Motorsports This Week on ESPN
NASCAR Nationwide Series in Prime Time on ESPN2
The NASCAR Nationwide Series will race under the lights in prime time at historic Darlington (S.C.) Raceway on Friday night, April 11, and ESPN2 will have a live telecast. NASCAR Countdown airs at 7:30 p.m. ET and the green flag will fly at 8:16 p.m. 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 Allen Bestwick; analysts Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Ricky Craven, Wallace (analysts).
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals on ESPN2, ESPN3
Once a year, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series goes “four-wide," sending four cars at a time down the strip rather than the traditional two, and it’s time for the annual event at zMax Dragway near Charlotte, N.C. ESPN2 and ESPN3 will air qualifying and eliminations action for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals April 11-13. 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, April 11 | 4:15 p.m. | Qualifying (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Saturday, April 12 | 9 p.m. | Qualifying | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, April 13 | Noon | Eliminations (live) | ESPN3, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, April 13 | 8 p.m. | Eliminations | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, April 13 | 11 p.m. | NHRA Thrills & Spills 2013 | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sunday, April 13 | 11:30 p.m. | NHRA Thrills & Spills 2012 | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Dave Rieff (anchor); Mike Dunn (analyst)
Pit reporters: Gary Gerould, Jamie Howe, John Kernan.
NASCAR Now schedule
This week’s schedule for ESPN2’s NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Wed., April 9 | 2:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., April 10 | 2:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Fri., April 11 | 2 a.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 Saturday night, April 12, RacingLive! Darlington will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live at http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/.