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ESPN Networks To Have 66 hours of NASCAR Programming This Week: As Nextel Cup racing returns to ESPN this weekend with coverage of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ESPN networks will have 66 hours of programming this week to commemorate the first Cup race coverage on ESPN since 2000.
Highlighting NASCAR programming this week will be two live NASCAR races, the Nextel Cup event from IMS on ESPN and the Busch Series race from O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis on ESPN2, as well as practice and qualifying coverage from both on ESPN2. In addition, ESPN's daily news and information show, NASCAR Now, will expand to an hour for three days this week and will air Monday through Thursday on both ESPN and ESPN2.
ESPN will air a series of new NASCAR historical documentaries in prime time every night this week. The ESPN Ultimate NASCAR series will be repeated on ESPN Classic, along with replays of the award-winning SportsCentury series featuring profiles of Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.
Nextel Cup Returns to ESPN with Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a fitting location for the return of the Nextel Cup Series to ESPN with the running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday, July 29. Race coverage will begin at 1 p.m. ET with the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program.
Busch Series Live in Prime Time on ESPN2 from Indianapolis ESPN2 will feature Busch Series racing live in prime time Saturday, July 28, from O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis as the series makes its only appearance of 2007 at the .686-mile oval. The telecast of the NASCAR Busch Series at ORP at Indianapolis presented by Hormel Compleats begins with NASCAR Countdown at 7:30 p.m. ET; the race starts at 8 p.m.
NASCAR Now Expands Schedule for Brickyard Week NASCAR Now, ESPN's daily news and information show dedicated to NASCAR, will have an expanded schedule this week. NASCAR Now will air on both ESPN and ESPN2 Monday through Thursday of this week, and the program will expand to an hour Wednesday through Friday.
New Episodes of ESPN2 Garage Programs New episodes of the ESPN2 Garage programs SpeedFreaks, Race Wizard with Ray Evernham and King of the Strip will premiere this week. SpeedFreaks will air at 5 p.m. ET Thursday, July 26, while Race Wizard is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28. King of the Strip will air at 2 p.m. Saturday. Also scheduled to air this week are episodes of the ESPN2 Garage programs Hot Rod Television and The Bidding Wars. .(ESPN PR)(7-23-2007)
Highlighting NASCAR programming this week will be two live NASCAR races, the Nextel Cup event from IMS on ESPN and the Busch Series race from O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis on ESPN2, as well as practice and qualifying coverage from both on ESPN2. In addition, ESPN's daily news and information show, NASCAR Now, will expand to an hour for three days this week and will air Monday through Thursday on both ESPN and ESPN2.
ESPN will air a series of new NASCAR historical documentaries in prime time every night this week. The ESPN Ultimate NASCAR series will be repeated on ESPN Classic, along with replays of the award-winning SportsCentury series featuring profiles of Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.
Nextel Cup Returns to ESPN with Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a fitting location for the return of the Nextel Cup Series to ESPN with the running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday, July 29. Race coverage will begin at 1 p.m. ET with the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program.
Busch Series Live in Prime Time on ESPN2 from Indianapolis ESPN2 will feature Busch Series racing live in prime time Saturday, July 28, from O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis as the series makes its only appearance of 2007 at the .686-mile oval. The telecast of the NASCAR Busch Series at ORP at Indianapolis presented by Hormel Compleats begins with NASCAR Countdown at 7:30 p.m. ET; the race starts at 8 p.m.
NASCAR Now Expands Schedule for Brickyard Week NASCAR Now, ESPN's daily news and information show dedicated to NASCAR, will have an expanded schedule this week. NASCAR Now will air on both ESPN and ESPN2 Monday through Thursday of this week, and the program will expand to an hour Wednesday through Friday.
New Episodes of ESPN2 Garage Programs New episodes of the ESPN2 Garage programs SpeedFreaks, Race Wizard with Ray Evernham and King of the Strip will premiere this week. SpeedFreaks will air at 5 p.m. ET Thursday, July 26, while Race Wizard is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28. King of the Strip will air at 2 p.m. Saturday. Also scheduled to air this week are episodes of the ESPN2 Garage programs Hot Rod Television and The Bidding Wars. .(ESPN PR)(7-23-2007)
