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NASCAR Chase 2012 schedule begins Sunday at Chicagoland

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NASCAR Chase 2012 schedule begins Sunday at Chicagoland

RELATED: NASCAR Sprint Cup 2012 season finale at Ford EcoBoost 400 The Sprint Cup Series playoffs begin Sunday, Sept. 16, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., in the GEICO 400, the first race of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. ESPN airs the prerace coverage beginning at 1pm ET. The top 12 drivers in the Sprint Cup standings have a shot at racing for the championship over the season’s final stretch. Tony Stewart dominated during last year’s Chase — including a win at Chicagoland — en route to a Cup Series championship. ESPN and ABC have complete coverage [...]

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Brickyard 400 Sunday on ESPN

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Brickyard 400 Sunday on ESPN

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the legendary 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 29, at 1pm ET on ESPN, as top drivers Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon race for a win on the famed track. Last year at Indy, Paul Menard not only won the first race of his Sprint Cup career, but he also got to kiss the masonry at the Yard of Bricks on the track’s start/finish line. It’s the first Cup race of [...]

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Where to watch the 2012 Indy 500

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Where to watch the 2012 Indy 500

TV network and schedule for the 2012 Indy 500 on Sunday, May 27. The Memorial Day weekend tradition returns with the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 from famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27. Hearts will be heavy at Indy, as 2011 race winner Dan Wheldon (pictured), who died in a crash in IndyCar’s season finale last fall, will be fondly remembered by the racing world. Top drivers competing this year for the Borg-Warner Trophy include Will Power, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti and Dario Franchitti. Briscoe starts the race in the pole [...]

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NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Saturday on SPEED

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NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Saturday on SPEED

RELATED: 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 Sunday on ESPN The 28th NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race takes place Saturday, May 19, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the winner receiving a $1 million prize. Drivers qualify by winning a race in 2011 or 2012, 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. New this year, the race is split into four 20-lap segments and a 10-lap sprint to the finish, with pit road strategy playing a bigger [...]

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2012 Formula 1 racing TV schedule

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2012 Formula 1 racing TV schedule

The 2012 Formula 1 racing series gets underway early Sunday, March 18, at 1:30am ET with the Australian Grand Prix from Albert Park Circuit. SPEED Channel and FOX air live and same-day taped coverage of all 20 F1 races in 2012: RELATED: F1 2012 U.S. Grand Prix on SPEED 2012 Formula 1 Racing TV Schedule (All times Eastern. All races live unless otherwise indicated. Schedule subject to change.) March 18 — Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park Circuit, 1:30am (early Sunday), SPEED March 25 — Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang International Circuit, 3:30am (early Sunday), SPEED April 15 — Chinese Grand Prix, [...]

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2012 IZOD IndyCar Series TV schedule

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2012 IZOD IndyCar Series TV schedule

It will be a season of change for the IZOD IndyCar Series following the tragic death of driver Dan Wheldon in Las Vegas at the circuit’s final race of 2011. IndyCar will also try to move on after one of its most popular drivers, Danica Patrick, moved to racing full time in NASCAR this year. The IZOD IndyCar Series starts the engines on their 2012 season at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in Florida on Sunday, March 25, at 12:30pm ET on ABC, where Will Power, Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti and last [...]

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2012 Daytona 500 TV schedule on FOX

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2012 Daytona 500 TV schedule on FOX

RELATED: 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 Sunday on ESPN UPDATE: The rain-postponed Daytona 500 will run Monday, Feb. 27, at 7pm ET on FOX. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series kicks off the 2012 season with its biggest race, the Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 12pm ET. Joining the field of NASCAR stalwarts like Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards and 2011 Cup champion Tony Stewart is former IndyCar driver Danica Patrick, who will make her Sprint Cup debut at Daytona. In last year’s race, Trevor Bayne shocked [...]

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2012 NASCAR on ESPN schedule

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2012 NASCAR on ESPN schedule

RELATED: NASCAR Sprint Cup 2012 season finale at Ford EcoBoost 400 While ESPN won’t have coverage of the Sprint Cup Series until late July, ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC are the home of the NASCAR Nationwide Series all season long. Coverage of the Nationwide Series begins on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 12pm ET with the Drive4COPD 300 from Daytona International Speedway. Highlights of the Sprint Cup Series schedule include the Brickyard 400 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway (July 29, ESPN), the Irwin Tools Night Race from Bristol Motor Speedway (Aug. 25, ABC), the Wonderful Pistachios 400 from Richmond International Raceway (Sept. 8, [...]

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2012 NASCAR TV schedule

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2012 NASCAR TV schedule

RELATED: NASCAR Sprint Cup 2012 season finale at Ford EcoBoost 400 The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series kicks off the 2012 season with its biggest race, the Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, Feb. 26. Joining the field of NASCAR stalwarts like Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards and 2011 Cup champion Tony Stewart is former IndyCar driver Danica Patrick, who will make her Sprint Cup debut at Daytona. In last year’s race, Trevor Bayne shocked the motorsports world by becoming the youngest driver — at 20 years and one day — to win [...]

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“Inside NASCAR” special Daytona 500 edition Feb. 29

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“Inside NASCAR” special Daytona 500 edition Feb. 29

Showtime’s Inside NASCAR studio show returns for a third season with a special one-hour Daytona 500 edition on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 9pm ET. Host Chris Myers and analysts Michael Waltrip and Kyle Petty look at this year’s Daytona 500 and preview the 2012 NASCAR season. Press release from Showtime below: RELATED STORY: “NASCAR Now” returns to ESPN2 RELATED STORY: 2012 NASCAR TV Schedule INSIDE NASCAR RETURNS TO SHOWTIME®WITH SPECIAL ONE-HOUR DAYTONA 500 EDITION The Fastest Show on Television Premieres Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME NEW YORK (Feb. 14, 2012)—Inside NASCAR, the premium motorsports studio show [...]

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