Television series
NASCAR Race Hub
is a daily
NASCAR
news program broadcast on
Fox Sports 1
Monday through Thursday. Originally broadcast on
Speed
, the show replaced
NASCAR Nation
and
This Week in NASCAR
.
NASCAR Race Hub
premiered on October 12, 2009, as a 30-minute show, but was extended to 60 minutes in the following years. The show was again shortened to 30 minutes after moving to Fox Sports 1 from Speed in August 2013, only to be returned to 60 minutes starting on September 23. On May 8, 2024, reports emerged that Fox Sports had cancelled
Race Hub
, with its final episode to air on June 11, 2024.
History
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NASCAR Race Hub
premiered as a half-hour show, but eventually became an hour-long show. It was shortened back to 30 minutes in August 2013, although the next month it was restored to an hour-long format. It previously aired at 6:00 p.m. ET, as well as at 7:00 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday.
At first the show was hosted by a rotating group which included
NASCAR RaceDay
and
NASCAR Victory Lane
host
John Roberts
,
Camping World Truck Series
Setup show host and occasional
NASCAR Trackside
host
Krista Voda
and Steve Byrnes, but in August 2010, Byrnes was announced as the permanent host of the show and it did not affect his duties as a pit reporter during the
NASCAR on FOX
races of a given
Sprint Cup Series
season.
The show breaks down the previous weekend's race and previews the upcoming one, providing analysis and interviews along the way.
Jimmy Spencer
has a segment on the Tuesday and Thursday editions of the show where he provides commentary and answers viewer emails and
tweets
. His segments became popular for the various 'awards' he gives drivers and teams such as the crying towel, cigars, strait jackets. Also on Monday, former Miss Sprint Cup, Monica Palumbo along with Danielle Trotta, presented the tweets of the week from NASCAR drivers and crewmen. Trotta contributes segments to the show and does interviews with drivers, crew chiefs and car owners as well as acting as a fill-in host in Byrnes' absence. In 2013, Trotta became co-host, and the show moved from its own studio to share the
Speed Center
studio.
With the show moving to
Fox Sports 1
on August 17, 2013,
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the show moved to a 4:30 p.m. start time.
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When the show was re-lengthened, this start time was revised to 4 p.m.
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It does not always not always air at 4. It sometimes airs at various times, once a day, during the afternoon.
On May 12, 2014,
Race Hub
moved to its new permanent time to 5pm ET, replacing
Crowd Goes Wild
, while
The Mike Francesa Show
took over
Race Hub'
s old time slot. Beginning with the 2015 season, the show swapped timeslots with
America's Pregame
and resumed its former 6pm timeslot. The show also gained a weekend edition, following the cancellation of
NASCAR Live
following the 2014 season.
Starting in 2017,
Race Hub
gained a Spanish-language version to be jointly simulcast on
Fox Deportes
in the United States and Puerto Rico and
Fox Sports 3
for the Spanish-speaking Latin America.
On February 13, 2017, it was announced that
Shannon Spake
would replace
Danielle Trotta
as co-host alongside Adam Alexander. Trotta left the show to pursue other opportunities.
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On May 8, it was reported that FS1 had cancelled
Race Hub
, with its final episode expected to air on June 11.
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Radioactive
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Each Tuesday following a race,
radio
chatter highlights called
Radioactive
are shown, featuring driver's in-race radio communications and competitor's reactions during the previous Cup Series race (occasionally, radio highlights from Truck Series are also aired). The
Radioactive
segments, along with many segments of the show, are uploaded on Fox Sports' YouTube channel around the same time.
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The
Radioactive
highlights are also available on NASCAR's YouTube channel.
For
2020 Daytona 500
, the Radioactive segment for the race was withheld until June 4, 2020, after
Ryan Newman
(who had returned to racing since the previous month) was seriously injured in the final lap of the race.
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References
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"Jamie McMurray joins FOX Sports broadcast team as an analyst"
.
NASCAR.com
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. December 12, 2018
. Retrieved
December 13,
2018
.
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Pockrass, Bob (5 March 2013).
"Fox Sports 1 will carry Sprint Cup; Speed gone on Aug. 17"
.
Sporting News
. Retrieved
July 2,
2013
.
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Pockrass, Bob (August 15, 2013).
"Fox Sports 1 to launch with NASCAR TV coverage from Michigan"
.
Sporting News
. Retrieved
August 16,
2013
.
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"NASCAR on FOX on Facebook"
.
Facebook
. Archived from
the original
on 2022-04-30.
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user-generated source
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Shannon Spake Named Co-Host of FS1's 'NASCAR Race Hub'
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"FOX's NASCAR Race Hub to end in June"
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RACER
. 2024-05-08
. Retrieved
2024-05-08
.
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Bianchi, Jordan (2019-09-19).
"How 'Radioactive' takes viewers inside the car ? and how drivers feel about being showcased"
.
The Athletic
. Retrieved
2021-04-24
.
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Gatto, Tom (2020-06-04).
"FS1 finally airs Daytona 500 'Radioactive' featuring reactions to Ryan Newman crash"
.
Sporting News
. Retrieved
2021-04-24
.
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