Starting In Atlanta, FOX To Air Hour Long “Fast Friday” Programming Each Week For NASCAR, Not Airing Morning Practices

NASCAR heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend for the second race of the MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES season, on Sunday, Feb. 24 (2:00 PM ET on FOX), and a unique NASCAR XFINITY SERIES/NASCAR GANDER OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 23 (2:00 PM ET & 4:30 PM ET on FS1). 

To offer NASCAR fans a consistent start time for Friday programming in 2019, FOX Sports is featuring a multi-hour block of Fast Friday programming each race weekend, beginning Friday, Feb. 22 from Atlanta. Delivering highlights of the morning and early afternoon on-track activity, news and feature content, along with practice updates, Fast Friday begins each week at 3:00 PM ET and includes live coverage of MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES qualifying. All Friday MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES practice sessions taking place prior to the 3:00 PM ET window are offered via live streaming on NASCAR.com at https://www.nascar.com/live in 2019.

The following practices will be streamed live from Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday on https://www.nascar.com/live

  • MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES practice 1 (11:30 AM-1:00 PM ET)
  • NASCAR XFINITY SERIES practice 1 (1:00-2:00 PM ET)
  • NASCAR GANDER OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES practice 1 (2:00-3:00 PM ET)

Anchoring Fast Friday for FOX NASCAR this weekend is new studio host Sara Walsh, making her on-air debut from the new virtual studio alongside analysts Jamie McMurray and Ricky Craven.

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