Motorsports This Week on ESPN


NASCAR Nationwide Series at Darlington on ESPN2
The NASCAR Nationwide Series races Friday night, May 11, at one of NASCAR’s most storied tracks, Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, and the race airs live on ESPN2. NASCAR Countdown airs at 6:30 p.m. ET with the race telecast at 7 p.m. Also from Darlington, ESPN2 airs NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying on Friday at 3:30 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.

NASCAR Now Schedule
The one-hour weekend edition of ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will air on Saturday, May 12, at noon ET with a preview of that night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. Mike Massaro will host, joined from the track by analyst Andy Petree and reporters Nicole Briscoe and Ryan McGee. NASCAR Now will review the Darlington race at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 14.

Date

Time Show Host Network
Tue., May 8 3 p.m. NASCAR Now Nicole Briscoe ESPN2, WatchESPN
Wed., May 9 3 p.m. NASCAR Now Nicole Briscoe ESPN2, WatchESPN
Thu., May 10 3 p.m. NASCAR Now Jonathan Coachman ESPN2, WatchESPN
Fri., May 11 3 p.m. NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN
Sat., May 12 Noon NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN
Mon., May 14 3 p.m. NASCAR Now Mike Massaro ESPN2, WatchESPN

American Le Mans Series in Action at Laguna Seca
The American Le Mans Series will compete at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif., this weekend and sports car racing fans can watch the Saturday, May 12, six-hour sports car endurance race live on ESPN3 at 4:15 p.m. ET. On television, highlights from the race will air on ESPN2 on Sunday, May 13, at 5 p.m.

ESPN3, ESPN’s multi-screen live sports network, also will air qualifying for the event on Friday, May 11, at 7:40 p.m. All ALMS programming on ESPN2 and ESPN3 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.

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, May 12, RacingLive! Darlington will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup 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/. ESPN.com senior writer Ed Hinton will be on hand at Darlington.

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.

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