Brad Daugherty in ESPN Booth for NASCAR Busch Series Races at Dover, Kansas

September 20, 2007 -- Brad Daugherty will serve as booth analyst for two upcoming NASCAR Busch Series races. Brad Daugherty, a five-time NBA All-Star and a former winning team owner in the NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, will make his booth debut in Saturday’s NASCAR Busch Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. He also will be in the booth for the NASCAR Busch Series race Saturday, Sept. 29, at Kansas Speedway. Both races air live at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

At Dover, Daugherty will join play-by-play announcer Dr. Jerry Punch and Rusty Wallace, ESPN’s lead auto racing analyst and the 1989 NASCAR Cup champion. At Kansas, Daugherty will work with Punch and two-time NASCAR champion crew chief Andy Petree. Daugherty will continue his role as analyst on NASCAR Countdown for ESPN on ABC’s coverage of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races at Dover and Kansas and as analyst on NASCAR Now, ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program.

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During the Dover and Kansas races, Petree and Wallace will take turns sitting in the ESPN production truck to observe the process of producing a race telecast from a new perspective.

“Rusty and Andy are two of the hardest-working and dedicated people I’ve ever been associated with,” said Rich Feinberg, ESPN vice president, motorsports. “Both are eager to continue learning all they can about our NASCAR productions and growing their TV experiences. Brad was in the booth for our qualifying and practice shows at Richmond and did a very good job, just as he has done for us all season.”

The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race from Dover airs Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on ABC. Saturday’s NASCAR Busch Series race airs at 3 p.m. on ESPN2.

About NASCAR on ESPN:

ESPN and ESPN on ABC has comprehensive, multi-platform coverage featuring telecasts of the final 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races, including the 10-race “Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup” championship on ESPN on ABC. Additionally, ESPN2 is the home of the NASCAR Busch Series all season. For the first time in the history of televised motorsports, all programming is produced totally in High Definition. ESPN’s comprehensive, multimedia NASCAR coverage extends to ESPN.com, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes Radio, SportsCenter, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPNRadio, ESPN360.com and ESPN International, among other ESPN platforms. ESPN aired 262 NASCAR Cup Races over a 20-year period starting in 1981. The network's award-winning, live flag-to-flag coverage on ESPN was honored with 17 Sports Emmy Awards, as well as many industry honors. It is widely credited for helping to popularize the sport nationwide. NASCAR races have appeared on ABC for decades, beginning with broadcasts on the award-winning Wide World of Sports program in the 1960s.

Source: ESPN