The Nationwide Series returns to ESPN this week. Qualifying will be live on ESPN2 before the race takes place that night on ESPN. The NHRA will have live qualifying and elimination broadcasts on ESPN3 while ESPN2 will air both on same-day tape delay. IndyCar takes place Sunday afternoon on ABC. Here's the press release.
Motorsports This Week on ESPN
NASCAR Nationwide Series Goes Road Racing
The NASCAR Nationwide Series goes road course racing this weekend at
the 4-mile Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wis., and ESPN will
have a live telecast of the race on Saturday, June 22, at 5 p.m. ET. The
race’s green flag is at 5:22 p.m. Also from Road America, ESPN2 will
air qualifying Saturday at noon. All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks
is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.
Announcers:
IndyCar Returns Sunday Afternoon on ABC fromIowa
The IZOD IndyCar Series races at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, on
Sunday afternoon, June 23, and ABC will have a live telecast of the
race. Pre-race airs at 2:30 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 3:05
p.m.
Announcers:
NHRA New England Action on ESP2, ESPN3
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series makes its inaugural
appearance at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H., this weekend in the
Auto-Plus NHRA New England 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 21 | 6:45 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Saturday, June 22 | 8 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, June 23 | 11 a.m. | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| 7 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan.
NASCAR Now Schedule
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will
preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Sonoma, Calif., in the
one-hour edition airing Sunday, June 23, at 11 a.m. ET. Host Nicole Briscoe will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporters Marty Smith 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 18 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Wed., June 19 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thurs., June 20 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., June 21 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., June 23 | 11 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | 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 Sunday, June 23, RacingLive!
Sonoma will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Sonoma
(Calif.) Raceway. 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 and both programs this weekend will include
interviews, analysis and news from the event in Iowa.
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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