{{for|auto races at Daytona International Speedway|Speedweeks}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image= | caption = | runtime = 30 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/37088|title="SpeedWeek" set for final lap on ESPN|date=August 8, 1997|publisher=Street & Smith's Sports Business Daily|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref> | creator = | presenter = | country = United States | location = | network = ESPN | first_aired = {{start date|1984}} | last_aired = {{end date|1997}} | num_episodes = 661<ref name="MotorsportNovember141997">{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=12749&FS=NASCAR*|title=News # 2 97-11-14|date=November 14, 1997|publisher=Motorsport.com|accessdate=2 January 2010}}</ref> | related = ''RPM2Night'' }} '''''SpeedWeek''''' is an American television program on ESPN. For fourteen years, the weekly show aired multiple times in a week.<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/speedweek/cast/204532|title=Speedweek on ESPN|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="MotorsportCom1994">{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=312&FS=TV|title=Televised Events #94-21|date=May 1994|publisher=Motorsport.com|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref> When ''SpeedWeek'' ended in 1997, it was the longest-running motorsports magazine show.<ref name="MotorsportNovember141997" /> ''SpeedWeek'' covered multiple genres of motorsports, including stock cars, modifieds, sprint cars, midgets, and off-road racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dirtnewz.com/corr-pressreleases/10-2006/wsorr-10-26-06.shtml|title=Veteran Off-Road TV Journalist Joins WSORR|publisher=Dirtnewz|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref>
==History== The show debuted in 1984 featuring Bob Jenkins and Larry Nuber. Nuber left the show in 1989. Jenkins remained as the show's sole host throughout the rest of its run.<ref name="MotorsportNovember141997" /> SpeedWeeks' hosts described American motorsports events from the previous week and previewed upcoming events.<ref name="TVGuide" /> Jenkins received a 1990 nomination for an ACE (Award for Cable Excellence) Award in the "Sports Host" category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobjenkinsracing.com/biography/|title=About|publisher=Bob Jenkins|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref>
The program was produced in Indianapolis throughout nearly it entire run. For a period of time, it was taped at the studios of WXIN.<ref name="Star05-08-1990">{{cite news|title='500' voice calls action in new film|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5000963//|first=Steve|last=Hall|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|page=20|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 8, 1990|accessdate=April 20, 2016}}{{Open access}}</ref>
The show ended in late 1997.<ref name="NYDailyNews">{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1997/08/08/1997-08-08_cnn_stays_clear_of_guest_s_c.html|title=Speedweek' is spent |work=New York Daily News|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref> By that time, ESPN2 was broadcasting RPM 2Night.<ref name="NYDailyNews" />
==Cast== *Bob Jenkins (host) *Larry Nuber (co-host until 1989) *Dave Despain (guest host)
==See also== *List of programs broadcast by ESPN *List of longest running U.S. cable television series
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Category:Auto racing mass media Category:ESPN original programming Category:1983 American television series debuts Category:1997 American television series endings
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