The NASCAR Nationwide Series races in prime time on Saturday night, July 19, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., and ESPN2 will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 8 p.m. ET with the green flag at 8:44 p.m. for the 300-mile race on the 1.5-mile track  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.

Announcers:

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

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

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

ESPN2 Goes Live for Denver NHRA Action 

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series begins its annual three-race swing through the western part of the country with the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver and qualifying and eliminations action will air on ESPN2 and ESPN3 July 18-20. ESPN2 will go live for Sunday’s eliminations action. 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:

Announcers:

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

Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan.

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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