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SPEED has signed veteran sports journalist Krista Voda to a multi-year deal that will include hosting the network's pre-race show for all of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races in 2007. Voda also recently signed with FOX Sports as a pit reporter for their NASCAR Nextel Cup Series races in '07. "Krista is a tremendous talent with great passion for her work," said Frank Wilson, SPEED VP of Production. "She understands racing, knows the players, and has a great deal of experience and credibility covering NASCAR and all forms of racing."
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Huge Tower to Make Debut at Daytona Speedweeks
- Fans won't have any trouble locating the SPEED Stage this season, as the network has commissioned a 50-foot "Fan Tower" to ensure fans can find their way through the crowd. The rotating SPEED logo at the top of the tower will be lit in the evenings.
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SPEED opened 2006 celebrating its 10th Anniversary, and wrapped it up with a fourth consecutive year of viewership growth and the highest Prime and Total Day ratings in network history. "What a great way to roll into 2007 … it's an awesome motivator for our entire team to see the results of their hard work in a milestone year for the network," said Hunter Nickell, SPEED Executive VP & General Manager.
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Watch the Bodine Bobsled Challenge on SPEED this Saturday, Jan. 6 and Sunday, Jan. 7 from 2-4 p.m. ET.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Brendan Gaughan is trading in the horsepower of his No. 77 South Point Racing Chevrolet for a speed fix of another kind this weekend. Friday and Saturday, Gaughan will pilot a bobsled in Lake Placid, NY, as part of the Second Annual Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge. The charity event raises money for the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc., which creates and builds bobsleds for the U.S. National Bobsled Team at no cost to the athletes. Gaughan, along with several other NASCAR drivers, will drive modified bobsleds on a shorter version of the course that some of the nation's best bobsledders compete on at Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid. The course is a 17-turn, ¾-mile track where bobsled speeds will top 60 miles per hour.
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SPEED will begin its NASCAR season with coverage of NASCAR Preseason Thunder testing days on Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. ET. The 30-minute highlight shows will feature testing coverage from the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series sessions at Daytona International Speedway, giving NASCAR fans their first looks at new drivers, new teams and new race cars.
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SPEED will air a 90-minute special highlighting the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series banquet held earlier this month at the Grand Floridian Hotel and Resort located in Disneyworld on Friday , December 29th at 9 pm Eastern. SPEED will re-air the banquet again at 1 am Eastern on Saturday morning. SPEED, which began broadcasting NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races live and exclusively in 2003, will continue as the home to the series for at least the next eight seasons. SPEED, now in nearly 70 million U.S. households, has added more than 10 million homes since adding the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in '03. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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More than 56,000 votes were cast for the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards as fans voiced their opinions on nine fan-vote categories. The results, gathered over four weeks of video voting on SPEEDtv.com, will be unveiled as part of a one-hour television special to debut Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. ET.
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FIM World Superbike was Charter Series on SPEED in '96 -
SPEED has renewed its contract with FGSPORT, the organizers and rights holder of the FIM SBK Superbike World Championship, signing a deal that keeps the high-powered series on the network through 2009. FIM World Superbike was the network's charter racing series when SPEED went on the air as Speedvision in 1996.
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As a preamble to the 54th annual ARCA RE/MAX Series national championship awards banquet at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, several key announcements took center stage during the annual series press conference in Covington, Kentucky Saturday afternoon. SPEED, the worldwide leader in motorsports television coverage, has announced coverage of 14 ARCA RE/MAX Series races in 2007.
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SPEED has named six finalists for the inaugural SPEED Performer of the Year, including Fernando Alonso (Formula One), Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR), Nicky Hayden (MotoGP), Sebastien Bourdais (Champ Car), Sam Hornish Jr. (IRL) and Tony Schumacher (NHRA). The winner will be announced in February as part of the one-hour SPEED Performance Awards television special presented by BF Goodrich.
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SPEED is looking for four serious NASCAR fans. The Charlotte-based network will conduct open auditions Dec. 9 at Michael Waltrip's new race shop in Cornelius, N.C. for SPEED Road Tour Challenge, a new reality show scheduled to debut Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. ET. SPEED is in search of four NASCAR fans willing to travel to 13 races from Daytona through Charlotte, competing with each other along the way for a prize package that will include an offer to join the SPEED Road Tour crew for the remainder of the NASCAR season.
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SPEED will open fan voting on
SPEEDtv.com
for the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards on Monday, rolling out the first three categories - Best Rivalry, Biggest Hit and Biggest Upset. The categories are the first of nine that will have nominees unveiled over the next four weeks, with results being part of the first SPEED Performance Awards television program scheduled to debut Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. ET.
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Nicole Addison, rear tire changer on the No. 10 Power Stroke Diesel by International race team in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, gets a lot of attention for being the first female over the wall crew member in NASCAR's top three divisions. Although her chosen profession and accomplishments set her apart from most women, for Nicole, reaching this level in the racing profession has even deeper meaning because of what she went through to get here. Born in Tucson, Ariz., Addison experienced a childhood most parents hope and pray against. When she was six years old, Addison was diagnosed with a form of bone cancer and was given just five years to live. Unable to take the drugs prescribed to her, Addison and her family could only wait for fate to step in. "I don't remember much about it," Addison says now. (Drive For Diversity Photo)
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Fans Will Select Inaugural Winners in Nine Categories on SPEEDtv.com Beginning Nov. 20
RACER magazine, a longtime content partner with SPEEDtv.com, will present the RACER Rookie of the Year Award as part of the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards. “We’re excited that the Rookie of the Year presented by RACER will be an important part of the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards,” said RACER editor Andy Hallbery.
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SPEED will open its coverage of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series finale Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. ET with live coverage of the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship press conference in Miami. The show will kick off nearly 30 hours of coverage from the Homestead-Miami area as titles are decided in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.
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SPEED, the automotive lifestyle and motor sports network, has joined forces with Microsoft Game Studios in presenting a live-action mini series based on the popular Forza Motorsport video game franchise, available exclusively on Xbox 360. Forza Motorsport Showdown, produced by Bud Brutsman of the popular SPEED reality show Payback, is scheduled to begin airing in February 2007.
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SPEED will deliver an inside look into the business of racing with a pair of one-hour Racing Incorporated specials focusing on the motor sports operations of multi-team owner Chip Ganassi. Given unprecedented access to race shops and meetings for about three weeks in August, the specials will air Nov. 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. ET & PT.
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Long-time Motor Racing Network broadcaster Adam Alexander will join the SPEED NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series broadcast team as a pit reporter during LIVE coverage for the 2007 season. Alexander, of Evansville, Ind., has spent the last six years as a booth anchor, pit reporter and turn announcer for MRN's NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Busch Series and Truck Series race broadcasts. (MRNRadio.com Photo)
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SPEED is letting fans have the last word when it comes to the network's inaugural SPEED Performance Awards, offering eight of the show's 10 awards for an open fan vote. Beginning the week of Nov. 20, SPEED will air nominees for the fan-vote categories, allowing SPEED viewers to vote for their favorites at SPEEDtv.com.
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NASCAR veterans Jimmy Spencer and Kenny Wallace will continue sharing their wit and wisdom with SPEED viewers, signing new multi-year deals to continue their roles on the popular NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane.
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SPEEDtv.com, the Internet home for SPEED channel, scored 68 of a possible 70 points to earn "Outstanding Web Site" honors from the Web Marketing Association's WebAwards in the Automotive category. The award is based on excellence in design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease of use. "We are thrilled that SPEEDtv.com has won a WebAward as an 'Outstanding Web Site,' said Mark Mitchell, Director of SPEEDtv.com.
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The inaugural production of "Barrett-Jackson: On the Road," a new original program produced by SPEED, will be filmed during the Sept. 14-17 Food Lion AutoFair at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Craig Jackson, Steve Davis and Gary Bennett of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company will be traveling throughout the Food Lion AutoFair car club and car corral display areas, searching for automobiles with interesting stories or unique histories.
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According to Nielsen Media Research, SPEED topped 68 million U.S. households for the first time in network history with the addition of 860,000 households in August. "With SPEED securing major NASCAR events like the Nextel All-Star Challenge and the Gatorade Duels for the next eight years, we expect to continue the network's strong growth pattern," said Hunter Nickell, SPEED EVP & General Manager.
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SPEED will deliver an additional 30 minutes of pre-race coverage as part of the network's live and exclusive coverage of the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Series for seven of the season's final nine events. SPEED pit reporter Ray Dunlap will anchor the expanded coverage. "As summer begins to fade and fall inches in, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams will compete in eight races over 10 weeks," Dunlap said. "During that time, our newly expanded pre-race show will take viewers inside the garage area and introduce them to the people making news. The 'chase' for the Truck Series title began back at Daytona... stay with SPEED all the way to Homestead."
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The inaugural SPEED Performer of the Year, to be awarded in December as part of a one-hour SPEED television special honoring the top moments in motor sports for the year, will be selected by a panel including Wind Tunnel host Dave Despain, veteran broadcasters Bob Varsha and Ralph Sheheen, SPEEDtv.com writers Robin Miller and Tom Jensen and versatile racers Tommy Kendall and Dorsey Schroeder.
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SPEED Executive Vice President & General Manager Hunter Nickell today announced Erik Arneson has been promoted to position of Vice President of Media Relations for the Charlotte-based motor sports and automotive lifestyle network. "Erik has terrific relationships throughout the motor sports and media worlds," Nickell said. "He has us focused on a communications strategy that will be most effective in our frenetic businesses." (SPEED Channel Photo)
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