March 26, 2012
Motorsports This Week on ESPN
NHRA Las Vegas Action on ESPN2, ESPN3
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will be in Las Vegas this weekend to compete in the Summitracing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and drag racing fans can watch action on both ESPN2 and ESPN3. All NHRA programming on ESPN2 and ESPN3 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The schedule:
| Friday, March 30 | 7:30 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sat., March 31 | 7:30 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, April 1 | 2 p.m. | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, April 1 | 7 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Paul Page (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Dave Rieff, John Kernan.
NASCAR Now Schedule
The one-hour weekend edition of ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will air on Sunday, April 1, at 9 a.m. ET with a preview of that day’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (VA) Speedway. Mike Massaro will host, joined by analyst Ricky Craven with reporters Marty Smith and Ryan McGee at the track in Virginia. NASCAR Now will review the Martinsville race at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 2, with Craven joining host Nicole Briscoe.
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Tue., March 27 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., March 29 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., April 1 | 9 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Mon., April 2 | 2 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | 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, March 18, RacingLive! Martinsville will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live at https://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/. ESPN.com motorsports writer David Newton will be on hand at Martinsville.
ESPN Radio — Each weekend morning, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay starts its engines at 6 a.m. ET with host Pat Patterson anchored from the site of that weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race. 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.
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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or andy.hall@espn.com
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