NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Finale in Miami Live on ESPN
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season comes to a close Sunday, Nov. 17, with the Ford Ecoboost 400 at Florida’s Homestead-Miami Speedway and ESPN will have a live telecast of the race. A special two-hour NASCAR Countdown airs at 1 p.m. ET to set up the title battle between Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth, while the green flag will fly at 3:15 p.m. for the final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Also from the 1.5-mile Homestead track, ESPN2 will televise NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying on Friday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. and practice earlier that day at 1:30 p.m.
ESPN will also have a live telecast of Saturday’s Ford Ecoboost 300, the season finale for the NASCAR Nationwide Series. NASCAR Countdown airs at 4 p.m. with the green flag at 4:46 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, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Mike Massaro (host); Rusty Wallace; Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NASCAR Now Special from Contenders News Conference
ESPN’s NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will have a special one-hour program originating from the NASCAR Championship Contenders News Conference at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Thursday, Nov. 14 at noon ET on ESPNEWS. NASCAR Now lead reporter Marty Smith and analyst Brad Daugherty will host the program. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 12-13, ESPN will have reporters Ryan McGee (Jimmie Johnson) and Shannon Spake (Matt Kenseth) embedded with the two championship-contending race teams with reports airing all day on SportsCenter as well as on NASCAR Now. The Ford Ecoboost 400 will be reviewed in the NASCAR Now episode airing Sunday night, Nov. 17, at 11 p.m. Host Chris Cotter will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with Smith reporting from the track. The week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Wed., Nov. 13 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., Nov. 14 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Noon. | NASCAR Now Championship Contenders News Conference Special | Marty Smith, Brad Daugherty | ESPNEWS, WatchESPN | |
| Sun., Nov. 17 | 11 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Chris Cotter | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Tue., Nov. 19 | 12:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Season Finale on ESPN2
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season is over but drag racing fans have one more chance to watch some racing action when ESPN2 airs highlights from the season finale of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series on Sunday night, Nov. 17, at 10 p.m. ET. The one-hour program will include competition from the season-ending event at Pomona, Calif.
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. 17, RacingLive! Homestead will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami 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.
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