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| NASCAR RaceDay | |
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| Also known as | NASCAR RaceDay fueled by Sunoco |
| Genre | Sports |
| Starring | Shannon Spake (Fox Season) Adam Alexander (NBC Season) Bobby Labonte Larry McReynolds Regan Smith Bob Pockrass Jamie McMurray[1] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Fox Network CenterCharlotte, North Carolina |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox Sports Net(2001–2004) Speed(2005–2013) Fox Sports 1(2013–present) Fox(2018-present) |
| Release | 2001 (2001) – present |
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NASCAR RaceDay (also known asNASCAR RaceDay fueled by Sunoco) is an Americanpre-race television show onFox Sports 1 andFox that precedes allNASCAR Cup Series race broadcasts. Part of theFox NASCAR series, the show previously aired onFox Sports Net andSpeed.NASCAR RaceDay is hosted byShannon Spake orAdam Alexander with analysis fromBobby Labonte andJamie McMurray from theFox Sports studio in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bob Pockrass reports from the track.
The show replaced the canceledNASCAR 2Day, that had aired onESPN until the end of the 2000 racing season when NASCAR began a new television contract. The original name of the show wasNASCAR This Morning, and it aired onFox Sports Net from 2001 to 2004 from a studio inCharlotte, North Carolina. During the 2004Chase for the Nextel Cup, some segments were broadcast from the site of that week's race withSteve Byrnes serving as co-host. In 2005, the program was moved toSpeed, and broadcast on-location from each race (similarly to ESPN'sCollege GameDay). The show becameNASCAR RaceDay in 2006 hosted byJohn Roberts with analysis byJimmy Spencer andKenny Wallace. At the start of 2012Steve Byrnes replaced Roberts, as he moved to theNASCAR on Fox studio show following hostChris Myers being placed on bereavement leave following the death of his son.[2] Beginning on August 18, 2013, with the show’s move to Fox Sports 1,[3] the two-hour broadcast was shortened to one hour.
Beginning in 2014, the Speed Stage was retired and only used forSpeedweeks and theNASCAR on Fox team ofChris Myers,Jeff Hammond, andMichael Waltrip was used during the Fox portion of the season, and allRaceDay andNASCAR Victory Lane broadcasts began to originate from the Hollywood Hotel while Roberts, Wallace, and Hammond took over beginning at Pocono in June. Starting at Pocono,RaceDay andVictory Lane began to originate from theFox Sports 1 studios in Charlotte. Beginning with Indianapolis,RaceDay was expanded to two hours (one hour for Saturday night races onFox Sports 2) until Chicagoland when the show was again shortened to one hour to make room for FS1's Sunday morning pre-game showFox NFL Kickoff. Before the 2015 season, both Petty andRutledge Wood left Fox Sports and moved to NBC Sports.[4][5]