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On February 18, 1979, CBS presented the first flag-to-flag coverage of the Daytona 500. [2] Richard Petty won NASCAR's crown-jewel race for the sixth time, but the big story was the post-race fight on the track's infield between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison , who crashed together on the final lap while leading. [ 2 ]
Marc Fein joined McReynolds on a new "pre-pre-race" show called NASCAR on TNT Live. Bill Weber was forced to leave TNT shortly before the 4th race of TNT's schedule. Officially, Turner says it was due to a personal matter; however USA Today reported that it was due to an incident at a hotel the night before the race.
CBS Evening News: February The Jeffersons: Local/syndicated programming The Young and the Restless: As the World Turns. CBS News Newsbreak (2:57) Guiding Light: One Day at a Time: Summer Alice: The Price Is Right. CBS News Newsbreak (11:57) NBC Fall Local/syndicated programming Today: Local/syndicated programming Card Sharks: The Hollywood ...
Richard Petty, the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion. This would be the final of his 7 championships. Darrell Waltrip finished second in the standings Dale Earnhardt, the 1979 rookie of the year. The 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 31st season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 8th modern-era Cup series ...
The following is the 1979–80 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1979 through August 1980. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1978–79 ...
These are the late-night schedules for the three U.S. television networks during the 1978–79 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific. PBS is not included, as member television stations had local flexibility with most of their schedules, and broadcast times for network shows might have varied.
Dave Burns; Kim Coon; Parker Kligerman [2] [3]; Marty Snider; Dillon Welch; Note: NBC usually has 3 or 4 pit reporters per Cup race and 2 or 3 per Xfinity race. All 5 of them take turns, and the pit reporters that aren't on the broadcast are usually pit reporting for an IndyCar race for NBC or IMSA race if there is one on the same day and/or weekend.
ESPN SpeedWorld (formerly Auto Racing '79–'86) is a former television series broadcast on ESPN from 1979 to 2006. The program that was based primarily based around NASCAR, CART, IMSA, Formula One, NHRA, and IHRA.