Tommy Johnson Jr. Joins ESPN for Four-Wide Nationals
Veteran NHRA driver Tommy Johnson Jr. will join ESPN’s NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series coverage team as a roaming analyst for the Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway near Charlotte, N.C., this weekend. The unique event features four cars making runs at the same time rather than the usual two. Drag racing fans can watch qualifying and eliminations action on ESPN2 and ESPN3. All NHRA programming on ESPN is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The schedule:
| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Friday, April 19 | 4:45 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Saturday, April 20 | 5 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, April 21 | Noon | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| 7 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan.
Roaming analyst: Tommy Johnson Jr.
American Le Mans Series in Action at Long Beach
The American Le Mans Series will compete as part of the Grand Prix of Long Beach this weekend and sports car racing fans can watch Saturday’s race on both ABC and ESPN3. On television, highlights from the event will air on Sunday, April 21, at 1 p.m. ET on ABC. ESPN3, ESPN’s multi-screen, live sports network, will have live race coverage starting at 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 20.
ESPN3 also will air qualifying for the event on Friday, April 19, at 8 p.m. All ALMS programming on ESPN3 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.
NASCAR Now Schedule
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway in the one-hour edition airing Sunday, April 21, at 9 a.m. ET. Host Nicole Briscoe will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporters Mike Massaro and Jim Noble at the track. The week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Tue., April 16 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Wed., April 17 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., April 19 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Jonathan Coachman | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., April 21 | 9 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | 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, April 21, 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 https://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/. ESPN.com motorsports writer David Newton will report from Kansas.
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. Saturday’s show will preview Sunday’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach while Sunday morning’s show will include an interview with defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay.
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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