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Reality-based TV coming
to NASCAR's race tracks?
By JIM UTTER
ThatsRacin.com Writer
Officials with NASCAR and the cable network FX are gauging the interest of several Winston Cup drivers in participating in a reality-based TV show, ThatsRacin.com has learned.
Sources confirmed that FX representatives spoke with up to eight drivers last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, inquiring about their interest in the show and the prospects of their participation. Among those contacted were Dale Earnhardt Jr., Rusty Wallace, Kevin Harvick and Jamie McMurray.
Fox and FX network officials first discussed the possibility of a NASCAR reality-based show during December's Winston Cup banquet weekend in New York.
The show, which would likely involve programming based on three drivers and their race teams, is tentatively scheduled for a Friday night broadcast and would air in the second half of this season, sources said.
That would allow FX to maintain a NASCAR presence in its programming while rivals NBC and TNT broadcast the second half of the Winston Cup season.
The first installment of the show would likely entail seven to 13 weeks of programming, the sources said.
An FX spokesperson, contacted Wednesday night, said the effort to develop the reality-based show was still in the developmental stages.
Reality-based TV coming
to NASCAR's race tracks?
By JIM UTTER
ThatsRacin.com Writer
Officials with NASCAR and the cable network FX are gauging the interest of several Winston Cup drivers in participating in a reality-based TV show, ThatsRacin.com has learned.
Sources confirmed that FX representatives spoke with up to eight drivers last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, inquiring about their interest in the show and the prospects of their participation. Among those contacted were Dale Earnhardt Jr., Rusty Wallace, Kevin Harvick and Jamie McMurray.
Fox and FX network officials first discussed the possibility of a NASCAR reality-based show during December's Winston Cup banquet weekend in New York.
The show, which would likely involve programming based on three drivers and their race teams, is tentatively scheduled for a Friday night broadcast and would air in the second half of this season, sources said.
That would allow FX to maintain a NASCAR presence in its programming while rivals NBC and TNT broadcast the second half of the Winston Cup season.
The first installment of the show would likely entail seven to 13 weeks of programming, the sources said.
An FX spokesperson, contacted Wednesday night, said the effort to develop the reality-based show was still in the developmental stages.