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NASCAR on television in the 1970s
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One of the earliest telecasts of a NASCAR race was the [[1960 Daytona 500]], parts of which was presented as part of ''[[CBS Sports Spectacular]]'', with announcer [[John S. Palmer|Bud Palmer]].<ref></ref>
In the ensuing years, but before 1979, there were three main sources of NASCAR telecasts:Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
*[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Wide World of Sports (US TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]'', the sports anthology program, provided coverage of select NASCAR [[Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series|Winston Cup]] races in the 1970s. In 1971, it presented a 200-lap race at [[Greenville-Pickens Speedway]] in its entirety, the first such broadcast of a NASCAR race. Throughout the 1970s, ABC presented portions of the [[Daytona 500]], [[Bojangles' Southern 500|Southern 500]], and other important races.
*In the late 1970s, ''CBS Sports Spectacular'' aired some races; like Wide World of Sports, they were taped and edited.
*''[[Car and Track]]'', a weekly auto racing show hosted by [[Bud Lindemann]], recapped all of NASCAR's top-series races in the 1960s and 1970s in a weekly 30-minute syndicated show.
[[CBS Sports]] President [[Neal Pilson]] and motor-sports editor [[Ken Squier]] believed that America would watch an entire stock car race live on television. On February 18, 1979, [[CBS]] presented the first flag-to-flag coverage of the [[1979 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]].<ref name="Daytona79"></ref> [[Richard Petty]] won NASCAR's crown-jewel race for the sixth time, but the big story was the post-race fight on the track's infield between [[Cale Yarborough]] and [[Donnie Allison]], who crashed together on the final lap while leading.<ref name="Daytona79"/> The race drew incredible ratings, in part due to the compelling action both on and off the track, and in part because a major snowstorm on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] kept millions of viewers indoors.<ref></ref>
==List of races televised==
===[[1970 NASCAR Grand National Series|1970]]===
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|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[1970 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1970 Alabama 500|Alabama 500]] (Talladega)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[First Union 400|Gwyn Staley 400]] (North Wilkesboro)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1970 Rebel 400|Rebel 400]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Ned Jarrett]]
|-
|[[1970 World 600|World 600]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Coke Zero Sugar 400|Firecracker 400]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Pepsi 420|Nashville 420]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Bojangles' Southern 500|Southern 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Tyson Holly Farms 400|Wilkes 400]] (North Wilkesboro)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1970 National 500|National 500]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|}
From 1962 to 1978, the Daytona 500 was shown on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Wide World of Sports (US TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]''.Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) During the 1960s and early 1970s, the race was filmed and an edited highlight package aired the following weekend.
During the period on ''Wide World of Sports'', the booth announcers typically served as roving pit reporters during the running of the race, as well as interviewing in victory lane. The booth commentary was recorded in [[post-production]].
===[[1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1971]]===
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|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[Gander RV Duel|Twin 125's]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1971 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Atlanta 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Greenville-Pickens Speedway|Greenville 200]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Carolina Dodge Dealers 400|Rebel 400]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1971 Winston 500|Winston 500]] (Talladega)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Coke Zero Sugar 400|Firecracker 400]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1971 Myers Brothers 250|Myers Brothers 250]] (Winston-Salem)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Bojangles' Southern 500|Southern 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1971 National 500|National 500]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|}
===[[1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1972]]===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" class=wikitable
|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[Gander RV Duel|Daytona 125]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1972 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1972 Miller High Life 500|Miller High Life 500]] (Ontario)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1972 Carolina 500|Carolina 500]] (Rockingham)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Atlanta 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Carolina Dodge Dealers 400|Rebel 400]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Donnie Allison]]
|-
|[[Coke Zero Sugar 400|Firecracker 400]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Bojangles' Southern 500|Southern 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1972 Northern 300|National 500]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|}
===[[1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1973]]===
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|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[Gander RV Duel|Twin 125's]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]] and [[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1973 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]] and [[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1973 Atlanta 500|Atlanta 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Coke Zero Sugar 400|Firecracker 400]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]] and [[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1973 Southern 500|Southern 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|}
===[[1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1974]]===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" class=wikitable
|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[Gander RV Duel|Daytona 125]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]] and [[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1974 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Keith Jackson]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]] and [[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Gander RV 400|Mason Dixon 500]] (Dover)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[1974 National 500|National 500]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|}
In [[1974 Daytona 500|1974]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] began the first semi-live coverage (joined-in-progress) of the Daytona 500. Coverage was normally timed to begin when the race was halfway over. Brief taped highlights of the start and early segments were shown, then ABC joined the race live already in progress, picking up approximately the last 90 minutes of the race. This format continued through [[1978 Daytona 500|1978]].
===[[1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1975]]===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" class=wikitable
|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[Gander RV Duel|Twin 125's]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1975 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]]
|-
|[[Atlanta 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1975 Winston 500|Winston 500]] (Talladega)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|
|-
|[[1975 World 600|World 600]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|
|-
|[[Coke Zero Sugar 400|Firecracker 400]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1975 Champion Spark Plug 400|Champion Spark Plug 400]] (Michigan)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[Johnny Rutherford]]
|-
|[[Bojangles' Southern 500|Southern 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1975 National 500|National 500]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500|Dixie 500]] (Atlanta)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[Johnny Rutherford]]
|}
===[[1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1976]]===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" class=wikitable
|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[1976 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Bill Flemming]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]]
|-
|[[Atlanta 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[Carolina Dodge Dealers 400|Rebel 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1976 Winston 500|Winston 500]] (Talladega)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|
|-
|[[1976 World 600|World 600]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|
|
|-
|[[1976 Riverside 400|Riverside 400]]
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[Richard Petty]]
|-
|[[1976 Firecracker 400|Firecracker 400]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1000Bulbs.com 500|Talladega 500]]
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[Lee Petty]]
|-
|[[1976 Champion Spark Plug 400|Champion Spark Plug 400]] (Michigan)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[Bobby Unser]] and [[Ned Jarrett]]
|-
|[[1976 Southern 500|Southern 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1976 National 500|National 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1976 Dixie 500|Dixie 500]] (Atlanta)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|
|}
The [[1976 Daytona 500]] was held on the same day of the final day of competition in the [[1976 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] (also broadcast on [[Olympics on ABC|ABC]]). ABC carried 30 minutes of live coverage of the start of the race, then switched to the Olympics for 90 minutes to carry [[broadcast delay|taped]] coverage of the final two competitive events (a [[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|cross-country ski race]] and the final runs in the [[Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics|bobsled]]), held earlier that day. Then it was back to Daytona for about an hour-and-a-half for the finish.
===[[1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1977]]===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" class=wikitable
|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[1977 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]] and [[Chris Economaki]]
|-
|[[Carolina Dodge Dealers 400|Rebel 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1977 World 600|World 600]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|
|
|-
|[[1977 NAPA National 500|National 500]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[Los Angeles Times 500|LA Times 500]] (Ontario)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]]
|}
===[[1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1978]]===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" class=wikitable
|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[Gander RV Duel|Twin 125's]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]]
|-
|[[1978 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]]
|-
|[[Atlanta 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[Carolina Dodge Dealers 400|Rebel 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1978 World 600|World 600]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|
|
|-
|[[Coke Zero Sugar 400|Firecracker 400]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1978 Southern 500|Southern 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1978 NAPA National 500|National 500]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[Los Angeles Times 500|LA Times 500]] (Ontario)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|}
===[[1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1979]]===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" class=wikitable
|-
|'''Event'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play|Lap-by-lap]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Color commentator(s)]]'''
|-
|[[Gander RV Duel|Twin 125's]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]] (shown 2/17)
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]]
|-
|[[1979 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]]
|-
|[[Atlanta 500]]
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[Carolina Dodge Dealers 400|Rebel 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|[[Jim McKay]]
|[[Jackie Stewart]]
|-
|[[1979 Gabriel 400|Gabriel 400]] (Michigan)
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|
|
|-
|[[1979 Firecracker 400|Firecracker 400]] (Daytona)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[1979 Talladega 500|Talladega 500]]
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Ken Squier]]
|[[Lee Petty]]
|-
|[[1979 Southern 500|Southern 500]] (Darlington)
|[[NASCAR on ESPN|ABC]]
|
|
|-
|[[Bank of America Roval 400|National 500]] (Charlotte)
|[[NASCAR on NBC|NBC]]
|
|
|-
|[[Los Angeles Times 500|LA Times 500]] (Ontario)
|[[NASCAR on NBC|NBC]] (shown 2/25/1979)
|[[Paul Page]]
|
|}
In [[1979 Daytona 500|1979]], [[CBS]] instituted the live "flag-to-flag" coverage policy.<ref name=nascar.com></ref><ref name=amazon></ref> The ground-breaking 1979 broadcast ushered in the 22-year run of ''[[NASCAR on CBS]]''.
During its entire run from 1979-2000, CBS also carried the [[The Clash at Daytona|Busch Clash]] (live), and in most years, carried the [[Can-Am Duel|Twin 125s]] (tape-delayed).
==See also==
*[[List of Daytona 500 broadcasters]]
*[[List of Wide World of Sports (American TV series) announcers]]
*[[List of events broadcast on Wide World of Sports (American TV series)]]
==References==
[[Category:ABC Sports]]
[[Category:CBS Sports]]
[[Category:NBC Sports]]
[[Category:Wide World of Sports (American TV series)]]
[[Category:CBS Sports Spectacular]]
[[Category:Lists of NASCAR broadcasters]]
[[Category:Sportsworld (American TV series)]]
July 22, 2019 at 03:49PM
