The NASCAR Nationwide Series races at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., this weekend and ESPN will have a live telecast of the Bucyrus 300 on Saturday, June 25. NASCAR Countdown airs at 5 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 5:51 p.m.
Allen Bestwick will call the action with analysis by Rusty Wallace, the 1989 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, and two-time champion crew chief Andy Petree. Reports from two-time champion crew chief Tim Brewer will air from the ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage, while pit reporters will be Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Shannon Spake and Vince Welch.
NHRA Action from Ohio on ESPN2, ESPN3.com
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series races this weekend in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio. ESPN2 will air action from qualifying on Saturday, June 25, at 10 p.m. ET and coverage of eliminations airs Sunday, June 26, at 8 p.m. NHRA fans also can watch the full day of eliminations live on ESPN3.com starting Sunday at noon.
The series will make its fifth appearance at fan-friendly Summit Motorsports Park with the full slate of Full Throttle classes and the seventh of 10 events for the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. The event, known for upsets and high drama, is also the site of the eight-car Pro Stock bonus event, the K&N Horsepower Challenge, the winner of which receives $50,000. The 10-race regular season for Pro Stock Motorcycles reaches its halfway point here.
Paul Page anchors for ESPN with analysis by 22-time NHRA winner Mike Dunn. Gary Gerould, and Dave Rieff report from the pits.
Benson, Craven, Hinton on NASCAR Now Roundtable
NASCAR driver Johnny Benson Jr. joins ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven and ESPN.com senior motorsports writer Ed Hinton as panelists on NASCAR Now’s weekly roundtable discussion program airing Monday, June 27, at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Allen Bestwick will host the edition of ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program.
Half-hour episodes of NASCAR Now air at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday of this week, with Nicole Briscoe hosting. Briscoe also hosts NASCAR Now’s weekend edition airing Sunday, June 26, at 11 a.m. with a preview of that day’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Mike Massaro and Marty Smith will report from the track.
ESPN.com Offers RacingLive! During NASCAR Sonoma Event
NASCAR fans looking for an online gathering during ESPN’s telecasts of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series now have a place to go on 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 26, RacingLive! Sonoma will kick off to coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live at http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/.
ESPN.com motorsports writers Terry Blount and David Newton will be reporting from Sonoma.
ESPN Radio Raceday Airs Saturday, Sunday
Each weekend morning, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay starts its engines at 6 a.m. ET with host Pat Patterson anchored from Daytona Beach, Fla. Patterson also originates the broadcast from several racetracks with key races during the season. 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.
Additionally, many of ESPN’s NASCAR reporters and analysts contribute each week as ESPN networks televise the entire NASCAR Nationwide Series and the final 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup races, including the 10-race “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup” championship. A list of ESPN Radio affiliates can be found at www.espnradio.com.
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