Just in case you were cruising the web looking for a few TV telecast dates, here’s some info from NBC on the 2012 Super Bowl TV schedule and (like totally related… or not) NASCAR’s Daytona 500 telecast date:
SPECIAL SUPER BOWL EDITION OF “NFL TURNING POINT” AIRS THURSDAY AT 10 P.M. ET ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK
Final Episode examines Turning Point of the season for Giants and Patriots and Turning Points that shaped season for other teams
Bill Belichick and Eli Manning also featured in Final Episode
Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison to Conclude Program with Super Bowl XLVI Quarterback Analysis
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On NBC (All Times are Eastern):
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.: ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL (live)
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During Speed Weeks at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR prepares for the 2011 Daytona 500. In the meantime, the repaving of the venerable restrictor plate track took place in the off-season and this new flat surface, along with the new configurations of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars has made for a very fast track and twitchy drafting issues.
Looking towards the 2011 Daytona 500, there are a lot of contributing factors to the new speeds and what would seem to be a very jumpy draft equation. One being that the splitters have been covered prior to the season so that grass plowing doesn’t take out a front end. But when Kasey Kahne hit 206 mph in the draft, NASCAR stepped in to slow the cars down.
To slow the car packs down, NASCAR stepped in and added coolant release valves to the engines set at 33 PSI so they can’t draft for too long a period of time. That and they reduced the restrictor plate opening.
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