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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 14, 2014 FOX SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS – 3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NASCAR: SPRINT ALL-STAR Race Live Saturday on FOX Sports 1 SOCCER: Arsenal Faces Hull City in David vs. Goliath Battle for England’s FA Cup Championship Saturday on FOX MLB ON FOX: Yankees Face Pirates in Exciting Interleague Game Saturday on FOX Sports 1 #ICYMI: FOX SPORTS LIVE’s Gary Payton Looks at Clippers’ Mindset: http://foxs.pt/1v62Q60 ******************************************************************************************************* NASCAR ON FOX SPORTS 1 FROM CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY With 11 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES races in the books for 2014, drivers and teams shift gears a bit this weekend for the annual non-points “dash for the cash” NASCAR SPRINT ALL- STAR RACE, live on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday, May 17 (7:00 PM ET) as part of FOX Sports 1 – 10 Days of Thunder programming from Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mike Joy leads the NASCAR on FOX booth for the 30th running of the star-studded event from Charlotte with analysis from NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip and former crew chief Larry McReynolds. Chris Myers hosts from the famed Hollywood Hotel with analysis from Michael Waltrip and Jeff Hammond, and Steve Byrnes, Krista Voda and Matt Yocum reporting from the pits. Darrell Waltrip and Hammond teamed to win the inaugural NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE in 1985, following it up the next day with a win in the Coca-Cola 600 and the season championship a few months later. NASCAR RACEDAY kicks off Saturday’s coverage at 2:30 PM ET on FOX Sports 1 and features an interview with car owner Richard Childress. The SPRINT SHOWDOWN, the last-chance transfer race for the All-Star Race, moves to a new night this year, airing live on FOX Sports 1 on Friday, May 16 (7:00 PM ET). The two top finishing drivers advance to Saturday’s NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE, along with the winner of the Sprint Fan Vote. Immediately following the SPRINT SHOWDOWN, the NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES returns to action for the fourth race of its 22-race season at Charlotte, live on FOX Sports 1 on Friday (8:30 PM ET) with pre-race coverage beginning at 8:00 PM ET with NCWTS SETUP hosted by Krista Voda. After three races, Matt Crafton leads Timothy Peters in the point standings, followed by four-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr., German Quiroga Jr. and Johnny Sauter. This week’s NCWTS SETUP features a look at driver Jimmy Weller, who in 2004 suffered a violent crash at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a USAC Sprint Car race. Weller remained in a coma for two weeks and underwent numerous surgical procedures to correct back and neck fractures sustained in the accident. FOX Sports GO, the app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content, offers live streaming of the race, as well as all practice and qualifying sessions and shoulder programming telecast on FOX Sports 1. Customers of participating video providers may access the live streams of the race through the FOX Sports GO app for iOS devices, as well as on desktops through FOXSportsGO.com. NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE FROM CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO on Saturday, May 17 (7:00 PM ET) Talent: Mike Joy leads the NASCAR on FOX booth with analysis from NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip and former crew chief Larry McReynolds. Chris Myers hosts alongside Michael Waltrip with pit reports from Steve Byrnes, Jeff Hammond, Krista Voda and Matt Yocum. DARRELL WALTRIP RANKS HIS ’85 ALL-STAR WIN IN TOP FIVE OR SIX OF CAREER: “I’d put the 1985 All-Star win in the top five or six wins of my entire career because it was the first one ever held. There can only be one first-time winner. You always want to win a new event and do something nobody else has done before. That alone makes it pretty special.” JEFF HAMMOND SAYS THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO WINNING THE ’85 ALL-STAR RACE WAS ASTOUNDING: “The effort we put into winning that first race will always stick in my mind because we never worked that hard on another car except for the Daytona 500. To come back and win the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday made that whole weekend unbelievable. It always will be not just a page, but a chapter in my history book because of what went into it.” WALTRIP SAYS WINNING THE ’85 ALL-STAR RACE & COKE 600 IN SAME WEEKEND HAD HUGE CHAMPIONSHIP IMPLICATIONS FOR HIM THAT YEAR: “Winning the All-Star Race was a big steppingstone for us in winning the championship that year because Bill (Elliott) had such a huge points lead on us, but from that race on, we knew we could beat him if we just worked harder. That weekend pole-vaulted us and got us the momentum and motivation we needed to fight Bill and wrestle the championship away from him. If we hadn’t been so good and won at Charlotte like we did, I don’t know where things would have ended up that year.” LARRY MCREYNOLDS SAYS IT’S HARD TO PREDICT WHO THE TWO TRANSFER DRIVERS WILL BE FROM THE SPRINT SHOWDOWN INTO THE ALL-STAR RACE: “That’s a very tough one this year. Kyle Larson, Clint Bowyer, Paul Menard, Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose all could be right up there. But if I had to choose based on their mile-and-a-half track performances this year, I’d go with Larson and Almirola.” MCREYNOLDS WILL BE WATCHING SEVERAL STORYLINES ON SATURDAY: “Given the new no ride-height rule, new aerodynamics package and other things teams have dealt with this year, those that seemingly had their arms around the intermediate track package last year still are searching this year, and vice versa. We know for a fact the cars will be very fast, considering the speeds we’ve seen this year. I’ll also be watching for pit stops and pit strategy to be critical this weekend. Teams will be setting themselves up to have the best average finish at the end of segment four because that’s how they’ll enter pit road and perform their pit stops. That pit stop will be huge. And finally, is this when Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus finally get back to Victory Lane? They’ve won the last two All-Star Races and traditionally are in a league of their own at Charlotte. If they don’t at least run well, then that’s a whole other conversation.” SPRINT SHOWDOWN (transfer race for NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE) Network/When: FOX & FOX Sports GO, Friday, May 16 (7:00 PM ET) Talent: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum NASCAR RACEDAY ALL-STAR Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, May 17 (2:30 PM ET) Talent: Chris Myers, Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Michael Waltrip, Jeff Hammond, Steve Byrnes, Krista Voda, Matt Yocum and Rutledge Wood This Week: Car owner Richard Childress and driver Joey Logano NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE FROM CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO on Friday, May 16 (8:30 PM ET) Talent: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip, Bob Dillner, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler NCWTS SETUP Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Friday, May 16 (8:00 PM ET) Talent: Krista Voda, Bob Dillner, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler This Week: A feature on driver Jimmy Weller, who in 2004 suffered a violent crash at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a USAC Sprint Car race. Weller remained in a coma for two weeks and underwent numerous surgical procedures to correct back and neck fractures sustained in the accident. NASCAR RACE HUB Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Monday through Thursday (5:00 PM ET) Talent: Co-hosts Steve Byrnes, Danielle Trotta and Adam Alexander; analysts Matt Clark, Bob Dillner, Jeff Hammond and Larry McReynolds This Week: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series reigning champion and current points leader Matt Crafton on Thursday, May 15 Next Week: Casey Mears on Monday, May 19; live coverage of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Vote Day on Wednesday, May 21 SOCCER ARSENAL AND HULL CITY FACE OFF IN DAVID VS. GOLIATH BATTLE IN ENGLAND’S FA CUP FINAL THIS SATURDAY ON FOX Network/When: FOX, FOX Sports GO, Saturday, May 17 (11:30 AM ET) Talent: Gus Johnson and Eric Wynalda call the final live from Wembley Stadium in London. Rob Stone hosts studio coverage with analysts Warren Barton, Brian McBride, Dr. Joe Machnik and guest analysts Stuart Holden and FA Cup legend Vinnie Jones. This Week: For just the second time ever, the FA Cup Final airs on U.S. broadcast television, when FOX features the match between Barclays Premier League sides Arsenal and Hull City to determine the champion of the world’s oldest soccer competition and England’s main domestic cup tournament. Arsenal, with 10 FA Cup titles to its name, reaches the final after beating last year’s champion Wigan Athletic on penalty kicks, while Hull City makes its first-ever FA Cup Final appearance in the team’s 110-year history. MLB MLB GAME OF THE WEEK COMES TO FOX SPORTS 1 THURSDAY WITH PADRES VS. REDS Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Thursday, May 15 (12:30 PM ET). Talent: Thom Brennaman, Eric Karros PIRATES FACE YANKEES SATURDAY ON FOX SPORTS 1 Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, May 17 (4:00 PM ET).