NASCAR on CBS is a brand previously used for NASCAR race broadcasts produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States from 1960 to 2000.
Video NASCAR on CBS
Historical coverage
Races covered by CBS
Note:
- 1. Pepsi 400 in 1998 in Daytona is scheduled to be broadcast by CBS, but due to forest fires occurring in the Daytona Beach area soon, the race is delayed until later in the season, and broadcast rights are transferred to CBS cable partners, TNN.
- 2. Gatorade 125 runs on Thursday, but CBS will broadcast it via a delayed tape on Saturday before or after the Busch Series race.
Pre-1979
The first NASCAR race ever shown on television was broadcast by CBS. In February 1960, the network sent a "skeleton" production crew to Daytona Beach, Florida and Daytona International Speedway to cover the Daytona 500's Twin 100 (now Can-Am Duel) qualifying race on February 12, 1960. The production crew also stayed broadcast part of the Daytona 500 itself, two days later. The event was hosted by John S. Palmer. CBS will continue to broadcast parts of the race for the next 18 years, along with ABC and NBC.
1979 Daytona 500: Breakthrough
CBS President Sports Neal Pilson and editor of motorsports, Ken Squier believes that America will watch the entire race car race directly on television. Prior to 1979, television coverage of the Daytona 500 began when the race was halfway, or as an edited spotlight package aired a week later on ABC Wide World of Sports . On February 18, 1979, CBS presented the first flag-to-flag coverage of the Daytona 500 (and a 500-mile race for live broadcast on national television in general). The Indianapolis 500 only aired on the tape delay that night in this era; most of the races are broadcast only through the last quarter to half of the race, as does the procedure for ABC Car Championship racing broadcasts; with a new CBS contract, the network and NASCAR approving the full live broadcast. The impression introduced cameras in cars and low-level cameras, which are now standard on all forms of automotive racing broadcasts. The race attracted a remarkable ranking, in part because of the exciting action both inside and outside the track, and partly because the big snow storm on the East Coast made millions of viewers indoors.
1980s
1980 World 600
On May 29, 1980, CBS paid a fee of about US $ 50,000 or $ 100,000 to Charlotte Motor Speedway to broadcast the NASCAR World 600 race race. Benny Parsons defeated Darrell Waltrip to win a grand prize of $ 44,850 in a race that was watched by around 3.7 million audiences on the network.
1983 Daytona 500
During its 1983 Daytona 500 coverage, CBS introduced an innovation aided by director Bob Fishman - a miniature, in-car remote controlled camera called RaceCam. Fishman directed every Daytona 500 television broadcast on CBS, with the exception of 1992, 1994 and 1998 because Fishman is directing CBS-skating CBS coverage for the Winter Olympics.
1990s
1990 Daytona 500
After years of trying to win it, Dale Earnhardt appeared to a certain victory at Daytona 500 1990 to a series of events on the closing lap. On lap 193, Geoff Bodine spun around the first corner, causing the third and final caution of the race. Everyone pitted except Derrike Cope, who came out. On lap 195 restart, Earnhardt recaptured and held the lead, only to puncture the tire as he drove over a piece of residential metal bells from Rick Wilson's failed car engine in Lap 199. As Earnhardt's broken car slowed, Cope drove past and grabbed the Winston Cup victory (now the first Sprint Cup). It was the first of two victories for the relatively unknown Cope in the 1990 season. In an irony, KIRO-TV, a local CBS affiliate serving Cope's hometown on the outskirts of Seattle, Spanaway, opted to postpone the race to broadcast a basketball game Seattle SuperSonics, and the race is delayed until 3:00. Afternoon Pacific Time due to pre-emption.
1992 Busch Clash and Daytona 500
For one year, Daytona 500 pole qualified and Busch Clash swapped the day: Busch Clash held on Saturday, and qualifying was held on Sunday. The move comes at the request of CBS, which wants an additional time on Sunday for its coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics.
The network has aired Busch Clash (now Budweiser Shootout) since its inception in 1979. The race debuted on Sunday, which was broadcast live by CBS. The pole position eligible for the Daytona 500 will begin Sunday at 10:00, followed by the Daytona ARCA 200. Busch Clash will be held after the ARCA race at 3:00 am.
1996 DieHard 500
Dale Earnhardt immediately fell in love in front of "The Big One" after Ernie Irvan got into the Sterling Marlin side which caused him to hit Earnhardt. After he hit the wall hard, Earnhardt was hit by several cars overturned and next to the car. He finally broke his collarbone, and this helped start the winless streak that spanned the rest of the 1996 season and all the 1997 seasons. The race was cut short by accident, and a rainstorm at the start of the race added to the darkness factor, with Jeff Gordon's victory. These events helped to push DieHard 500 out of the heat, humidity, and almost commonplace late afternoon lightning storms in July to much cooler, and in case of weather, more stable in early October. This is the last cup race not televised live due to rain delay; broadcast the race aired a week later, as a brief broadcast on CBS.
1998 Craftsman Truck Series
In 1998, the Pikes Peak International Fountain racing race at Fountain, CBS broadcast on television, Colorado, scheduled for 186 rounds ran an extra 12 rounds (total 198) due to multiple attempts at a successful Green-White-Checkered Finish.
1999 Daytona 500
20 years after the Daytona 500 broadcast, CBS used at least 200 people and more than 80 cameras for its coverage:
- 33 in-car cameras - three cameras in 11 different cars.
- The 10 "polar" camera above the pits.
- 35 cameras around the track.
- The camera is in a hot air balloon.
- Cameras with each of the three pit reporters.
- Camera in room.
CBS also plans to use more computerized graphics and super slow motion cameras with long lenses.
Affiliation with The Nashville Network (TNN)
TNN has two independent and self-promoting divisions, TNN Outdoors and TNN Motor Sports. Outdoor TNN is responsible for programming hunting and fishing events; TNN Motor Sports is responsible for the production of all network racing coverage, including NASCAR Winston Cup, Indy Racing League, and smaller clothing such as USAC, NHRA and ARCA. Motorcycle racing and speedboat are also broadcast. Outdoor TNN and TNN Motor Sports also market themselves, sell a variety of merchandise and license their brands for use in video games.
In 1995, motor sport operations were transferred to Concord, North Carolina into an industrial park located on Charlotte Motor Speedway, where TNN had purchased a controlling stake in motor sports production company World Sports Enterprises. Among TNN personnel from motor sport operations are Mike Joy, Eli Gold, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett, Randy Pemberton, Ralph Sheheen, Dick Berggren, and Rick Benjamin.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, which at the time had a CBS network and had links with TNN through its Group W division, purchased TNN and its CMT twin ring directly in 1995 to form CBS Cable (along with the short-lived Eye On People startup network).
Most of the original entertainment-oriented programming stops production, and networks are beginning to rely more on TNN Outdoor and Motor Sports TNN for programming. The network connection to CBS enabled him to take state-themed dramas from the 1980s that originally aired on broadcast networks such as The Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas, both of which have not been seen on television since Their initial journey ends, and it is also possible to serve as a bait for CBS Sports broadcast, which occurred during the NASCAR Busch Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in 1999 and also the PGA Tour event at Firestone Country Club.
End of NASCAR on CBS (2000)
NASCAR wants to capitalize on its growing popularity, so the organization decides that future deals will be centralized; ie, the network will negotiate directly with NASCAR for regular scheduled runs. The agreement took place on December 15, 1999. The old treaty agreement saw every path negotiating with the network to broadcast their race. As a result, NASCAR has races on CBS, TNN, ESPN, NBC, and TBS. However, NBC, who just entered the sport, showed only one race in 2000. NASCAR wants to increase the number of races by each pair, and have as many races on the broadcast network as possible, to prevent fans losing race.
Fox Sports, FX, NBC, and TBS (later moved to TNT) agreed to pay $ 2.4 billion for a new six-year package, including the Winston series (now Monster Energy) and the Busch Series (now Xfinity). Fox and FX will broadcast the first 16 matches of the 2001, 2003 and 2005 seasons and the 2 to 17 games of 2002, 2004 and 2006 seasons. Fox will air Daytona 500 in odd years. All the Busch Series races during the season will also be in Fox/FX.
CBS also has broadcasting rights for soccer, college basketball and golf, so the scheduling of conflict prevents them from airning as much as NASCAR wants. As a result, NASCAR's relationship with CBS, its oldest television partner, ended in the late 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. While the 2000 Pepsi 400 is a Winston Cup Series race to be broadcast on CBS, their final real NASCAR race is generally the Craftsman Truck Series' Chevy Silverado 200, aired on July 15, 2000.
Maps NASCAR on CBS
Ratings
Television ratings for the Daytona 500 have surpassed the Indianapolis 500 rankings since 1995, although the 1995 race was available in fewer homes than in the past. CBS has lost its affiliation in several major markets as a result of the rearrangement behind Fox's televised broadcasting rights to the NFL National Football Conference, and is not actually available on the NASCAR Busch Series, Milwaukee market; the new CBS affiliate in the city, WDJT-TV, is not available to some Southeastern Wisconsin cable providers.
Air staff
Former commentator
- Buddy Baker - color commentator (1996-2000)
- Dick Berggren - pit reporter (1994-2000)
- Neil Bonnett - color commentator (1990-1993)
- Dave Despain - pit reporter (1987-1991)
- Chris Economaki - color commentator/pit reporter (1984-1994)
- Eli Gold - a lap-by-lap commentator
- Jerry Glanville - analyst
- Greg Gumbel - anchor (1999 Daytona 500 only) (1999)
- David Hobbs - color commentator/pit reporter (1979-1996) (Now with NBC Sports discussing Formula 1)
- Ned Jarrett - pit reporter (1979-1984)/color commentator (1984-2000)
- Mike Joy - pit reporter (1983-1997)/lap-by-lap commentator (1997-2000) (Now with Fox Sports)
- Randy Pemberton - pit reporter (closing the pit for 1992 Diehard 500 in Talladega)
- Richard Petty - color commentator (1994-1995)
- Ralph Sheheen - pit reporter (1997-2000)
- Bill Stephens - pit reporter (1998-2000)
- Ken Squier - a lap-by-lap announcer (1979-1997)/studio announcer beginning with DieHard 500 in 1997 in Talladega. (1997-2000)
- Darrell Waltrip - color commentator (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 1995, 1997 & 1997 Busch Clash, and 1999 Bud Shootout only) (now with Fox Sports)
- Brock Yates - pit reporter (1979-1982)
References
External links
- Auto Racing - CBS SportsLine.com in the Wayback Machine (index archive)
- rec.autos.sport.nascar
- "CBS, the analyst prepares for the last 500 days of race days" . Retrieved October 1, 2017 .
- World Sport Company to Stop Production Operation
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