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2012 NASCAR on ESPN schedule

RELATED: NASCAR Sprint Cup 2012 season finale at Ford EcoBoost 400 While ESPN won’t have coverage of the Sprint Cup Series until late July, ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC are the home of the NASCAR Nationwide Series all season long. Coverage of the Nationwide Series begins on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 12pm ET with the Drive4COPD 300 from Daytona International Speedway. Highlights of the Sprint Cup Series schedule include the Brickyard 400 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway (July 29, ESPN), the Irwin Tools Night Race from Bristol Motor Speedway (Aug. 25, ABC), the Wonderful Pistachios 400 from Richmond International Raceway (Sept. 8, […]

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2012 NASCAR TV schedule

RELATED: NASCAR Sprint Cup 2012 season finale at Ford EcoBoost 400 The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series kicks off the 2012 season with its biggest race, the Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, Feb. 26. Joining the field of NASCAR stalwarts like Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards and 2011 Cup champion Tony Stewart is former IndyCar driver Danica Patrick, who will make her Sprint Cup debut at Daytona. In last year’s race, Trevor Bayne shocked the motorsports world by becoming the youngest driver — at 20 years and one day — to win […]

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“Inside NASCAR” special Daytona 500 edition Feb. 29

Showtime’s Inside NASCAR studio show returns for a third season with a special one-hour Daytona 500 edition on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 9pm ET. Host Chris Myers and analysts Michael Waltrip and Kyle Petty look at this year’s Daytona 500 and preview the 2012 NASCAR season. Press release from Showtime below: RELATED STORY: “NASCAR Now” returns to ESPN2 RELATED STORY: 2012 NASCAR TV Schedule INSIDE NASCAR RETURNS TO SHOWTIME®WITH SPECIAL ONE-HOUR DAYTONA 500 EDITION The Fastest Show on Television Premieres Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME NEW YORK (Feb. 14, 2012)—Inside NASCAR, the premium motorsports studio show […]

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“NASCAR Now” returns to ESPN2

With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 just around the corner, ESPN2 is gearing up for the season with the return of its NASCAR Now daily news program covering stock car racing. The series returns Feb. 13 and airs Monday-Friday at 3pm ET, plus a one-hour weekend edition on the morning of race day. New this year, Sprint Cup driver AJ Allmendinger serves as a guest reporter on weekend NASCAR Now editions and his “Daily Dinger” segments will feature interviews with NASCAR insiders about the day’s race. Press release and more details from ESPN: RELATED: 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup […]

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2012 NASCAR on FOX schedule

NASCAR on FOX starts the engines on the 2012 season with Speedweeks at Daytona starting Feb. 18. FOX has coverage of the Budweiser Shootout (Feb. 18), Daytona 500 qualifying (Feb. 19) and the Daytona 500 (Feb. 26). FOX has coverage of the first 13 Sprint Cup points races this season. On FOX’s prerace studio show, Michael Waltrip will replace Jeff Hammond (who will now report from the pits and garage) as an analyst, joining his brother Darrell. We’ll leave it up to the viewers to decide if Michael — who will still be a driver/owner during this TV gig — […]

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2012 NHRA TV schedule on ESPN2

2012 NHRA TV schedule for drag racing events on ESPN and ESPN2. RELATED: NHRA schedule 2013 on ESPN2 and ESPN RELATED: NHRA schedule 2013 on ESPN2 and ESPN ESPN2 has complete coverage of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series beginning with this weekend’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona Feb. 11-12. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to present qualifying and eliminations from all 23 events this season. 2012 NHRA TV schedule on ESPN2 and press release below: NHRA Drag Racing Season Kicks off on ESPN2 The 2012 season for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will kick off this […]

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NASCAR’s Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle help out “Dog Whisperer” Cesar Millan

NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle are helping out “Dog Whisperer” Cesar Millan for an upcoming episode of Nat Geo Wild’s “Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan.” One lucky NASCAR fan who will be in the Daytona area for this year’s Daytona 500 will be able get help for their dog from Millan and appear in the episode with Biffle and Harvick. Additional details and a link where you can submit an audition video are below in this press release from NASCAR: RELATED STORY: 2012 NASCAR TV Schedule Kevin Harvick, Greg Biffle And Lucky NASCAR Fan To Appear In Episode […]

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NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup begins Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway

RELATED: NASCAR Chase 2012 Schedule [Update: The rain-delayed Geico 400 from Chicagoland Speedway will now run Monday, Sept. 19, at 12pm ET on ESPN.] RELATED: NASCAR Chase 2012 Schedule The NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup “playoffs” begin Sunday, Sept. 18, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., in the Geico 400. The top 12 drivers in the Sprint Cup standings have a shot at racing for the championship over the season’s final stretch. Chase qualifiers are Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Brad Keselowski and […]

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Brickyard 400 live July 31 on ESPN

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the legendary 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400, on Sunday, July 31, at 1pm ET, as top drivers Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon race for a win on the famed track. Last year at Indy, Jamie McMurray kissed the bricks and joined Dale Jarrett and Jimmie Johnson as the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year. This year’s Brickyard 400 marks the first of 17 […]

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series shifts to TNT for the 5-Hour Energy 500 at Pocono Raceway

Farewell, for now, NASCAR on FOX. The Sprint Cup Series heads to TNT for a six-race summer schedule beginning Sunday, June 12, at 1pm ET for the 5-Hour Energy 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. NASCAR’s best, including Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon, take on Pocono’s 2.5-mile tri-oval. Last year, Denny Hamlin avoided an eight-car pileup on the final lap of a green-white-checkered-flag finish to win his fourth race in nine starts at Pocono. Here’s the complete press release and schedule for TNT’s […]