Today is the day when the new NASCAR season gets underway with the Daytona 500 Media Day. It begins Speedweeks which will run for two weeks and continue through Sunday, February 23 when the Daytona 500 is run.
Starting at 10 a.m. ET, Fox Sports 1 will have live coverage of Media Day. Then at 4 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub expands to two hours to review all of the day’s events.
Here’s what’s in store later today on Fox Sports 1 and for the rest of Daytona Speedweeks.
FOX SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
NASCAR: FOX Sports 1 Revs Engine for Live Coverage from Daytona Speedweeks; 2014 Marks FOX Sports’ 14th Season of NASCAR Coverage
NASCAR ON FOX AT DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS
FOX SPORTS REVS THE ENGINE ON NASCAR LIVE FROM DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS – Only 10 days removed from live coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII, FOX Sports officially cranks the engine for its 14th season of NASCAR coverage with nearly 80 hours of programming from Daytona Speedweeks beginning Thursday, Feb. 13. During the two weeks of Daytona Speedweeks, FOX and FOX Sports 1 are home to dozens of hours of live on-track action across all three NASCAR national series, as well as a variety of specials and documentaries. FOX Sports offers multi-network, multi-platform coverage from Daytona International Speedway, including live coverage of the DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb. 23 (1:00 PM ET) on FOX with live pre-race coverage on FOX NASCAR SUNDAY (12:00 PM ET), in addition to a live offering of POLE DAY QUALIFYING on Sunday, Feb. 16 (1:00 PM ET) on FOX. FOX Sports 1 presents live coverage of THE SPRINT UNLIMITED on Saturday, Feb. 15 (8:00 PM ET).
Daytona Speedweeks on the FOX family of networks kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 13 with DAYTONA 500 MEDIA DAY (10:00 AM ET), a live two-hour special on FOX Sports 1 direct from NASCAR Media Day at Daytona International Speedway, followed by a special two-hour edition of NASCAR RACE HUB from NASCAR Media Day (4:00 PM ET) that recaps the day’s interviews, news and highlights. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars hit the track for the first time on Friday, Feb. 14, and FOX Sports 1 has all the action beginning at 4:00 PM ET. The network then caps its Valentine’s Day coverage with “NASCAR Night on FOX Sports 1,” a three-and-a-hour block of primetime NASCAR programming right after the network’s live on-track coverage of the opening day of THE SPRINT UNLIMITED practice. FOX Sports 1 premieres FOX SPORTS 1-on-1: JIMMIE JOHNSON (7:30 PM ET), THE DAY: DAYTONA PRIMETIME (8:00 PM ET), RETURN OF THE 3 (9:00 PM ET) and an encore presentation of THE DAY: REMEMBERING DALE EARNHARDT (10:00 PM ET).
DAYTONA 500 MEDIA DAY
This live special from NASCAR Media Day at Daytona International Speedway features driver interviews as they make their way through the day’s media activities and updates viewers on all the breaking news and announcements.
- Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Thursday, Feb. 13 (10:00 AM ET)
- Talent: Adam Alexander, Danielle Trotta, Steve Byrnes and Bob Dillner
NASCAR RACEDAY
- Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, Feb. 15 (6:30 PM ET)
- Talent: John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace, Bob Dillner and Rutledge Wood
SPRINT UNLIMITED DEBUTS ON FOX SPORTS 1
- Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, Feb. 15 (8:00 PM ET)
- What: The NASCAR on FOX broadcast crew of race announcer Mike Joy and analysts Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip take viewers through the first race of the 2014 NASCAR season, live from Daytona International Speedway.
DAYTONA 500 POLE QUALIFYING
The NASCAR on FOX announce team anchors live coverage of DAYTONA 500 POLE QUALIFYING, which sets the prestigious first and second starting positions for the DAYTONA 500.
- Network/When: FOX, Sunday, Feb. 16 (1:00 PM ET)
- Talent: Mike Joy, Chris Myers, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds, Krista Voda and Jeff Hammond
DAYTONA 500 POLE DAY
DAYTONA 500 POLE DAY offers comprehensive post-event coverage of DAYTONA 500 POLE QUALIFYING and breaks down the moments that set the front row for “The Great American Race” with driver interviews and analysis.
- Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Sunday, Feb. 16 (9:00 PM ET; same-day delay)
- Talent: John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace and Bob Dillner
NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR RACE
- Network/When: FOX Sports 2, Tuesday, Feb. 18 (7:00 PM ET)
- Talent: Mike Joy, Bob Dillner, Larry McReynolds, Hermie Sadler and Ray Dunlap
NASCAR K&N PRO SERIES EAST RACE
- Network/When: FOX Sports 2, Tuesday, Feb. 18 (8:30 PM ET)
- Talent: Mike Joy, Phil Parsons, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler
There you have it.
