NASCAR fans eager for an
off-season fix can watch
highlights of the NASCAR
Nationwide Series awards
banquet from Orlando, Fla.,
on Sunday, Nov. 30, at noon
ET on ESPN2.
Series champion Clint
Bowyer, runner-up Carl
Edwards and rookie of the
year Landon Cassill are
among the drivers honored
during the black-tie
ceremony. Other drivers in
the top 10 of the series
standings recognized include
Brad Keselowski, David
Ragan, Mike Bliss, Kyle
Busch, David Reutimann, Mike
Wallace and Jason Leffler.
NASCAR on ESPN announcers
Allen Bestwick and Shannon
Spake co-host the one-hour
program, which also features
a performance by recording
artist O.A.R.
ESPN Classic will air
live coverage of the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series awards
banquet from the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New
York City on Friday, Dec. 5,
at 9 p.m. ET.
About NASCAR on ESPN:
ESPN and ABC have
comprehensive,
multi-platform coverage
featuring telecasts of the
final 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup
races, including the 10-race
“Chase for the NASCAR Sprint
Cup” on ABC. Additionally,
ESPN2 is the home of the
NASCAR Nationwide Series all
season. All programming is
produced totally in high
definition. ESPN’s
comprehensive, multimedia
NASCAR coverage extends to
ESPN.com, SportsCenter, ESPN
the Magazine, ESPN Classic,
ESPNEWS, ESPNRadio and ESPN
International, among other
ESPN platforms. ESPN aired
262 NASCAR Cup Races over a
20-year period starting in
1981 and returned to NASCAR
coverage in 2007. The
network's award-winning,
live flag-to-flag coverage
on ESPN has been honored
with 18 Sports Emmy Awards,
as well as many industry
honors. It is widely
credited for helping to
popularize the sport
nationwide. NASCAR races
have appeared on ABC for
decades, beginning with
broadcasts on the
award-winning Wide World of
Sports program in the 1960s.