NASCAR on FOX goes "all in" Sunday when Nextel Cup action hits Vegas

NASCAR on FOX: — NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Action on FOX heats up "sin city" this weekend, live on Sunday, March 13 (2:00 PM ET) from Las Vegas International Speedway. Coverage begins from inside the "Hollywood Hotel," NASCAR on FOX's traveling prerace studio and recent recipient of a 2004 Sports Emmy Award nomination, now situated within the friendly confines of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and hosted by Chris Myers, analyst Jeff Hammond and special guest Darrell Waltrip. In this week's show, Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Dodge and graduate of the engineering school at Purdue University takes viewers on a quick tour of Nevada's top sightseeing attraction and one of America's seven modern civil engineering wonders, the Hoover Dam. Plus, we'll check out Michael Waltrip's recent race of another sort, the Las Vegas Marathon, which he completed in order to raise funds for Kyle and Pattie Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp, founded to enrich the lives of children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses. Also, reigning NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion Kurt Busch and his brother Kyle, both products of Las Vegas, discuss racing on their hometown track. And last year's Las Vegas winner, Matt Kenseth, goes 10 laps with Myers.

DW PICKS HIS LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 'HOT SPOTS' — Fifty years ago, NASCAR made its first-ever visit to Las Vegas, a 200 mile dirt-track event held at the Las Vegas Jockey Club Horse Track, a track of land currently occupied by the Las Vegas Hilton. NASCAR on FOX analyst Darrell Waltrip is more familiar with the "hot spots" at the current site, the 1.5-mile oval Las Vegas Motor Speedway. "You'll see a lot of contact in the middle of Turns One and Two," says Waltrip. "If you come into Turn One alongside another car, the key is to work on that car aerodynamically, especially with a small rear spoiler."

FOX SPORTS FSN & FX COMBINE FOR 20 EMMY NODS — FOX Sports, FSN & FX were honored with a total of 20 nominations when The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the candidates for the 26th Annual Sports Emmy Awards yesterday. In addition to four "Personality" nominations awarded to Joe Buck (play-by-play), Tim McCarver (event analyst), Cris Collinsworth (event analyst) and Howie Long (studio analyst), FOX Sports was recognized in a total of 15 different categories including "Outstanding Live Sports Special" for the World Series, "Outstanding Live Sports Series" for FOX's coverage of Major League Baseball and all three of FOX's broadcast properties were nominated in the category of "Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly"; FOX NFL SUNDAY, NASCAR on FOX/FX's prerace show and the MLB on FOX pregame show. Beyond the Glory and Best Damn Sports Show Period brought in two nominations for FSN in the "Outstanding Edited Sports Series" and "Outstanding Studio Show — Daily" categories, respectively. The 26th Annual Sports Emmy Awards will be presented on Monday, May 2, at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center.

FOX SPORTS' COMPLETE 2004 SPORTS EMMY NOMINATION CATALOG

MLB on FOX
Live Sports Special (World Series)
Live Sports Series
Studio Show — Weekly
Technical Team Studio
Live Event Audio/Sound

NFL on FOX
Studio Show — Weekly
Technical Team Studio
Writing (Frank Picks — FOX NFL SUNDAY)

FSN
Edited Sports Series (Beyond the Glory)
Studio Show — Daily (Best Damn Sports Show Period)

Favre 4-Ever (NFL Films)
Sports Documentary
Editing
Music/Composition/Direction/Lyrics

Sports Personality
Joe Buck — Play-by-Play
Howie Long — Studio Analyst
Cris Collinsworth — Sports Event Analyst
Tim McCarver — Sports Event Analyst