ESPN will bring live coverage of the final 17 races of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season from the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 25, at 1 p.m. ET.
ESPN will deliver one-hour NASCAR Countdown pre-race show at noon from Indianapolis. The pre-race show will offer green flag flies at 1:19 p.m. and following the race, additional reports, analysis and interviews from Indianapolis.
ESPN will cover 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup events to end the 2010 season, The Indianapolis race will be the first, out of the 17 races, and 14 will air on ESPN and three on ABC.
ESPN’s coverage team at the Brickyard includes five former NASCAR Sprint Cup champions.
The 1999 driving champion Dale Jarrett will be analyst, who will work with two-time champion crew chief Andy Petree and lap-by-lap announcer Marty Reid in the booth.
Two-time champion crew chief Tim Brewer will report from the ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage, while pit reporters will be Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch and Vince Welch.
NASCAR Countdown from the ESPN pit studio will feature analysis by 1989 champion driver Rusty Wallace and three-time champion crew chief Ray Evernham, with host Allen Bestwick and analyst Brad Daugherty. The studio team will interact with the booth during the telecast of the race.
ESPN will use 76 high definition cameras in the telecast, including Track Cam, a camera running on a cable over pit road and the frontstretch that can move at more than 80 mph. ESPN also will record the radio transmissions of all 43 teams in the race and will provide additional access and discovery for viewers by replaying conversations between drivers and crews.
NASCAR Countdown will include interviews with many of the race’s starting drivers as well as multiple features:
- A revealing interview with Jimmie Johnson, the race’s three-time and defending champion. As the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion sits in an ice sculpted chair, surrounded by giant blocks of ice, he talks about how he stays so calm and calculated in a race car and how that has resulted in his unprecedented success.
- Team owner Roger Penske has an in-depth conversation with Bestwick at the Penske Racing shop in North Carolina. They discuss where Penske came from, beginning as a driver, what it means to be a Penske driver, his success at the Daytona 500 and what finally winning in a stock car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway would mean to him.
- ESPN looks at how Denny Hamlin has been transformed into the new leader at Joe Gibbs Racing, both on and off the track. The rehabilitation from his knee surgery earlier this year has caused him to work through adversity to find new strength, and the feature includes words from Hamlin as viewers watch his rehab, as well as from Gibbs and Hamlin’s physical therapist.
- Four-time Brickyard 400 winner Jeff Gordon tells ESPN’s Marty Smith how family has affected his racing career, how he is more motivated to win than ever and what the rivalry with Johnson has been like this season.
- In “Ode to the Pit Stop,” ESPN contributor Chris Connelly describes the pit stop in a way never heard before. In iambic pentameter narration, Connelly showcases the nuances of a pit stop, the detailed choreography that is required to have a stop work perfectly and how it can make or break a driver’s chances to win.
- An animated feature on the size, scope and speed of Indianapolis Motor Speedway compares the track to the George Washington Bridge, the U.S.S. Enterprise and the Rose Bowl. The animation also illustrates the speeds reached by race cars.
- Several short pieces speak to the Brickyard itself, including drivers talking about why Indy is so special, what is the most iconic part of the speedway, their favorite Indy memory and some showcasing of Indy fans.
| 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Coverage On ESPN Networks | ||||||
| Day.,Date & Time (ET) | Schedule | Networks | ||||
| Tue., Jul. 20, 5 p.m. | NASCAR Now | ESPN2 | ||||
| Wed., Jul. 21, 5 p.m. | NASCAR Now | ESPN2 | ||||
| Thu., Jul. 22, 5 p.m. | NASCAR Now (at Indianapolis) | ESPN2 | ||||
| Fri., Jul. 23, 2 p.m. | NASCAR Sprint Cup practice | ESPN2 | ||||
| Fri., Jul. 23, 6:30 p.m. | NASCAR Now (at Indianapolis) | ESPN2 | ||||
| Fri., Jul. 23, 8 p.m. | 1995 Brickyard 400 | ESPN Classic | ||||
| Fri., Jul. 23, 10 p.m. | 2008 Brickyard 400 | ESPN Classic | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, Midnight | 2009 Brickyard 400 | ESPN Classic | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 2 a.m. | 2007 Brickyard 400 | ESPN Classic | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 4 a.m. | 1994 Brickyard 400 | ESPN Classic | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 6 a.m. | Saturday RaceDay | ESPN Radio | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 10 a.m. | NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying | ESPN2 | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 12:30 p.m. | NASCAR Nationwide Series final prac. | ESPN2 | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 3:30 p.m. | NASCAR Sprint Cup final practice | ESPN2 | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 5 p.m. | NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying | ESPN2 | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 7 p.m. | SportsCenter at the Brickyard | ESPN | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 7:30 p.m. | NASCAR Countdown | ESPN | ||||
| Sat., Jul. 24, 8 p.m. | NASCAR Nationwide Series at ORP | ESPN | ||||
| Sun., Jul. 25, 6 a.m. | Sunday RaceDay | ESPN Radio | ||||
| Sun., Jul. 25, 9 a.m. | NASCAR Now (at Indianapolis) | ESPN2 | ||||
| Sun., Jul. 25, Noon | NASCAR Countdown | ESPN | ||||
| Sun., Jul. 25, 1 p.m. | Brickyard 400 pres. by Golden Corral | ESPN | ||||
| Sun., Jul. 25, 10 p.m. | NASCAR Now (at Indianapolis) | ESPN2 | ||||
| Mon., Jul. 26, 4 a.m. | Brickyard 400 pres. by Golden Corral | ESPN Deportes | ||||
| Mon., Jul. 26, 5 p.m. | NASCAR Now Monday Roundtable | ESPN2 | ||||
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First off, I’d like to say how disappointed I am that idiot Juan Montoya took out my favorite driver Dale Earnhardt Jr!! And ruined his chance of getting into the chase!! It appeared Dale had at least a top ten finish!! The lack of Montoya’s apology to Dale shows how unsportsmenlike his attitude is!! Big deal, he’s going for a record for Gnassis/EARNHARDT at whatever cost!!Juan Montoya’s reckless driving at times is annoying as is his” poor me” attitude!!!
It really was an insult to injury when Espn went on and on about poor Montoya as he’s collecting Dale’s car and don’t even mention it,or bother to even interview NASCARS most popular driver!!!