Production
Each broadcast begins with NASCAR Countdown, ESPN's pre-race show. Using a mobile pit studio similar to FOX's Hollywood Hotel, the pre-race is typically led by host Nicole Briscoe with Brad Daugherty and Rusty Wallace. Daugherty and Wallace may be absent for weekends of Nationwide-only races, and Wallace occasionally moves to the broadcast booth for Nationwide races. The studio is not used at Nationwide races where ESPN is responsible for both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races at two different tracks. The studio has not been used at Road America events where ESPN has brought a skeleton crew since the race is ESPN's only broadcast of the weekend due to the Little League World Series. The pre-race show is 30 minutes for Nationwide races and an hour for Sprint Cup races. Cuts to commercials see a plastic NASCAR Countdown logo in city attractions outside the track.
Practice and qualifying session broadcasts also originate from the studio and drivers will occasionally enter the studio during qualifying to preview their runs. Sprint Cup drivers have also been seen in the booth to commentate on Nationwide races.
All races are presented in high-definition, and all cameras, including those in the race cars, are capable of sending out HD pictures. Starting in 2011, in-car cameras are able to provide two camera angles instead of just one.
At the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on April 20, 2007, NASCAR on ESPN unveiled a new feature, "Full Throttle". In this feature, which takes place on one restart a race, the audio is provided by various team communications between drivers, crew chiefs, and spotters, similar to Fox's "Crank it Up". Typically, this lasts for about one lap. This frequency has been reduced from its earlier use, and was not seen at all in 2011.
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