July 9, 2012
Motorsports This Week on ESPN
NASCAR Nationwide Series at New Hampshire on ESPN
The NASCAR Nationwide Series races Saturday, July 14, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., and the race airs live on ESPN. NASCAR Countdown is at 2:30 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 3:46 p.m. Also from New Hampshire, ESPN2 airs NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying on Saturday at 10 a.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.
The New Hampshire race will be the first of four consecutive events that comprise the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dash 4 Cash, a bonus program that will award an extra $100,000 to the highest-finishing of four eligible drivers in each of the four designated races and could award an additional $600,000 at the fourth race at Iowa Speedway next month.
Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick; analysts Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Dr. Jerry Punch, Shannon Spake, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Wallace, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NASCAR Now Schedule
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the one-hour weekend edition airing Sunday, July 15, at 9 a.m. ET. Marty Reid will host, joined from the track by analyst Andy Petree and reporters Nicole Briscoe and Ryan McGee.
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Tue., July 10 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | |
| Wed., July 11 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., July 13 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Nicole Briscoe | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sat., July 14 | 1 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., July 15 | 9 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Mon., July 16 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
NHRA Action on ESPN2 Saturday
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series has the weekend off but drag racing fans can watch action from the recent event at Norwalk, Ohio, for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series on Saturday, July 14, at 11 a.m. ET on ESPN2.
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, July 15, RacingLive! New Hampshire will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire 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 report from New Hampshire.
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
