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CUP: SPEED Starts Up New Season
NASCAR on SPEED opens its season with the return of 'NASCAR Race Hub' in updated Charlotte studio.
Media Release  |  Posted January 23, 2012   Charlotte, NC
NASCAR Race Hub airs Monday-Thursday on SPEED. (Image: SPEED)
NASCAR on SPEED opens its season tonight, as NASCAR Race Hub returns at 6 p.m. ET with hosts Steve Byrnes and Danielle Trotta, along with analyst Larry McReynolds and race team veteran Matt Clark. The Hub, which enjoyed a 27-percent, year-to-year ratings increase last year, updates race fans on the happenings from Day One of the annual CMS NASCAR Media Tour, and welcomes Danica Patrick into the updated Charlotte studio as the year’s first guest.

Several other NASCAR on SPEED programs take fresh approaches in 2012, with the network’s longest-running NASCAR program, Trackside, frequently splitting into two 30-minute editions, one on Friday evenings and the second on Saturday. Krista Voda hosts with Kyle Petty, Rutledge Wood and Marianela Pereyra all returning to the show.

NASCAR RaceDay, which saw huge audience increases during last season’s 10-race NASCAR Chase for the Championship, returns with John Roberts as host, Petty, Kenny Wallace and McReynolds providing analysis and Wendy Venturini, Wood and Clark reporting from the garage.

Trotta adds to her responsibilities for 2012, taking on a host role for the popular tech show NASCAR Performance, working with McReynolds, Jeff Hammond and Chad Knaus from SPEED’s Charlotte-based studio.

Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain, rolling into its 10th season on SPEED, gets a prime-time television look, and the popular post-race show, NASCAR Victory Lane, also takes a new slant, immediately following NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races with a second airing in prime time.

SPEED Center, covering all things motorsports, premieres Jan. 29 at 7 p.m., with a look at the 50th running of the Rolex24 at Daytona and the live presentation of the Mario Andretti Trophy to the 2011 SPEED Performer of the Year.

SPEED, anchored by its popular and wide-ranging coverage of NASCAR, is the nation’s first and only cable television network dedicated to automotive and motorcycle racing, performance and lifestyle. Now available in nearly 84 million homes in North America, SPEED, a member of the FOX Sports Media Group, is among the industry leaders in interactive TV, video on demand, mobile initiatives and broadband services, including SPEED2, a groundbreaking new broadband network featuring live, streaming and on-demand events complementing offerings of the linear network. For more information, please visit SPEED.com, the online motor sports authority.
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