Serena Williams serves up some fast times with a tennis racket and some yellow felt, but can she get up to speed in a race car?We'll find out tonight when she and 11 fellow celebrities dreaming of life in the fast lane join six NASCAR drivers in the new reality show, "Fast Cars & Superstars -- The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race."
In tonight's first episode, Kurt Busch pushes NFL Hall of Famer John Elway to the limit in the cars.com car, Surfer Laird Hamilton confirms that nothing scares him and Williams screams her way to shattering her own personal challenge.
The show will explore the interaction of top young stock car drivers with stars from the world of sports, music and entertainment, featuring drama and competition on and off the race track. In each episode, viewers will watch celebrities train with a Gillette Young Guns driver.
"Fast Cars" culminates with a one-hour finale where the celebrities will be coached from the pits by their Gillette Young Guns instructors and compete against each other during a time-trial race.
The series will be hosted by ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne and co-hosted by former Cleveland Cavaliers center and current ESPN NASCAR analyst Brad Daugherty.
*Sigh*
Can't ESPN give Daugherty a job in a sport he knows?
Tonight on ABC (8:00-8:30PM, ET).


















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6-07-2007 @ 10:06PM
JMills said...
Brad Daugherty actually co-owned a Nascar Truck Series Team so he should know his stuff. I was surprised when I saw him as an analyst on ESPN's Nascar coverage and had to do a little research myself to discover that he isn't totally foreign to racing.
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6-07-2007 @ 10:23PM
Becky said...
Well, look what I found: Daugherty co-owned a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team (Liberty Racing) featuring such drivers as Kenny Irwin Jr. and Kevin Harvick. In 1997 Irwin won two Craftsman Truck Series races driving for Daugherty (Homestead-Miami Speedway in March and Texas Motor Speedway in June).
I think he knows a thing or two about NASCAR.
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6-07-2007 @ 11:06PM
Dspurr said...
Brad Daugherty has been a long time NASCAR fan. He wore #43 in honor of the "King" Richard Petty
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6-08-2007 @ 12:38AM
john said...
I missed the show, was it worth watching?
www.nysportsgear.com
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6-08-2007 @ 10:10AM
Maveness said...
Brad Daugherty is actually one of the few ESPN guys that I and most folks I know actually like. He has his weaknesses but actually defers to the guys in the know instead of pontificating.
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6-13-2007 @ 3:01PM
mycal said...
Best show on TV this summer. Don't miss a single episode! It's on at strange time (just before the NBA Finals). Shatner is gonna win!!!!!!
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6-13-2007 @ 3:02PM
mycal said...
Fast Cars RULES!!!! Best show on TV.
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