Motorsports This Week on ESPN and ABC

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Motorsports This Week on ESPN and ABC

First IndyCar Event on IMS Road Course Live on ABC

Indianapolis Motor Speedway has hosted one IndyCar race a year for a century, but history will be made at the storied track on Saturday, May 10, with the running of the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis. The Verizon IndyCar Series will race on the Speedway’s road course for the first time to kick off the Month of May leading up to the May 25 Indianapolis 500. ABC will have a live telecast of the Grand Prix at 3:30 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 3:50 p.m.

Firestone Grand Prix - March 30, 2014

Announcers:

Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer: Allen Bestwick; analysts Scott Goodyear, Eddie Cheever.

Pit reporters: Rick DeBruhl, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.

 

NASCAR Now schedule

This week’s schedule for ESPN2’s NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now:

 

Date Time Show Host Network
Tues., May 6 2:30 a.m. NASCAR Now Nicole Briscoe ESPN2, WatchESPN
Wed., May 7 2:30 a.m. NASCAR Now Nicole Briscoe ESPN2, WatchESPN
Thu., May 8 2:30 a.m. NASCAR Now Nicole Briscoe ESPN2, WatchESPN

 

Click HERE for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series schedules on ESPN.

Click HERE for the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule on ESPN.

Click HERE for the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule on ABC.

 

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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or [email protected]

Andy Hall

My main responsibility is PR/Communications for ESPN’s news platforms including the Enterprise/Investigative Unit, the E60 program and SportsCenter. In addition, I’m the PR contact for ESPN’s Formula 1 coverage, golf majors (the Masters and PGA Championship) and TGL golf. I’m based in Daytona Beach, Fla., and have been with ESPN since 2006.
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