Montoya to be ESPN in-race reporter at Mexico City
Montoya to be ESPN in-race reporter at Mexico City Nascar Bush event. source: ESPN Juan Pablo Montoya and his crew chief, Brad Parrott, will be ESPN's "In-Race Reporter" for coverage of Sunday's NASCAR Busch Series event at Mexico City. Montoya, a former Indianapolis 500 winner and Formula One driver, has made the move to NASCAR this season in one of the most talked-about switches in motorsports history. ESPN2 will have live coverage of the event beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET, while ESPN will simulcast ESPN Deportes' Spanish-language race of the event as part of an ESPN Full Circle presentation. Montoya will have special cameras mounted inside his car to show his face as he speaks to ESPN booth analyst Rusty Wallace while on the race's pace laps and during caution periods, providing the unique perspective of a driver in competition. Parrott will speak to booth analyst Andy Petree at various times throughout the telecast. In addition to the race telecast on Sunday, ESPN2 will have live coverage of practice and qualifying from Mexico City on Friday and Saturday. Coverage of Friday's one-hour final practice session for the series will be aired from 5-6 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Qualifying will be televised from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday. Calling the action from the booth will be Jerry Punch with Wallace and Petree. Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns Jamie Little and Mike Massaro will report from the pits and garage, while Chris Fowler, Tim Brewer and Brad Daugherty will be in the ESPN Pit Studio. The pre-race NASCAR Countdown program begins at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, followed by the race at 2 p.m. NASCAR Now weekend edition Race-day coverage will include the weekend edition of NASCAR Now, ESPN's first-ever daily news and information show totally dedicated to NASCAR, at 10 a.m. Wallace, Brewer and Daugherty, joined by renowned road course driver Boris Said, will contribute from the ESPN NASCAR pit studio in Mexico City while host Erik Kuselias and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Stacy Compton will anchor the program from the show's Bristol, Conn., High Definition studio. Special guest Adrian Fernandez, driver of the Hendrick Motorsports Busch Series No. 5 car and one of Mexico's most popular drivers and athletes, will be featured. He finished 10th and 12th in the first two Mexico City Busch Series races in 2005 and 2006. Reporter Shannon Spake will examine the recent safety improvements NASCAR has instated which came into play on David Reutimann's violent crash last Sunday at the California Speedway, and the show will highlight Jeff Gordon's participation in the Make-A-Wish program, granting a "wish" to one of its youngsters. For related photos, news and information visit: |
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