POSTED: Friday September 7th 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NASCAR Now Weekend Edition Rescheduled to 9 a.m. Saturday

The weekend edition of NASCAR Now, ESPN2?s daily news and information show dedicated to NASCAR, has been rescheduled to air Saturday, Sept. 8, at 9 a.m. ET, rather than at 10 a.m. as originally scheduled. The one-hour program will have extensive highlights of Friday night?s NASCAR Busch Series race at Richmond International Raceway and a preview of Saturday night?s Chevy Rock and Roll 400 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race at the same track.

ESPN on ABC will have live coverage of the Richmond NEXTEL Cup event beginning Saturday at 7 p.m. with the pre-race NASCAR Countdown.

The weekend wrap-up edition of NASCAR Now will air Sunday at 12:30 a.m., and Monday?s one-hour program will air at 5:30 p.m. while NASCAR Now will air at 6 p.m. in its normal 30-minute format Tuesday through Friday of next week.

NASCAR Now

is hosted by Erik Kuselias, Ryan Burr or Allen Bestwick and originates from ESPN?s High Definition studios in Bristol, Conn., with reporters Mike Massaro and Shannon Spake. Contributors include analysts Tim Brewer, Brad Daugherty, Stacy Compton and Boris Said, along with NASCAR insiders Terry Blount, Angelique Chengelis, Tim Cowlishaw, David Newton and Marty Smith, as well as D.J. Copp, a member of Dale Earnhardt Jr.?s NASCAR team.

About NASCAR on ESPN:

ESPN and ESPN on ABC has comprehensive, multi-platform coverage featuring telecasts of the final 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races, including the 10-race ?Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup? championship on ESPN on ABC. Additionally, ESPN2 is the home of the NASCAR Busch Series all season. For the first time in the history of televised motorsports, all programming is produced totally in High Definition. ESPN?s comprehensive, multimedia NASCAR coverage extends to ESPN.com, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes Radio, SportsCenter, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPNRadio, ESPN360.com and ESPN International, among other ESPN platforms. ESPN aired 262 NASCAR Cup Races over a 20-year period starting in 1981. The network’s award-winning, live flag-to-flag coverage on ESPN was honored with 17 Sports Emmy Awards, as well as many industry honors. It is widely credited for helping to popularize the sport nationwide. NASCAR races have appeared on ABC for decades, beginning with broadcasts on the award-winning Wide World of Sports program in the 1960s.

Visit

www.espnmediazone.com for ESPN’s latest releases, schedules and other news, plus photos, video and audio clips and more.

For complete ESPN NASCAR NEXTEL Cup TV listings, click here.

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Media contacts:
Jenny Zimmerman, ESPN Communications at (407) 566-2213, jennifer.j.zimmerman@espn.com

Or

Andy Hall, ESPN Communications at (407) 566-2209, andy.hall@espn.com

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