Fox Sports to televise two Truck races in 2009; race start times set
Fox Sports will again telecast two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this year, the Saturday afternoon events at Auto Club Speedway in California and Martinsville Speedway early in the season. The remainder of the series schedule will be on Speed.
NASCAR released the network lineup and the start times on Tuesday.
The Atlanta race in March was to be a Friday night event, but with the Nationwide Series race that weekend moved to Atlanta’s new Labor Day weekend, the Atlanta Truck series race will have a 2 p.m. Eastern start instead of a 9 p.m. start.
Both Martinsville races have earlier start times. The March race will start at 2 p.m. instead of 3 p.m., and the October race will start at 1 p.m. instead of 3 p.m.
The Michigan race in June also is earlier, with a 2 p.m. start instead of 3 p.m., and the Memphis race in June will start much earlier, this time at 6 p.m. Eastern instead of 9 p.m.
The Nashville race in August will start at 8 p.m. this year instead of 7 p.m. last year.
The inaugural event at Chicagoland Speedway will start at 8 p.m. Aug. 28. while the inaugural event at Iowa Speedway is a 9:45 p.m. start Sept. 5.
The race at Dover in May will be televised same-day delay as has been in the past with the Friday afternoon race at the track. The event will start at 5 p.m. Eastern with Speed’s race coverage beginning at 8 p.m.
Here is the complete Truck series schedule, with date, site, network, TV start time and race start time (all times are Eastern and subject to change):
Feb. 13 - Daytona International Speedway, Speed, 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Feb. 21 - Auto Club Speedway, Fox, 3 p.m., 3 p.m.
March 7 - Atlanta Motor Speedway, Speed, 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m.
March 28 - Martinsville Speedway, Fox, 2 p.m., 2 p.m.
April 25 - Kansas Speedway, Speed, 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m.
May 15 - Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Speed, 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
May 29 - Dover International Speedway, Speed, 8 p.m. (delayed), 5 p.m.
June 5 - Texas Motor Speedway, Speed, 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.
June 13 - Michigan International Speedway, Speed, 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m.
June 19 - Milwaukee Mile, Speed, 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.
June 27 - Memphis Motorsports Park, Speed, 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m.
July 18 - Kentucky Speedway, Speed, 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m.
July 24 - O’Reilly Raceway Park, Speed, 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Aug. 1 - Nashville Superspeedway, Speed, 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Aug. 19 - Bristol Motor Speedway, Speed, 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Aug. 28 - Chicagoland Speedway, Speed, 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.
Sept. 5 – Iowa Speedway, Speed, 9:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m.
Sept. 12 - Gateway International Raceway, Speed, 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 19 - New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Speed, 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
Sept. 26 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Speed, 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Oct. 24 - Martinsville Speedway, Speed, 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m.
Oct. 31 - Talladega Superspeedway, Speed, 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m.
Nov. 6 - Texas Motor Speedway, Speed, 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.
Nov. 13 - Phoenix International Raceway, Speed, 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Nov. 20 - Homestead-Miami Speedway, Speed, 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
