PRESS RELEASE: FS1 home to 30th anniversary Sprint All-Star Race; Coca-Cola 600 on FOX
FOX Sports 1 opens its annual 10 DAYS OF THUNDER Presented by Polaris programming block with a full calendar of racing from 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway and a selection of special original programs, including the anxiously awaited 100,000 CAMERAS: TALLADEGA.
Highlighting the opening weekend on track, NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE action gets started under the lights with the NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN on Friday, May 15 (7:00 PM ET), the last-chance qualifier for Saturday's high-powered All-Star race, with winners of each segment advancing to the All-Star Race.
NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE QUALIFYING airs live on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday, May 16 (7:00 PM ET), followed by the one-of-a-kind, surprise-filled driver and crew introductions at 8:30 PM ET and green-flag racing at 9:00 PM ET.
The popular FOX NASCAR broadcast team, headlined by inaugural NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE winner Darrell Waltrip (1985), includes two-time All-Star race-winning crew chief Larry McReynolds and host Mike Joy in the booth, Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip in the Hollywood Hotel and Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum reporting from the pits.
10 DAYS OF THUNDER opens Thursday, May 14 on FOX Sports 1 with NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES PRACTICE live at 3:00 PM ET and FINAL PRACTICE beginning at 7:00 PM ET.
An evening of special programming follows, with UNCOMPROMISING: KEVIN HARVICK premiering at 9:00 PM ET, leading in to the highly anticipated NASCAR Productions crowd-sourcing special, 100,000 CAMERAS: TALLADEGA, at 9:30 PM ET and a replay of the popular NASCAR MASTERS OF THE CLOCK: THE LEGEND OF MARTINSVILLE at 10:00 PM ET. For more information on 100,000 CAMERAS: TALLADEGA - http://foxs.pt/1GA2TJT.
NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES racing takes center stage on Friday, May 15 on FOX Sports 1, with NCWTS SETUP live from Charlotte at 8:00 PM ET, followed by green-flag racing at 8:30 PM ET. Adam Alexander handles play-by-play with analysis from Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip. Hermie Sadler and Vince Welch report from the pits,
On Sunday, May 17, FOX Sports 1 delivers live coverage of the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES race from Iowa Speedway, beginning with NASCAR RACEDAY â XFINITY at 1:30 PM ET and racing at 2:00 PM ET. The team of Alexander, Parsons and Michael Waltrip handles the race call, with Sadler and Welch in the pits.
Week two programming heats up Thursday, May 21, with NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES and NASCAR XFINITY SERIES cars on track, along with the premiere of ONE HOT NIGHT: THE 1992 NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE at 8:30 PM ET on FOX Sports 1.
The Memorial Day weekend airing of the 56th running of the COCA-COLA 600 on FOX on Sunday, May 24 (5:30 PM ET) puts the exclamation point on 10 DAYS OF THUNDER, with Darrell Waltrip, McReynolds and Joy again calling the race. Myers and Michael Waltrip work from the Hollywood Hotel and Little, Neville, Welch and Yocum report from the pits.
First run in 1960, the Coca-Cola 600 is the longest race on the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES circuit. Six-time champion Jimmie Johnson is the defending race winner.
NASCAR RACE HUB offers special weekend editions during 10 DAYS OF THUNDER, with hosts Danielle Trotta and Alexander, analysts McReynolds, Jeff Hammond and Wally Dallenbach, as well as reporters Alan Cavanna, Andrew Doud and Kaitlyn Vincie.
FOX NASCAR received an Emmy Award last week, its 18th in 14 years, for Outstanding Live Sports Series as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented its 36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards in New York.
FOX Sports' award-winning digital, video and social teams are set to engage throughout the 10 DAYS OF THUNDER. All available resources are trained on Charlotte Motor Speedway, where teams are set up to create and share content, and engage with race fans. Follow @NASCARonFOX on Twitter (467,500+ Followers) and like "NASCAR on FOX" on Facebook (1.4M+ Likes) for breaking news updates and exclusive behind-the-scenes access from the garage.
NASCAR @TheBuzzer delivers micro-news and entertainment to Facebook walls and Twitter feeds. NASCAR @TheBuzzer content has produced more than 15 million video views via social networking platforms so far in 2015 and will be a presence throughout the NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE with FOX Sports' Daryl Motte, Alexander, Hammond and AJ Allmendinger. Visit Facebook.com/TheBuzzer.
FOX Sports GO, the critically acclaimed app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content at home or on the go, now is available in 70 million households and offers live streaming of all 10 DAYS OF THUNDER programming. Customers of participating video providers may access the live stream of the race through the FOX Sports GO app for iOS, Android, Fire Tablets and Fire Phones, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, select Windows devices, and on desktops through FOXSportsGO.com. Fans can download the mobile app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and Windows Store.
10 DAYS OF THUNDER NASCAR PROGRAMMING LINEUP
(All times ET and subject to change)
Thursday, May 14
NCWTS Practice (3:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Race Hub (6:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NCWTS Final Practice (7:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
Uncompromising: Kevin Harvick (9:00 PM, Premiere on FOX Sports 1)
100,000 Cameras: Talladega (9:30 PM, Premiere on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Masters of the Clock: The Legend of Martinsville, (10:00 PM Encore on FOX Sports 1)
Friday, May 15
NASCAR Final Practice: Showdown (12:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Final Practice: All-Star (1:45 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Race Hub Weekend Edition: All-Star (3:30 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying: Showdown (4:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NCWTS Qualifying (5:30 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Showdown (7:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NCWTS Setup (8:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NCWTS Race from Charlotte (8:30 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
Saturday, May 16
NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying: All-Star (7:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR RaceDay (8:30 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
30th Anniversary NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (9:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
Sunday, May 17
NASCAR RaceDay: XFINITY (1:30 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR XFINITY Series Race from Iowa (2:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
Monday, May 18
NASCAR Race Hub (6:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
Tuesday, May 19
NASCAR Race Hub (6:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
Wednesday, May 20
NASCAR Race Hub (6:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
Thursday, May 21
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice (2:30 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR XFINITY Series Practice (4:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Race Hub (5:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR XFINITY Series Final Practice (5:30 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying (7:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
One Hot Night: The 1992 NASCAR All-Star Race (8:30 PM, Premiere on FOX Sports 1)
Friday, May 22
NASCAR Race Hub (6:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
Saturday, May 23
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice (10:00 AM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR XFINITY Series Qualifying (11:00 AM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Race Hub Weekend Edition (12:30 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Practice (1:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports 1)
NASCAR XFINITY Series from Charlotte (2:00 PM, LIVE on FOX)
Sunday, May 24
NASCAR RaceDay (4:00 PM, LIVE on FOX Sports1)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 (5:30 PM, LIVE on FOX)
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