Comments as Seen and Heard on ESPN2's NASCAR Countdown from Memphis Motorsports Park

October 27, 2007 -- On Saturday afternoon, ESPN2 continued its season-long coverage of the NASCAR Busch Series with live racing from Memphis Motorsports Park in Tennessee. The telecast of the 250-lap race began at 3 p.m. ET with NASCAR Countdown on ESPN Classic. Some NASCAR Countdown highlights:

Rookie Chase Austin is Just Second African-American to Make Busch Series Start

CHASE AUSTIN (to ESPN’s Shannon Spake) – "Qualifying’s not my strong suit, so watching those jet dryers go out and then going out first really wasn’t a good feeling for me. We lucked out and got it by six-hundredths of a second. My stomach was in knots after that, but I’m just glad we qualified and we’ve got a good car for the race."

1989 NASCAR CUP CHAMPION AND ESPN ANALYST RUSTY WALLACE – “We found Chase Austin, this is a kid I really believe in. Randy, you’ve watched him race a little bit. This guy knows how to stand on the throttle, and I really believe he’s going to be around for a long time.”

TWO-TIME NASCAR BUSCH SERIES CHAMPION AND ESPN ANALYST RANDY LAJOIE – “He doesn’t do anything to hurt himself, that’s one of the things that I’ve noticed throughout his Busch East career this year. He doesn’t do anything to take himself out of a race.”

IndyCar Series Champion Dario Franchitti Also a Rookie at Memphis

ESPN'S VINCE WELCH – "He makes his Busch Series debut today. He's the 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner and the IndyCar Series champion, and this is his first time at Memphis. He says that racing a stock car here is like going to Richmond with an IndyCar on steroids. That alone should make it fun to watch today."

About NASCAR on ESPN:

ESPN and ESPN on ABC has comprehensive, multi-platform coverage featuring telecasts of the final 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races, including the 10-race “Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup” championship on ESPN on ABC. Additionally, ESPN2 is the home of the NASCAR Busch Series all season. For the first time in the history of televised motorsports, all programming is produced totally in High Definition. ESPN’s comprehensive, multimedia NASCAR coverage extends to ESPN.com, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes Radio, SportsCenter, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPNRadio, ESPN360.com and ESPN International, among other ESPN platforms. ESPN aired 262 NASCAR Cup Races over a 20-year period starting in 1981. The network's award-winning, live flag-to-flag coverage on ESPN was honored with 17 Sports Emmy Awards, as well as many industry honors. It is widely credited for helping to popularize the sport nationwide. NASCAR races have appeared on ABC for decades, beginning with broadcasts on the award-winning Wide World of Sports program in the 1960s.

Source: ESPN

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