Your Weekend in Motor Sports: 11/7-10, 2013

The Global Rally Cross Championship gets the racing weekend of to an early start, but Sprint Cup & Nationwide really steal the show this weekend. Here's your schedule of events followed by ESPN's press release.

Thursday, November 7

7 PM- Global Rallycross Championship- ESPN2

Friday, November 8

Noon- Nationwide: Phoenix, Practice- FS1

1:30 PM- Sprint Cup: Phoenix, Practice- FS1

3:30 PM- Nationwide: Phoenix, Practice- FS1

4:30 PM- Camping World Truck Series: Phoenix, Qualifying- FS2

5:30 PM- Sprint Cup: Phoenix, Qualifying- FS2

8:30 PM- Camping World Truck Series: Phoenix- FS1

Saturday, November 9

11:30 AM- Sprint Cup: Phoenix, Practice- FS1

12:30 PM- Nationwide: Phoenix, Qualifying- FS1

2:30 PM- Sprint Cup: Phoenix, Final Practice- FS1

4 PM- Nationwide: ServiceMaster 200- ESPN2

Sunday, November 10

8 AM- MotoGP: Valencia World Championship- FS1

3 PM- Sprint Cup: Advocare 500- ESPN
3 PM- MotoGP: Generali Grand Prix of Valencia, Moto3- FS2
4 PM- MotoGP: Generali Grand Prix of Valencia, Moto 2- FS2

7 PM- NHRA: Auto Club Finals- ESPN2

Motorsports This Week on ESPN

NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series in Phoenix Action

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is down to two races remaining and the Chase moves to the 1-mile Phoenix International Raceway this weekend for a 500-kilometer race on Sunday, Nov. 10. ESPN will have a live telecast with NASCAR Countdown at 2 p.m. ET and the race’s green flag at 3:15 p.m., with the telecast presented by Quicken Loans. The NASCAR Nationwide Series also races at PIR on Saturday, Nov. 9. ESPN2 will have a live telecast with NASCAR Countdown at 3:30 p.m. and the green flag at 4:16 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN and ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.


Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick; analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Mike Massaro (host); Rusty Wallace; Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).

NHRA Season Finale at Pomona on ESPN2, ESPN3 
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season comes to a close this weekend with the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona, Calif., and drag racing fans will be able to watch action from both qualifying and eliminations on 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, Nov. 8	4:45 p.m.	Qualifying (live)	ESPN3, WatchESPN
Sunday, Nov. 10	2:30 a.m.	Qualifying	ESPN2, WatchESPN
	2 p.m.	Qualifying (re-air)	ESPN2, WatchESPN
	2 p.m.	Eliminations (live)	ESPN3, WatchESPN
	7 p.m.	Eliminations	ESPN2, WatchESPN

Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Jamie Howe, John Kernan.

Global Rallycross Season Finale in Las Vegas on ESPN2
The 2013 season for the Global Rallycross Championship comes to an end on Thursday, Nov. 7, in Las Vegas and ESPN2 will televise the race at 7 p.m. ET. RallyCross combines the best aspects of circuit racing, off-road racing and rally competition to deliver intense action in a variety of fan-friendly environments. Fans can expect to see door-to-door racing on a combination of dirt and asphalt surfaces, featuring drifting turns, jumps and water elements. The Las Vegas circuit is set up on the famous Las Vegas Strip.

NASCAR Now Weekend Wrap-up Show Airs Sunday night
ESPN2’s NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will review the next-to-last race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Phoenix International Raceway in the episode airing Sunday night, Nov. 10, at 10 p.m. ET. Host Todd Grisham will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporter Marty Smith at the track. The week’s schedule:  

Date	Time	Show	Host	Network
Tue., Nov. 5	2:30 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Todd Grisham	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Wed., Nov. 6	3 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Thu., Nov. 7	1 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Fri., Nov. 8	2 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Sun., Nov. 10	10 p.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, Nov. 10, RacingLive! Phoenix will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International 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