2009 NASCAR National Series Television Broadcast Times Announced

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 3, 2009) - Broadcast times for the 2009 NASCAR
season have been announced, beginning with FOX's broadcast of the
non-points Budweiser Shootout at Daytona at 8:10 p.m. (ET) on Feb. 7 at
Daytona International Speedway. The full broadcast schedules, including TV
start times, for all three national series - the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series,
NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series - are
below.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races will be seen on either FOX, TNT,
ESPN or ABC. In addition, two non-points events - the Gatorade Duel at
Daytona (2 p.m. ET on Feb. 12) and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (7:30
p.m. ET on May 16 at Lowe's Motor Speedway), will be broadcast by SPEED.

FOX will broadcast the first 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup points races, beginning
with the 51st running of the Daytona 500 (Feb. 15, 2 p.m. TV start time;
green flag 3:20 p.m. ET) and ending with the May 31 event at Dover
International Speedway at 2 p.m. (ET).

TNT will broadcast the next six events, beginning with the Pocono 500 at 2
p.m. (ET) on June 7 at Pocono Raceway and ending with Chicagoland
Speedway's LifeLock.com 400, July 11 at 8 p.m. (ET).

ESPN and ABC will broadcast the final 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup events. ESPN
will broadcast six, beginning with the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at 2
p.m. (ET) on July 26 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and ending with the
Sept. 6 event at Atlanta Motor Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET).

ABC completes the season with 11 broadcasts, beginning with race No. 26,
the cutoff event for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup - at Richmond
International Raceway on Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. (ET). ABC also will air the
entire 10-race Chase. The season ends with ABC's broadcast of the Ford 400
on Nov. 22 at 3:15 p.m. (ET) at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series season will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN
and ESPN2. ABC will broadcast four events, ESPN will broadcast five and
ESPN2 will broadcast 26. ESPN2 opens the season with the Camping World 300
at 1:15 p.m. (ET) on Feb. 14 at Daytona. New to the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide
Series schedule is a race at Iowa Speedway, held on Aug. 1 at 4:30 p.m.
(ET) on ESPN. ESPN2 also will broadcast the season-finale Ford 300 on Nov.
21 at Homestead-Miami (4:30 p.m. ET).

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, with new title sponsor Camping
World, returns to SPEED for a seventh consecutive season, beginning with
the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 on Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. (ET)
at Daytona. The season-finale Ford 200 on Nov. 20 at Homestead-Miami
begins at 8 p.m. (ET). SPEED will broadcast 23 of the 25 races.

For the third consecutive season, FOX will broadcast two NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series events. The first will be at Auto Club Speedway on Feb.
21 at 3 p.m. (ET). The race is part of a NASCAR "double header" involving
the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series
(The NASCAR Nationwide Series race will be televised on ESPN2 at 7:45 p.m.
ET). FOX also will broadcast the NCWTS Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway
on March 28 at 2 p.m. (ET).




 

Last Updated on 02/03/09
By George Campbell or Greg Fish
Email: neracing@neracing.com