Fox Sports Chairman David Hill was perturbed at suggestions that Fox contributed to NASCAR calling Sunday’s rain-delayed Daytona 500 after 109 of the 200 scheduled laps in order to ensure the network’s prime-time shows would run in their normal times. “To suggest we went to NASCAR and had them call the race because of our prime-time schedule is the most ludicrous thing I’ve ever heard,” Hill said. “We were in a commercial when NASCAR called the race. And we lost more than $2 million in commercials that we’ll have to make up on future races.”( USA Today via MotorsportsTV )(2-22-2003)
