Fox announcer Chris Myers confuses Indy 500 for Daytona 500
"We’re live at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, setting the 33 car field for next Sunday’s Daytona 500, Indianapolis! 500"
"We’re live at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, setting the 33 car field for next Sunday’s Daytona 500, Indianapolis! 500"
Whenever sports fans are talking about commercials, it’s usually to complain about how they are ruining their favorite...
"Mr. President, the radio is yours."
The choice to include footage from Dale Earnhardt's 2001 fatal crash here drew a lot of backlash.
"NASCAR, like all sports, is trying to figure out how to thrive in this new world. And it's not enough just to show the game."
"Him losing his life in this property brought this property closer to me"
"Here we are, our very first broadcast, and we're being baptized by fire."
The network sold 30-second spots to several advertisers for over $500,000, while many ads were purchased in the $400,000 to $450,000 range.
"Kevin Harvick is a gem in the booth."
"The level of access is mind-blowing."
Due to weather issues in Florida, the NASCAR Xfinity race (FS1) and the Daytona 500 (Fox) have been pushed to this Presidents Day holiday.
"They went completely dark on us. We knew something bad had happened."
"Could it be done differently to where we don't step away from where the action really is?"
"It's the toughest thing you do in sports broadcasting, having to turn that corner from broadcasting a sports event to being at the center of a news story like that."
"Goodyear’s presence is deeply embedded in NASCAR’s history, and the company has been there for my biggest wins."
"We're getting the Joey Loganos and the Kyle Buschs, the Bubba Wallaces, the Kurt Buschs, we're getting the guys who were part of that event just 24 hours prior, on our show to talk about exactly what happened."
"For me, it's a big responsibility to open the road for the next generation, for them to continue looking to achieve their goals, to follow their dreams."
Ratings might be way low but many outside factors influenced that.
Kenseth's calm reaction to the insane finish is certainly unique. And it kinda worked.
The E60 documentary Intimidator looks at Dale Earnhardt's death and how it impacted safety in NASCAR.
Four members of Fox's original Daytona 500 broadcast team spoke to AA about how that broadcast has changed over the years.
"The beauty of this story is, it's a story about friendship and a relationship that is told in the setting of NASCAR. It's not a NASCAR story... it's a story about friends."
The 2019 Daytona 500 got a 5.5 overnight rating, an eight percent increase over last year's race.
Joy has been calling NASCAR for Fox since 2001, and will be working his 43rd Daytona overall Sunday. He said the race is highly different each year though.
The latest Facebook Watch push into sports heads to the NASCAR world with a docuseries on Wallace.