The Nationwide series heads to Friday night this week at Kentucky Speedway, named for its truthful location of being near Cincinnati, Ohio. Who knew that Kentucky and Cincinnati were so close t each other? The coverage concludes on Sunday with tape delayed coverage of the NHRA Chicagoland Action, which will be shown live again on ESPN3. Below is the press release.
Motorsports This Week on ESPN
NASCAR Nationwide Series in Prime Time Friday Night
The NASCAR Nationwide Series races in prime time on Friday night, June 28, at Kentucky Speedway near Cincinnati and ESPN will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 7 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 7:46 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.
Announcers:
NHRA Chicagoland Action on ESPN2, ESPN3
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competes in the Chicago area this weekend at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals. Drag racing fans can watch qualifying and eliminations on both ESPN2 and ESPN3. All NHRA programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The schedule:
| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Friday, June 28 | 8:15 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Saturday, June 29 | 6:30 p.m. | Qualifying (Part 1) | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| 11 p.m. | Qualifying (Part 2) | ESPN2, WatchESPN | |
| Sunday, June 30 | Noon | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| 9 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
NASCAR Now Schedule
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway in the one-hour edition airing Saturday, June 29, at noon ET. Studio host Marty Reid will be joined from the track by ESPN NASCAR analystAndy Petree with reporters Ryan McGee and Jim Noble at the track. All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Tue., June 25 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Wed., June 26 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thurs., June 27 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., June 28 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., June 29 | Noon | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Motorsports on Other ESPN Platforms
ESPN.com — RacingLive! on ESPN.com is a live blog where fans can engage in debate and discussion with ESPN.com writers and editors during the NASCAR Sprint Cup races. On Saturday, June 29, RacingLive! Kentucky will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live at http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/.
ESPN Radio — Each weekend morning, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay starts its engines at 6 a.m. ET with host Pat Patterson anchored from the site of that weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race. On both Saturday and Sunday mornings, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay listeners get an hour of news, previews and analysis, as well as profiles and interviews with NASCAR’s biggest names and newsmakers and the involvement of listeners via calls and e-mails. RaceDay also features interviews with newsmakers from the IZOD IndyCar Series from correspondent Bruce Martin.
Click HERE for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series schedules on ESPN.
Click HERE for the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule on ESPN.
Click HERE for the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule on ABC.
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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or andy.hall@espn.com
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