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Where to watch the 2011 Indianapolis 500

May 27, 2011 Ryan Berenz

Click here for the 2012 Indy 500 TV schedule The 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 (Note: It’s not the 100th running of the Indy 500, since the race was not held during World Wars I and II) takes place at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29. IndyCar’s best will compete on the 2.5-mile rectangular oval for the Borg-Warner Trophy, including popular drivers Will Power, Danica Patrick, Dan Wheldon, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti and last season’s Indy 500 and series champ Dario Franchitti. Canadian Alex Tagliani is at the pole […]

2011 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race live May 21 on SPEED

May 18, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz (Twitter: @ChannelGuideRAB) The 27th NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race airs on SPEED Channel from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 21, at 7pm ET, with the winner receiving a $1 million prize. Drivers qualify by winning a race in 2010 or 2011, winning a past All-Star Race, winning a past Sprint Cup Series championship, finishing in the top two in the Sprint Showdown 40-lap preliminary race or by winning the Sprint Fan Vote. Last year, Kurt Busch held off Martin Truex Jr. to win his first All-Star Race. Other coverage surrounding All-Star week includes the NASCAR Sprint Pit […]

2011 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule on Versus and ABC

March 23, 2011 Ryan Berenz

The IZOD IndyCar Series starts the engines on their 2011 season at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in Florida on Sunday, March 27, beginning at 12:30pm ET on ABC. The 1.8-mile, 14-turn course uses a section of runway at Albert Whitted Airport as well as streets of downtown St. Petersburg. Top drivers expected to compete are Will Power, Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick and last season’s IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti. Power won the 2010 St. Petersburg race from the pole position. ABC and Versus combine to televise all races […]

2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Daytona 500 airs Feb. 20 on FOX

February 18, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series kicks off the 2011 season with its biggest race, the Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway, on Sunday, Feb. 20, on FOX. There are plenty of questions heading into the season: Will the sport’s TV ratings improve? Will Dale Earnhardt Jr. actually win a race? Will Jimmie Johnson take his dominance of the Sprint Cup to six straight titles? Questions start getting answers as Johnson, Earnhardt, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and other stock car stars fire up their engines at Daytona. Earnhardt won the pole position, […]

2011 NASCAR racing TV schedules

February 8, 2011 Ryan Berenz

TV schedules and start times have been announced for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series. FOX again opens coverage of the Sprint Cup Series, with the first 13 points races of the season, including the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20. TNT has coverage of six races beginning in June. ESPN and ABC share 17 races, with 14 of those on ESPN. All but one of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup races airs on ESPN. All three races on ABC are on Saturday nights. SPEED Channel again has coverage of the […]

NASCAR Sprint Cup Ford 400 season finale on ESPN Nov. 21

November 19, 2010 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz The 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion is crowned this Sunday at the season-ending Ford 400 from Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jimmie Johnson is in the running for a fifth straight Sprint Cup title, but he’ll have to contend with Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick. ESPN has live coverage of the race on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 1:15pm ET. Here’s the complete release from ESPN, followed by insight from ESPN’s NASCAR analysts Dale Jarrett and Ricky Craven: NASCAR Season Finale Live on ESPN NASCAR’s 36-race season comes to a close in South Florida this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup […]

Where to watch the 2010 Indianapolis 500

May 26, 2010 Ryan Berenz

The Memorial Day weekend tradition returns with the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 from famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, at 1pm ET on ABC. IndyCar’s best will compete on the 2.5-mile rectangular oval for the Borg-Warner Trophy, including popular drivers Dario Franchitti, Danica Patrick, Dan Wheldon, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Graham Rahal and Marco Andretti. Also in the field (and starting in the pole position) will be Helio Castroneves, who beat tax evasion charges and then beat the field to win his third Indy 500 last year. Another win at Indy would put the […]

Where to watch the 2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

May 19, 2010 Ryan Berenz

NASCAR has made a few adjustments to its non-points All-Star race. Last year, the 10-lap shootout was added as the final segment. This year, the lineup for that shootout will be set by how fast pit crews can change four tires and get their drivers back on the track, as the order in which the cars exit pit road will be how they line up for the final 10 laps. The 26th NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race airs Saturday, May 22, at 7pm ET on SPEED Channel (HD) from Charlotte Motor Speedway. Drivers qualify by winning a race in 2009 or […]

2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Daytona 500 coverage on FOX

February 12, 2010 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season begins Sunday, Feb. 14, with the Great American Race — the Daytona 500 — from Daytona International Speedway. Lots of stories to look at this season in NASCAR, as the sport looks to get back to basics and improve competition by relaxing some of its restrictive rules. Jimmie Johnson’s quest for a fifth straight Cup title, Danica Patrick racing in the Nationwide Series will also be top storylines this year. Here are the details of the Daytona race coverage from FOX: FOX Sports Starts the Engine on Its 10th Season of NASCAR […]

Where To Watch The Indy 500 And NASCAR Coca-Cola 600

May 21, 2009 Ryan Berenz

The Sunday of Memorial Day weekend has become the best day of the year for auto racing. There’s the one IndyCar race people still watch, followed by the early evening NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. Here’s the TV schedule of events for both races: Indianapolis 500 Sunday, May 24 on ABC 12pm ET — Prerace Show. The one-hour prerace show will include interviews with many of the 33 starting drivers as well as four special features, including a look at the roller-coaster year of polesitter Helio Castroneves; the special relationship between Danica Patrick and […]