Friday, October 4
12:30 PM- Sprint Cup: Hollywood Casino 400, Practice- FS1
2 PM- Nationwide: Kansas Lottery 300, Practice- FS1
3:30 PM- Nationwide: Kansas Lottery 300, Practice- FS1
5 PM- Sprint Cup: Hollywood Casino 400, Qualifying- ESPN2
8:30 PM- ARCA RE/MAX: Kansas- FS1
1 AM (Sat Morn)- Formula 1: Korean Grand Prix, Qualifying- NBCSN, UniDep
Saturday, October 5
9 AM- FIM SuperBikes World Championship 2013: SUPERPOLE- beIN
11 AM- Sprint Cup: Hollywood Casino 400, Practice- FS2
Noon- Nationwide Series: Kansas Lottery 300, Qualifying- FS2
1:30 PM- Sprint Cup: Hollywood Casino 400, Final Practice- FS2
3 PM- IndyCar: Grand Prix of Houston, Race 1- NBCSN
3:30 PM- Nationwide Series: Kansas Lottery 300- ESPN
11:30 PM- NHRA: Auto-Plus Nationals, Qualifying- ESPNews
2 AM (Sun Morn) Formula 1: Korean Grand Prix- NBCSN, UniMas, UniDep
Sunday, October 6
1 PM- IndyCar: Grand Prix of Houston, Race 2- NBCSN
2 PM- Sprint Cup: Hollywood Casino 400- ESPN
8 PM- NHRA: Auto-Plus Nationals- ESPN2
Motorsports This Week on ESPN
Kansas City Hosts Round 4 of NASCAR Chase
The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup continues this weekend with a 400-mile race at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., and ESPN will have a live telecast of the fourth race of NASCAR’s playoffs on Sunday, Oct. 6. NASCAR Countdown airs at 1 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 2:16 p.m. Kansas also will host a 300-mile NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday, Oct. 5, airing live on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. with the green flag at 3:47 p.m. ESPN2 will air NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Kansas on Friday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. Both Kansas race telecasts are presented by Dodge Trucks. All NASCAR programming on ESPN 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: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace; Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NHRA in Reading as Countdown Continues
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competes at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Penn., this weekend in the Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals and drag racing fans can watch qualifying and eliminations action on ESPN networks as the series counts down toward its championship. All NHRA programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The schedule:
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan.
American Le Mans Series in Virginia on ESPN2
The American Le Mans Series races at historic Virginia International Raceway near Danville, Va., this weekend and ESPN2 will have a delayed telecast on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 5:30 p.m. ET. The race will air live on ESPN3 on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. and ESPN3 will air qualifying on Friday, Oct. 4, at 3:35 p.m. ESPN3 is accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and Apple TV.
NASCAR Now Weekend Wrap-up Show To Review Chase Race No. 4
ESPN’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will review the fourth race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Kansas Speedway on Sunday night, Oct. 6, at 11 p.m. ET. Host Mike Massaro will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporter Marty Smith at the track. This week’s schedule:
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, Oct. 6, RacingLive! Kansas will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas 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.
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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or andy.hall@espn.com
The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup continues this weekend with a 400-mile race at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., and ESPN will have a live telecast of the fourth race of NASCAR’s playoffs on Sunday, Oct. 6. NASCAR Countdown airs at 1 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 2:16 p.m. Kansas also will host a 300-mile NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday, Oct. 5, airing live on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. with the green flag at 3:47 p.m. ESPN2 will air NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Kansas on Friday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. Both Kansas race telecasts are presented by Dodge Trucks. All NASCAR programming on ESPN 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: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace; Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NHRA in Reading as Countdown Continues
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competes at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Penn., this weekend in the Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals and drag racing fans can watch qualifying and eliminations action on ESPN networks as the series counts down toward its championship. 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, Oct. 4 | 4:15 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sat., Oct. 5 | 11:30 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPNEWS, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 6 | 3:30 a.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| 11 a.m. | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan.
American Le Mans Series in Virginia on ESPN2
The American Le Mans Series races at historic Virginia International Raceway near Danville, Va., this weekend and ESPN2 will have a delayed telecast on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 5:30 p.m. ET. The race will air live on ESPN3 on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. and ESPN3 will air qualifying on Friday, Oct. 4, at 3:35 p.m. ESPN3 is accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and Apple TV.
NASCAR Now Weekend Wrap-up Show To Review Chase Race No. 4
ESPN’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will review the fourth race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Kansas Speedway on Sunday night, Oct. 6, at 11 p.m. ET. Host Mike Massaro will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporter Marty Smith at the track. This week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Wed., Oct. 2 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., Oct. 3 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., Oct. 4 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 6 | 11 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | 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, Oct. 6, RacingLive! Kansas will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas 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.
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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or andy.hall@espn.com
NBCSN PRESENTS INDYCAR AND FORMULA ONE TRIPLEHEADER THIS WEEKEND
Formula One’s Korean Grand Prix Airs Live on Sunday on NBCSN
STAMFORD, Conn. – October 2, 2013 – NBCSN will present 21.5 hours of motorsports coverage this weekend, highlighted by IndyCar’s Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader plus Formula One’s Korean Grand Prix. NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will present live streaming coverage of the Grand Prix tripleheader, as well as live coverage of practice and qualifying for the Korean Grand Prix.
Coverage of the Grand Prix of Houston begins Friday at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN with qualifying. Race 1 of the Grand Prix of Houston will air live Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, followed by Race 2 of the doubleheader on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage of Firestone Indy Lights Houston, IndyCar’s developmental series, will air at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday following Race 2 of the Grand Prix of Houston.
Helio Castroneves (Penske) leads Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi) by 49 points in the IZOD IndyCar Series points standings with just three races remaining on the schedule. IndyCar returns to Houston this week for the first time since 2007, when Sebastien Bourdais (Dragon) took the checkered flag.
IZOD INDYCAR SERIES POINTS STANDINGS
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| Rank | Driver (Team) |
Points
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Behind
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Wins
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Top 10
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| 1 | Helio Castroneves (Penske) |
501
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-
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1
|
15
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| 2 | Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi) |
452
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49
|
3
|
9
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| 3 | Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Hamilton HP) |
431
|
70
|
2
|
11
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| 4 | Marco Andretti (Andretti) |
430
|
71
|
0
|
14
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| 5 | Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti) |
427
|
74
|
2
|
8
|
NBCSN’s live comprehensive coverage of Formula One’s Korean Grand Prix begins Friday at 1 a.m. ET with practice, followed by qualifying on Saturday at 1 a.m. ET. Live race coverage of the Korean Grand Prix begins on Sunday at 1:30 a.m. ET. F1 Extra, NBC Sports Group’s half-hour post-race show, will air immediately following the conclusion of the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday. NBCSN will also air an encore presentation of the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) has taken control of the Formula One points standings, increasing his lead to 60 points over Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) following his third consecutive victory in the Singapore Grand Prix two weekends ago. Vettel aims for his third straight Korean Grand Prix victory, having won the race the previous two years.
NBCSN will also air episodes of TRANSLOGIC this week as part of its motorsports coverage.
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time (ET) | |
| Fri., October 4 | TRANSLOGIC | NBCSN | 12 a.m. | |
| TRANSLOGIC | NBCSN | 12:30 a.m. | ||
| F1 Korean Grand Prix – Practice | NBCSN | 1 a.m. | ||
| TRANSLOGIC (Encore) | NBCSN | 2:30 am. | ||
| IndyCar Grand Prix of Houston – Qualifying | NBCSN | 7 p.m. | ||
| F1 Korean Grand Prix – Practice (Encore) | NBCSN | 11:30 p.m. | ||
| Sat., October 5 | F1 Korean Grand Prix – Qualifying | NBCSN | 1 a.m. | |
| IndyCar Grand Prix of Houston – Race 1 | NBCSN | 3 p.m. | ||
| F1 Korean Grand Prix – Qualifying (Encore) | NBCSN | 7:30 p.m. | ||
| Sun. October 6 | F1 Korean Grand Prix | NBCSN | 1:30 a.m. | |
| F1 Extra | NBCSN | 4 a.m. | ||
| IndyCar Grand Prix of Houston – Race 2 | NBCSN | 1 p.m. | ||
| Indy Lights Houston | NBCSN | 4 p.m. | ||
| F1 Korean Grand Prix (Encore) | NBCSN | 5 p.m. | ||
| F1 Extra (Encore) | NBCSN | 7:30 p.m. | ||
With Diffey in Houston, veteran motorsports broadcaster Bob Varsha will call the Korean Grand Prix. He will be joined by veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett. F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on-site reporter from the Korea International Circuit in South Korea.
INDYCAR AND FORMULA ONE ON NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA: NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will present live streaming coverage of the Grand Prix of Houston and the Korean Grand Prix this weekend. Coverage will be streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play.
Coverage airing on NBCSN will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra, and to the digital platforms of participating cable, satellite, and telco services, via “TV Everywhere,” which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs.
Click here for the participating cable/satellite/telco companies offering NBC Sports Live Extra:
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