1981 Carolina 500

Network: ESPN

Date and time: March 21, 1981, 1:00 PM

Format: Tape-delayed

Length: 2 and a half hours

The Carolina 500 was shown on tape-delay, edited into a two and a half hour broadcast, 3 weeks after it's running on ESPN, billed as "ESPN Auto Racing" It was the first ever NASCAR race shown on ESPN, and the first on cable.

Personnel:

Announcers: Bob Jenkins, Eli Gold

Pit reporter: Ned Jarrett