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FOX SPORTS BROADCAST GUIDE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEDIA INFORMATION

2020 FOX NASCAR BROADCAST SCHEDULE

DAYTONA ON FOX PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

FOX NASCAR BROADCASTER THUMBNAIL BIOS

FOX DEPORTES

FOX NASCAR HISTORY & TIMELINE MEDIA INFORMATION

The FOX Daytona 500 broadcast guide has been prepared by the Communications Department to assist with your coverage of this year’s “Great American Race,” live on FOX on Sunday, Feb. 16 (2:30 PM ET), and will be updated continuously on FOX Sports Press Pass.

The FOX Sports Communications staff is available to provide further information and facilitate interview requests. Updated FOX NASCAR photography and FOX on-air personalities’ bios can be downloaded via the aforementioned FOX Sports Press Pass. If you need assistance with photography, please contact Kylie Heyer at (212)556-8299 or [email protected]. The 62nd running of the Daytona 500 and all ancillary programming leading up to the race is available digitally via the FOX Sports app and online at www.FOXSportsGO.com.

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FOX SPORTS PRESS CONFERENCE AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

FOX Sports is holding a press conference in the Daytona International Speedway infield media center deadline room on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 2:00 PM ET, featuring the full FOX NASCAR on-air team, producers and directors. 2020 FOX NASCAR BROADCAST SCHEDULE

FOX Sports embarks on its 20th season of NASCAR coverage with DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS coverage, beginning with final practice on Saturday, Feb. 8 (11:30 AM ET) on FS1 and culminating with the 62nd DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb. 16 (2:30 PM ET) on FOX.

The “Great American Race,” broadcast on FOX for the 17th year, is streamed live in English and Spanish through the FOX Sports app. , the No. 1 U.S. sports network in Spanish, offers live coverage of 11 NASCAR CUP SERIES races this season, beginning with the DAYTONA 500.

FOX Sports delivers 14 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES races in 2020, beginning with the season opener at Daytona, as well as the full NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES schedule. Below are the 2020 FOX NASCAR race broadcast schedules for all three series (all times Eastern and subject to change). 2020 FOX NASCAR BROADCAST SCHEDULE

2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES SCHEDULE ON FOX SPORTS 2020 FOX NASCAR BROADCAST SCHEDULE

2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES SCHEDULE ON FOX SPORTS 2020 FOX NASCAR BROADCAST SCHEDULE

2020 NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE ON FOX SPORTS FOX NASCAR DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES LIVE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5

• NASCAR RACE HUB (6:00-6:30 PM ET) (FS1)

THURSDAY, FEB. 6

· NASCAR RACE HUB (6:00-7:00 PM ET) (FS1)

SATURDAY, FEB. 8

• NASCAR CUP SERIES PRACTICE (11:30 AM-12:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACE HUB WEEKEND EDITION (12:30-1:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR CUP SERIES FINAL PRACTICE (1:30-2:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACE HUB WEEKEND EDITION (2:30-3:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR CUP SERIES FINAL PRACTICE (3:00-4:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACE HUB WEEKEND EDITION (4:00-4:30 PM ET) (FS1) • ARCA SERIES RACING (4:30-7:00 PM ET) (FS1)

SUNDAY, FEB. 9

• DAYTONA 500 POLE QUALIFYING (12:00-2:00 PM ET) (FOX) • NASCAR RACEDAY (BUD CLASH AT DAYTONA) (2:00-3:00 PM ET) (FS1) • BUSCH CLASH AT DAYTONA (3:00-5:00 PM ET) (FS1)

M ONDAY, FEB. 10

• NASCAR RACE HUB (6:00-7:00 PM ET) (FS1)

T UESDAY, FEB. 11

• NASCAR RACE HUB (6:00-7:00 PM ET) (FS1)

FOX NASCAR DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES LIVE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12

• DAYTONA 500 MEDIA DAY (12:00-3:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACE HUB (6:00-6:30 PM ET) (FS1)

THURSDAY, FEB. 13

• NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES PRACTICE (4:00-5:00 PM ET) (FS2) • NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES FINAL PRACTICE (5:30-6:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACEDAY (DUEL AT DAYTONA) (6:00-7:00 PM ET) (FS1) • DUEL AT DAYTONA (7:00-10:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR PRESENTS: THIS RACING LIFE (10:00-10:30 PM ET) (FS1) (delayed)

FRIDAY, FEB. 14

• NASCAR XFINITY SERIES PRACTICE (2:00-3:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES QUALIFYING (3:00-4:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR XFINITY SERIES FINAL PRACTICE (4:30-5:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR CUP SERIES PRACTICE (5:00-6:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACE HUB: WEEKEND EDITION (6:00-6:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACEDAY: NGROTS (6:30-7:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES RACING (7:30-10:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR PRESENTS: (10:00-10:30 PM ET) (FS1) (delayed)

SATURDAY, FEB. 15

• NASCAR XFINITY SERIES QUALIFYING (11:00 AM-12:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR CUP SERIES FINAL PRACTICE (12:30-1:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACEDAY-XFINITY (1:30-2:30 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR XFINITY SERIES RACING (2:30-5:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR XFINITY SERIES POST-RACE (5:00-5:30 PM ET) (FS1)

S UNDAY, FEB. 16

• NASCAR RACEDAY (DAYTONA 500) (11:00 AM-1:00 PM ET) (FS1) • NASCAR RACEDAY (DAYTONA 500) (1:00-2:30 PM ET) (FOX) • DAYTONA 500 (2:30-6:30 PM ET) (FOX)

FOX NASCAR 2020 TALENT THUMBNAIL BIOS

PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCERS/RACE ANALYSTS

MIKE JOY Broadcasting veteran brings 50 years of motor sports experience to the booth as lead race announcer for FOX NASCAR in 2020, his 20th consecutive season with the network. Joy has led the network’s broadcast team since 2001, FOX’s first year as a NASCAR broadcast partner. He was the 2011 recipient of the esteemed Henry T. McLemore Journalism Award, recognizing career excellence in the field, as well as the 2018 Motorsports Association (NCMA) Jim Hunter Memorial Media Award.

JEFF GORDON Four-time NASCAR CUP SERIES champion and 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee , one of the most iconic names in racing, returns to FOX NASCAR in 2020 as a race analyst for the fifth consecutive year. Gordon, who sits third on NASCAR’s all-time wins list with 93 victories, is one of the most versatile drivers of his era and is credited with helping take NASCAR mainstream in the 1990s.

ADAM ALEXANDER Adam Alexander calls play-by-play for FOX NASCAR’s NASCAR XFINITY SERIES coverage, a position to which he was assigned in FOX’s inaugural season covering the series (2015). He also co-hosts NASCAR RACE HUB and plays a significant role in network hosting coverage of FOX NASCAR races. Alexander handled play-by-play for FS1 in the NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES for the 2014 and 2015 seasons and served in the same capacity for TNT’s coverage of the NASCAR CUP SERIES for five years (2010-’14).

MICHAEL WALTRIP , two-time DAYTONA 500 champion and NASCAR CUP SERIES driver for 33 years, serves as an analyst for FOX NASCAR’s coverage of the NASCAR CUP SERIES, NASCAR XFINITY SERIES and NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES. Waltrip, who also was a NASCAR team owner, has been a member of FOX Sports’ Cup Series coverage since 2012 and its Truck Series team since 2004. FOX NASCAR 2020 TALENT THUMBNAIL BIOS PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCERS/RACE ANALYSTS

VINCE WELCH calls play-by-play for FOX NASCAR’s coverage of the NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES, in addition to his duties as a pit reporter for the NASCAR CUP SERIES. Welch, a broadcasting veteran of more than 30 years, also calls college basketball games for FOX Sports and covered the IndyCar Series for 18 years, in addition to his role as a college football sideline reporter earlier in his career.

JESSI LOSADA Jessi Losada is one of the most renowned sports broadcasters in the history of Hispanic television. Losada joined FOX Deportes in September 2015 as host and play- by-play announcer for an array of properties, including NFL, college football, PBC and FUTUROS YLEYENDAS. Losada hosts FOX Deportes’ coverage live from his hometown of and contributes exclusive interviews.

REPORTERS

MATT YOCUM , an original member of the FOX NASCAR on-air team since its 2001 debut, returns as a pit reporter in 2020 for his 20th consecutive season and his 20th consecutive DAYTONA 500 on pit road for live TV coverage of the “Great American Race,” a NASCAR broadcasting record. In 2001, he joined FOX, as well as NBC/TNT, in a trailblazing scenario that made him the only broadcaster in the sport’s history to work every NASCAR CUP SERIES network TV broadcast for six straight years.

JAMIE LITTLE , in her 19th year as a broadcaster, covers pit road for the NASCAR CUP SERIES and NASCAR XFINITY SERIES. She also has covered the IndyCar Series 2004-’14), Winter and Summer X Games telecasts. Little was the first female pit reporter for the television broadcast of the prestigious 500 (2004), and in 2015, became the first female pit reporter to cover both the DAYTONA 500 and the for network TV’s live, flag-to-flag race coverage. FOX NASCAR 2020 TALENT THUMBNAIL BIOS REPORTERS

REGAN SMITH Veteran NASCAR driver is a NASCAR CUP SERIES and NASCAR XFINITY SERIES pit reporter. Smith, still an active NASCAR driver, also serves as a NASCAR RACE HUB and NASCAR RACEDAY analyst. Behind the wheel, Smith won the prestigious at in 2011 and 2008 NASCAR CUP SERIES Rookie of the Year honors.

ALEX CAVANNA Alan Cavanna is a pit reporter for the NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES and a reporter for NASCAR RACE HUB and NASCAR RACEDAY. Cavanna was named “Broadcaster of the Year” by the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) in 2013, 2016 and 2017, and is a two-time NMPA winner in Spot News (2016 and 2017).

STUDIO HOSTS

SHANNON SPAKE hosts FOX NASCAR’s race coverage, handling all anchor duties for NASCAR CUP SERIES and NASCAR XFINITY SERIES races and prerace shows live from FOX Sports’ state-of-the-art virtual studio set. She also co-hosts NASCAR RACE HUB and serves as a FOX NFL sideline reporter.

KAITLYN VINCIE Kaitlyn Vincie returns to the FOX NASCAR team in 2020 in an expanded role, adding host of NASCAR RACE HUB-WEEKEND EDITION to her resume. She also continues as host of FS1’s NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES prerace show, NASCAR RACEDAY-TRUCK SERIES, a role assumed in 2019, and continues as a reporter for NASCAR RACE HUB, and NASCAR RACEDAY. FOX NASCAR 2020 TALENT THUMBNAIL BIOS

STUDIO ANALYSTS

LARRY MCREYNOLDS Affectionately known as “America’s crew chief,” two-time DAYTONA 500 champion crew chief Larry McReynolds joined FOX NASCAR’s original broadcast team as a race analyst in 2001. He served as a NASCAR CUP SERIES crew chief from 1985-2000, amassing 23 Cup wins and leading seven-time champion to the elusive Daytona 500 victory in 1998. McReynolds was named to the Copenhagen/Skoal All-Pro Team, an all-star “who’s who” of crew members, for five straight years (1991-‘95), and the 1998 UAW GM Teamwork of Excellence award.

JAMIE MCMURRAY Jamie McMurray joined FOX Sports for 2019 as a NASCAR analyst for NASCAR RACE HUB and NASCAR RACEDAY, following his driving duties in the season’s DAYTONA 500. McMurray scored a win in his second-career Cup Series start -- the quickest series win ever. He won seven Cup Series races in his career and made the NASCAR CUP SERIES playoffs in three consecutive years, from 2015 to 2017.

RICKY CRAVEN , veteran NASCAR driver and longtime television analyst, joined the FOX NASCAR on-air team in 2019. The 1991 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES champion and multi- race winner competed in the NASCAR CUP SERIES for 11 seasons following his runner-up finish in the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES point standings in 1993 and 1994. He also earned Rookie of the Year titles in the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES (1992) and NASCAR CUP SERIES (1995).

BOBBY LABONTE Former NASCAR CUP SERIES champion serves as a FOX NASCAR analyst for the network’s studio coverage, sharing his expertise across more than 30 years of professional racing on NASCAR RACE HUB and NASCAR RACEDAY. A 32-time NASCAR race winner, he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January 2020 and is one of only four drivers in NASCAR history to win a NASCAR CUP SERIES (2000) and NASCAR XFINITY SERIES (1991) championship. FOX NASCAR 2020 TALENT THUMBNAIL BIOS

STUDIO ANALYSTS

PHIL PARSONS FOX NASCAR analyst and former driver has been a member of the FOX Sports family’s coverage of the NASCAR GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES since SPEED’s first series telecast in February 2003 from Daytona International Speedway. In 2020, he joins the studio crew as an analyst for FOX Sports’ Truck Series’ prerace show, NASCAR RACEDAY-TRUCK SERIES, after 17 years as a race analyst.

TODD BODINE Two-time NASCAR GANDER & RV OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES champion is an analyst for NASCAR RACEDAY-TRUCK SERIES, FS1’s Truck Series pre-race show. A veteran NASCAR driver, Bodine competed in the NASCAR CUP SERIES, NASCAR XFINITY SERIES and NASCAR TRUCK SERIES during a career that spanned more than two decades and nearly 800 career starts.

GISELLE ZARUR Giselle Zarur joins FOX Deportes’ NFL coverage after arriving to the network in 2019 following a decade at Mexico’s Televisa. Zarur contributes exclusive reports and interviews from Miami during Super Bowl Week and on Super Bowl Sunday for pre- and postgame coverage. A host of FOX Deportes’ Liga MX coverage, Zarur is also considered one of the world’s foremost Formula 1 experts. FOX DEPORTES SET TO COVER ITS EIGHTH NASCAR CUP SERIES SEASON

FOX Deportes returns in 2020 for its eighth season of live NASCAR CUP SERIES coverage in Spanish with 10 points races, beginning with the DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb 16, and three exhibition events. The season kicks off with the non-points DUEL AT DAYTONA on Thursday, Feb. 13, which sets the starting field for the DAYTONA 500.

2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES ON FOX DEPORTES BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOX NASCAR HISTORY AND TIMELINE

NOVEMBER 1999 FOX Sports reaches comprehensive agreement with NASCAR, giving FOX broadcast and rights for Nextel Cup and Busch Grand National Series racing from 2001-‘08.

FEBRUARY 2001 NASCAR on FOX’s inaugural season begins with Daytona 500.

JULY 2001 FOX purchases Speedvision; FOX management begins with NASCAR programming deal in place through 2012.

FEBRUARY 2002 Speedvision re-launches as SPEED Channel during Daytona SpeedWeeks with strong NASCAR lineup; SPEED in 46 million homes.

APRIL 2002 The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognizes FOX Sports’ inaugural season covering NASCAR at its annual awards presentation. NASCAR on FOX coverage receives three Emmys, more than any single sports series, for its 2001 coverage. Despite having never broadcast a single race prior to 2001, FOX’s NASCAR coverage wins awards for Outstanding Live Sports Series, Technical Team Remote and Graphic Design.

FEBRUARY 2003 SPEED Channel joins FOX partners in delivering more than 75 hours of programming from Daytona Speedweeks (SPEED Channel had a little more than eight hours in 2002); SPEED Channel now in 59 million homes. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debuts on SPEED with 1.03 Nielsen rating (576,000 HH), highest Daytona NCWTS rating since 2000 series debut at Daytona.

FEBRUARY 2005 CableCam, an 80-pound high-definition camera, is successfully tested during FOX Sports’ SHOOTOUT broadcast and for the first time plays a significant role in the network’s coverage of the Daytona 500. Suspended by a system of cables, pulleys and computer- controlled winches 30 feet above ground, CableCam is a mobile, gyro- stabilized HD aerial camera that can move anywhere within a rectangular box between the front stretch and pit road. FOX NASCAR HISTORY AND TIMELINE DECEMBER 2005 FOX Sports expands its relationship with NASCAR through the 2013 season and becomes official home of the Daytona 500. In agreement, SPEED is awarded rights to NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE and BUDWEISER DUEL AT DAYTONA beginning in 2007.

FEBRUARY 2007 NASCAR on FOX introduces “FOX 3D” virtual replays that have the ability to illustrate on-track incidents in a manner never before possible. FOX 3D is able to present computer-generated visualizations from an infinite number of vantage points created from real-time data collected from each car on the track.

MARCH 2007 (Sports Event Analyst) and Jeff Hammond (Studio Analyst) are nominated for 28th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards for their work during the 2006 NASCAR on FOX season.

FEBRUARY 2008 FOX Sports introduces Gopher Cam, a small, stationary high-definition point-of-view camera buried beneath the asphalt track surface, inches below the yellow line. Four Gopher Cams are in place for the 50th Daytona 500, one in each of the track’s four turns.

FEBRUARY 2009 Digger, an animated gopher conceived by FOX Sports Chairman and Executive Producer David Hill, accompanies NASCAR on FOX’s in-race use of Gopher Cam. Digger, along with an expanded cast of friends, comes to life with full 3D computer graphic image .

MAY 2010 SPEED offers live coverage of the inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony from the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C.

FEBRUARY 2011 FOX Sports unveils FOX Thermal-Cam, a special camera designed to register variations in the heat signature of objects in its line of sight.

SEPTEMBER 2011 Michael Waltrip joins the FOX NASCAR SUNDAY prerace team, taking a seat in famed Hollywood Hotel alongside brother, Darrell, and host .

JANUARY 2012 Darrell Waltrip becomes a NASCAR Hall of Famer, entering as a proud member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s third class. FOX NASCAR HISTORY AND TIMELINE

OCTOBER 2012 NASCAR and FOX Sports announce extensive new eight-year, multiplatform media rights agreement that ensures FOX Sports’ broadcast of NASCAR racing through 2022.

FEBRUARY 2013 FOX Deportes telecasts Daytona 500 live in Spanish for first time ever with announcers Jorge Koechlin von Stein and Tony Rivera.

AUGUST 2013 FOX Sports launches , America’s new sports network, available in nearly 90,000,000 homes at launch, slated to carry entities such as FIFA World Cup, MLB, NASCAR, NFL, UFC and collegiate conferences like the Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Pac-12, and soccer leagues around the world to develop a full, robust programming schedule. FOX Sports 1 has nearly 5,000 hours of live event, news and original programming annually. launches simultaneously.

AUGUST 2013 Less than 10 months after announcing a multi-platform, multi-series media rights agreement with NASCAR through 2022, FOX Sports and NASCAR extend agreement through 2024. In addition, FOX Sports adds exclusive rights to three additional NASCAR Cup Series events and the first 14 NASCAR XFINITY Series events of each season. FOX Sports now holds rights to the first 16 Cup Series races, first 14 XFINITY Series races and the entire NCWTS season, beginning in 2015.

JANUARY 2014 FOX Sports announces that for the first time ever, FOX Sports GO, the app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content, is set to offer live, streaming coverage of the 2014 Daytona 500. FOX Sports GO features two separate live streams of the 56th running of the Daytona 500: the customary FOX Sports broadcast in English and the FOX Deportes telecast in Spanish. FOX Deportes also set to telecast 13 NASCAR Cup Series points-paying races in 2014, seven of which are live.

MAY 2014 For the first time, FOX Sports 1 offers FOX SPORTS 1 – 10 in May. The special multi-sport programming block is anchored by two weekends of NASCAR racing from , highlighted by live coverage of the NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE, NASCAR TRUCK SERIES race and the COCA-COLA 600, in addition to comprehensive support programming and premieres of FOX Sports 1 originals. FOX NASCAR HISTORY AND TIMELINE

MAY 2014 FOX Sports 1 and NASCAR Productions present 100,000 CAMERAS: THE NASCAR SPRINT ALL STAR RACE, a groundbreaking concept in programming that incorporates fan- and driver-generated video to showcase the race from fans’ points of view, delivering an unprecedented portrayal of race day from all perspectives.

JANUARY 2015 FOX NASCAR announces that NASCAR CUP SERIES champions , Jeff Gordon and are scheduled to rotate as race analysts for FOX Sports’ coverage of the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES in 2015. In addition, AJ Allmendinger, Todd Bodine, , Wally Dallenbach, , Drew Blickensderfer and join NASCAR RACE HUB as analysts.

FEBRUARY 2015 All NASCAR programming telecast on FOX, FS1 and FS2 is streamed live on FOX Sports GO, the app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content at home or on-the-go.

FEBRUARY 2015 FOX NASCAR commences its 15th consecutive season of NASCAR CUP SERIES race coverage, its inaugural season of NASCAR XFINITY SERIES coverage and its 13th consecutive year as the exclusive home of the NASCAR TRUCK SERIES.

MAY 2015 FOX NASCAR earns its fourth Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Series for its coverage of the 2014 NASCAR CUP SERIES season, marking its 17th Sports Emmy Award since 2001.

MAY 2015 FOX NASCAR announces four-time NASCAR CUP SERIES champion Jeff Gordon will join its television booth in 2016 as analyst alongside Mike Joy and Darrell Waltrip.

FEBRUARY 2016 FOX NASCAR hits the air from Daytona Speedweeks with its new on-air team of play-by-play announcer Mike Joy and analysts Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon, who combine for seven NASCAR CUP SERIES championships; FOX Sports offers Virtual Reality coverage of Daytona 500 for the first time. FOX NASCAR HISTORY AND TIMELINE

MAY 2016 FOX NASCAR earns the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound, a category in which it has been nominated nearly every year since its inaugural year of NASCAR coverage in 2001.

JANUARY 2017 FOX NASCAR announces former NASCAR CUP SERIES champion Kevin Harvick returns as a driver analyst for five NASCAR XFINITY SERIES races in 2017, as well as three NASCAR TRUCK SERIES events, marking the most races a current Cup Series driver has called for FOX since it added driver analysts in 2015.

MAY 2017 FOX NASCAR won two Sports at the 38th Annual Sports Emmy Awards in New York. FOX Sports took the award for Outstanding Social TV Experience, this time for 100,000 CAMERAS: THE DAYTONA 500, which was produced by FS1 and NASCAR Productions in 2016 and focused on the 2016 DAYTONA 500. FOX Sports also took honors for Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Daytona 500 – Daytona Day to open the 2016 season.

JUNE 2017 FOX Sports makes broadcasting history June 10 with its “Drivers Only” NASCAR XFINITY SERIES race broadcast from . In what was believed to be an unprecedented move in national sports broadcasting, FOX used a roster of on-air announcers consisting entirely of active NASCAR CUP SERIES drivers, marking the first time a nationally televised live sporting event featured an on-air team comprised strictly of athletes actively competing in that sport. Kevin Harvick served as the play-by-play announcer with analysts Joey Logano and . , and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. covered pit road, while and hosted FOX coverage from the Hollywood Hotel mobile studio.

APRIL 2018 FOX Sports broadcast its second-consecutive “Drivers Only” NASCAR XFINITY SERIES race broadcast from . Kevin Harvick served as the play-by-play announcer with analysts Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer. Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones and Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. covered pit road, while Brad Keselowski and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. hosted FOX coverage from the Hollywood Hotel mobile studio. FOX NASCAR HISTORY AND TIMELINE

MAY 2018 FOX NASCAR won three Sports Emmy Awards at the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards in New York. For the second consecutive year, FOX Sports took the award for Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Daytona 500 – Daytona Day, which was produced to kick off the and new season. Additionally, FOX NASCAR earned the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound and the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Technical Team Remote.

DECEMBER champion driver Jamie McMurray is announced as a FOX NASCAR analyst for the 2019 season.

FEBRUARY 2019 FOX Sports continues as leader in production innovation, debuting its Virtual Studio in Charlotte, using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, to deliver state of the art studio graphics through gaming engines.

FEBRUARY 2019 Jeff Gordon is inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2019, earning entrance as a first-ballot candidate.

MAY 2019 FOX NASCAR won Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound, marking a FOX Sports win in the category every year since 2006 and 17 of the last 18 years. FS1’s NASCAR RACE HUB won Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound for “Feeling Speed” feature.

JANUARY 2020 FOX NASCAR analyst Bobby Labonte is inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2020.

JANUARY 2020 FOX Sports begins 20th consecutive season of NASCAR coverage.

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