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ESPN continues its coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series with a live telecast of the 300-mile race at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday, April 23. NASCAR Countdown airs at 2 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 3:16 p.m.

Marty Reid will call the action with analysis by former NASCAR Sprint Cup race winner Ricky Craven and Brad Daugherty, a team owner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. Reports from two-time champion crew chief Tim Brewer will air from the ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage, while pit reporters will be Dave Burns, Jamie Little and Shannon Spake. Burns will host NASCAR Countdown.

Also from Nashville, ESPN will air NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying at noon on Saturday, followed at 1 p.m. by an airing of the ESPN 30 for 30 film Tim Richmond: To the Limit prior to NASCAR Countdown at 2 p.m.

NASCAR Now Schedule

Half-hour editions of ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will air Tuesday through Friday of this week. The program airs at 6 p.m. ET Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of this week and at 5 p.m. Thursday. Mike Massaro will host.

With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series taking the weekend off, there will be no weekend edition of NASCAR Now and no Monday roundtable edition. NASCAR Now returns Tuesday, April 26.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Action Sunday

Highlights from the recent event for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at zMax Dragway near Charlotte, N.C., will air in a one-hour format on Sunday, April 24, at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will return to action over the weekend of April 30-May 1 in Houston, with coverage on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com.

ESPN Radio Raceday Airs Saturday, Sunday

Each weekend morning, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay starts its engines at 6 a.m. ET with host Pat Patterson anchored from Daytona Beach, Fla. Patterson also originates the broadcast from several racetracks with key races during the season. On both Saturday and Sunday mornings, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay listeners get an hour of news, previews and analysis, as well as profiles and interviews with NASCAR’s biggest names and newsmakers and the involvement of listeners via calls and e-mails.

Additionally, many of ESPN’s NASCAR reporters and analysts contribute each week as ESPN networks televise the entire NASCAR Nationwide Series and the final 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup races, including the 10-race “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup” championship. A list of ESPN Radio affiliates can be found at www.espnradio.com.

- ESPN Communications, Press Release