[steveegg]

Rest of the daily dose of Jayski -

• The TV deal is OFFICIAL, starts in 2007, runs through 2014 (explanation partially courtesy Speed)-
  • Fox (no mention of FX) gets the Bud Shootout, the first 13 points Cup races, some of the qualifying (presumably for its races, and this includes the actual qualifying for the Daytona 500/Gatorade Duels), and 2 Truck races.
  • Speed keeps the other Truck races, qualifying and practices for some Cup races (presumably for the Fox and TNT portions of the schedule), and gets the Gatorade Duels and the Open/All-Star Challenge.
  • TNT gets Cup races 13-19
  • ABC/ESPN get the last 17 Cup races (with the entire Chase on ABC), the entire Busch series (mostly on ESPN/ESPN2, with at least 4 races on ABC), and qualifying/practice for both series on ESPN/ESPN2 (I doubt they'll share the qualifying/practice for their part of the schedule with Speed).

• Crash will continue to use DEI engines until Menard makes some more.
• #77 news - there should be an official announcement soon.

[WestCoastGal]

We're gonna need a road map to figure out which channel to watch!

[WestCoastGal]

I'm not sure if we knew this or not, I've lost track.

Roy McCauley, who won six races with Ryan Newman in the Busch Series in 2005, is expected to serve as crew chief for Kurt Busch on the No. 2 car.

Also, just read what was supposed to be a Q&A about ESPN coverage where they said no side by side coverage during commercials because of the cost of televising Nascar. :( Rumor, though that they may cover last 30 minutes without commercials. I'm still trying to verify the info.