It’s Talladega Time for NASCAR Sprint Cup
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves to Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway this weekend and the 2.66-mile track that often produces some of the most dramatic and exciting races in NASCAR will host a 500-mile event on Sunday, Oct. 20. ESPN will televise the sixth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with NASCAR Countdown airing at 1 p.m. ET and the race’s green flag at 2:19 p.m. The telecast is presented by 5 Hour Energy. 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).
Matt Kenseth to Visit ESPN Thursday
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point leader Matt Kenseth, winner of seven races this season, will visit ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Ct., on Thursday, Oct. 17, and will appear on a variety of ESPN programs and platforms. Kenseth’s appearance is in advance of the Oct. 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway, the sixth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Kenseth will be at ESPN from 1-6:30 p.m. ET and is expected to be on SportsCenter and NASCAR Now and to conduct a live chat on ESPN.com among his appearances.
NASCAR Now Weekend Wrap-up Show Airs Sunday night
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will review the sixth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in the episode airing Sunday night, Oct. 20, at 11 p.m. ET. Host Mike Massaro 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., Oct. 15 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., Oct. 17 | 2:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., Oct. 18 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sat., Oct. 19 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 20 | 11 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, Oct. 20, RacingLive! Talladega will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. 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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