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SPEED Notes: SPEED Live From Gatorade Duel, NCWTS Season Opener
SPEED live from Thursday’s Gatorade duel At Daytona...
Krista Voda is the host of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Setup. (Image: SPEED)
SPEED LIVE FROM THURSDAY’S GATORADE DUEL AT DAYTONA
NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES AND WIND TUNNEL RING IN 10TH YEAR ON SPEED
GATORADE DUEL AT DAYTONA: The fans spoke and NASCAR delivered – big pack racing returned to Daytona International Speedway last weekend in the Budweiser Shootout. The next test of the permanency of this tradition comes Thursday in the Gatorade Duel at Daytona, live on SPEED at 2 p.m. ET.
Some of SpeedWeeks’ most dramatic moments often come in the Gatorade Duel. While Roush Fenway Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle locked themselves into the pole and outside pole positions for Sunday’s race via last Sunday’s Daytona 500 pole qualifying session, the Duel, a pair of 150-mile qualifying races, determines the starting order for positions three-43. Tensions often run high as drivers not within the top-35 in points and who did not post a fast enough qualifying speed in last weekend’s Daytona 500 pole qualifying session race as hard as they can, vying for transfer spots in their respective Duel to earn them a starting spot in the Daytona 500.
Krista Voda and Jeff Hammond host SPEED coverage beginning at 2 p.m. ET before handing off to the NASCAR on FOX team of Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds, who will call the race. Covering pit road and the storylines as they unfold is the NASCAR on FOX pit reporting team of Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes and Matt Yocum.
TIME TO GO TRUCKIN’: The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series kicks off its 10th season on SPEED with Friday’s season opener under the lights at Daytona International Speedway. SPEED provides live coverage beginning with NCWTS Setup with Krista Voda at 7 p.m. ET, followed by live race coverage at 7:30 p.m. ET. Fresh off of 2011, the most-watched season in network history, Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip return to call the action for SPEED, with pit reporting by Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler. The first glimpse of the Trucks on-track comes Friday at noon ET with SPEED’s live practice coverage.
All eyes will be on rookie Richard Childress Racing driver, Ty Dillon, who looks to follow in the footsteps of his older brother and 2011 NCWTS champion, Austin, behind the wheel of the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet.
“I see that pressure and Austin’s success as nothing but motivation for me,” said Ty, who turns 20 next Monday. “He succeeded and won a championship in the same equipment I’m getting. I’ve got a great team and all the resources in the world at RCR. I don’t see why I can’t win a couple of races and be in the fight for the championship this year.”
Also setting his sights on the 2012 NCWTS championship is veteran Red Horse Racing driver Timothy Peters, who took the checkered flag at Daytona in 2010 with a last-lap pass in turn three. Peters, who was in the championship hunt most of last season with one win, seven top-five and 12 top-10 finishes, looks to improve on last year’s fifth-place finish in the season-ending point standings, and has given himself every advantage toward this goal. Instead of a winter vacation, Peters drove two hours each way from his Ridgeway, Virginia, home to the team’s Mooresville, N.C., race shop every Tuesday. He spent Tuesday through Thursday each week in the shop, working side-by-side with his crew members to prepare his trucks. Peters also committed to a new workout program while at Red Horse Racing’s headquarters, and in the process has lost 10 pounds.
“I think the biggest challenge this year is consistency,” said Peters, driver of the No. 17 Tire Kingdom/Service Central Toyota. “With 25 races last year, we probably could afford to have one mulligan, but now with 22 races on the schedule and the new points system that began last season, I don’t know if a mulligan is even in the picture. We need to stay consistent. Look at Austin Dillon’s stats last year. He had an average finish of 8.4 or something like that. That was pretty good, and if we can do that, I think we’ll be okay.”
NASCAR RACEDAY: NASCAR RaceDay Fueled by Sunoco, SPEED’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pre-race show, hits the rev limiter twice this week. The gang first takes to the air on Thursday prior to the Gatorade Duel at Daytona and again Sunday in a run-up to the Daytona 500. John Roberts hosts Thursday’s special Duel edition at 1 p.m. ET with analysis from Kyle Petty, Larry McReynolds and Kenny Wallace. Reporting from the garage are Matt Clark, Wendy Venturini and Rutledge Wood.
Live interviews include Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick.
On Sunday, NASCAR RaceDay presents a special three-hour Daytona 500 edition beginning at 9 a.m. ET. Steve Byrnes hosts alongside Petty, McReynolds and Wallace, with reporting by Clark, Venturini, Wood and Jamie Howe. Patrick joins the gang for a live interview with other guests to be announced later this week..
TEN YEARS IN THE TUNNEL: Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain celebrates its 10th anniversary on SPEED in 2012, ushering in the new season with its 535th episode Sunday live at 8 p.m. ET.
“I really didn't have any expectations when we started Wind Tunnel,” Despain reflected. “The show had a very experimental feel in the beginning and I don't think anyone knew quite what to expect. But it caught on very quickly and developed a fan following, which in turn gives the host a nice, secure feeling about the future. There are always doubts -- it’s television after all -- but I've always felt we were filling a niche.”
"I enjoy watching -- and appearing on -- Wind Tunnel because it's a 'no-holds barred' discussion," said Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. "I've known Dave a long time and he is the perfect host for the show. He tells it like it is."
Wind Tunnel first premiered Feb. 23, 2003, as a half-hour show featuring Chip Ganassi as the first guest. Two weeks later, it expanded to an hour program, where it remains to this day, with in-studio guest Steve Matchett and Miguel Duhamel live from Daytona Bike Week.
On Sunday’s Wind Tunnel premiere, Despain welcomes the Daytona 500-winning car owner, FOX/SPEED analyst and 2012 Hall of Fame inductee, Darrell Waltrip, and SPEED open-wheel reporter Robin Miller, among other guests to be announced later in the week.
NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES AND WIND TUNNEL RING IN 10TH YEAR ON SPEED
GATORADE DUEL AT DAYTONA: The fans spoke and NASCAR delivered – big pack racing returned to Daytona International Speedway last weekend in the Budweiser Shootout. The next test of the permanency of this tradition comes Thursday in the Gatorade Duel at Daytona, live on SPEED at 2 p.m. ET.
Some of SpeedWeeks’ most dramatic moments often come in the Gatorade Duel. While Roush Fenway Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle locked themselves into the pole and outside pole positions for Sunday’s race via last Sunday’s Daytona 500 pole qualifying session, the Duel, a pair of 150-mile qualifying races, determines the starting order for positions three-43. Tensions often run high as drivers not within the top-35 in points and who did not post a fast enough qualifying speed in last weekend’s Daytona 500 pole qualifying session race as hard as they can, vying for transfer spots in their respective Duel to earn them a starting spot in the Daytona 500.
Krista Voda and Jeff Hammond host SPEED coverage beginning at 2 p.m. ET before handing off to the NASCAR on FOX team of Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds, who will call the race. Covering pit road and the storylines as they unfold is the NASCAR on FOX pit reporting team of Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes and Matt Yocum.
TIME TO GO TRUCKIN’: The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series kicks off its 10th season on SPEED with Friday’s season opener under the lights at Daytona International Speedway. SPEED provides live coverage beginning with NCWTS Setup with Krista Voda at 7 p.m. ET, followed by live race coverage at 7:30 p.m. ET. Fresh off of 2011, the most-watched season in network history, Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip return to call the action for SPEED, with pit reporting by Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler. The first glimpse of the Trucks on-track comes Friday at noon ET with SPEED’s live practice coverage.
All eyes will be on rookie Richard Childress Racing driver, Ty Dillon, who looks to follow in the footsteps of his older brother and 2011 NCWTS champion, Austin, behind the wheel of the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet.
“I see that pressure and Austin’s success as nothing but motivation for me,” said Ty, who turns 20 next Monday. “He succeeded and won a championship in the same equipment I’m getting. I’ve got a great team and all the resources in the world at RCR. I don’t see why I can’t win a couple of races and be in the fight for the championship this year.”
Also setting his sights on the 2012 NCWTS championship is veteran Red Horse Racing driver Timothy Peters, who took the checkered flag at Daytona in 2010 with a last-lap pass in turn three. Peters, who was in the championship hunt most of last season with one win, seven top-five and 12 top-10 finishes, looks to improve on last year’s fifth-place finish in the season-ending point standings, and has given himself every advantage toward this goal. Instead of a winter vacation, Peters drove two hours each way from his Ridgeway, Virginia, home to the team’s Mooresville, N.C., race shop every Tuesday. He spent Tuesday through Thursday each week in the shop, working side-by-side with his crew members to prepare his trucks. Peters also committed to a new workout program while at Red Horse Racing’s headquarters, and in the process has lost 10 pounds.
“I think the biggest challenge this year is consistency,” said Peters, driver of the No. 17 Tire Kingdom/Service Central Toyota. “With 25 races last year, we probably could afford to have one mulligan, but now with 22 races on the schedule and the new points system that began last season, I don’t know if a mulligan is even in the picture. We need to stay consistent. Look at Austin Dillon’s stats last year. He had an average finish of 8.4 or something like that. That was pretty good, and if we can do that, I think we’ll be okay.”
NASCAR RACEDAY: NASCAR RaceDay Fueled by Sunoco, SPEED’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pre-race show, hits the rev limiter twice this week. The gang first takes to the air on Thursday prior to the Gatorade Duel at Daytona and again Sunday in a run-up to the Daytona 500. John Roberts hosts Thursday’s special Duel edition at 1 p.m. ET with analysis from Kyle Petty, Larry McReynolds and Kenny Wallace. Reporting from the garage are Matt Clark, Wendy Venturini and Rutledge Wood.
Live interviews include Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick.
On Sunday, NASCAR RaceDay presents a special three-hour Daytona 500 edition beginning at 9 a.m. ET. Steve Byrnes hosts alongside Petty, McReynolds and Wallace, with reporting by Clark, Venturini, Wood and Jamie Howe. Patrick joins the gang for a live interview with other guests to be announced later this week..
TEN YEARS IN THE TUNNEL: Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain celebrates its 10th anniversary on SPEED in 2012, ushering in the new season with its 535th episode Sunday live at 8 p.m. ET.
“I really didn't have any expectations when we started Wind Tunnel,” Despain reflected. “The show had a very experimental feel in the beginning and I don't think anyone knew quite what to expect. But it caught on very quickly and developed a fan following, which in turn gives the host a nice, secure feeling about the future. There are always doubts -- it’s television after all -- but I've always felt we were filling a niche.”
"I enjoy watching -- and appearing on -- Wind Tunnel because it's a 'no-holds barred' discussion," said Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. "I've known Dave a long time and he is the perfect host for the show. He tells it like it is."
Wind Tunnel first premiered Feb. 23, 2003, as a half-hour show featuring Chip Ganassi as the first guest. Two weeks later, it expanded to an hour program, where it remains to this day, with in-studio guest Steve Matchett and Miguel Duhamel live from Daytona Bike Week.
On Sunday’s Wind Tunnel premiere, Despain welcomes the Daytona 500-winning car owner, FOX/SPEED analyst and 2012 Hall of Fame inductee, Darrell Waltrip, and SPEED open-wheel reporter Robin Miller, among other guests to be announced later in the week.
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