NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Live from Michigan on ESPN

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be at the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., for the Pure Michigan 400 on Sunday, Aug. 19, and  ESPN will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at noon ET with the race’s green flag at 1:16 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN and ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.

Announcers:

Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick; analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.

Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.

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

NASCAR Nationwide Series Road Racing in Canada

The NASCAR Nationwide Series makes its annual stop in Canada for an event at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on Saturday, Aug. 18, and the race will air live on ESPN. NASCAR Countdown is at 2 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 2:48 p.m.  All NASCAR programming on ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.

Announcers:

Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Marty Reid; analyst Ricky Craven.

Pit reporters: Rick DeBruhl, Jim Noble, Shannon Spake.

NHRA Brainerd Action on ESPN2, ESPN3

The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series returns to action this weekend with the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn., and drag racing fans can watch action on ESPN2 and ESPN3. All NHRA programming on is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.

 The schedule:

Announcers:

Booth: Paul Page (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)

Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Dave Rieff, John Kernan.

American Le Mans Series on ESPN2, ESPN3 from Road America

The American Le Mans Series races this weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., and racing fans can watch the Saturday, Aug. 18, four-hour sports car endurance race on both ESPN2 and ESPN3. The live ESPN3 coverage begins Saturday at 3:15 p.m. ET, while ESPN2 will air highlights on Sunday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m.  

ESPN3, ESPN’s multi-screen live sports network, also will air qualifying for the event on Friday, Aug. 17, at 4:40 p.m. All ALMS programming on ESPN2 and ESPN3 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.

NASCAR Now Schedule

ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway in the one-hour weekend edition that airs Sunday, Aug. 19, at 9 a.m. Host Lindsay Czarniak will be joined from the track by ESPN NASCAR analyst Brad Daugherty and reporters Marty Smith and Ryan McGee.

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, Aug. 19, 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/. ESPN.com national motorsports writer Terry Blount will report from MIS.

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