NBC Sports preps for NASCAR turn

NBC Sports’ fueled its plans for the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, with its portion of the schedule getting the green flag next weekend with nearly 600 hours of coverage slated to run across NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, beginning with the Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. NBC Sports will once again present the final 20 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races, final 19 NASCAR Xfinity Series races, and select NASCAR Regional & Touring Series events in 2019. Lead NASCAR race announcer Rick Allen, Steve Letarte, and Jeff Burton begin their fifth season in the booth, alongside Dale Earnhardt Jr. Host Krista Voda, Kyle Petty, and Dale Jarrett will again serve as the primary on-site pre- and post-race team. Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast, Dave Burns, and Parker Kligerman will report from pit road and the garages.

Meanwhile, NASCAR America, NBCSN’s daily motorsports show features a new look and daily themed episodes each week to super-serve NASCAR fans and motorsports fans at large, headlining nearly 300 hours of original and shoulder NASCAR programming on NBCSN in 2019. In addition, NBCSN will present one-hour cutdowns of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series throughout the season, as well as episodes of NASCAR The Decades.

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