Motorsports This Week on ESPN


NHRA Las Vegas Action on ESPN2, ESPN3
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to action this weekend in the Summitracing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Drag racing fans can watch qualifying and eliminations action on ESPN2 and ESPN3. All NHRA programming on ESPN is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets through WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. The schedule:

Date Time Event Network
Friday, April 5 8 p.m. Qualifying (live) ESPN3, WatchESPN
Saturday, April 6 8 p.m. Qualifying ESPN2, WatchESPN
Sunday, April 7 2 p.m. Eliminations (live) ESPN3, WatchESPN
Sunday, April 7 11 p.m. Eliminations ESPN2, WatchESPN


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

NASCAR Now Schedule
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in the one-hour edition airing Sunday, April 7, at 9 a.m. ET. Studio host Nicole Briscoe will be joined from the track by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven and reporters Shannon Spake and Ryan McGee. The week’s schedule:

Date Time Show Host Network
Tue., April 2 2:30 a.m. NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN
Wed., April 3 2 a.m. NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN
Thu., April 4 2:30 a.m. NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN
Fri., April 5 1 a.m. NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN
Sun., April 7 9 a.m. NASCAR Now Nicole Briscoe 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, April 7, RacingLive! Martinsville will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live at http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/. ESPN.com motorsports writer David Newton will report from Martinsville.

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. Saturday’s show will preview Sunday’s event at Alabama’s Barber Motorsports Park while Sunday morning’s show will include an interview with Will Power, who won last year’s event at Barber.