ESPN Announces Line Up For 2007 NEXTEL Cup Coverage
Ex-NBA star to be part of ESPN crew
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Five-time NBA All-Star and former NASCAR team owner Brad Daugherty will be part of a new NASCAR show set to debut in 2007 as part of ESPN's coverage, the network announced Thursday.
"NASCAR Now," the network's first daily program dedicated solely to NASCAR, will debut February 5 on ESPN2. The show will run Monday through Friday and also will include NASCAR crew chief Frank Stoddard, driver Jeff Burton and veteran racing TV reporter Shannon Spake.
Daugherty, of Black Mountain, N.C., was a team owner in the Busch and Craftsman Truck series with drivers Robert Pressley and Kenny Irwin Jr. among others. Daugherty has followed NASCAR since his youth and chose his No. 43 jersey in honor of Richard Petty. Daugherty, who starred at the University of North Carolina, has been serving on the National Stock Car Racing Commission for the past three years.
ESPN/ABC also unveiled its anchor lineup Thursday at Lowe's Motor Speedway as the networks began the process to take over the second half of NASCAR's television coverage from NBC in 2007.
Brent Musburger will lead the team along with Cup champion Rusty Wallace. ESPN/ABC also will bring back Jerry Punch, who was part of ESPN's coverage team in the 1990s.
more on ESPN's lineup for NEXTEL Cup coverage
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Five-time NBA All-Star and former NASCAR team owner Brad Daugherty will be part of a new NASCAR show set to debut in 2007 as part of ESPN's coverage, the network announced Thursday.
"NASCAR Now," the network's first daily program dedicated solely to NASCAR, will debut February 5 on ESPN2. The show will run Monday through Friday and also will include NASCAR crew chief Frank Stoddard, driver Jeff Burton and veteran racing TV reporter Shannon Spake.
Daugherty, of Black Mountain, N.C., was a team owner in the Busch and Craftsman Truck series with drivers Robert Pressley and Kenny Irwin Jr. among others. Daugherty has followed NASCAR since his youth and chose his No. 43 jersey in honor of Richard Petty. Daugherty, who starred at the University of North Carolina, has been serving on the National Stock Car Racing Commission for the past three years.
ESPN/ABC also unveiled its anchor lineup Thursday at Lowe's Motor Speedway as the networks began the process to take over the second half of NASCAR's television coverage from NBC in 2007.
Brent Musburger will lead the team along with Cup champion Rusty Wallace. ESPN/ABC also will bring back Jerry Punch, who was part of ESPN's coverage team in the 1990s.
more on ESPN's lineup for NEXTEL Cup coverage
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