Another FOX Blunder – NASCAR Community Gives Up on the Broadcasting After Being Disappointed Yet Again

With the 2024 NASCAR season running at ‘Full Speed,’ so are FOX Sport’s recurrent broadcast struggles for the world’s premier stock car racing experience. This year kicked off the broadcast giants’ split schedule with controversial coverage of the Busch Clash at the Coliseum, followed by an advertisement-ridden experience in the following seven Cup races till now.

Although the top tier of NASCAR has seen its occasional TV slips, time and again, the other two National Series spectacles seem to bear the brunt of FOX’s below-average NASCAR programming. As a result, the community is not impressed halfway to Martinsville.

FOX on the fast track to fan frustrations in NASCAR

The Long John Silver’s Truck race qualifiers at Virginia’s half mile of mayhem saw another one of FOX’s broadcast blunders. As Christian Eckes (P2) and Ty Majeski (P1) secured the front row, a confusing, to say the least, infographic on FS1 had a “lot to unpack,” as Twitter user @nyooooom13 rightfully shared from their handle.

One NASCAR fan sarcastically replied, “Stephen Mallozzi, P3, my goat”. The 23-year-old New Jersey Truck racer did not enter this year’s CTS race at Martinsville. Some other notable misses in the frame included Cup series star Ty Gibbs’ #19 JGR Supra, and JRM’s Xfinity aspirant, #9 Brandon Jones. Both drivers have not competed in the Truck Series in three long years. Interestingly, in the 2023 Xfinity Series ROTY, Sammy Smith’s name came up twice, although one of these entries sported his #18 Xfinity scheme with JGR from last year. 

The mistakes garnered significant attention as another user titled @Sl1cedM3lon posted a similar picture with the controversial element of the moment. He had some choice words for FOX’s issue: “How could FOX possibly butcher a graphic this bad. Half of these drivers aren’t even attempting the race.” Nevertheless, this post had one fan hilariously pointing out in the comments, “The goat Sammy racing two cars at once.”

But as FOX prepares for even more sports coverage expansions all across the world, this comment held some controversial sentiments, referencing rumors of an IndyCar broadcast rights acquisition making rounds of the internet lately. “I hope @IndyCar takes notice of this and keeps @MotorsportsNBC.”

Meanwhile, NBC faces its own problems

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With the announcement of new-school streaming giants, namely Amazon Prime and Warner Bros. Discovery, taking over for ten race programs in the middle of the 2025 NASCAR season, NBC, as well as FOX, have negotiated a groundbreaking 7.7-billion-dollar contract to telecast 14 races each for the next 7 seasons of stock car racing’s premier viewership experience. This confirmed look into the near future had some fans exclaiming regretfully, “7 more years of this!” 

Fans have been fuming over the constant on-air debacles, and with good reason. Last month at Daytona, RFK Racing’s part-time Cup Series hopeful, David Ragan’s nameplate graphic on FS1 continuously displayed the #60 driver with a Chevrolet logo on top of the number. Ford Performance has been RFK’s primary chassis builder since its Roush Yates days, and the #60 car is a Mustang Dark Horse. The fans took notice of this seemingly harmless mistake at the sport’s biggest event, the Daytona 500.

NBC, on the other hand, seems to be facing its own problems in the booth, as Dale Jr’s relatable, decade-long commentary run comes to an end at the end of the 2024 season. Arguably NBC’s most popular voice for NASCAR coverage, Junior’s departure was followed by another member from NBC, the ever-entertaining Rick Allen.

Leigh Diffey, an IndyCar veteran announcer, will replace Allen in the booth on June 30th. The broadcast spectrum in just the second month of the NASCAR season does look confusing, but the fans have been the most affected by all the heat lately.

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