NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series in Texas Action
Only three races remain in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and the Chase moves to the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth this weekend for a 500-mile race on Sunday, Nov. 3. ESPN will have a live telecast with NASCAR Countdown at 2 p.m. ET and the race’s green flag at 3:16 p.m. ESPN2 will televise NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying on Friday, Nov. 1, at 4:30 p.m. After two weeks off, the NASCAR Nationwide Series returns to action with a 300-mile race at TMS on Saturday, Nov. 2. ESPN2 will have a live telecast at 3:30 p.m. with the green flag at 3:47 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN and ESPN2 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, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace; Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NASCAR Now Weekend Wrap-up Show Airs Sunday night
ESPN2’s NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will review the eighth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Texas Motor Speedway in the episode airing Sunday night, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. ET. Host Todd Grisham 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 |
| Thu., Oct. 31 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., Nov. 1 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Nov. 3 | 11 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Todd Grisham | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
NHRA Lucas Oil Series on ESPN2 Sunday
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series has the weekend off but fans can watch action featuring the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The one-hour program will include action from the recent event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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, Nov. 3, RacingLive! Texas will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor 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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