Jeff Hammond Filming Cutaway Car Segment For Fox

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Sometimes it’s just really surreal to stumble upon something you’re used to seeing on TV. I was wandering up around the inner horse-track portion of the infield and there was Fox’s Hollywood Hotel trailer set up with Jeff Hammond and a small crew taping the Ford Cutaway Car segment in the gravel out front. It’s one of my favorite portions of Fox’s NASCAR broadcast, one of only parts of the pre-race show that specifically focuses on the race cars. I said hi to Mr. Hammond after the taping and shook his hand–it briefly occurred to me that I could lose an appendage this way, but the expected bionic death-grip was actually a gentle and affable handshake. Whew!

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