NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM, the
Official Satellite Radio Partner of NASCAR, will offer listeners
comprehensive coverage of the 57th running of the
DAYTONA 500, with the live race broadcast, multiple channels
carrying in-car audio from some of the sport's top drivers, and
daily coverage from Daytona International Speedway on SiriusXM
NASCAR Radio (channel 90).
On Sunday, February 22, DAYTONA
500 race day, SiriusXM will start broadcasting live at 7:00 a.m. ET and will offer listeners a full day
of live coverage from the speedway. Subscribers will have access to
all the action on the track during "The Great American Race", which
starts at 1:00 p.m. ET, plus full
pre- and post-race coverage with expert analysis, reports from pit
road and the garages, driver introductions and interviews with the
race winner and other drivers.
SiriusXM will also offer additional Driver2Crew
ChatterTM channels that will carry the in-car audio of
several drivers as they compete in the DAYTONA 500. Drivers
featured will include reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion
Kevin Harvick, 2014 DAYTONA
500 winner Dale Earnhardt
Jr., 2015 Coors Light Pole winner Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Brad
Keselowski, Carl
Edwards, Denny
Hamlin and others.
SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will also provide live coverage of the
Budweiser Duel, the 150-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
qualifying races, on Thursday, Feb.
19 (6:00 p.m. ET), the
NextEra Energy Resources 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series race on Friday, Feb. 20
(7:30 p.m. ET), and the Alert
Today Florida 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race on Saturday, Feb. 21 (3:00
p.m. ET).
Each day leading up to the DAYTONA 500 fans will get
up-to-the-moment news, analysis and interviews with drivers, owners
and crew members on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, which will broadcast
live from Daytona every day. Throughout the season, SiriusXM NASCAR
Radio features a roster of expert hosts that includes Hall of Famer
Buddy Baker, former NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series Champion Mike
Skinner, National Motorsports Press Association
Award-winning hosts Mike Bagley,
Claire B. Lang, Dave Moody and Pete
Pistone, plus Danny "Chocolate" Myers, Pat Patterson, Jim
Noble, Angie Skinner,
Brad Gillie and Lee Spencer.
On Monday, Feb. 23, on The
Morning Drive, hosts Bagley and Pistone will be joined live by
the 2015 DAYTONA 500 champion driver.
As the Official Satellite Radio Partner of NASCAR, SiriusXM
broadcasts every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series
and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race live. For more info on
SiriusXM NASCAR Radio please visit www.siriusxm.com/nascar.
About SiriusXM
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