New NASCAR Grand National Division Show Launches!
March 29, 2007

 

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After a year in the making, Showdown officially debuted on www.nascarlocalracing.com.

Covering the NASCAR Grand National Division, East and West Series, Showdown is an audio webcast streamed from the website, and will broadcast each race week during the entire NGND season with 16 shows in all. Simply click on the Showdown logo located on the home page as well as on all interior pages … it's worth a listen.

A new era in this website's development

Showdown is comprised of three main interview segments that will explore topical issues, issues that effect teams, sponsors and fans. This inaugural program will focus on the spec engine and composite bodies, providing a first hand view from NASCAR officials on why they made these changes and their expectations regarding the changes.

The premier show's guests are Dick Berggren from Speedway Illustrated Magazine, providing a colorful history of the series and its future, and thoughts on the spec engine and composite body. Richard Buck, NASCAR's head of R&D for the series, who will discuss the spec engine and composite body in detail, and why NASCAR elected to introduce new technologies into the series, and Jason Christley, NASCAR's Manager of Communications for the series.

According to D. Russell Capasso, Executive Producer, "Showdown has been a year in the making. Much trial and error with format changes, interview styles, topics worthy of covering, coupled with finding the right host, which we have in Kim Hart, veteran broadcaster and MRN pit announcer for the Craftsman Truck and Busch Series. It's been exciting to say the least."

The idea behind Showdown

The simple answer: to provide a multimedia dimension to the website to enhance our viewers' experience with the various series the site covers. In addition to audio, this year we'll be including more video interviews, for example, and are currently working on a live leader board for NGND events. The NGND was selected because of the many changes going on in the series and the importance NASCAR is placing on the series, particularly with respect to it becoming a more nationally-recognized series.