The NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., this weekend with races on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 20-21. ESPN will have a live telecast of Sunday’s 400-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup race, the sixth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, with NASCAR Countdown at 1 p.m. ET and the race’s green flag at 2:16 p.m. Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race also airs on ESPN, with NASCAR Countdown at 3 p.m. and the green flag at 3:46 p.m. ESPN2 will have telecasts of practice and qualifying sessions for both series on Friday and Saturday (schedule below). All NASCAR programming on ESPN and ESPN2 is also available on computers, smartphones and tablets with the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com. The schedule:
| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Fri., Oct. 19 | 2 p.m. | NASCAR Nationwide Series practice | ESPN2 |
| 3:30 p.m. | NASCAR Nationwide Series final practice | ESPN2 | |
| 5 p.m. | NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying | ESPN2 | |
| Sat., Oct. 20 | 11 a.m. | NASCAR Sprint Cup practice | ESPN2 |
| 3 p.m. | NASCAR Countdown | ESPN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | NASCAR Nationwide Series race | ESPN | |
| Sun., Oct. 21 | 1 p.m. | NASCAR Countdown | ESPN |
| 2:16 p.m. | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race | ESPN |
Announcers:
Booth: Lap-by-Lap announcer Allen Bestwick (Sprint Cup); Marty Reid (Nationwide Series); analysts Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree.
Pit reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe (host); Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty (analysts).
NASCAR Now Schedule
ESPN2’s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now will preview the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway in the one-hour edition airing Sunday, Oct. 21, at 9 a.m. ET. Host Jonathan Coachman will be joined in the studio by ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven with reporters Ryan McGee and Mike Massaro at the track. Coachman and Craven will review the race Sunday night at 10:30 p.m. The week’s schedule:
| Date | Time | Show | Host | Network |
| Wed., Oct. 17 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Thu., Oct. 18 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sat., Oct. 20 | 1:30 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Shannon Spake | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 21 | 9 a.m. | NASCAR Now | Jonathan Coachman | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Oct. 21 | 10:30 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Jonathan Coachman | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Mon., Oct. 22 | 3 p.m. | NASCAR Now | Marty Reid | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
American Le Mans Series Season Ends with Petit Le Mans
One of the biggest races on the world sports car racing calendar will bring down the curtain on the 2012 season for the American Le Mans Series when the Petit Le Mans runs at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., on Saturday, Oct. 20. The race will go for 1,000 miles or 10 hours, whichever comes first, and will air live on ESPN3 beginning at 11:15 a.m. ET. Highlights will air Sunday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. on ABC.
Also from Road Atlanta, qualifying for the event will air on ESPN3 on Friday, Oct. 19, at 1:50 p.m.
Motorsports on Other ESPN Platforms
ESPN.com – RacingLive! on ESPN.com is a live blog where fans can engage in debate and discussion with ESPN.com writers and editors during the NASCAR Sprint Cup races. On Sunday, Oct. 21, RacingLive! Kansas will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. Fans can join ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts in dissecting every aspect of the race live athttp://espn.go.com/racing/
ESPN Radio – Each weekend morning, ESPN Radio’s RaceDay starts its engines at 6 a.m. ET with host Pat Patterson anchored from the site of that weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race. 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.
Source: ESPN Communications, Press Release
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