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posted by Andy Hall on May 22, 2013 8:00 AM
Fans who watch ESPN telecasts of NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races hear the voices of anchor Allen Bestwick and analysts Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree as they call the action perched high above the start/finish line at racetracks across America.
But what fans don’t see is the sophisticated bank of high-tech equipment that the announcers use in the television booth. continue reading…
posted by Front Row Staff on May 8, 2013 12:13 PM
David Ragan celebrates his Talladega win. (courtesy www.davidragan.com)
Here at ESPN’s Front Row, we like to think we know a little something about the responsibility that comes in living our lives with an unobstructed view of the finish line. So it was with great pleasure that we watched David Ragan win Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega for his team Front Row Motorsports.
Although there is no affiliation between our Front Row and Ragan’s Front Row, there is a kindred spirit. We’d like to think that as we wave our banner proudly in Bristol, Conn., so too does the Front Row team in Statesville, N.C.
Congrats to Ragan and his team. We thank you for representing the name in such fine fashion.
posted by Andy Hall on May 3, 2013 10:16 AM
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards visited the ESPN campus this week and appeared on several ESPN programs and platforms.
Edwards has been moonlighting as an analyst for ESPN since 2011, first on SportsCenter during the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and then in the broadcast booth during select NASCAR Nationwide Series races. Edwards called two races last year and is doing three this season, the final one being this Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). continue reading…
posted by Andy Hall on February 21, 2013 10:15 AM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR fans have seen the videos on ESPN: drivers in their firesuits, moving and looking at the camera while surrounded by smoke, lasers and lights.
The video often plays leading into a feature or commercial break during race telecasts.
ESPN’s NASCAR production team calls the videos “arts and crafts” and team members who participate in their making consider the process very rewarding.
“This is one of the more fun shoots we do every year, and I guess that’s probably why we call it ‘arts and crafts’,” said Kate Jackson, coordinating producer for ESPN’s motorsports coverage.
“Unlike a feature or a tease and things like that where there’s definitely a story being told, this shoot is basically just meant to be beautiful and interesting, so it allows you the opportunity to work with some creative companies to build a design concept and just really let your creativity flow for the season.”
With the 2013 NASCAR season getting underway this week here, ESPN held an “arts and crafts” shoot at DME Studios, conveniently located near Daytona International Speedway. Elements will appear in the live telecast of Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series season-opener, which airs on ESPN at noon ET.
ESPN rented a hangar at the Daytona Beach airport for a previous arts and crafts shoot, but switched to DME Studios several years ago.
“They have a huge green-screen soundstage with a lighting grid and it just allows you to bring in all the equipment that you need with some of the infrastructure already built there,” Jackson said.
ESPN starts developing concepts months before the beginning of the season, Jackson said, working with Indelible, a design arm of Creative Group in New York. The “Twisted Metal” theme that was used for both series last year will continue. continue reading…
posted by Andy Hall on February 20, 2013 8:00 AM
ESPN’s Jamie Little (Andy Hall/ESPN)
Editor’s note: I Follow is all about ESPN employees on Twitter: what they tweet, whom they follow and how you can interact socially with anyone and everyone.
Today, we focus on Jamie Little, pit reporter for ESPN’s NASCAR and IndyCar coverage and a reporter for the Winter X Games. Little will be on the job as ESPN televises the opening race of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season from Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 23, at noon ET.
Twitter handle: @JamieLittleESPN
ESPN Job: Reporter
Followers: 51,028 (as of 2/19/13)
Following: 144
When did you join Twitter and why?
I joined in Jan. 2010. I was actually kind of [against it]. I just thought it seemed too personal and just another avenue for people to over-share. But when I started hearing people refer to things drivers said via Twitter and respectable journalists on the NASCAR beat were breaking stories on it, I figured I should give it a shot. It didn’t take me long to get addicted! I quickly gave up Facebook as a result.
Who is your favorite person to follow on Twitter?
I love following Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) and Brad Keselowski (@keselowski). Shelton is just hilarious while Keselowski is funny yet very informative and very active on Twitter. Both are quite entertaining.
Who is the most interesting person who follows you on Twitter?
I’d say Mario Andretti (@MarioAndretti) and Danica Patrick (@DanicaPatrick). But I have never looked at all of the people who follow me. I’m sure there are others who are interesting outside of racing.
If you could add any one person as a Twitter follower, who would it be? continue reading…
posted by Andy Hall on February 8, 2013 8:00 AM
Tonight will be one of the biggest nights of Rusty Wallace’s life as he is inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C.
Wallace, who retired from driving after the 2005 season and immediately joined ESPN as an analyst, was elected to the Hall the first year he was nominated. During his career, Wallace won the 1989 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship as well as 55 races, tied for eighth on NASCAR’s all-time list of winners.
Though NASCAR is more than 60 years old, it didn’t open its own Hall of Fame until 2010, so the Class of 2013 is the fourth group of five NASCAR legends to enter. Also being inducted tonight is famed mechanic Leonard Wood, while inducted posthumously will be driver/team owner Cotton Owens and driving champs Buck Baker and Herb Thomas.
Wallace will have some 200 guests, including his former NASCAR race team owners Roger Penske and Raymond Beadle. His oldest son Greg will introduce him during the ceremony.
“We’ve got a big dinner planned and a big party and get-together after the induction for all my friends and people who helped me in my career,” said Wallace, who is an analyst on NASCAR Countdown from the ESPN Pit Studio before each telecast. “It’s going to be a big deal.”
Wallace is especially excited that his favorite race car from his career, a Ford Thunderbird nicknamed “Midnight,” has been restored to the condition it was in when he won his last race in it in 1994.
“It’s a black-and-yellow Miller Genuine Draft car,” he said. “I haven’t seen it because they won’t let me look at it but I hear it’s absolutely gorgeous.”
What does Wallace expect to feel Friday night? continue reading…
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