Fox Sports 1 Gears up for 21 Hours of Nascar Championship Week Coverage from Homestead-Miami Season Finale
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 FOX SPORTS 1 GEARS UP FOR 21 HOURS OF NASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK COVERAGE FROM HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SEASON FINALE Wednesday’s Special Two-Hour NASCAR RACE HUB Offers Live Coverage from Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Press Conference Charlotte, N.C. -- FOX Sports wraps a riveting 2014 NASCAR season next week with 21 hours of live coverage surrounding the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship from Homestead-Miami Speedway. FOX Sports 1 delivers comprehensive and live NASCAR Championship Week programming beginning Monday, Nov. 10, highlighted by NASCAR RACE HUB’s live coverage of Wednesday’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Press Conference from Miami, live telecasts of on-track activity across the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES, NATIONWIDE SERIES and NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES from Homestead beginning Friday, Nov. 14, and live presentation of Friday’s Truck Series season finale (8:00 PM ET). It’s all hands-on-deck for the NASCAR on FOX family with 20 on-air personalities set to deliver the latest news and information each day as all three national NASCAR series crown their champions after season finales at Homestead-Miami Speedway Highlights of FOX Sports 1’s coverage of Championship Week include: Special two-hour NASCAR RACE HUB (Wednesday from 5:00-7:00 PM ET) – includes live coverage of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship Press Conference from Miami, featuring the four drivers competing for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship and their respective car owners. Bob Dillner reports live from the Trump National Doral in Miami. John Roberts and Danielle Trotta co-host in-studio with analysis from Ray Dunlap. Thursday’s NASCAR RACE HUB (5:00-6:00 PM ET) delivers coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series/NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship Press Conferences from Homestead-Miami Speedway, featuring the drivers, owners and crew chiefs battling for the Nationwide and Truck Series championships. Ray Dunlap reports from Homestead, with John Roberts and Danielle Trotta co-hosting in-studio and Matt Clark alongside with analysis. Live coverage of Friday’s NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES season finale from Homestead on FOX Sports 1 (8:00 PM ET), with pre-race coverage beginning at 7:30 PM ET with NCWTS SETUP. 16 hours of live, on-track coverage across all three national series from Homestead- Miami Speedway. NASCAR on FOX analyst Larry McReynolds sits down with Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s crew chief, prior to his final race as a crew chief before moving to the TV booth in 2015. The interview airs Monday, Nov. 10 on NASCAR RACE HUB on FOX Sports 1 (5:00 PM ET). Sunday’s NASCAR RACEDAY (12:00 PM ET) on FOX Sports 1 features sit-down interviews with all four Championship Round drivers; a “Chase War Room” roundtable discussion among NASCAR on FOX analysts, who break down the season finale and debate the four championship contenders; and an essay on the prestige of being a champion, related from the perspective of stars across various sports. Adam Alexander, Larry McReynolds, Bob Dillner and Rutledge Wood are live from Homestead, with John Roberts, Jeff Hammond and Kenny Wallace in-studio in Charlotte, N.C. Complete post-race and championship coverage on NASCAR VICTORY LANE (7:00 PM ET) on Sunday, Nov. 16 on FOX Sports 1. Alexander, McReynolds and Dillner deliver the latest from Homestead, with Roberts, Hammond and Wallace in-studio in Charlotte. FOX Sports’ complete coverage schedule for Championship Week (subject to change): Monday NASCAR RACE HUB (5:00-6:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) Tuesday, Nov. 11 NASCAR RACE HUB (5:00-6:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) Wednesday, Nov. 12 NASCAR RACE HUB Chase Championship Special (5:00-7:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) Thursday, Nov. 13 NASCAR RACE HUB (5:00-6:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) Friday, Nov. 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series practice (11:30 AM-12:30 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice (12:30-2:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR LIVE (2:00-2:30 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying (2:30-4:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR Nationwide Series final practice (4:00-6:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NCWTS SETUP (7:30-8:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race (8:00-10:30 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) Saturday, Nov. 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice (12:00-1:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying (1:00-2:30 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR LIVE (2:30-3:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice (3:00-4:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 2) Sunday, Nov. 16 NASCAR RACEDAY (12:00-2:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) NASCAR VICTORY LANE (7:30-8:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1) (delayed) FOX Sports’ Post-Season Coverage Schedule: Sunday, Nov. 23 NASCAR Nationwide Series/Camping World Truck Series Awards Ceremony (6:00-8:00 PM ET) (FOX Sports 1; delayed) Friday, Dec. 5 NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards Ceremony (9:00 PM-12:00 AM ET) (FOX Sports 1) (slightly delayed) Note: NASCAR RACE HUB continues into the off-season with new episodes Monday, Nov. 17 through Monday, Dec. 22 (5:00 PM ET). Following a brief hiatus for the holidays, NASCAR RACE HUB resumes in January. In 2013, FOX Sports extended its media rights agreement with NASCAR, ensuring the FOX family of networks’ broadcast of the first 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races each season beginning in 2015, as well as the first 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NASCAR XFINITY Series beginning in January) races of the season and all NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events, through 2024. --FOX SPORTS-- .