Kansas City Hosts Round 4 of NASCAR Chase
The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup continues this weekend with a 400-mile race at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., and ESPN will have a live telecast of the fourth race of NASCAR’s playoffs on Sunday, Oct. 6. NASCAR Countdown airs at 1 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 2:16 p.m. Kansas also will host a 300-mile NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday, Oct. 5, airing live on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. with the green flag at 3:47 p.m. ESPN2 will air NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Kansas on Friday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. Both Kansas race telecasts are presented by Dodge Trucks. All NASCAR programming on ESPN is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app.
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).
NHRA in Reading as Countdown Continues
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competes at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Penn., this weekend in the Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals and drag racing fans can watch qualifying and eliminations action on ESPN networks as the series counts down toward its championship. All NHRA programming on ESPN networks is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The schedule:
| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Friday, Oct. 4 | 4:15 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sat., Oct. 5 | 11:30 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPNEWS, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 6 | 3:30 a.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| 11 a.m. | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan.
American Le Mans Series in Virginia on ESPN2
The American Le Mans Series races at historic Virginia International Raceway near Danville, Va., this weekend and ESPN2 will have a delayed telecast on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 5:30 p.m. ET. The race will air live on ESPN3 on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. and ESPN3 will air qualifying on Friday, Oct. 4, at 3:35 p.m. ESPN3 is accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and Apple TV.
NASCAR Now Weekend Wrap-up Show To Review Chase Race No. 4
ESPN’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will review the fourth race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Kansas Speedway on Sunday night, Oct. 6, at 11 p.m. ET. Host Mike Massaro will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporter Marty Smith at the track. This week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Wed., Oct. 2 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., Oct. 3 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., Oct. 4 | 2 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 6 | 11 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Mike Massaro | 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, Oct. 6, RacingLive! Kansas will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas 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 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. RaceDay also features interviews with newsmakers from the IZOD IndyCar Series from correspondent Bruce Martin.
Click HERE for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series schedules on ESPN.
Click HERE for the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule on ESPN.
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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or andy.hall@espn.com
