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

Nationwide Sunday afternoon & other Motorsports on ESPN Networks July 8-14

ESPN has most of the racing covered this week with their coverage of the Nationwide Series Sunday afternoon. They will also air NHRA racing, the American Le Mans Series in Canada, and the Global Rallycross from Bristol, Connecticut. Below is the ESPN Media Zone Press Release with all the details.

Motorsports This Week on ESPN

NASCAR Nationwide Series at Chicago on ESPN

The NASCAR Nationwide Series races at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., on Sunday, July 21, and ESPN will have a live telecast of the 300-mile race. NASCAR Countdown airs at 2:30 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 3:17 p.m. Also from Chicagoland, ESPN2 will air qualifying on Sunday at 11 a.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.

The Chicagoland race will be the third of four consecutive events that comprise the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dash 4 Cash, a bonus program that will award an extra $100,000 to the highest-finishing of four eligible drivers in each of the four designated races and could award an additional $600,000 at the fourth race at Indianapolis next month.

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; Brad Daugherty (analysts).

NHRA Begins Western Swing in Denver   

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series begins its annual three-race Western Swing with the Mopar Mile High NHRA Nationals this weekend and 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, July 19	9:15 p.m.	Qualifying (live)	ESPN3, WatchESPN
Saturday, July 20	10 p.m.	Qualifying	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Sunday, July 21	1 p.m.	Eliminations (live)	ESPN3, WatchESPN
	6 p.m.	Eliminations	ESPN2, WatchESPN

Announcers:

Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)

Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan

Global Rallycross Making Bristol Debut Live on ESPN

Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, famous for its high banks and short track action, will host racing of a different kind when Global Rallycross competes at the track for the first time on Saturday, July 20. The event will air live on ESPN at 4:30 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. Bristol’s unique GRC layout features a mix of both dirt and concrete, with much of the dirt running through the track’s infield. The concrete turns will see cars race on up to 30 degrees of banking.

American Le Mans Series in Canada Live on ESPN2, ESPN3

The American Le Mans Series goes north of the border this week to compete at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park near Toronto and ESPN2 will join the race in progress for a live telecast on Sunday, July 21, at 1 p.m. ET. ESPN3 will air the entire race with the telecast beginning at 11:45 a.m. Also, ESPN3 will air qualifying on Saturday, July 20, at 3:20 p.m. All American Le Mans Series programming on ESPN2 and ESPN3 also is available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.

NASCAR Now Schedule

Date	Time	Show	Host	Network
Tue., July 16	1 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Wed., July 17	1 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
	11:30 p.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Fri., July 12	1 a.m.	NASCAR Now	Mike Massaro	ESPN2, WatchESPN

Motorsports on Other ESPN Platforms

SportsCenter – The Sunday, July 21, 10 a.m. ET edition of ESPN’s flagship news and information program SportsCenter will include a feature on Richie Parker, an engineer for the Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR team. Parker, who was born without arms, does his job entirely with his feet.

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, July 28, RacingLive! Indianapolis will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 race at Indianapolis Motor 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