NASCAR on TNT - Citizendia

NASCAR on TNT is the tagname for any NASCAR series race that has been broadcast on TNT by Turner Sports. Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned Turner Sports is the division of Turner Broadcasting System responsible for Sports broadcasts on Turner channels including TBS and TNT,

1 Prior to 2001
2 2001-2006
3 2007-present
4 Broadcast team history
- 4.1 2005
- 4.2 2007
5 2008
6 Studio
7 Announcers
8 Pit Reporters
9 References
10 See also

Prior to 2001

Prior to 2001, Turner Sports' home for NASCAR was TNT's sister station, TBS. TBS is an American Cable television network that shows sports and a variety of programming with a focus on comedy TNT aired side by side coverage during commercials during the 2000 UAW-GM Quality 500 in Charlotte. The Bank of America 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that is hosted annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord North Carolina, Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord North Carolina, north of Charlotte. Booth announcers/analysts included Ken Squier, Buddy Baker, and Dick Berggren. Ken Squier (born April 10 1935) is an American Sportscaster and Motorsports editor from Waterbury Vermont. For the American composer see Buddy Baker (composer. For the DC Comics character see Animal Man. Dr Dick Berggren (born May 27, 1942) is a motorsports announcer and magazine editor from Manchester Connecticut in the United States After TBS made a host/booth switch, Allen Bestwick became the lap-by-lap announcer with Baker and Berggren in the booth for TBS' 2000 coverage at Lowe's and Pocono. Allen Bestwick (born on September 24, 1961 in Newport Rhode Island) is the host of ESPN 's NASCAR pre-race show NASCAR Countdown Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway) is a Superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond

Originally the new NASCAR broadcasting contracts signed for 2001 was with FOX, FX, NBC, and TBS. Only months before TBS would air its first NASCAR coverage Ted Turner elected to move the programing over to TNT as it was deemed to be marketable through the new ad campaign of "We Know Drama" slated to begin at TNT.

2001-2006

TNT aired its first NASCAR Winston Cup Series race under the new contract at New Hampshire International Speedway in July 2001. New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s as It used the same broadcast crew and production as the NBC broadcasts with the only exceptions being the switching of the station logos in the on air graphics and pit reporter fire suits.

TNT was treated as the secondary broadcaster during its relationship with NBC due to the fact of it being a cable rather than broadcast network. NBC's portion of broadcast included almost all of the prestigious races during their half of the year. The idea being that ratings would most certainly be higher for NBC's coverage of a given race next to TNT's due to a broadcaster's penetration. TNT was given most of the Busch Series schedule except for major races, then covered by NBC. The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a Stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. Night races were almost always covered by TNT except for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, which aired on NBC in years that they had the rights to it. The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on the first Saturday night of July It was generally understood anytime a major news story needed to be covered by NBC its NASCAR coverage would be switched over to TNT. This occurred only once: the October 7, 2001 race at Lowe's Motor Speedway was interrupted when President George W. Bush announced the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord North Carolina, north of Charlotte. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF is the official name used by the U NBC devoted the rest of the day to coverage of the war.

The TNT/NBC partnership broke off when NBC chose not to bid for the NASCAR contract when it expired in 2006. NASCAR on NBC was a series of NASCAR races that aired on the network from 2001 - 2006. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's

2007-present

As part of the new 2007 television contract, TNT retains its coverage, with rights to televise six races: the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway, the LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway, the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the annual July 4 weekend Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, and the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. The Pocono 500 is the first of two stock car races held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on the NASCAR Sprint Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway) is a Superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond The LifeLock 400 is the first of two NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car races held at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (322-km moderate-banked D-shaped Superspeedway located off U The Toyota/Save Mart 350 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event held annually at Infineon Raceway at Sears Point in Sonoma California. Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains The Lenox Industrial Tools 301 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s as In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July (or the Fourth) is a Federal holiday commemorating the adoption The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on the first Saturday night of July Daytona International Speedway is a Superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The LifeLockcom 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held annually at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet Illinois Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet Illinois, USA southwest of Chicago. TNT also becomes the exclusive home of the now-Coke Zero 400 for the remainder of the contract; it, along with the Daytona 500, had been split between Fox and NBC. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. NASCAR on FOX is a series of NASCAR races airing on Fox Sports and the SPEED Channel since 2001. TNT has renamed their coverage the NASCAR on TNT Summer Series.

The contract is good for the next eight years.

Broadcast team history

TNT and NBC shared the broadcast team of Allen Bestwick on lap-by-lap and Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach on color commentary. Allen Bestwick (born on September 24, 1961 in Newport Rhode Island) is the host of ESPN 's NASCAR pre-race show NASCAR Countdown Benjamin Stewart Parsons ( July 12 1941 – January 16 2007) was an American NASCAR driver and later an announcer/analyst Wally Dallenbach Jr (born May 23, 1963 in East Brunswick New Jersey) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver Dave Burns, Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, and Bill Weber were the pit reporters, with Weber hosting the Countdown to Green pre-race show. Dave Burns (born in the United Kingdom) is a Dutch - British football coach Marty Snider (born July 15 1969 is an American Sportscaster. Snider is a pit reporter for NASCAR on TNT Bill Weber (born 1957 in Middletown, New Jersey) is now TNT 's lap-by-lap announcer for their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series coverage

When TNT would broadcast NASCAR Busch Series races that conflicted with the Winston/NEXTEL cup races, other pit reporters, such as Glenn Jarrett, Mark Garrow, Ralph Sheheen, and Lindsay Czarniak would join the coverage. The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a Stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. Glenn Jarrett (born August 11, 1950) is a former NASCAR driver and the oldest son of Ned Jarrett and older brother of Dale Jarrett Ralph Sheheen (born on August 23, 1964 in Utica New York) is currently a pit reporter for NASCAR on TNT, an announcer for AMA Lindsay Czarniak (born November 7 1977) is an American sports anchor and reporter for WRC-TV (usually dubbed NBC4 the local

In 2004, Weber became the lap-by-lap announcer for two races as Bestwick recovered from a leg injury he suffered while playing hockey. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice.

2005

In 2005, Bestwick and Weber traded positions. However, Bestwick would occasionally do lap-by-lap for Busch races that conflicted with the schedule for the primary series.

2007

For 2007, TNT went solo, covering six races that started with the Pocono 500 on June 10. Overview The 2007 Pocono 500, the fourteenth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, was run Sunday June 10, 2007 at Weber and Dallenbach returned to the broadcast booth and were joined by Kyle Petty, who took time off from his driving duties at Petty Enterprises to do so (Benny Parsons, who presumably would have filled the slot, died during the 2006-07 offseason from cancer). Kyle Richard Petty (born June 2, 1960 in Randleman North Carolina) is an American NASCAR driver the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty Enterprises is a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman North Carolina. Weber also continued to host the pre-race shows, NASCAR on TNT Live and Allstate Countdown to Green, joined by Marc Fein and Fox Sports' Larry McReynolds. Marc Fein is currently the exclusive studio host for Braves TBS Baseball (since 2004 and NASCAR on TNT Live! He formerly hosted Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959 in Birmingham Alabama) was a long-time NASCAR Crew chief and currently serves

Marty Snider and Matt Yocum returned as pit reporters. Ralph Sheheen and Lindsay Czarniak joined the team for 2007, replacing Dave Burns and Allen Bestwick who had jumped to ESPN. NASCAR on ESPN is a series of NASCAR races that were broadcasted by the ESPN Broadcast (formerly ABC and Cable networks from the early 1960s until 2000

Like the other networks, TNT has adopted a "cut-away" car (provided by Ford) that McReynolds uses occasionally on the telecasts. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Also during the race, Fein and McReynolds contribute to the coverage from a large infield studio that revolves from a point several feet above ground level.

Another addition to the broadcast is the band Hinder, which performs a remake of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild". Hinder is an American band from Oklahoma,that was formed in 2001 by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and Singer Steppenwolf is a rock band that helped establish Heavy metal music in the late 1960s along with bands like Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly " Born to Be Wild " is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the American rock band Steppenwolf. The telecast airs various music videos around that song. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics

On June 24, Petty contributed to the broadcast from inside the race car at Infineon Raceway during the Toyota/Save Mart 350. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains The 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the 16th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season During the race, he uttered an obscenity ("fuck") that was picked up by the network's microphones after he was involved in a crash on lap 1 with Matt Kenseth and Marc Goossens. Fuck is an English Word that as a Verb, means "to have Sexual intercourse " Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10 1972 in Cambridge Wisconsin) is a stock car driver Marc Goossens nicknamed The Goose (born November 30, 1969 in Geel) is a Belgian racecar driver who drove in Formula 3000 Weber apologized to viewers, and Petty's status at TNT appears to be secure despite the incident. No fines were issued by the FCC for the incident as cable television is not subjected to the FCC's indecency policies.

On July 7 during the Pepsi 400, TNT used a "Wide-Open Coverage" Broadcast format. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on the first Saturday night of July The race broadcast was moved to the top of the screen, with all graphics placed in the bottom of the screen. The race was also broadcast with limited commercial interruption; only three green flag laps took place during commercials during the entire broadcast. This was required for their cable and satellite providers as they themselves are allowed to sell limited commercial space every hour, bypassing TNT entirely. All other commercials were aired in the lower-right hand corner by the telecast sponsors. Most of these commercials featured a special ad for that race, followed by their traditional ad. Bill Weber also chimed in approximately every 15 minutes by saying "The portion of TNT's Wide Open Coverage is brought to you by" followed by the sponsor and its slogan. The sponsor's logo was displayed below the scoring during that time. Reviews were mixed, however, TNT announced that the format will return for the 2008 Coke Zero 400.

2008

NASCAR on TNT 2008 has started on June 8th with Pocono Race at 12. 30pm (ET). A new feature that NASCAR on TNT done for this summer is Race Buddy on NASCAR. Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days COM. Terry Labonte and Chad McCumbee will replace Kyle Petty in the 45 car during the Summer Series. Terrance Lee Labonte (born November 16, 1956, in Corpus Christi Texas) is a NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series Chad McCumbee (born October 15, 1984) is an American Stock car driver who also has acting experience TNT again this year doesn't have lap in progress.

Studio

Announcers

Bill Weber
Wally Dallenbach
Kyle Petty (for 5 of 6 races; drove at Infineon on June 24 and contributed from his car)

Pit Reporters

References

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