The NASCAR Nationwide Series races in prime time on Friday night, July 4, at Daytona International Speedway in the Subway Firecracker 250 and ESPN2 will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 7 p.m. ET with the green flag at 7:49 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV via WatchESPN, accessible to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from an affiliate provider. The race telecast also will air live in Canada on TSN2 and will air in Spanish on ESPN Deportes on July 5 at 4 a.m.
Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick; analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NHRA in Ohio on ESPN2, ESPN3
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series moves to Norwalk (Ohio) Motorsports Park for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals and qualifying and eliminations action will air on ESPN2 and ESPN3 July 4-6. All NHRA programming on ESPN networks is available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV via WatchESPN, accessible to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from an affiliate provider. The schedule:
| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Friday, July 4 | 7:15 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Saturday, July 5 | 2 p.m. | NHRA Lucas Oil Series | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| 11 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN | |
| Sunday, July 6 | Noon | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| 9 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Jamie Howe, John Kernan.
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 Saturday night, July 5, RacingLive! Daytona will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona 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/.
Click HERE for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series schedules on ESPN.
Click HERE for the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule on ESPN.
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