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August 28, 2007 - ESPN on ABC is the home for the final 11 races of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, including the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup. For the first time since NASCAR introduced the Chase format four years ago, all 10 Chase races will be televised by a single network.    » read more »

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Live in Prime Time on ESPN from California Speedway

August 27, 2007 -- The fast and competitive California Speedway near Los Angeles will host the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race presented by Principle Financial on Sunday, Sept. 2, for 500 miles of prime-time racing. ESPN will have live coverage from the 2-mile Fontana, Calif., oval beginning at 7 p.m. ET with the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program.    » read more »

Different Tune, Same Old Song: Bristol Motor Speedway Gets a Facelift

August 25 , 2007 -- ESPN NASCAR PLAY BY PLAY ANNOUNCER DR. JERRY PUNCH - “What a match-up – The Car of Tomorrow vs. the concrete of today.”    » read more »

- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup at 7 p.m. ET Saturday on ESPN
- NASCAR Busch Series at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday on ESPN2

August 23, 2007 -- The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and NASCAR Busch Series head to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee this weekend as drivers and teams get ready to lay down rubber on the newly resurfaced concrete racing surface. Fans will see sparks fly with the high speeds and close quarters of Bristol night racing.    » read more »

August 21, 2007 -- Rusty Wallace won nine times in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup competition at Bristol and is tied with Dale Earnhardt and Cale Yarborough for second in all-time wins at the track.

1) What made you such a successful driver at Bristol, and how special is the track to your career?    » read more »

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Live in Prime Time on ESPN from Bristol Motor Speedway

August 20, 2007 -- One of the most popular events on the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series schedule looms this Saturday night as the series makes its annual visit to Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway for 500 laps of night racing. ESPN will have live coverage from the half-mile concrete oval beginning at 7 p.m. ET with the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program. The race telecast will be presented by Pennzoil.    » read more »

August 14, 2007 -- ESPN analyst and championship winning crew chief Andy Petree on racing at Michigan International Speedway:

Q - What is it about the design of Michigan International Speedway that allows drivers to run almost anyplace on the track (high, low, middle) and still go fast?
“It’s a very wide racetrack with big sweeping turns. The transition in and out of the corners is very smooth. You have some banking but it’s fairly flat and allows them to run all over it. There’s not a better track on the circuit for three- and four-wide racing.    » read more »

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Live on ESPN at Michigan International Speedway

August 13, 2007 -- The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series visits the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway this weekend for Sunday’s 400-mile race. ESPN will have live coverage from the Brooklyn, Mich., oval beginning at 1 p.m. ET with the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program.

ESPN, which has televised more NASCAR Cup races than any other network, and ABC will have live coverage of the final 17 races of the 2007 season, including all 10 races in the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup on ABC.    » read more »