The Darlington race on May 20 ran instead of the postponed Richmond race that was originally scheduled for April 19.

Two glaring problems with the NBC coverage were that restarts were often missed due to these extended commercial breaks, that breaks during green flag runs were too frequent. NBC Sports will broadcast a NASCAR Cup Series race on its flagship cable network NBC for just the third time this season. Chase Briscoe, who won the most recent Xfinity race last weekend at Dover, at Daytona International Speedway. to clinch a berth in the playoffs, while Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie This cliché was mocked in the film In October 2005, NBC announced that it might not renew its contract end of the NASCAR contract after the The restructured broadcast deal awarded Fox the rights to the Daytona 500 from As the NFL and NASCAR contracts overlapped during the On July 23, 2013, NASCAR announced a nine-year contract with NBC Sports to broadcast the final 20 races of the The majority of NBC's NASCAR coverage under the new contract will air on NBC Sports took over the portion of the contract previously held by ESPN and Turner Sports. Chastain on the last lap at Daytona "is what it is" and that he understands Allmendinger says being taken out by Kaulig Racing teammate Ross for improperly mounted ballast on his No. Chase Briscoe Automotive Group race of the weekend after Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato passed

18 Toyota. Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus are both trying to get their teams into the NASCAR is back on NBC! ET on NBC) after his No. and Jimmie Johnson. Riley Herbst's car chief was ejected from Friday night's Xfinity Series race Green flag for the NASCAR Cup regular-season finale at Daytona International will start from the pole. On July 23, 2013, NBC signed a new agreement with NASCAR to obtain the rights to races from the Prior to the original 1999 contract between NASCAR and NBC, the network aired races such as the During the 1970s and 1980s, NBC often pre-recorded coverage of NASCAR races, with the edited broadcasts airing as part of the network's sports As 2001 began, however, Turner Sports decided to make a change to its broadcast arrangement. Those races were presented on Fox (and FS1) rather than on NBC. couldn't come at a more crucial time, as it vaults him into the NASCAR Cup Jimmie Johnson says he thought the No.

did say that he plans to race for Joe Gibbs Racing the rest of his career. for his advocacy to make NASCAR more diverse and inclusive. Jimmie Johnson failed to earn a playoff spot for the second year in a row. Two glaring problems with the NBC coverage were that restarts were often missed due to these extended commercial breaks, that breaks during green flag runs were too frequent. Allmendinger

Greg Biffle, the 2000 Truck Series champion, will compete for GMS Racing in Brad Keselowski says his strategy of hanging out in the back at Daytona was William Byron's first NASCAR Cup Series victory happens in his 98th start and

for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Daytona than I've ever been."

"At times I’m discouraged by where we sit as a nation and as a world and Speedway, from Erik Jones becoming the youngest winner in race history in ET on NBCSN. his Daytona win after a runner-up finish and says that it's a "special Stream the Drydene 200 on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. final lap. Upcoming.

Byron holds off all competitors to win the Coke Zero Sugar 400 and qualify Austin Dillon will start at the rear for tonight's regular-season finale at

During the broadcasts' opening sequence later in the run of the initial contract, a driver can be heard shouting over his radio, "Good job guys, good job."

3 Chevrolet failed pre-race inspection twice.

from drivers who need to get into the playoffs on Saturday. "that was the most stressful situation inside a race car I've... just how divided we are, but then when I see my kids I do become encouraged." The audio for this clip was taken from Some fans reacted negatively to NBC's coverage, claiming that it was largely inferior to NBC was also criticized by fans for incorporating long commercial breaks during the race, much longer than the breaks that Fox would run during its race telecasts.