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The 1994 Brickyard 400 broadcast was billed as "A Special Presentation
of ABC Sports," and technically did not fall under the moniker of
"Wide World of Sports."

Starting with the 1995 Indianapolis 500, ABC Sports started billing
their races at Indy under the WWOS banner (that is, of course, not
including 1965-1970). The 1995 BY400 shifted to tape delay on ESPN, so
the first BY400 to be a WWOS presentation would be the 1996 race.

That means that the "first...since" NASCAR race to be a WWOS
presenation might have been the 1995 or 1996 spring race at Atlanta
(Purolator 500)

It is also worth noting that the first permanent "score bug" used on
ABC for perhaps ANY sport broadcast was during the 1994 Purolator 500
(spring race) at Atlanta. It was a transparent digit counting down the
number of laps left in the race. It was used 2 months later during the
Indianapolis 500 (with a different font), then again at the 1994
BY400.

Here is additional information about the Brickyard 400 on television
(ABC/ESPN era)

June 1992
IMS NASCAR "Tire Test"
-ESPN "Speedweek" Special (Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Dr. Jerry
Punch)

August 1993
IMS NASCAR "Tire Test"
-ESPN "Speedweek" Special (Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Dr. Jerry
Punch)
-During the test, ABC was announced as the television partner for the
1994 BY400, signing an initial 2-year deal.

1994
"Road to the Brickyard" ESPN (multi-part special covering the weeks
leading up to the race, including testing)
Thursday Pole Day Time Trials- ESPN (Paul Page-host, Bob Jenkins,
Benny Parsons, Jack Arute, Dr. Jerry Punch, Gary Gerould)
Friday Second Day Time Trials- ESPN2 (same announcers)
Friday "happy Hour" Practice- ESPN2 (same announcers)
Saturday Pre-race special- 1 hour on ESPN (same announcers)
Saturday Race Day- ABC (same announcers)

1995
"Road to the Brickyard" ESPN (multi-part special covering the weeks
leading up to the race, including testing)
Wednesday Practice- ESPN2 "The Deuce" coverage
Thursday Pole Day Time Trials- ESPN (Paul Page-host, Bob Jenkins,
Benny Parsons, Jack Arute, Dr. Jerry Punch, Gary Gerould)
Friday Second Day Time Trials- ESPN2...rained out (same announcers)
Friday "Happy Hour" Practice- ESPN2 (same announcers)
Saturday Pre-race special- 1 hour on ESPN (same announcers)
Saturday Race Day- ABC live rainout coverage (same announcers)..showed
rerun of '94 race
Sunday Race Day- Tape Delay on ESPN (same announcers)

1996
Wednesday Practice- ESPN2
Thursday/Friday Time Trials- ESPN/ESPN2 (Paul Page-host, Bob Jenkins,
Benny Parsons, Danny Sullivan, Jack Arute, Dr. Jerry Punch, Gary
Gerould)
Friday "Happy Hour" Practice- ESPN2 (same announcers)
Saturday Pre-race special- 1 hour on ESPN (same announcers)
Saturday Race Day- ABC live coverage (same announcers)

1997
Wednesday Practice- ESPN2
Thursday/Friday Time Trials- ESPN/ESPN2 (Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons,
Jack Arute, Dr. Jerry Punch, Bill Weber)
Friday "Happy Hour" Practice- ESPN2 (same announcers)
Saturday Pre-race special- 1 hour on ESPN (same announcers)
Saturday Race Day- ABC live coverage (same announcers, Robin Roberts
was the WWOS studio host)

1998
Wednesday Practice- ESPN2
Thursday/Friday Time Trials- ESPN/ESPN2 (Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons,
Jack Arute, Dr. Jerry Punch, Bill Weber)
Friday "Happy Hour" Practice- ESPN2 (same announcers)
Saturday Pre-race special- 1 hour on ESPN (same announcers)
Saturday Race Day- ABC live coverage (same announcers, Brent Musberger
was the WWOS studio host)

1999
Thursday/Friday Time Trials- ESPN/ESPN2 (Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons,
Dr. Jerry Punch, Bill Weber, Ray Dunlap)
Friday "Happy Hour" Practice- ESPN2 (same announcers)
Saturday Pre-race special- 1 hour on ESPN (same announcers)
Saturday Race Day- ABC live coverage (same announcers, Brent Musberger
was the WWOS studio host)

2000
Thursday/Friday Time Trials- ESPN2 (Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Dr.
Jerry Punch, Bill Weber, Ray Dunlap)
Friday "Happy Hour" Practice- ESPN (same announcers)
Saturday Pre-race special- 1 hour on ESPN (same announcers)
Saturday Race Day- ABC live coverage (same announcers, Brent Musberger
was the WWOS studio host)

More on the Brickyard 400 (NBC/TNT era)

2001
Saturday qualifying- TNT (Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally
Dallenbach, Jr., Bill Weber, Dave Burns, Marty Snider, Matt Yocum)
Saturday "Happy Hour" Practice- CNN/SI (same announcers)
Sunday race day- NBC (same announcers)

2002-2004
Saturday qualifying- TNT (Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally
Dallenbach, Jr., Bill Weber, Dave Burns, Marty Snider, Matt Yocum)
Saturday "Happy Hour" Practice- SPEED (same announcers)
Sunday race day- NBC (same announcers)

2005-2006
Saturday qualifying- TNT (Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach,
Jr., Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Marty Snider, Matt Yocum)
Saturday "Happy Hour" Practice- SPEED (same announcers)
Sunday race day- NBC (same announcers)

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