ESPN Classic to air Friday’s awards banquet
From an official press release on NASCAR.com.
With the Big Apple as the backdrop, NASCAR will honor the top drivers in Nextel Cup racing at the series’ annual awards banquet Friday night from the Waldorf-Astoria at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN Classic and ESPN360.com. The event will be re-aired at midnight on ESPN2.
In addition, ESPN Classic will air highlights from the NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon at 8:30 p.m. Friday prior to the start of the banquet coverage. Held on the day before the banquet, the luncheon highlights NASCAR awards such as rookie of the year and ends with the presentation of the Myers Brothers Award by the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) to the individual or group making the greatest contribution to NASCAR racing in the past year.
6 paragraphs about David Spade and Kelly Clarkson removed because nobody cares. They just take up times that could be used by the drivers to talk about their sponsors.
Dr. Jerry Punch, lead announcer for NASCAR coverage on ESPN, will serve as the onstage master of ceremonies for the banquet.
ESPN Classic. Are you kidding me? I realize that the banquet is more boring than this years chase but ESPN Classic. Why even bother broadcasting it at all rather than shunt in off to a spot where nobody will even be able to find it. Oh well, at least they picked Dr. Jerry to be the MC. It could have been Rusty.
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