Motorsports This Week on ESPN and ABC

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Motorsports This Week on ESPN and ABC

NASCAR Nationwide Series at Dover Live on ESPN

The NASCAR Nationwide Series races on the 1-mile Dover (Del.) International Speedway on Saturday, May 31, and ESPN will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 1:30 p.m. ET with the green flag at 2:45 p.m.  Also from Dover, ESPN2 will televise qualifying at 10:30 a.m. on race day. All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV via WatchESPN, accessible to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from an affiliate provider. The race telecast also will air live in Canada on TSN2 and will air in Spanish on ESPN Deportes on June 1 at 4 a.m.

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Announcers:

Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Dave Burns; analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.

Pit reporters: Mike Massaro, Shannon Spake, Vince Welch.

NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty (analysts).

 

IndyCar Detroit Doubleheader Live on ABC

The Verizon IndyCar Series moves to Detroit’s Belle Isle for two races on the island’s street racing circuit on Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1. Both races will air live on ABC, with the telecast each day beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET and green flags at 3:50 p.m. The telecasts also will air on Watch ABC.

Announcers:

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

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

 

NHRA Englishtown Event on ESPN2, ESPN3 

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series moves to Englishtown, N.J., for the Toyota NHRA Summernationals and ESPN2 and ESPN3 will air qualifying and eliminations action May 30-June 1. All NHRA programming on ESPN networks is available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV via WatchESPN, accessible to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from an affiliate provider. The schedule:

 

Date Time Event Network
Friday, May 30 6:15 p.m. Qualifying (live) ESPN3, WatchESPN
Saturday, May 31 9:30 a.m. Lucas Oil Series (Topeka) ESPN2, WatchESPN
4:30 p.m. Qualifying ESPN2, WatchESPN
Sunday, June 1 11 a.m. Eliminations (live) ESPN3, WatchESPN
4 p.m. Eliminations ESPN2, WatchESPN

 

Announcers:

Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)

Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Jamie Howe.

 

NASCAR Now schedule

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

 

Date Time Show Host Network
Tues., May 27 2:30 a.m. NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN
Wed., May 28 2:30 a.m. NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN
Thu., May 29 2:30 a.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, June 1, RacingLive! Dover will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live at https://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/.

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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