The Nationwide Series is Saturday in primetime. The Sprint Cup series is Sunday afternoon, and NHRA continues to roll along. Needless to say, we must be on the final third of the regular season races of NASCAR on ESPN. Below is this weeks ESPN Media Zone Press Release outlining their coverage of these three events.
Motorsports This Week on ESPN
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Pocono Live on ESPN
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves to the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania this weekend and ESPN will have a live telecast of the 400-mile race on Sunday, Aug. 4. NASCAR Countdown airs at noon with the race’s green flag at 1:18 p.m. ET. All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets throughWatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.
Announcers:
NASCAR Nationwide Series in Prime Time Saturday Night
The NASCAR Nationwide Series races under the lights in prime time at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday night, Aug. 3, and ESPN will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 7:30 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 8:15 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.
Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Marty Reid; analyst Ricky Craven.
NHRA Concludes Western Swing at Seattle
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series concludes its annual three-race Western Swing with the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle this weekend and drag racing fans can watch the action 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, Aug. 2 | 8:30 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Saturday, Aug. 3 | 10 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, Aug. 4 | 2 p.m. | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| 7 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 Pocono Raceway in the one-hour edition airing Sunday, Aug. 4, at 9 a.m. ET. Studio host Todd Grisham will be joined from the track by ESPN NASCAR analystDale Jarrett and reporters Marty Smith and Ryan McGee. All NASCAR programming on ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Tue., July 30 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Wed., July 31 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thur., Aug. 1 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., Aug. 2 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Aug. 4 | 9 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Todd Grisham | 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, Aug. 4, RacingLive! Pocono will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono 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.
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.
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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or andy.hall@espn.com
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