NASCAR This Week on ESPN at California

NASCAR Nationwide Series in California
The NASCAR Nationwide Series moves to the 2-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., this weekend for a 300-mile race and ESPN will have a live telecast on Saturday, March 24. The NASCAR Countdown pre-race show airs at 5 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 5:46 p.m. Also, ESPN2 will air NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying earlier in the day at 1:30 p.m. All NASCAR programming on ESPN and ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.

Announcers:

Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick; analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.

Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Shannon Spake.

NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Jarrett, Brad Daugherty (analysts).

NASCAR Now Schedule
The one-hour weekend edition of ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will air on Sunday, March 25, at 11 a.m. ET with a preview of that day’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. Michael Yam will host, joined by analyst Dale Jarrett from California along with reporter Marty Smith. Weekday editions of the program air at 3 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday of this week and at 2:30 p.m. Friday. NASCAR Now will review the California race weekend at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 26, with host Mike Massaro and analyst Ray Evernham. 

 
Date Time Show Host Network 

Tue., March 20 3 p.m.    NASCAR Now   Shannon Spake          ESPN2
Wed., March 21 3 p.m.   NASCAR Now   Shannon Spake          ESPN2
Thu., March 22 3 p.m.    NASCAR Now   Jonathan Coachman ESPN2
Fri., March 23 2:30 p.m. NASCAR Now   Michael Yam             ESPN2
Sun., March 25 11 a.m.   NASCAR Now   Michael Yam              ESPN2
Mon., March 26 7 p.m.   NASCAR Now   Mike Massaro             ESPN2

-  ESPN MediaZone