Motorsports This Week on ESPN

NASCAR Nationwide Series Action Live from Atlanta Saturday

March 3, 2008 -- With action at one of NASCAR’s fastest tracks, ESPN2 continues its season-long coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series with a live, flag-to-flag airing of the 300-mile race from Atlanta Motor Speedway Saturday, March 8, beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET with NASCAR Countdown. ESPN2 is the home of the NASCAR Nationwide Series all season, with selected races on ESPN and ABC.

Dr. Jerry Punch will be the lead announcer for ESPN2’s coverage, joined in the booth for analysis by 1999 NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Jarrett, one of the founding drivers of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and two-time Cup Series champion crew chief Andy Petree. Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro and Shannon Spake will report from the pits, while two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion crew chief Tim Brewer will be in the ESPN DISH Tech Center.

Allen Bestwick will host NASCAR Countdown with analysis by Jarrett and Brad Daugherty, a former winning team owner in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, in the ESPN pit studio.

The race will be simulcast on ESPN360.com, ESPN’s signature broadband sports network, and on ESPN Deportes, the domestic Spanish-language network. The event also will be simulcast on ESPN MobileTV.

NASCAR Now Special Time for Monday Discussion

NASCAR Now, ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information show, will have six episodes this week. The program features news, highlights, opinion, debate and analysis from drivers, crew chiefs and insiders both on and off the track.

On Monday, March 10, host Allen Bestwick leads a discussion of the Atlanta Motor Speedway weekend and other NASCAR news in a one-hour episode airing at a special time of 4 p.m. ET. Half-hour episodes air Tuesday through Friday of this week at 6 p.m., while a one-hour edition airs Sunday, March 9, at 10 a.m. with the latest news from Atlanta Motor Speedway.

NASCAR Now is hosted by Ryan Burr, Nicole Manske and Bestwick and originates from ESPN’s high definition studios in Bristol, Conn. Contributors include NASCAR Insiders Marty Smith and Angelique Chengelis, analysts Tim Brewer, Brad Daugherty, Boris Said and Tim Cowlishaw, ESPN.com reporters Terry Blount and David Newton and D.J. Copp, a member of Bobby Labonte’s NASCAR team.

NASCAR Now viewers also benefit from frequent contributions by the NASCAR on ESPN team including Rusty Wallace, Dale Jarrett, Dr. Jerry Punch, Andy Petree, Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro and Shannon Spake.

ESPN Classic Featuring 1999 NASCAR Cup Series Race

NASCAR fans will have the opportunity to watch a classic NASCAR race on ESPN Classic this week.

The 1999 California 500 from California Speedway in Fontana, Calif., airs Friday, March 7, at 3 a.m. ET. The race featured homestate hero Jeff Gordon taking home a popular victory.

NHRA Fans Can Relive Events from 2004 on ESPN Classic

Fans of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series will have opportunities all week to relive some of the great events of the 2004 season as ESPN Classic opens the archives and brings the events back to life on TV. The programs air at 11 a.m. ET Monday through Friday.

On Tuesday, March 4, fans can watch the action of the K&N Filters NHRA Supernationals, while Wednesday’s program features the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals from Denver. The Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals air Thursday with the Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals on the air Friday. On Monday, March 10, fans can watch action from the 2004 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.

ESPN2 is the home for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.

New Season of Car Wars with Funkmaster Flex Begins Saturday

A new season of the ESPN2 reality show Car Wars with Funkmaster Flex begins Saturday, March 8, at 10:30 a.m. ET.

The show features popular New York TV and radio personality Funkmaster Flex, who opens each episode with “music is my life but cars are my passion.” Flex oversees a competition involving amateur car customizers and the real-life drama associated with the contest. The contestants put everything on the line to win.

ESPN2, ESPN Classic Airing Classic Car Auction Programs

ESPN2 and ESPN Classic are the homes for lovers of classic car auction programs, and viewers will have the opportunity this week to see multiple hours of programming.

ESPN Classic will air an episode of RM Classic Car Auctions Tuesday, March 4, at 9 p.m. ET. Another episode airs on ESPN2 Sunday, March 9, at 11 a.m.

Other automotive-related programming on ESPN2 this week includes an episode of Mothers Car Show airing Saturday, March 8, at 10 a.m., and Autotrader.com DRIVE to the Chicago Auto Show on Sunday, March 9, at noon.

Source: ESPN

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