Fox Sports Media Group has announced that it had extended its TV rights deal with Nascar through 2022. While most of the contract stays the same (first 13 races for Cup, the entire Truck schedule), here's a few changes both parties agreed to:
--Nascar will work to find more random out-of-the-way places to put Jeff Hammond during the pre-race.
--Rick Allen and Phil Parsons will be allowed to pursue their dream of forming a progressive-rock band, The Allen-Parsons Project.
--The 33% increase in rights fees will be paid for by fining Darrell Waltrip $50 for every time he says "Kenseths".
--Fox will still be able to farm out its crew for TNT's "Summer Series", where they can join an NBC Sports import who must have some VERY compromising pictures of Ted Turner.
--Pre-race coverage will be expanded to three hours to accommodate Michael Waltrip's sponsor plugs.
--Nascar's Hall of Fame will allow Mike Joy to campaign for Kevin LePage's induction.