FOX announces Cup drivers as guest analysts – Nascar

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FOX Sports announced additions to its driver-analyst lineup for the 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series, giving Chase Elliott and Jamie McMurray one race each in the booth this season.

The two newcomers join returning guest analysts Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano as Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers lending their voices to XFINITY Series broadcasts.

Elliott, the Sunoco Rookie of the Year in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series last season, will help call the action March 4 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his home state of Georgia. McMurray, a former Daytona 500 winner, will join Adam Alexander and Michael Waltrip in the FOX booth for the series’ March 11 stop at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Harvick, who earned high marks for his guest commentary on XFINITY telecasts the last two years, will have the biggest workload among the group. He’ll be in the booth for five races, beginning with the season-opening PowerShares QQQ 300 (Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Daytona International Speedway. Harvick is also planning to serve as guest analyst for three events in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this year.

Team Penske teammates Keselowski and Logano have been tapped for two races each. FOX Sports indicated that guest analysts for three races would be determined later in the season.

The network previously announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would serve as guest commentator in the Feb. 18 Advance Auto Parts Clash (8 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM), a non-points exhibition for a select field of Monster Energy Cup Series drivers.

* indicates a non-XFINITY Series race