NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Martinsville
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will compete on the only short track in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, on Sunday, Oct. 28, and ESPN will have a live telecast of the 500-lap race. NASCAR Countdown airs at 1 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 2:01 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN and ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.
Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick; analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NHRA Las Vegas Action on ESPN2, ESPN3
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series races this weekend in the Big O Tires NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and drag racing fans can watch action on ESPN2 and ESPN3. All NHRA programming on is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The schedule:
| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Friday, Oct. 26 | 6 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, Oct. 28 | 1:30 a.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| 2 p.m. | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN | |
| 4 p.m. | Qualifying (re-air) | ESPN2, WatchESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Paul Page (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Dave Rieff, John Kernan.
NASCAR Now Schedule
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway in the one-hour edition airing Sunday, Oct. 28, at 8 a.m. ET. Host Marty Reid will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporters Shannon Spake and Jim Noble at the track. Reid and Craven will review the race Sunday night at 11 p.m. Thursday’s program at 3 p.m. will feature a tribute to NASCAR Hall of Fame member Junior Johnson. The week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Tue., Oct. 23 | 3:30 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | |
| Wed., Oct. 24 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., Oct. 25 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., Oct. 26 | 3:30 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 28 | 8:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 28 | 11 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Mon., Oct. 29 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | 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. 28, RacingLive! Martinsville will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville 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.com motorsports writer David Newton will report from Martinsville.
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.
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