UPDATED: SPEED To Air 2011 NASCAR Hall Of Fame Nominee Unveiling

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UPDATED: SPEED To Air 2011 NASCAR Hall Of Fame Nominee Unveiling

SPEED will provide exclusive coverage on July 1 as NASCAR unveils its 25 nominees for the 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame...

Erik Arneson | Posted June 25, 2010 Charlotte, NC

TONIGHT! NASCAR Race Hub 6 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday. (Image: SPEED)

NASCAR UNVEILS 2011 HALL OF FAME NOMINEES EXCLUSIVELY ON SPEED™

SPEED, the official television network of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, will deliver a special edition of NASCAR Race Hub on July 1 at 8 p.m. ET, with live and exclusive coverage from Daytona Beach and the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, as NASCAR unveils its 25 nominees for the 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame.

“The first five legends are in,” said SPEED President Hunter Nickell. “Year two will see the selection process get cranked up a notch in that voting room … once the 25 nominees are announced, the panel’s job gets a helluva lot tougher this year.”

Krista Voda will host SPEED’s live coverage from the NASCAR Race Hub garage in Charlotte, with Mike Joy and Ken Squier offering insight from the Hall of Honor in the NASCAR Hall of Fame and Steve Byrnes and Kyle Petty reporting from Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame segment will include a live audience of NASCAR Hall of Fame Members. For more information on NASCAR Hall of Fame memberships, please visit: http://www.nascarhall.com/support/memberships.

In addition, SPEED will air a one-hour special entitled NASCAR Hall of Fame: 2011 Nominees at 8 p.m. ET on July 18, highlighting each of the 25 nominees.

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 more than 80 million homes in North America, SPEED is among the industry leaders in interactive TV, video on demand, mobile initiatives and broadband services. For more information, please visit SPEED.com, the online motor sports authority.