Monster Mile Hosts Round 3 of NASCAR Chase
The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup continues this weekend with a 400-mile race at the Monster Mile, Dover (Del.) International Speedway, and ESPN will have a live telecast of the third race of NASCAR’s playoffs on Sunday, Sept. 29. NASCAR Countdown airs at 1 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 2:15 p.m. Dover also will host a 200-mile NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday, Sept. 28, airing live on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. with the green flag at 3:46 p.m. ESPN2 will air NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Dover on Friday, Sept. 27, at 3 p.m. 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 St. Louis as Countdown Continues
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competes at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis this weekend in the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest 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, Sept. 27 | 6:15 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sat., Sept. 28 | 7:30 p.m. | Lucas Oil Series | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Sept. 29 | 1 a.m. | Qualifying | ESPNEWS, WatchESPN |
| 3:30 a.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN | |
| Noon | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Jamie Howe.
NASCAR Now Weekend Wrap-up Show To Review Chase Race No. 3
ESPN’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will review the third race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Dover International Speedway on Sunday night, Sept. 29, at 11:30 p.m. ET. Host Mike Massaro will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporter Jim Noble at the track. This week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Wed., Sept. 25 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., Sept. 26 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., Sept. 27 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Sept. 29 | 11:30 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, Sept. 29, RacingLive! Dover will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live at https://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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