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CUP: SPEED To Air More Than 24 Hours Of Programming From Homestead
SPEED opens its coverage of the NASCAR season finale at Noon ET Thursday with the Championship Contenders Press Conference...
SPEED Staff  |  Posted November 16, 2012   Charlotte, NC
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SPEED OPENS PACKED HOMESTEAD-MIAMI WEEKEND WITH THURSDAY’S LIVE COVERAGE OF CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS PRESS CONFERENCE

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES FINALE, EXPANDED
NASCAR RACEDAY AMONG MORE THAN 24 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING FROM HOMESTEAD

SPEED opens its comprehensive coverage of the NASCAR season finale from Homestead-Miami Speedway by interrupting regularly-scheduled programming Thursday at 12 p.m. ET to offer live coverage of the Championship Contenders Press Conference.

SPEED Center host Adam Alexander anchors SPEED’s coverage from the Charlotte, N.C., studios with Bob Dillner reporting from the press conference featuring NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader Brad Keselowski and five-time champion Jimmie Johnson. SPEED.com also offers live streaming of the press conference.

Joining Johnson and Keselowski are NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship contenders James Buescher, Timothy Peters and Ty Dillon, as well as NASCAR Nationwide Series title hopefuls Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Elliott Sadler and Austin Dillon. NASCAR on SPEED and FOX host Krista Voda co-hosts the at-track press conference with NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Rusty Wallace.

SPEED airs a special recap of the event coupled with looks at and analysis of the weekend’s championship-deciding races, entitled Championship Week Preview, Thursday at 9 p.m. ET. NASCAR Race Hub has all the latest news and storylines at 6 p.m. ET Thursday with Steve Byrnes hosting from the Charlotte studios and Bob Dillner and Danielle Trotta reporting from Homestead.

“We are going to close out the 2012 NASCAR season in the same manner we opened it at Daytona testing in January – all hands on deck and foot in the gas,” said SPEED President Scott Ackerson. “Whether fans tune in for any fallout from last week’s crazy events or simply to cheer their favorite driver or title contender, SPEED will keep them up-to-date as every moment and move unfolds.”

Also airing on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET is the one-hour special, Inside Michael Waltrip Racing: A Championship Quest II, which features exclusive, never-before-seen video shot from the middle of the melee that broke out Sunday in the Phoenix garage between the Nos. 15 and 24 crews after Jeff Gordon wrecked Clint Bowyer. SPEED follows up the MWR special with the premiere of Kurt Busch: The Outlaw, a one-hour documentary focusing on the driver’s struggles and personal life on and off-the-track, at 8 p.m. ET. An encore of Beyond 200: The Hendrick Motorsports Story airs at 10 p.m. ET.

On Friday, SPEED opens its on-track coverage from Homestead-Miami Speedway with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying (4:30 p.m. ET), coverage of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying (6 p.m. ET), NCWTS Setup with Krista Voda (7:30 p.m. ET) and the final race of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season (8 p.m. ET), followed by SPEED Center (10:30 p.m. ET) and Trackside (11 p.m.).

On Saturday, SPEED opens its live coverage with NASCAR Live (11 a.m. ET), followed by coverage of NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying (11:30 a.m. ET), NASCAR Live (2:30 p.m.), NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice (3 p.m. ET) and SPEED Center (7:30 p.m. ET).

Sunday’s coverage opens with NASCAR Performance (10 a.m.), SPEED Center: NASCAR Edition (10:30 a.m.), an expanded edition of NASCAR RaceDay (11 a.m.), for which the NASCAR on FOX gang of Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Jeff Hammond and Krista Voda join the regular cast of John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Larry McReynolds, Kenny Wallace, Wendy Venturini, Bob Dillner, Rutledge Wood and Matt Clark. SPEED also has all the race highlights, interviews and analysis of the Sprint Cup Series race and newly-crowned champion on NASCAR Victory Lane (7 p.m.), SPEED Center (8 p.m.) and Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (9 p.m.).

To close out the 2012 NASCAR season, the SPEED gang heads to Las Vegas Nov. 30 for live coverage (8 p.m. ET) of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards Ceremony from the Wynn Las Vegas. Also on tap is the Nov. 29 coverage of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series Awards Ceremony from the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, airing at 8 p.m. ET.

Following are highlights of the NASCAR on SPEED programming and Championship Weekend from Homestead-Miami Speedway (all times Eastern and subject to change):

Thursday, Nov. 15
Championship Contenders Press Conference (12 p.m.)
Beyond 200: The Hendrick Motorsports Story (3-4 p.m.)
NASCAR Race Hub (6-7 p.m.)
Inside Michael Waltrip Racing: A Championship Quest Part II (7-8 p.m.)
Kurt Busch: The Outlaw (8-9 p.m.)
Championship Week Preview (9-10 p.m.)
Beyond 200: The Hendrick Motorsports Story (10-11 p.m.)

Friday, Nov. 16
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying (4:30-6 p.m. LIVE)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying (6-7:30 p.m. LIVE)
NCWTS Setup with Krista Voda (7:30-8 p.m. LIVE)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race (8-10:30 p.m. LIVE)
SPEED Center (10:30-11 p.m. LIVE)
Trackside (11 p.m.-12 a.m.)

Saturday, Nov. 17
NASCAR Live (11-11:30 a.m. LIVE)
NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying (11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. LIVE)
NASCAR Live (2:30-3 p.m. LIVE)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice (3-4 p.m. LIVE)
SPEED Center (7:30-8 p.m. LIVE)

Sunday, Nov. 18
NASCAR Performance (10-10:30 a.m.)
SPEED Center NASCAR Edition (10:30-11 a.m. LIVE)
NASCAR RaceDay (11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. LIVE)
NASCAR Victory Lane (7-8 p.m.)
SPEED Center (8-9 p.m. LIVE)
Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (9-10 p.m. LIVE)
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