NASCAR TV schedule: Week of Jan. 5-Jan. 11

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Staff Report

Get full lineup of NASCAR programming for the week

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Monday, January 5
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 1
5 p.m., NASCAR America: 2014 Chase Spectacular (re-air), NBC Sports Network
6:30 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 2
7 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
7:30 p.m., The 10: Biggest Bonehead Moves (re-air), FOX Sports 2
7:30 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
8 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
8:30 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
9 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
9:30 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
10 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
10:30 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
11 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
11:30 p.m., NASCAR America: Scan All 43 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
Midnight, NASCAR America: Championship Edition (re-air), NBC Sports Network
12:30 a.m., NASCAR America: Expect the Unexpected (re-air), NBC Sports Network
1 a.m., NASCAR America: Celebrate the States (re-air), NBC Sports Network
1:30 a.m., NASCAR America: Celebrate the States (re-air), NBC Sports Network
2 a.m., NASCAR America: Celebrate the States (re-air), NBC Sports Network
2:30 a.m., NASCAR America: Celebrate the States (re-air), NBC Sports Network

Tuesday, January 6
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 1
5 p.m., NASCAR America: NASCAR "In the News" 2014 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
6:30 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 2

Wednesday, January 7
5 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 1
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 1
5 p.m., NASCAR America: Countdown 2014 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
6:30 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 2
7:30 p.m., 100,000 Cameras: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (re-air), FOX Sports 2
8 p.m., 2014 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (re-air), FOX Sports 2

Thursday, January 8
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 1
5 p.m., NASCAR America: Countdown 2014 (re-air), NBC Sports Network
6:30 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 2
7:30 p.m., The 10: Earnhardt Moments (re-air), FOX Sports 2
8 p.m., The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt (re-air), FOX Sports 2

Friday, January 9
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year (re-air), FOX Sports 1
5 p.m., NASCAR America: 2014 Top Moments (re-air), NBC Sports Network

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Posted on January 3, 2015 by Holly Cain

NASCAR Chairman and CEO, wife cap off year of support

There’s no doubt the upcoming opportunity to join rock ‘n roll legend Bruce Springsteen for lasagna dinner and a motorcycle ride through the "Boss’s" New Jersey hometown is something NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France and his wife, Amy, are looking forward to enjoying.

But the most rewarding part of the experience already happened for the couple. It was writing the $300,000 check for their time with Springsteen — a silent auction winning bid at the recent Stand Up For Heroes gala in New York City.

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Knowing the donation would benefit military veterans and their families through the Bob Woodruff Foundation is exactly the kind of reward that has driven the couple to be one of the sports world’s most generous philanthropists.

"NASCAR has a long history of honoring members of our nation’s military. It always has been — and always will be — part of the fabric of our sport," Amy France told ESPN. "For Brian and I, it’s been about quietly and passionately supporting active service men and women; as well as veterans. The innovative programs offered by the Bob Woodruff Foundation aggressively address the critical needs of injured veterans returning from combat.

"With the Stand Up For Heroes event, we saw an opportunity to play a role in helping to heal the silent wounds of war."

The real joy comes in the giving, and that’s something Brian and Amy have done in abundance over the years.

Contributing money to and raising awareness for charities is nothing new for the Frances, who are prolific and committed to helping worthy and wide-reaching causes.

Their level of concern is all-encompassing as the past few years would indicate.

Not only are the Frances’ long-standing supporters of vital causes — such as the Bob Woodruff Foundation — that benefit military servicemen and their families, but as parents, Amy and Brian feel particularly strong about issues affecting children.

In 2013, they served as hosts for the annual Autism Speaks fundraising gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art — fittingly naming the benefit "Speeding for a Cure."

"The sport is big enough with enough reach to be in step with the other major sports leagues in the country to chair a big night and raise the kind of money you need to, to make this school and the cure more possible," Brian France said at the time.

And he and Amy didn’t just write a big check and encourage friends to join them in support of this cause. While in New York, the couple spent significant time with the autistic students and their families who attended The Gillen Brewer School, which benefited from the Autism Speaks event they chaired.

"We have to dedicate resources, time and energy to finding out the underlying reason for autism and how to effectively work with autistic children," Amy France explained after visit to the school. "We don’t have autistic children, but I am a parent, so I feel impacted by it. We are all impacted on some level."

Medical issues have definitely been a focus of the Frances’ efforts.

Just weeks after the Stand Up For Heroes gala, the couple made a large donation to the Michael J. Fox Foundation and attended the organization’s annual "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cure" Parkinson’s Gala at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Fox, who has Parkinson’s, has raised approximately $5 million a year through this single event.

"We’re happy to be a part of something so important and Brian and I always say that we may not immediately be impacted but this, but we’re all impacted by this on many levels, whether it be family members, friends," Amy France said at the event. "And until we find a cure, until we make progress with research then we all have to get involved. There’s a long way to go still."

This October the Frances attended the nationally acclaimed Angel Ball also in New York and donated $50,000 to Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, a major contributor to research in the areas of leukemia and lymphoma.

The Angel Ball was also significant to NASCAR’s Chairman as this year, it honored a NASCAR athlete, four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon, and his longtime efforts in the pediatric cancer field.

For NASCAR, it all starts at the top. The Frances commitment to charity and making a difference is a reflection of them and of the NASCAR community.

And there is no offseason when it comes to helping out.

"To be able to help in some small way is a big deal to us and a big deal to the sport," Brian France said. "That’s what we’ve got to be about."

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Nascar

Previewing the RCR driver’s sophomore season in the XFINITY Series

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Team: Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet

Rank in final 2014 standings: Fifth

Wins: 1 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

Strides: In his first full season in the series, Dillon scored his first victory, first pole (he ended the year with three) and earned 24 top-10s. Never lower than fifth in the points standings, he was only 12 points out of the top spot after 20 races and as high as third with just four races remaining.

The 22-year-old, second in the Camping World Truck Series points in 2013, proved a quick study in his initial Nationwide campaign, meshing well with veteran crew chief Danny Stockman and the No. 3 RCR team. All seven of his top-five finishes came during the second half of the season, and came on a variety of track layouts, from the 2.5-mile IMS oval to the tight, short 0.533-mile Bristol.

Setbacks: Dillon and his team were rarely dominant, leading double digit laps on only two occasions – at Indy (24) and Kentucky (155).

Although he had just one DNF (Did Not Finish), it occurred late in the year as he was attempting to remain in the thick of the title battle. A 30th-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway dropped him to fifth in the standings with just three races remaining.

Quoteworthy: "It’s not very fun being the first one called up at the banquet; I wanted to be the last one up there that gives the speech and have all my guys here. That’s kind of my attitude. I’m going to let this be a little bit of fuel to the fire as far as (2015) and I’m going to work hard to be better … and make sure I can get up on that stage."

What’s next: No changes in key personnel for the No. 3 team as it looks to improve upon last year’s fifth-place points finish, although RCR strengthened its XFINITY Series program during the off-season with the addition of former championship-winning crew chief Todd Parrott. Now the organization’s competition director, Parrott helped guide Dale Jarrett to the 1999 premier series title and has 31 wins atop the pit box.

No longer one of the new kids on the block, Dillon says he expects improvement both from himself as well as his team.

"I’ve got to cut out a lot of mistakes, just have to be sharper all around as far as a driver, and also as a team we have to be better, hold ourselves to a little bit higher standard now that we’re not rookies," he said. "We’re very capable of winning this championship; we showed it at lot of points in the year, that we could win races and beat the best guys in the series. It’s time for us to do that consistently and win the championship."

Dillon, who made his first two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts this past season with Circle Sport Racing, is scheduled to attempt to qualify the team’s No. 33 entry in the 2015 Daytona 500.

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