Motorsports This Week

NASCAR Nationwide Series at Michigan Live on ESPN
The NASCAR Nationwide Series races on the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., on Saturday, June 14, and ESPN will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 1:30 p.m. ET with the green flag at 2:16 p.m. Also from MIS, 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 15 at 5 a.m.
Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick; analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace, Ricky Craven (analysts).
NHRA Bristol Event on ESPN2, ESPN3
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series moves to Bristol (TN) Dragway for the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals and ESPN2 and ESPN3 will air qualifying and eliminations action June 113-15. 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, June 13 | 7:30 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Saturday, June 14 | 6 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, June 15 | Noon | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| 11 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan.
NASCAR Now schedule
This week’s schedule for ESPN2’s NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Tues., June 10 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Todd Grisham | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Wed., May 28 | 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 15, RacingLive! Michigan will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan 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.
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