RACERS GIVE TV A SPIN.Byline: Tim Haddock Staff Writer Once the California Speedway The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of "sister track" Michigan International Speedway. It is located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. race is over, driver Jamie McMurray Jamie McMurray (born June 3, 1976 in Joplin, Missouri) is a NASCAR race car driver. He currently drives the #26 Crown Royal / Irwin Industrial Tools Ford Fusion full-time in the NEXTEL Cup Series with crew chief Larry Carter for Roush Fenway Racing. has some housecleaning house·clean·ing n. 1. The cleaning and tidying of a house and its contents. 2. Informal Removal of unwanted personnel, methods, or policies in an effort at reform or improvement. to do. That's a little unusual considering McMurray just purchased a new home in Statesville, N.C. But then again, it's not every day MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. is expected over to shoot an episode of ``Cribs.'' ``It's pretty cool to think that a show like `MTV Cribs' has an interest in showcasing NASCAR drivers,'' said McMurray, driver of the No. 42 Dodge Intrepid for Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in NASCAR, IRL, and Grand-Am racing. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. The team is based in Concord, North Carolina, which is a suburb of Charlotte. . ``It definitely shows how far our sport has come.'' McMurray and Casey Mears will be featured on ``MTV Cribs'' starting in November. Filming for each episode will be going on this month. Lately, they have been showing up on unexpected channels. Brian Vickers has been a guest on MTV's ``Total Request Live'' (TRL TRL In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Turkish Lira. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. for those in the know). Dale Earnhardt Jr. was on an episode of ``MTV Diary.'' McMurray was a presenter during a Country Music Television awards show. ``Getting to do shows like `MTV Cribs' and award shows definitely help broaden your audience,'' McMurray said. ``Hopefully this is a start of future national television projects that I will be involved in.'' Before the NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. season started, Sarah Nettinga, NASCAR's director of film, television and music entertainment, held what she called a publicity summit. She wanted to see if NASCAR drivers and teams were interested in working on television, music and film projects. ``Several teams and drivers expressed interest in being on `MTV Cribs' and `Diary,' '' Nettinga said. ``It's very collaborative.'' The opportunities to work on television projects are as plentiful as they are diverse. Animal Planet is producing a show about NASCAR drivers and their pets. The Outdoor Life Network has a series called ``NASCAR Outdoors,'' featuring NASCAR drivers fishing and hunting. The Travel Channel, National Geographic Channel
Additionally, ``NASCAR Drivers: 360'' featured the daily lives of 10 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series drivers on FX. The series is running again on Speed Channel. Nettinga is primarily the one who puts together the TV deals for the drivers. She said she got the idea for the Animal Planet show by visiting with drivers at race tracks and noticing several drivers brought their pets on the road with them. Apparently, Greg Biffle has a boxer who loves to fly on his jet. ``Fans, each one got personally connected in different ways. There are so many channels out there, we want to be on as many as we can.'' |
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