ESPN2s NASCAR Countdown will have a live preview at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday, July 28, of the Busch Series race at OReilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis presented by Hormel Compleats. ESPNs Marty Reid will anchor coverage from ORP, joined in the booth for expert analysis by two-time Busch Series champion Randy LaJoie. Pit reporters Jack Arute, Shannon Spake and Vince Welch will contribute. Tim Brewer will report from the ESPN Dish Tech Center. ESPN2 will have live coverage of Busch Series practice from ORP at 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday, and qualifying at 4:30 p.m. before Saturday nights race. Highlights include:
Racing at ORP ESPNs Reid and LaJoie talk about how to race OReilly Raceway Park. LaJoie has two career wins at the raceway and will talk about why this is considered a drivers track and why the race can be won running either the high line or the low line. ESPNs Tim Brewer will report from the Dish Tech Center on what teams will do to set up the car and handle the two grooves.
From the Pits: ESPNs Shannon Spake will report on Mike Wallace, winner of the 1994 NASCAR Busch Series race at ORP, a race considered one of the most exciting at this track. Spake will get Wallaces thoughts on the raceway and his chances of winning Saturday nights race.
Only a few days removed from dislocating his thumb during a dirt-track, late model race, Carl Edwards will be behind the wheel in this weekends Busch Series and Cup races at Indianapolis. ESPNs Jack Arute will report on Edwards condition and why the driver, who has a monumental lead in Busch Series driver points, decided to compete in Saturdays Busch Series race despite his injury.
Will this be Toyotas weekend? ESPNs Shannon Spake will report on Busch Series driver Jason Leffler, who, with seven top-10 finishes this season, is one of Toyotas best chances of getting to victory lane.
USAC National Midget Car champion Bobby East, a Brownsburg, Ind. resident, will drive the Busch Series #37 Ford for Brewco Motorsports in just his fifth career Busch Series start. ESPNs Vince Welch will report on the 22-year-olds career as he races at ORP, a track with which the Hoosier is familiar.(ESPN PR)(7-26-2007)
