Did Anyone Catch The Banquet Award Show that Never Was?

Hey all, so who got to watch the NASCAR 2013 Award Banquet that aired live on Fox Sports 2?

Well it wasn't me, that's for sure.

Last Friday night was the 2013 season NASCAR Awards banquet from Las Vegas.  Admittedly, I can't sit through the entire event.  They try their best, but the show usually tests my patience on various levels.  But regardless, I have always tuned in every year, if even for a little bit, to catch the goings-on of the show.

And like any other year, that's what I tried doing.

Except with SPEED having been converted to Fox Sports, things have been a little different this season.  Including my higher level of withdrawal from my NASCAR fix on TV.  But hey, at least it still has a TV venue.

But last Friday, when I went looking for the telecast, it seems that I could not, for the life of me, find Fox Sports 2 on my Comcast cable lineup.  Anywhere.  I'm sure I just didn't look in the right spots.  I can't imagine it's not somewhere in my channel lineup.

Sigh...  another bit of missing coverage to add to my NASCAR TV anxiety attack!

Well, it's the off season.  Teams are testing and prepping for the 2014 Daytona 500 and hence, my anxiety levels should be returning to normal, as they expect little or no TV coverage this time of year.

The Daytona 500 will take place on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014.  At least that should still be on TV.  Right?

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2007 NASCAR Awards Ceremony

I just got done watching the 2007 awards banquet on tape.
Yes, I'm either that slow, or that busy.

Thank you Dr Jerry Punch.
A perfectly delivered announcing task.

Thank you to all the guys in NASCAR, drivers, crews, even the governing body.

Thank you to the VCR gods for the invention of the VCR.
I don't think I could have sat through the whole show at real time speed.

The drivers seems reserved, or constrained. (I heard rumor NASCAR was putting reigns on their energetic possibilities!)

I think they even put a damper on Kelly Clarkson who normally likes bouncing and jumping around on stage while she sings, but not at this show.

I don't know who the woman is who announced each driver, but her drawl drove me batty and I literally thanked the VCR gods.


David Spade. I thought that with some fresh comedy blood in the mix, the comedy would be a nice mix of different, but it seemed like who ever wrote his skits, wrote all the skits for the previous NASCAR banquet years and I cringed for David during his delivery.

I liked Jeff Gordon looking more human than normal as he teared up thinking about is little baby. I liked the twist up of the supporting wife role when Tony Stewart had to extol the virtues of his crew chief.

Well, that officially closed the 2007 season for me.. on to 2008 Sprint Cup season in February. According to my clock, I've got 72 days until the Daytona 500!!