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Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway marked the final Sprint Cup Series race broadcast by FOX Sports in 2016. Starting this weekend at Daytona International Speedway, NBC Sports Group will provide race coverage for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series events.
FOX Sports will continue to televise NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races through 2016.
The Sonoma race (which Tony Stewart won) concluded the 16-race broadcasting schedule for FOX, which saw recently retired Jeff Gordon join the broadcast booth to rave reviews. Mike Joy provided the play-by-play action and Darrell Waltrip, a NASCAR Hall of Famer, completed the three-person ensemble.
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This is NBC Sports’ second year of a 10-year rights agreement, which was first announced in 2013. NASCAR.com will have additional coverage on NBC’s second year — including exclusive behind-the-scenes photos from Year 1 — later this week.
Rick Allen returns in play-by-play duty for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He’ll again be joined in the booth by analysts Steve Letarte (former crew chief to Dale Earnhardt Jr.) and former driver Jeff Burton, who made nearly 700 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Both networks still will have their weekly television shows as well. “Race Hub” airs at 5 p.m. ET on FS1. “NASCAR America” starts at 6 p.m. ET, a new time slot this year, on NBCSN.
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