NASCAR on ESPN 2012

ESPN is set for another season of NASCAR coverage as it prepares for this weekend’s Nationwide Series race at Daytona.

ESPN will have coverage of all 33 Nationwide Series races this year and will provide coverage of 17 Sprint Cup events later this summer.

Allen Bestwick will join Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree in the booth for race telecasts, with pit reporters Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch and Vince Welch. From the ESPN Pit Studio, Nicole Briscoe will host NASCAR Countdown with analysts Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty, joined by Ray Evernham for selected races, mostly in the second half of the season. Tim Brewer will report from the Emmy-winning ESPN Tech Garage during race telecasts to help viewers better understand the technical and mechanical aspects of NASCAR racing.

Marty Reid will step into the lap-by-lap announcer position for NASCAR Nationwide Series telecasts once ESPN’s NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage begins, with Bestwick calling the Cup races.

2012 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE ON ESPN NETWORKS

Date Site Network Time
July 29 Indianapolis Motor Speedway ESPN 1 p.m.
Aug. 5 Pocono Raceway ESPN 1 p.m.
Aug. 12 Watkins Glen International ESPN 1 p.m.
Aug. 19 Michigan International Speedway ESPN 1 p.m.
Aug. 25 Bristol Motor Speedway ABC 7:30 p.m.
Sep. 2 Atlanta Motor Speedway ESPN 7:30 p.m.
Sep. 8 Richmond International Raceway ABC 7:30 p.m.
Sep. 16 Chicagoland Speedway ESPN 2 p.m.
Sep. 23 New Hampshire Motor Speedway ESPN 2 p.m.
Sep. 30 Dover International Speedway ESPN 2 p.m.
Oct. 7 Talladega Superspeedway ESPN 2 p.m.
Oct. 13 Charlotte Motor Speedway ABC 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 21 Kansas Speedway ESPN 2 p.m.
Oct. 28 Martinsville Speedway ESPN 2 p.m.
Nov. 4 Texas Motor Speedway ESPN 3 p.m.
Nov. 11 Phoenix International Raceway ESPN 3 p.m.
Nov. 18 Homestead-Miami Speedway ESPN 3 p.m.

2012 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES SCHEDULE

Date Site Network Time
Feb. 25 Daytona International Speedway ESPN 1:15 p.m.
March 3 Phoenix International Raceway ESPN2 4:30 p.m.
March 10 Las Vegas Motor Speedway ESPN2 5 p.m.
March 17 Bristol Motor Speedway ESPN 2 p.m.
March 24 Auto Club Speedway ESPN 5:30 p.m.
Apr. 13 Texas Motor Speedway ESPN2 8:30 p.m.
Apr. 27 Richmond International Raceway ESPN2 7:30 p.m.
May 5 Talladega Superspeedway ABC 3:15 p.m.
May 11 Darlington Raceway ESPN2 7 p.m.
May 20 Iowa Speedway ESPN 2 p.m.
May 26 Charlotte Motor Speedway ABC 2:45 p.m.
June 2 Dover International Speedway ESPN 2 p.m.
June 16 Michigan International Speedway ABC 3:45 p.m.
June 23 Road America ESPN 3:30 p.m.
June 29 Kentucky Speedway ESPN2 7:30 p.m.
July 6 Daytona International Speedway ESPN 7:30 p.m.
July 14 New Hampshire Motor Speedway ESPN 3:30 p.m.
July 22 Chicagoland Speedway ESPN 3 p.m.
July 28 Indianapolis Motor Speedway ESPN 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 4 Iowa Speedway ESPN2 8 p.m.
Aug. 11 Watkins Glen International ABC 2:15 p.m.
Aug. 18 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve ESPN 2:30 p.m.
Aug. 24 Bristol Motor Speedway ESPN 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 1 Atlanta Motor Speedway ESPN2 7 p.m.
Sept. 7 Richmond International Raceway ESPN 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 15 Chicagoland Speedway ESPN2 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 22 Kentucky Speedway ESPN 4 p.m.
Sept. 29 Dover International Speedway ESPN2 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 12 Charlotte Motor Speedway ESPN2 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 20 Kansas Speedway ESPN 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 3 Texas Motor Speedway ESPN 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 10 Phoenix International Raceway ESPN 4 p.m.
Nov. 17 Homestead-Miami Speedway ESPN2 4:30 p.m.

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