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NASCAR Nationwide Series at Talladega
The NASCAR Nationwide Series competes on NASCAR’s largest track, Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, on Saturday, May 4, and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards will be a guest analyst in the ESPN booth during the telecast of the race. NASCAR Countdown airs at 2:30 p.m. ET and the race’s green flag is at 3:35 p.m., with the telecast airing on ESPN and WatchESPN. Also from Talladega on Saturday, ESPN2 will televise qualifying at noon.

Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick; analysts Carl Edwards, Andy Petree.

Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.

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

NASCAR Now ScheduleESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway in the one-hour edition airing Sunday, May 5, at 9 a.m. ET. Host Allen Bestwick will be joined by ESPN NASCAR analyst Rusty Wallace in the studio with reporters Marty Smith and Jim Noble at the track. Bestwick and Wallace will review the race in the edition airing Tuesday, May 7, at 1:30 a.m. (late Monday night). NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards will be a guest on the program airing Wednesday, May 1, at 1 a.m. The week’s schedule:

Date            Time                Show                   Host                  Network

Tue., April 30    1:30 a.m.     NASCAR Now    Marty Reid           ESPN2
Wed., May 1      1 a.m.          NASCAR Now     Marty Reid           ESPN2
Thurs., May 2   1:30 a.m.     NASCAR Now     Marty Reid           ESPN2
Fri., May 3        1 a.m.           NASCAR Now     Marty Reid          ESPN2
Sun., May 5       9 a.m.          NASCAR Now     Allen Bestwick     ESPN2
Tue., May 7       1:30 a.m.     NASCAR Now     Allen Bestwick     ESPN2

-ESPN Media Zone News