Fourth Season of NASCAR AMERICA Kicks Off Tonight on NBC Sports

With the Daytona 500 less than two weeks away, the fourth season of NASCAR AMERICA premieres tonight at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN, highlighted by live and in-depth coverage of the storylines, personnel, team changes, and format enhancements impacting the upcoming 2017 NASCAR season.

Featuring unprecedented race team access, NASCAR AMERICA will include extensive Daytona 500 race preview coverage of all Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and XFINITY Series teams. In addition, the show will break down and analyze NASCAR's new stage-based race format and playoff-point enhancements for the 2017 season, and feature conversations with the top drivers in the sport about their views on the strategic adjustments.

Carolyn Manno (@Carolynmanno) hosts NASCAR AMERICA this week from Stamford, Conn., alongside Hall of Fame driver Dale Jarrett (@DaleJarrett) and analyst Parker Kligerman. "Mayor" of NASCAR Jeff Burton (@JeffBurton), Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte (@SteveLetarte), auto racing icon Kyle Petty (@KylePetty), as well as NASCAR on NBC reporters Marty Snider (@HeyMartySnider) and Dave Burns (@TVDaveBurns) will contribute throughout the week from the NASCAR on NBC studio in Charlotte, N.C., and Burton's Garage in Huntersville, N.C.

On Monday, February 27 - the day after this year's Daytona 500 - NBC Sports will debut Monday Morning Donuts, a new weekly NASCAR podcast hosted by Carolyn Manno and Parker Kligerman.

Available each Monday, the show will break down all the disputes, crashes and storylines from the previous weekend's race.

Monday Morning Donuts joins NBC Sports' existing weekly motorsports podcast, the NASCAR on NBC podcast with Nate Ryan. Monday Morning Donuts will be available on NASCAR Talk and iTunes.

Chad Knaus, crew chief for 2016 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports' No. 48 team, joins Nate Ryan (@nateryan) on this week's NASCAR on NBC podcast. Coming off of his storybook win last November at the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Knaus joins Ryan to discuss his love of cycling, his future as a crew chief and what it is like being the only crew chief Jimmie Johnson has had for all of his record-tying seven Championships.

The NASCAR on NBC podcast is available each Wednesday on NASCAR Talk, iTunes, AudioBoom, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher and podcasting apps. For more info click here.

In advance of the start of the 2017 season, NBCSports.com will add new weekly features to NASCAR Talk, its NASCAR news, video and scoring site.

Each Tuesday, following the season kick off in Daytona, NASCAR Talk writers Nate Ryan, Dustin Long (@dustinlong), Daniel McFadin (@danielmcfadin), Jerry Bonkowski (@JerryBonkowski) and NASCAR on NBC analysts will contribute to a weekly roundtable feature entitled Bump & Run, which will break down the previous weekend's race news and big events.

Dustin Long's weekly column, Upon Further Review, will run each Tuesday presenting a deep dive analysis of key factors from the previous weekend's race. In addition, McFadin will post weekly interviews and features each Thursday with the biggest names and newsmakers in the XFINITY Series. NASCAR Talk is the home the latest NASCAR news, storylines, analysis and bold predictions during the NASCAR season, with new content and interviews posted each day.

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