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In 2016, an elimination-style playoff format was introduced into the Camping World Truck Series. We are here to help with a quick rundown on how the system works.
THE SEEDING
A win in the first 16 races all but guarantees a driver entry into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase, provided the driver is in the top 20 in points (note: previously, this was top 30) and has attempted to qualify for each race.
Each of the eight drivers who qualifies for the playoffs starts with 2,000 points, plus bonus playoff points earned during the regular season. After the bonus points for wins are added, drivers are ranked in order of the reset points.
THE ROUNDS
Round of 8: The eight drivers will take the track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway for the six spots available in the next round. A win at any of the three tracks equals advancement into the next round. The remaining available positions (1-6) that have not been filled by wins will be filled on points.
Tiebreaker: If any position comes down to a tiebreaker, only the three races in the Round of 8 matter. Wins and finishes in the regular season won’t, so the drivers will need to run up front to challenge for the win. If they can’t win, they’ll need to have more second-place finishes, third-place finishes, etc. than their competitors in order to break the tie and advance. If two drivers have the exact same finishes, the tiebreaker then goes to the driver who scored the best finish first.
Round of 6: The six remaining drivers will have their points reset to 3,000, then have their bonus points added to the total, and take the track at Martinsville Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway. Again, a win at any of the three tracks automatically advances the driver to the next round (Round of 4). The remaining available positions (1-4) will be filled on points.
Tiebreaker: If any position comes down to a tiebreaker, only the three races in the Round of 6 matter. Wins and finishes in the regular season won’t, so the drivers will need to run up front to challenge for the win. If they can’t win, they’ll need to have more second-place finishes, third-place finishes, etc. than their competitors in order to break the tie and advance. If two drivers have the exact same finishes, the tiebreaker then goes to the driver who scored the best finish first.
Round of 4: The four drivers who advance to the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway will have their points reset to 4,000. The highest finishing Championship 4 driver will win be crowned the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion.
THE NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
The final race is all about order of finish. No bonus points for laps led, etc. The four finalists will start the race tied, and the highest finisher among them at Homestead-Miami Speedway will win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship.
THE POINTS
Drivers who don’t advance to the next round will have their point totals reset to the Chase-start base of 2,000 (with any regular-season wins bonus points), plus the additional points they’ve earned during the Chase. The idea, which was actually a driver-led suggestion, is that those eliminated from the postseason still have something to race for — fifth place. A driver eliminated in the opening Round of 8, for example, can still finish ranked higher than someone who just misses the Championship Round cut.
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Elimination-style playoffs have arrived for the NASCAR XFINITY Series. We’re here to help with a quick refresher on how the playoff system works and how it’s unique for the XFINITY Series.
THE SEEDING
A win in the first 26 races all but guarantees a driver entry into the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase, provided the driver is in the top 20 in points (note: previous, this was top 30) and has attempted to qualify for each race. Drivers who win two Dash 4 Cash bonuses are also all but guaranteed a Chase berth.
Each of the 12 drivers who qualifies for the Chase Grid starts with 2,000 points, plus in addition playoff bonus points accrued during the regular season.
THE ROUNDS
Round of 12: The first round consists of the races at Kentucky, Dover, and Charlotte. If a driver wins a race in the Round of 12, the driver automatically advances to the next round. The remaining available positions (1-8) that have not been filled by wins will be filled on points. New for 2017 is that bonus points earned during the regular season carry over each round of the postseason.
Tiebreaker: If any position comes down to a tiebreaker, only the three races in the Round of 12 matter. Wins and finishes in the regular season won’t, so the drivers will need to run up front to challenge for the win. If they can’t win, they’ll need to have more second-place finishes, third-place finishes, etc. than their competitors in order to break the tie and advance. If two drivers have the exact same finishes, the tiebreaker then goes to the driver who scored the best finish first.
Round of 8: Each driver who advances to the next round (Kansas, Texas, Phoenix) then will have their points reset to 3,000. Drivers who win a race in the Round of 8 automatically advance to the Championship 4. The remaining available positions (1-4) that have not been filled by wins will be filled on points.
Tiebreaker: If any position comes down to a tiebreaker, only the three races in the Round of 8 matter. Wins and finishes in the regular season won’t, so the drivers will need to run up front to challenge for the win. If they can’t win, they’ll need to have more second-place finishes, third-place finishes, etc. than their competitors in order to break the tie and advance. If two drivers have the exact same finishes, the tiebreaker then goes to the driver who scored the best finish first.
Championship 4: The four drivers who advance to the Championship 4 at Homestead will have their points reset to 4,000. The highest finishing Championship 4 driver will be crowned the NASCAR XFINITY Series champion.
THE NASCAR XFINITY SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
The final race is all about order of finish. No bonus points for laps led, etc. The four finalists will start the race tied, and the highest finisher among them at Homestead-Miami Speedway will win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship.
THE POINTS
Drivers who don’t advance to the next round will have their point totals reset to the Chase-start base of 2,000 (with any regular-season wins bonus points), plus the additional points they’ve earned during the Chase. The idea, which was actually a driver-led suggestion, is that those eliminated from the postseason still have something to race for — fifth place. A driver eliminated in the opening Round of 12, for example, can still finish ranked higher than someone who just misses the Championship Round cut.
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Three-time NASCAR premier series champion Tony Stewart is set to retire from full-time Sprint Cup Series competition following the 2016 season, and — much like we saw last year with Jeff Gordon — the tributes will be coming fast and furiously over the next 10 months.
Joe Gibbs Racing, where Stewart spent the first decade of his career, picked up 33 of his 48 career wins and the first two of his titles, kicked off the stroll down memory lane Wednesday with their first in a series of tributes that will run on the 20th of each month through the 2016 season.
On the 20th of every month we’ll pay tribute to our friend @TonyStewart who is retiring after 2016. #TonyTribute20 pic.twitter.com/3B6AiwGSMt
— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) January 20, 2016
In 1999, as a rookie in our 20 car, @TonyStewart won his 1st Cup Series race at Richmond! #NASCAR #TonyTribute20 pic.twitter.com/qJ0zbPwYiS
— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) January 20, 2016
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The familiar refrain of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour — of drivers, crew chiefs and team principals using the word “excited” to describe preseason morale — continued unabated Wednesday. Roush Fenway Racing kept the drumbeat going during the tour’s second day, expressing their own optimism about the 2016 racing season.
But it’s a persistent note the team has sounded before, most significantly ahead of last season — arguably the organization’s worst in 28 years in NASCAR’s premier series. The team had just brought in Mark McArdle as a senior engineering director and added Kevin Kidd as team manager, making significant personnel and structural changes within the organization to stem its decline — all the while knowing that true change in on-track performance wouldn’t happen immediately.
“I think it was unreasonable to expect that they were going to come in and then 30 days later, everything will have changed,” said Steve Newmark, Roush Fenway’s president since 2010. “They spent the year evaluating our structure and putting in place these processes, and I think that’s why you saw some uptick improvement at the end of last year.
“There’s a runway. You can’t change an organization that is this large overnight. And I think that applies to any of the race teams. We’ve all gotten so big that it’s not just 12 people working on a car where you can walk in one day and say we’re going to shift directions.”
This year’s changes at Roush Fenway appear to be subtle, but dig deeper and they’re far from it. The team’s three-driver Sprint Cup stable is unchanged — with Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne all returning — but two of the three have new crew chiefs. Brian Pattie transfers over from the remnants of Michael Waltrip Racing to pair with the veteran Biffle, and Bayne starts his second full season working with Matt Puccia.
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But the changes go past the company’s flow charts, extending into consolidating, rearranging desks and meeting places and making the most of their space at the Roush Fenway shop. It’s the next stage of a long-term overhaul with hopes of shaking off the 2015 doldrums, where its three teams finished 20th (Biffle), 25th (Stenhouse) and 29th (Bayne) in the final Sprint Cup driver standings.
“Last season, we were kind of shooting in the dark a little bit,” Bayne said. “We didn’t know what we were going into. We were optimistic, but we didn’t know. This year, we have a lot more knowns. We’ve had people in places for longer. I know my crew chief, Matt Puccia. I’ve done this for a season, so I know what that grind is like. So I feel like I can be more optimistic and be assured about that this season versus last season, the way that our team is working together is a lot different. It’s not just saying, ‘hey, we’re working together,’ it’s actually making physical changes in the race shop.”
The alterations also extend to other branches in the Ford Racing family tree, continuing its technical alliance with Richard Petty Motorsports but opening a new partnership with Front Row Motorsports. The Bob Jenkins-owned Front Row No. 34 team will get support in the form of technical know-how and a driver in Chris Buescher, last year’s XFINITY Series champion making the jump to the talented Sprint Cup rookie ranks.
That piece of the puzzle expands the collaborative effort for all three Ford teams, which will try to overcome last year’s aerodynamic deficit in the midst of a new reduced-downforce rules package and a new nose on the Ford Fusion model in 2016.
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“Everybody in this sport is continuing to get better, and I think that’s one of the things that makes our NASCAR sport so tough is that the technology is always evolving and every team’s always getting faster,” Stenhouse said. “It’s not like football where you just get a new college athlete up that’s really good that kind of makes your team just a little bit better every year and you come up with some new plays. It’s building whole-new race cars and pieces to be better. The problem is, everybody else is doing it at the same time.”
Playing catch-up is a tall order for a three-car outfit that collectively led just 43 laps and registered only nine top-10 finishes last season — both all-time lows. How soon can Roush Fenway gauge if the turnaround effort has taken root?
“Atlanta, West Coast Swing,” Biffle said, pointing at the first four or five races of the Sprint Cup season. “Let’s get through Las Vegas, Phoenix and at the checkered flag at Phoenix, we’re going to have a clear picture where we stack up for the first part of the season. Till June, I’m going to say that’s going to be a good indicator on where we’re at.”
The proof will come in the results column, but with on-track activity still three weeks away, being excited — the media tour’s running cliché — will have to suffice, not just for the Roush Fenway brass but for competing executives as well.
“Whenever they get up, they’re going to say almost the same thing, but I do think there’s a genuine energy level and optimism, and I think there’s a real belief we’re going to do a lot better this year,” Newmark said. “We’ve got to prove it, but I the reasons why is that we’ve now had the time to be able to implement those new structures.”
CONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 20, 2016) – Roush Fenway Racing has announced a multi-race partnership with KFC as a primary partner for Greg Biffle and his No. 16 Sprint Cup Series team during the 2016 season. The partnership will kick off at Daytona Speedweeks and include primary placement in the famed Daytona 500 and Sprint Unlimited All-Star events at Daytona International Speedway.
The partnership in Daytona will feature KFC’s recently launched line of smoky and crispy ‘Nashville Hot’ chicken, which comes just in time for the launch of the 2016 NASCAR season. Nashville Hot is available on KFC’s first ever tailgate platter; perfect for tailgating at events, watching sports and hosting group parties.
“It’s definitely exciting to have KFC on the car,” said two-time NASCAR Champion Biffle. “I don’t think there is a more iconic brand out there; who didn’t grow up loving KFC? Their new spicy, smoky and crispy Nashville Hot Chicken is now available nationwide – which I am very excited about – and I can’t wait to get to Daytona, enjoy a couple of tailgate platters with the team and hopefully put the Colonel in victory lane at our biggest race of the season.”
A perennial NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase contender, Biffle has scored 55 NASCAR wins and two championships during his celebrated career. He captured the pole for the 2004 Daytona 500 after winning the 2003 summer event at the 2.5-mile track known as the ‘World Center of Racing.’
“We are very happy to be teaming with Greg Biffle and Roush Fenway Racing and especially to partner with them for the Daytona 500,”said Kevin Hochman, KFC U.S. CMO. “Greg and Roush Fenway have a strong tradition of winning at Daytona, and we can’t think of a better way to launch our new Nashville Hot Chicken than at NASCAR’s biggest race of the season where we will be promoting the biggest thing in spicy chicken since Buffalo wings.”
In addition to looking for his second trip to victory lane at Daytona, Biffle will aim for Roush Fenway’s seventh win at Daytona in the Sprint Cup Series and its third Daytona 500 victory.
“We are proud to welcome KFC to the Roush Fenway Racing family with Greg and the No. 16 team,” said Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark. “We know they will be a great partner going forward in 2016 and look forward to a strong partnership launch as the season kicks off in Daytona.”
The Daytona 500 is set for Sunday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. ET and will be televised live on FOX. The Sprint Unlimited will kick off the 2016 season on Saturday, Feb. 13 with the Daytona 500 qualifying duel races scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 18.
Roush Fenway Racing is the winningest team in NASCAR history, fielding multiple teams in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series competition with drivers Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Trevor Bayne, Ryan Reed, Chris Buescher and Bubba Wallace. Now in its 29th season, Roush Fenway is a leader in driver development, having launched the careers for many of the top drivers in the sport. Off-track, Roush Fenway is a leader in NASCAR marketing solutions, pioneering motorsport’s first team-focused TV show and producing multiple award-winning digital and experiential marketing campaigns. Roush Fenway is co-owned by Jack Roush, the winningest team owner in NASCAR history and Fenway Sports Group, parent company of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox and English Premier League’s Liverpool F.C. Visit RoushFenway.com, circle on Google+, become a fan on Facebook and Instagram and follow on Twitter at @roushfenway.
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STATESVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 20, 2016) — Six-year NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran Landon Cassill will join the Front Row Motorsports line-up to drive the No. 38 Ford for the 2016 season.
The 26-year-old Cassill has 187 Sprint Cup starts under his belt, most recently competing for Hillman Racing in 2015. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native has raced in all three of NASCAR’s national series, earning XFINITY Series Rookie of the Year honors in 2008.
Cassill will join rookie teammate Chris Buescher at Front Row Motorsports, which will field two full-time Sprint Cup entries in 2016.
“I feel like Front Row Motorsports is a great fit for me,” Cassill said. “I’ve got several years of experience in the series now, and being a part of this team will help me take the next step in my career. I’m grateful to Bob Jenkins and Ford Motor Company for the opportunity and can’t wait to get in the car.”
Cassill’s Sprint Cup career-best finish is a fourth-place run at Talladega Superspeedway (2014), a track where Front Row Motorsports has also excelled.
“We’ve always been impressed with Landon and what he can do behind the wheel,” said team owner Bob Jenkins. “He’s got a lot of natural talent. You could see that at every level of racing he’s competed in throughout his career. We’re happy to have that talent in one of our race cars this year.”
Sponsorship programs for the No. 38 team will be announced soon. Get more information about Front Row Motorsports and follow updates about the team at teamfrm.com, on Twitter at @Team_FRM and on Facebook at facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports.
Kernersville, N.C. (January 20, 2016) — Matt Kaulig is proud to announce the establishment of full-time NASCAR XFINITY Series team, Kaulig Racing™, for the 2016 season. With a familiar face behind the wheel, Blake Koch has been selected to pilot the No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection™ Chevrolet Camaro for the 2016 NXS season.
“I am extremely excited to finally announce the formation of Kaulig Racing™,” said Kaulig. “This is an exciting project and venture that we’ve been working on for months, and it’s great to finally introduce our team. I have a vision of how I want to build this team and the pieces are coming together quickly.”
Kaulig is the President and owner of LeafFilter Gutter Protection™, an Ohio based leader in the gutter protection industry, and has sponsored Blake Koch in both the Sprint Cup and NXS the last 2 years.
Entering into NASCAR initially in 2014 in a sponsorship role with Koch, Kaulig is ready to start a new endeavor and transition to team owner. Setting the team up for success early on, Kaulig Racing™ has joined forces with powerhouse team Richard Childress Racing (RCR), in a technical alliance. RCR collaboration with the technical partnership brings an extra boost of confidence to the Kaulig Racing™ team for the 2016 season.
“We are pleased to collaborate with Kaulig Racing™ as they establish themselves within the highly competitive NASCAR XFINITY Series,” said Mike Dillon, vice president of competition for Richard Childress Racing. “Blake has a tremendous amount of talent behind the wheel of a race car and we wish him, Matt, and everyone associated with Kaulig Racing™ success as they establish their identity and enter the 2016 season.”
Familiar with the RCR name, Koch was recruited as a developmental driver for the team in 2009 during his K&N Pro Series West rookie season. Moving up the ranks from there, Koch entered into NXS full-time in 2011. Since then, the 30-year-old driver has collected 147 starts in the NXS, and has his sights set on a successful 2016 season with newly formed Kaulig Racing™.
“I can’t even put into words how excited I am for this opportunity,” said Koch. “Watching it all come together is something very special. … Matt (Kaulig) and LeafFilter Gutter Protection™ have given us everything we need to be competitive. Because of Matt’s great leadership and employees, LeafFilter™ has grown to be an industry-leading company that has made this opportunity possible. I am beyond proud to be able to represent them on and off the track.”
Koch’s 2016 NXS season will be led by General Manager of Kaulig Racing™, and veteran crew chief Chris Rice. With experience in all three of NASCAR’s national series, Rice has amassed 220 NXS starts to his resume, including one NXS start with Koch during the 2013 Championship weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. Starting on the outside of the front row, Rice led Koch to an 11th-place finish, a career-best start and finish for the West Palm Beach, Fla. native in the NXS. That race jumpstarted Koch and Rice’s relationship, and ultimately led to the creation of Kaulig Racing™.
The 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series season kicks off on Saturday, February 20 with the Powershares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Kernersville, N.C. (January 20, 2016) — Matt Kaulig is proud to announce the establishment of full-time NASCAR XFINITY Series team, Kaulig Racing™, for the 2016 season. With a familiar face behind the wheel, Blake Koch has been selected to pilot the No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection™ Chevrolet Camaro for the 2016 NXS season.
“I am extremely excited to finally announce the formation of Kaulig Racing™,” said Kaulig. “This is an exciting project and venture that we’ve been working on for months, and it’s great to finally introduce our team. I have a vision of how I want to build this team and the pieces are coming together quickly.”
Kaulig is the President and owner of LeafFilter Gutter Protection™, an Ohio based leader in the gutter protection industry, and has sponsored Blake Koch in both the Sprint Cup and NXS the last 2 years.
Entering into NASCAR initially in 2014 in a sponsorship role with Koch, Kaulig is ready to start a new endeavor and transition to team owner. Setting the team up for success early on, Kaulig Racing™ has joined forces with powerhouse team Richard Childress Racing (RCR), in a technical alliance. RCR collaboration with the technical partnership brings an extra boost of confidence to the Kaulig Racing™ team for the 2016 season.
“We are pleased to collaborate with Kaulig Racing™ as they establish themselves within the highly competitive NASCAR XFINITY Series,” said Mike Dillon, vice president of competition for Richard Childress Racing. “Blake has a tremendous amount of talent behind the wheel of a race car and we wish him, Matt, and everyone associated with Kaulig Racing™ success as they establish their identity and enter the 2016 season.”
Familiar with the RCR name, Koch was recruited as a developmental driver for the team in 2009 during his K&N Pro Series West rookie season. Moving up the ranks from there, Koch entered into NXS full-time in 2011. Since then, the 30-year-old driver has collected 147 starts in the NXS, and has his sights set on a successful 2016 season with newly formed Kaulig Racing™.
“I can’t even put into words how excited I am for this opportunity,” said Koch. “Watching it all come together is something very special. … Matt (Kaulig) and LeafFilter Gutter Protection™ have given us everything we need to be competitive. Because of Matt’s great leadership and employees, LeafFilter™ has grown to be an industry-leading company that has made this opportunity possible. I am beyond proud to be able to represent them on and off the track.”
Koch’s 2016 NXS season will be led by General Manager of Kaulig Racing™, and veteran crew chief Chris Rice. With experience in all three of NASCAR’s national series, Rice has amassed 220 NXS starts to his resume, including one NXS start with Koch during the 2013 Championship weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. Starting on the outside of the front row, Rice led Koch to an 11th-place finish, a career-best start and finish for the West Palm Beach, Fla. native in the NXS. That race jumpstarted Koch and Rice’s relationship, and ultimately led to the creation of Kaulig Racing™.
The 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series season kicks off on Saturday, February 20 with the Powershares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.
FS1 wraps its first evening of Daytona coverage with a special programming block on Friday, Feb. 12, opening day at Daytona Speedweeks, offering race fans a trio of NASCAR specials, capped one week later by the third installment of the groundbreaking, crowd-sourced documentary 100,000 CAMERAS: DAYTONA 500 (Saturday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 PM ET).
Following FS1’s live coverage of the first glimpse of cars on the track at Daytona International Speedway during NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES PRACTICE (beginning at 5:00 PM ET on Feb. 12), the network’s Daytona specials, produced by NASCAR Productions, include:
UNTOLD STORIES: DAYTONA
The one-hour UNTOLD STORIES: DAYTONA offers a fresh perspective and details on several pivotal stories in the history of NASCAR at Daytona International Speedway, including: the 1994 Daytona 500 and Sterling Marlin going to Victory Lane for the first time in 17 years; racing icon Mario Andretti and the obstacles he overcame to win the 1967 Daytona 500; the infamous “Aero Wars” that pitted Ford against Chrysler in 1969-1971; the legend of Smokey Yunick, the colorful mechanic, car owner and innovator from Daytona; and Tiny Lund’s story at the 1963 Daytona 500, when he went from outsider to hero, 500 champion and Medal of Valor recipient. UNTOLD STORIES: DAYTONA premieres Friday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 PM ET on FS1 following the network’s live coverage of SPRINT UNLIMITED final practice.
NASCAR RACE CLASSIC: 1993 DAYTONA 500
NASCAR RACE CLASSIC: 1993 DAYTONA 500, hosted by Dale Earnhardt Jr., airs on FS1 on Friday, Feb. 12 at 8:30 PM ET, featuring a 30-minute, cut-down version of the 1993 edition of the “Great American Race” and supplemented with interesting “pop-up trivia” facts regarding the race and pop culture at that time. The legendary 1993 race marked FOX NASCAR analyst Jeff Gordon‘s first DAYTONA 500. Dale Jarrett held off Dale Earnhardt Sr. for the win while his father, Ned Jarrett, called the victory from the television broadcast booth.
BEYOND THE WHEEL: SHORT FILM SERIES SPECIAL
BEYOND THE WHEEL, a 90-minute special comprised of four short documentaries, offers an inside look at some of the sport’s most interesting traditions and fascinating historical characters. Airing at 9:00 PM ET, the films focus on the stories of Robbie Allison, son of former NASCAR driver Davey Allison, short track legend Dick Trickle, the iconic trophy girls and their legacy, and the reunion of journalist Tom Wolfe and Junior Johnson on the 50th anniversary of Wolfe’s landmark Esquire article.
NASCAR RACE HUB SPECIAL
NASCAR RACE HUB SPECIAL: DAYTONA RISING highlights the new features and innovations of the revitalized Daytona International Speedway while also detailing the track’s rich history with NASCAR. Premiering on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 5:00 PM ET, the special gives fans an inside look at the Daytona Rising project through interviews with Lesa France Kennedy, track president Joie Chitwood III and the architect behind the mega-structure set to host its first race of the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES season on Feb. 13.
100,000 CAMERAS: DAYTONA 500
100,000 CAMERAS: DAYTONA 500 premieres on FS1 on Saturday, Feb. 27 (6:30 PM ET) following the network’s live coverage of the NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES race from Atlanta Motor Speedway. This 30-minute special, the franchise’s third, weaves together fan and driver-generated video to tell the story of the 2016 DAYTONA 500, the first “Great American Race” held at Daytona Rising, from every conceivable angle, regardless of location. The crowd-sourced documentary captures the ‘life in a day of NASCAR’ and how the sport connects people and communities at the track and around the world.
Fans across the world are invited to share their DAYTONA 500 story by using cameras and mobile devices to capture the race, as well as the hours preceding and following it, whether from Daytona’s stadium, on a road trip to the track, while tailgating or watching from home or a neighborhood bar. Using the hashtags #100KCams and #NASCAR, fans simply upload videos to their social media accounts (Instagram, Twitter, Vine, Facebook or YouTube) during or immediately following the race. The high-energy special also features additional and specialty camera angles and content not seen in the live FOX broadcast of the DAYTONA 500 (Sunday, Feb. 21), as well as driver and team radio scanner sound. Fans shooting video using a cell phone are encouraged to shoot horizontally for best results. For more tips and information on how to take and submit video, please visit www.foxsports.com/100KCams.
FS1 and NASCAR Productions premiered the first two editions of the cutting-edge 100,000 CAMERAS to critical acclaim following the 2014 NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE and the May 2015 race at Talladega Superspeedway.
FOX Sports kicks off the 2016 NASCAR season by offering nearly 100 hours of multi-network, multi-platform coverage from Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway, culminating with live coverage of the DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb. 21 live on FOX with pre-race coverage on FOX NASCAR SUNDAY (12:00 PM ET).