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ESPN Analyst and Two-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Crew Chief Tim Brewer on Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Tuesday October 7, 2008
Tim Brewer, NASCAR analyst for ESPN, won two NASCAR Sprint Cup championships, 53 races and 55 poles during his career as a crew chief.
Q- What’s the toughest aspect of setting a car up for Lowe’s Motor Speedway?
“Drivers practice in the daylight and they race at night. This racetrack is more heat sensitive than any other race track we go to and naturally everybody wants to do well there because about 90 percent of the teams are based in the Charlotte area. You have all your friends and family watching so it makes you want to do really well there.”
Q- Does racing at night make it harder or easier for the drivers and teams, and why or why not?
“Temperature-wise it makes it better for the drivers because it’s simply cooler in the race car. Anytime you can race at night, the race track is cooler so there is more grip, meaning the car is going to stick to the track better. But, by the same token, that means everyone is going to race faster and you have to be up at the wheel and be really aggressive at driving the car. The cars just drive a lot better at night.”
Q- What’s something unique about Lowe’s that fans should watch for during the telecast?
“It comes back to strategy. All crew chiefs like to win the race by calling the shot that wins the race on pit road. To have a successful day is what it’s all about.”
The Chase is On: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Live in Prime Time on ABC
With the only prime time event in the Chase, NASCAR’s version of the playoffs continues this week with the fifth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as the series visits Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., for racing under the lights. ABC’s high-definition telecast of Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 begins at 7 p.m. with NASCAR Countdown.
ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will air live, prime-time coverage of NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying from Charlotte on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m., and coverage of final practice on Friday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Jerry Punch and analysts Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree will call the action, while Allen Bestwick will host the pre-race program with analysts Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty.
ESPN2 continues its season-long coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series with a live, prime-time telecast of the 300-mile event from Charlotte on Friday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 also will have live coverage of NASCAR Nationwide Series final practice on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 6 p.m., and coverage of qualifying on Friday at 3 p.m.
About NASCAR on ESPN:
ESPN and ABC have comprehensive, multi-platform coverage featuring telecasts of the final 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup races, including the 10-race “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup” on ABC. Additionally, ESPN2 is the home of the NASCAR Nationwide Series all season. All programming is produced totally in high definition. ESPN’s comprehensive, multimedia NASCAR coverage extends to ESPN.com, ESPN Deportes, SportsCenter, ESPN the Magazine, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPNRadio and ESPN International, among other ESPN platforms. ESPN aired 262 NASCAR Cup Races over a 20-year period starting in 1981 and returned to NASCAR coverage in 2007. The network’s award-winning, live flag-to-flag coverage on ESPN has been honored with 18 Sports Emmy Awards, as well as many industry honors. It is widely credited for helping to popularize the sport nationwide. NASCAR races have appeared on ABC for decades, beginning with broadcasts on the award-winning Wide World of Sports program in the 1960s.
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