The time has almost come for USA Sports to take over the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, and the broadcast partner is setting the stage by revealing the lineup of on-air personalities.
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TNT Sports will broadcast one more Cup Series race, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, before turning over the reins. USA Sports, operating under the umbrella of Versant Media, will then take over for the final 14 races of the season.
Although the team will provide a familiar feel to those who watched NBC Sports' coverage the last two seasons.
The booth will continue to feature Leigh Diffey as the play-by-play man. Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte will join him while working as analysts, the roles they held alongside Diffey the last two seasons.
The pit box will feature Marty Snider as the host once again during the pre- and post-race shows. He will work with Dale Jarrett and Brad Daugherty each week while driver guests will join throughout the 14 weeks.
Snider will also work as one of the pit reporters during the Cup Series races, a role quite familiar to him. He will continue working with Dave Burns and Kim Coon as they make their way back onto pit road.
The broadcast team for the USA Sports part of the schedule (Iowa through the end of the season). pic.twitter.com/5OFndGmlDE
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Additionally, Trevor Bayne will join the USA Sports lineup for the first time. He worked as a pit reporter during Prime Video's portion of the season, which USA Sports produced, and he will do so yet again starting with Iowa Speedway on Aug. 9.
Bayne will also take on a unique role as part of this move to the Versant Media umbrella. He will become the first-ever "Pace Car Analyst."
"We are very proud to let everybody know with the help of Elton Sawyer and NASCAR, that for the first time ever in NASCAR's history, we will have a pace car analyst," Jeff Behnke, Senior Vice President of Sports Production, told media members on Wednesday.
"We will have...Trevor Bayne will be live at select races reporting live from inside of the pace car. ...More to come on that, but having Trevor live inside of a pace car at select races, we think, is going to be really game-changing and really create some new experiences for the fans."
The first USA Sports race will take place at Iowa Speedway on Aug. 9. The TV partner will cover the final 14 races of the season. Ten of these races will air on USA Network. Daytona on Aug. 29, Talladega on Oct. 25, Martinsville on Nov. 1, and Homestead-Miami on Nov. 8 will air on NBC.
