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NASCAR Nationwide Series in Prime Time on ESPN2

The NASCAR Nationwide Series races in prime time on Saturday night, July 19, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., and ESPN2 will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 8 p.m. ET with the green flag at 8:44 p.m. for the 300-mile race on the 1.5-mile track All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV via WatchESPN, accessible to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from an affiliate provider. The race telecast also will air live in Canada on TSN2.

Announcers:

Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Dave Burns; analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty (analysts).

ESPN2 Goes Live for Denver NHRA Action

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series begins its annual three-race swing through the western part of the country with the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver and qualifying and eliminations action will air on ESPN2 and ESPN3 July 18-20. ESPN2 will go live for Sunday’s eliminations action. All NHRA programming on ESPN networks is available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV via WatchESPN, accessible to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from an affiliate provider. The schedule:

Date Time Event Network
Friday, July 18 9:15 p.m. Qualifying (live) ESPN3, WatchESPN
Saturday, July 19 11 p.m. Qualifying ESPN2, WatchESPN
Sunday, July 20 Noon Eliminations (live) ESPN3, WatchESPN
Sunday, July 20 2:30 p.m. Eliminations (live) ESPN2, WatchESPN

Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, John Kernan.