Chase for NASCAR Sprint Cup Continues at New Hampshire
The second of 10 races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will be the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Sunday, Sept. 23, and ESPN will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 1 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 2:15 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, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NASCAR Nationwide Series at Kentucky on ESPN
The NASCAR Nationwide Series races this weekend at Kentucky Speedway near Cincinnati and the race airs live on ESPN on Saturday, Sept. 22. NASCAR Countdown airs at 3:30 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 4:15 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: Mike Massaro, Jim Noble, Shannon Spake
NHRA Dallas Action on ESPN2, ESPN3
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series races this weekend in the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals in Dallas 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:
| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Friday, Sept. 21 | 6 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, Sept. 23 | 3 a.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, Sept. 23 | Noon | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, Sept. 23 | 1 p.m. | Qualifying (re-air) | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, Sept. 23 | 2 p.m. | Lucas Oil Series | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, Sept. 23 | 8:30 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Paul Page (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Dave Rieff, Jamie Howe.
NASCAR Now Schedule
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the Sylvania 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the one-hour edition Sunday, Sept. 23, at 9 a.m. ET. Host Lindsay Czarniak will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporter Marty Smith at the track. The weekend wrap-up edition, with highlights of the New Hampshire race, airs that night at 11:30 p.m. The week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Tue., Sept. 18 | 3:30 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Wed., Sept. 19 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., Sept. 20 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., Sept. 21 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Lindsay Czarniak | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Sept. 23 | 9 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Lindsay Czarniak | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Sept. 23 | 11:30 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Lindsay Czarniak | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Mon., Sept. 24 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | 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, Sept. 23, RacingLive! New Hampshire will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 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 senior motorsports writer Terry Blount will report from Chicagoland.
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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