SportSouth Originals Production Spotlights NASCAR's Kevin Harvick
<http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/templates/P9.jhtml?itemId=cat 5890737&parentId=cat7190734&masterId=cat000059&cmCat=&view=&page=2&filte r1Type=&filter1Value=&filter2Type=&filter2Value=&filterOverride=&sort=&a ltFilter=> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2009 SPORTSOUTH ORIGINALS PRODUCTION SPOTLIGHTS NASCAR'S KEVIN HARVICK In My Own Words: Kevin Harvick Debuts Friday, July 31 at 11 p.m. ET on SportSouth SportSouth today announced the debut of its next SportSouth Originals production, In My Own Words: Kevin Harvick, a 30-minute interview special spotlighting one of the stars on the NASCAR circuit. In My Own Words: Kevin Harvick chronicles how a blue collar kid from Bakersfield, California, who began racing go-karts at an early age, developed his passion for cars into a successful NASCAR career. Harvick discusses the emotions and challenges he faced in 2001 after he was tabbed as racing legend Dale Earnhardt's successor following Earnhardt's tragic death, what it felt like to win his first Sprint Cup Series race just three weeks later, and the elation of winning the 2007 Daytona 500 by .020 seconds over Mark Martin. In My Own Words: Kevin Harvick debuts on Friday, July 31 at 11 p.m. ET and has additional airings on August 1 at 1 p.m. ET, August 2 at 11:30 a.m. ET, August 16 at 7 p.m. ET and August 22 at 7 p.m. ET. On taking over the Goodwrench Car after Dale Earnhardt's death in 2001 * "There were a lot of things that went into 2001. They gave me the opportunity to not drive the car, but as a company that's what RCR (Richard Childress Racing) needed, they needed somebody to fill those shoes. Not that I would ever fill the shoes, but they needed somebody to drive the car. They needed somebody to go out and win races. Fortunately, we were able to do that and the company is where it is today." On winning his first race * "You can't win your first race more than once and to win it in our third start was something that was a pretty memorable day. I have to go back and watch it because there are so many things that were happening and things were happening so fast in the first three weeks of the season...I always have to wind up doing things in dramatic fashion, but I think we won the race by about six inches over Jeff Gordon...Winning that race so fast was something that really held us together as a race team." On the emotions that come with racing * "That's what makes our sport great, is that people get to see the real emotion and you don't have time to cover that up after the race. You can control it the best that you can, but you still have that adrenaline flowing and the emotions are still pretty high." On winning the 2007 Daytona 500 * "Mark Martin is one of the greatest figures our sport has ever seen and to be able to win the Daytona 500 racing against him and just how close it was and everything, how it played out, is pretty neat. To win our sport's biggest race is something that's an accomplishment for our organization, but to experience everything that comes with that and to really understand what the previous Daytona 500 champions are talking about...everything is different, everything is bigger." SportSouth has created appointment viewing for its SportSouth Originals franchise. A two-hour block of SportSouth Originals begins every Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET and includes programs such as Under the Lights; In My Own Words; Spotlight; At Home and Straight Up. In the past two years, the regional sports networks serving the Southeast and SportSouth have received 14 Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Southeast Chapter, seven of which were awarded to the Original Programming team. The regional sports networks serving the Southeast - FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Carolinas and FOX Sports Tennessee - collectively reach more than 12.6 million cable and satellite television households in seven states in the Southeast and are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies and the Nashville Predators, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference. SportSouth reaches more than 9.4 million homes in six Southeastern states and is the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Thrashers and Southern Conference. SportSouth also offers expanded coverage of the University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events each year. -###-