The Nextel Cup Series will hit the road this weekend at famous Watkins Glen International for Sunday’s race on the famed Upstate New York road racing circuit. ESPN will have live coverage beginning at 1:00pm/et with the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program. Dr. Jerry Punch will handle play-by-play for the Watkins Glen race, joined in the booth for analysis by Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree. Pit reporters will be Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little and Mike Massaro. Tim Brewer will report from the ESPN DISH Tech Center. ESPN’s Suzy Kolber will host NASCAR Countdown at Watkins Glen, joined by analyst Brad Daugherty in the ESPN Pit Studio. ESPN’s coverage from Watkins Glen will include live Nextel Cup qualifying at 3:00pm/et Friday, Aug. 3, and Happy Hour final practice at 2:00pm/et Saturday, both on ESPN2. One week after running on a road course in Montreal, the Busch Series will run its second road course race of the year Saturday at Watkins Glen International. ESPN2 will have live coverage of the race beginning at 3:00pm/et ET with NASCAR Countdown. In addition to coverage of the race, ESPN2 will televise Busch Series practice from Watkins Glen at 5:30pm/et Friday, and qualifying at 11:30am/et Saturday. Tuesday through Thursday, NASCAR Now will air at its new time of 6:00pm/et in its normal 30-minute format. Friday’s program will air at 6:30pm/et following Busch Series practice at Watkins Glen. The one-hour weekend edition will air at 10:00am/et Sunday. The weekend wrap-up edition will air at midnight Sunday.(ESPN PR)(8-7-2007)
