Preceding all NASCAR race telecasts on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN on ABC is an opportunity to see TV lighting history. ESPN's NASCAR Countdown studio show will originate from one of the most technologically advanced traveling studios ever used in sports television. The mobile pit studio, which weighs nearly 78,000 pounds and will travel to 26 NASCAR tracks this season, has been entirely outfitted with state-of-the-art LED lighting. Situated near the pits at every track, the studio elevates 14-feet while in use and has 30 feet of glass windows along the one side giving viewers a look at the cars, grandstands, and pageantry prior to the start of the race. "ESPN and ESPN on ABC's coverage of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and NASCAR Busch Series will be the most technologically advanced programming in the history of televised motor sports," according to Jed Drake, senior vice president and executive producer for ESPN.
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