400 from Daytona. ABC and ESPN will provide comprehensive coverage of NASCAR on their numerous outlets. The final 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series events will be broadcast on ABC or ESPN with the last 10, the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, on ABC. All NASCAR Busch Series races will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN or ESPN 2. In addition, ESPN will bring NASCAR coverage to its full suite of media including its cable TV networks, ESPN360, Mobile ESPN, ESPN.com and affiliated international networks throughout the world. “This agreement totally embraces NASCAR’s multimedia future,” said George Bodenheimer, ESPN Inc. and ABC Sports president and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks. “NASCAR is a strong and growing property, and the ESPN of the 21st century – an array of new media platforms and content outlets reaching fans wherever and however they consume sports – will take the sport to even higher levels of exposure and growth. ABC Sports first exposed sports fans to the racing excitement of NASCAR in the 1960s, and ESPN and the sport grew up together in the 1980s and ‘90s. Our tradition is rich, and our future is bright. To NASCAR, its drivers and fans we say, ‘Welcome back.” “NASCAR thanks NBC for its stellar coverage and commitment to the sport for the past five years and looks forward to another great year in 2006,” Glover concluded. About the agreements: 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.(NASCAR PR)(12-7-2005) AND see a column at ESPN.com: NASCAR agrees to 8-year deal with ESPN, ABC and from Speed Chanel: SPEED's Hunter Nickell Explains NASCAR Television Package "

12/7/2005 7:02:59 PM

so with nascar and hockey swapping abc and nbc does this mean its official that nascar has passed hockey in the world of sports?


my dream is to bring back the nba on nbc
duddunnananannanananananana


bob costas
hannah storm
peter vescey
ahmad rashad
verizon at the half

[Edited on December 7, 2005 at 8:04 PM. Reason : they still have olympics]

12/7/2005 8:02:23 PM

No, it means NBC didn't know how to cover the races and people stopped watching, so they decided not to bother.

12/7/2005 8:04:51 PM

if this means less football, basketball, or baseball i will kill a redneck

maybe even two

12/7/2005 8:06:50 PM

^It doesnt mean any of those things. Do you remember watching ABC on Sunday afternoons from August to November? NO...because they dont have shit worth watching on then anyhow. ESPN seems to show poker or bowling on Sunday afternoons in the fall as well, so no biggie there. Saturday may be different, but I dont recall many Saturdays with both networks packing the football games in back-to-back.

I dont like that Speed Channel deal though...theres absolutely no reason for the freaking All-Star race to be on a shitty channel like Speed. Of all of the all-star events, its the most meaningful since you still get to cheer for the same team you always do, yet its still on a crappy cable channel rather than network TV and in high-def.

12/7/2005 11:49:32 PM

nbc gets sunday night football starting next year too, right?

12/7/2005 11:54:22 PM

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"does this mean its official that nascar has passed hockey in the world of sports?"

um, do you realize how many people watch nascar?

12/8/2005 12:04:29 AM

It is prolly the most-watched sport because it is just one event and not spread out amongst many cities and teams.

12/8/2005 12:06:48 AM

the why doesnt really matter

12/8/2005 12:09:53 AM

Its the #2 spectator sport behind the NFL. That pretty good knowing baseball has eleventy billion games.

12/8/2005 9:03:39 AM

If you hate on NASCAR...go to one race. You'll love it.

I'm as liberal as they come and I love NASCAR.

Plus, any sport that you can bring your own cooler of beer/food into...what's not to love?

12/8/2005 9:15:29 AM

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"I'm as liberal as they come and I love NASCAR."

i fail to see the relation there

i havent even heard the word nascar outside of "so, do you like that nascar stuff" or "whats the deal with nascar?" since i left NC

12/8/2005 10:24:26 AM

um, there are states that are into it even more than nc

12/8/2005 10:34:23 AM

AHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

12/8/2005 10:40:37 AM

If you hate on NASCAR...go to one race. You'll love it. never hear again

12/8/2005 8:26:01 PM