For the 26th consecutive year, the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Awards Ceremony is coming to the famed Waldorf=Astoria hotel in New York City. This year’s event is set for Friday night, Dec. 1 and, as always that will culminate a full week of activities for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion, and an entourage of other titlists – from the NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the NASCAR Autozone Elite Divisions and the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series.

From a media standpoint, there are a variety of opportunities, starting with a third-year event that has quickly become perhaps THE highlight of NASCAR’s yearly week in Manhattan – Victory Lap, when the 10 drivers who competed in the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup jump behind the wheels of show cars and provide a colorful – and raucous – parade through Midtown.

This year’s Victory Lap is set for Wednesday, Nov. 29, starting at 8:30 a.m. in front of Good Morning America’s Time Square studios on 44th Street and Broadway. Victory Lap ends approximately a half-hour later at the ESPN Zone in Times Square, at 42nd and Broadway. Following will be a media availability session from 9:30-10:30 with drivers.

Moving on…NASCAR’s annual luncheon for New York and Northeast media is again slated for the renowned 21 Club on Wednesday afternoon from 12:30-2:30 p.m.
On Thursday, Nov. 30, the NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon will be held at Cipriani’s Restaurant, which for the first time will be a combination of two long-running previous events.

For a number of years, NASCAR held an annual press conference on Thursday afternoon of Champions Week, featuring the top-10 drivers and a “state of the sport” theme, while the NMPA (National Motorsports Press Association) had its annual Myers Brothers Breakfast on Friday morning, where a variety of year-end awards were presented.(NASCAR PR)(11-17-2006)

I wonder who will get raked overthe coals this year for not showing up.

Cool! Thanks for sharing Court!

I'm going to the Victory lap!! :na I can't wait!

I'm tempted to go, but my Cruiser took a dump on me and I have no car. Damn it I could go to because I'm on vacation then. :bam

Do you have any Greyhound stations near where you live? That's what I'm taking.

Man I have class and Regis and Kelly and GMA always shows it :(

:( I really wish I could go but I have school.

ACK.. I wish I would go, that would be awesome.

Who's hosting the banquet? Anyone know?

Thanks for the info!

Court... time to get the magic carpet warmed up! We got some travling to do :lmbo

I wish I could go but alas... hopefully some of you get the chance (as some have already said they are going) and you take fantabulous pictures and share them with us! :)

It is at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel

I work in Manhattan. (37th St. and 7th Ave.) I plan on sneaking over to Times Square to catch a glimpse of Kasey.... :rolleyes: (Don't tell my boss...)

dont have my schedule for next week yet....eh i usually don't go in till 10-12 anyways, so works for me lol

party in NY!

Someone mentioned Jay Mohr, or however he spells his name, being a special guest, so perhaps he'll be hosting again... Jewel will be a musical guest.

Sounds like its time for a playing "hookey" day. All I have to do is hop on a tranist train and I'll be there in an hour.

I guess Jay is hosting. I can't remember where I heard it.

this was on klub kahne:

Well, TNT just said that they would be showing the Nextel Cup Awards Banquet, on Friday, December 1st, 2006, at 9:00 PM Eastern Time. Just wanted to post this, for those of you who didn't catch that. I'm not sure if it was Posted before, and if it was, Ignore this. LoL

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the speed channel will have their "red carpet" edition of the awards show before the awards show I believe it starts 2 hours before the banquet.
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NBC will be showing it on December 3rd

And I heard that Jewel is going to sing at it

I heard that too

:clap I am so happy that they are showing it on NBC!! I haven't seen it on tv in so long!! I'm really excited to see it.

Thanks for posting!

If NBC's is anything like last year, it won't show everything.. it'll just show a few seconds of the speeches and some other stuff

:grrrr Well, I hope they don't eat up half the show with commercials!

I agree. I hope they do show most of the banquet!!

its usually only an hour long on NBC its just clips

:( that sucks but at least it's better than not seeing anything at all

Champions Week in New York City schedule:

MONDAY, November 27th:

7 a.m.: NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Pit Stop Tour
Locations:


Military Island-Times Square
Bryant Park-6th Ave b/w 40th and 41st
News Corp Bldg-6th Ave b/w 47th and 48th
Madison Square Garden-7th Ave b/w 31st and 32nd
Tourneau Atrium/Tissot Retail Store-58th and Madison
Sprint Retail Store-175 Fifth Ave. b/w 22nd and 23rd
Displays are open unitl 7 p.m.

4 p.m.: XM Satellite Radio broacast
Dialed In with Claire B. Lang


TUESDAY, November 28th:

7 a.m.: NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Pit Stop Tour
Locations:


Military Island-Times Square
Bryant Park-6th Ave b/w 40th and 41st
News Corp Bldg-6th Ave b/w 47th and 48th
Madison Square Garden-7th Ave b/w 31st and 32nd
Tourneau Atrium/Tissot Retail Store-58th and Madison
Sprint Retail Store-175 Fifth Ave. b/w 22nd and 23rd
Displays are open unitl 7 p.m.

Champion NYC Landmarks Photo Shoot
Location: Various

4 p.m.: XM Satellite Radio broacast
Dialed In with Claire B. Lang

7 p.m.: Champion appearance on MRN's NASCAR Live


WEDNESDAY, November 29th:

8 a.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap on ABC's Good Morning America
Various driver appearances leading up to Victory Lap. Cars roll off at 8:50 a.m.

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Pit Stop Tour
Locations:


Military Island-Times Square
Bryant Park-6th Ave b/w 40th and 41st
News Corp Bldg-6th Ave b/w 47th and 48th
Madison Square Garden-7th Ave b/w 31st and 32nd
Tourneau Atrium/Tissot Retail Store-58th and Madison
Sprint Retail Store-175 Fifth Ave. b/w 22nd and 23rd
Displays are open unitl 7 p.m.

9 a.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap Victory Lane Celebration
Location: ESPN Zpne, Times Square

9:25 a.m.: Mayoral Proclamation of NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Day
Location: ESPN ZONE Times Square
NASCAR Executive: Mike Helton
Sprint Nextel Executive: Dean Kessell

10:30 a.m.: Champion Times Square Photo Shoot
Location: Military Island

4 p.m.: XM Satellite Radio broacast
Dialed In with Claire B. Lang


THURSDAY, November 30th:

7 a.m.: NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Pit Stop Tour Presented by Sprint
Location: Various Midtown Locations until 7 p.m.

11 a.m. NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon

Champion Photo Shoot at Rockefeller Center Tree

4 p.m.: XM Satellite Radio broacast
Dialed In with Claire B. Lang

7 p.m.: NASCAR Touring Champions Dinner


FRIDAY, December 1st:

7 a.m.: NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Pit Stop Tour Presented by Sprint
Location: Various Midtown Locations until 7 p.m.

Champions Park Avenue Photo Shoot

4 p.m.: XM Satellite Radio broacast
Dialed In with Claire B. Lang

6 p.m.: NASCAR Nextel Cup Awards Ceremony Yellow Carpet on SPEED

7 p.m.: NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Awards Ceremony (9 p.m. ET/PT on TNT)

Here is a map of the Victory Lap / Pit Stop tour locations

Map

so im a tool woke up at 7 this morning to record good morning america...
wondered..what the hell
checked this
i woke up a week early

:hehe

oops

lol don't feel bad I've done that

I'm going to the victory lap on wednesday!!! i'm sooo excited!!! and the day before i'm going to the view!!!!

Lmfao Apparently they're having a driver's meeting before the Victory lap tomorrow. Newman's burnout last year didn't go over too well with the city, so they're having a driver's meeting to go over the rules

:lmao I heard that too. Newman almost hit a cop, so I can understand why he'd talk to the guys before hand.

I really need to get to bed. I have to be up at 4 so I can be at the bus station at 5.

Have fun! And take LOTS of pics!!

I almost forgot. Tape is set for GMA tomorrow

Woo hoo!! Jimmie, Matt, Denny, Kevin and Jr are on right now..

Coming up after the break!

They're on!!

Ooooh.. Kasey's in an Allstate firesuit!

I saw that as I was getting ready to head out the door. Couldn't quite make out the firesuit, all I saw was blue.

Engines are gonna be fired soon..