Inside NASCAR, the premium motorsports studio show co-produced by EMMY® Award-winning NASCAR Media Group and SHOWTIME Sports®, will return for a third season on SHOWTIME® with a special Daytona 500 edition premiering Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The announcement was made jointly by Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports, and Jay Abraham, Chief Operating Officer, NASCAR Media Group LLC and Vice President, Content and New Media for NASCAR. The one-hour Daytona 500 special will feature vibrant highlights of all the action and drama from the sport’s premiere race and exclusive driver-crew scanner audio, one segment for which Inside NASCAR has become known. Host Chris Myers returns along with analysts Michael Waltrip and Kyle Petty to discuss, debate and breakdown all the provocative topics carrying the momentum of what was arguably the most exciting season in NASCAR history in 2011. The special also will serve as an in-depth preview show to the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season featuring a sit-down interview with Danica Patrick who makes her anticipated NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut on Feb. 26 at the 54th annual Daytona 500. Inside NASCAR’s weekly episodes will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, the week before the final “Race to the Chase” event at Richmond International Speedway. The Sept. 5 episode will be a one-hour recap of the 2012 season and look ahead to The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship before the series returns to its regular 30-minute format for the remainder of the season.