ESPN Coverage at NASCAR Daytona Speedweeks

ESPN will definitely be one of the most viewed channels in your house during the course of the next two weeks, covering a melee of topics leading up to Daytona:

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• The Gen6 car which will be compared to the 2012 car.
• The King and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will sit down with Marty Smith to talk about the state of NASCAR and the effect the two of them have had on the sport.
• Brad Keselowski defending his championship in 2013.
• Jeff Gordon and his hunt for his fifth Cup championship.
• Travis Pastrana will talk about his full-time move to the Nationwide Series.
• Ray Evernham, Dale Jarrett, and Allen Bestwick will look ahead to the 2013 season and discuss a variety of topics ranging from Hendrick Motorsports to Danica Patrick's Rookie of the Year run.
• Clint Bowyer will sit down with Mike Massaro and talk about his sophomore year with Michael Waltrip Racing and his championship hopes.
• Danica Patrick talks with Mike Massaro about her move to the Sprint Cup Series and what it is like to live under a microscope.
• Matt Kenseth talks about entering the 2013 season with a new team - Joe Gibbs Racing.
• Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. talks about moving up from the Nationwide Series to compete for the Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

The most-watched program on ESPN will be the three hundred mile, Nationwide Series Drive4COPD 300, which will air on Saturday, February 23 at 1:15 p.m. ET.  In addition to the Nationwide season opener, starting today, ESPN is showing everything NASCAR.  The following is a schedule of all the programs to be aired (ALL TIMES EASTERN):

• February 12 - 12:30 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 13 - 12:30 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 14 - 2:00 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 14 - 12:00 p.m. NASCAR Now: Media Day Special on ESPN News
• February 15 - 12:00 a.m. Sports Century: Dale Earnhardt on ESPN Classic
• February 15 - 1:00 a.m. 1998 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 15 - 1:30 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 15 - 3:00 a.m. 3 Nation: The Life and Legacy of Dale Earnhardt on ESPN Classic
• February 15 - 4:00 a.m. Sports Century: Dale Earnhardt on ESPN Classic 
• February 15 - 5:00 a.m. 3 Nation: The Life and Legacy of Dale Earnhardt on ESPN Classic
• February 15 - 7:00 a.m. 1998 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 15 - 9:00 a.m. Sports Century: Dale Earnhardt on ESPN Classic 
• February 16 - 6:00 a.m. Raceday on ESPN Radio
• February 17 - 7:00 a.m. Raceday on ESPN Radio
• February 19 - 12:30 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 20 - 12:30 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 20 - 8:30 a.m. Sports Century: Mario Andretti on ESPN Classic
• February 20 - 9:30 a.m. Sports Century: Tim Flock on ESPN Classic
• February 20 - 10:30 a.m. Sports Century: Jeff Gordon on ESPN Classic
• February 20 - 11:00 a.m. 1993 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 20 - 1:00 p.m. 2007 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 20 - 3:00 p.m. 1997 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 20 - 5:00 p.m. 1999 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 21 - 2:00 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 21 - 2:30 a.m. 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Preview on ESPN 2
• February 21 - 8:00 a.m. Tim Richmond: To the Limit on ESPN Classic
• February 21 - 9:00 a.m. 3 Nation: The Life and Legacy of Dale Earnhardt on ESPN Classic
• February 21 - 10:00 a.m. NASCAR Nationwide Series practice on ESPN 2
• February 21 - 10:00 a.m. Sports Century: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.  on ESPN Classic
• February 21 - 11:00 a.m. Sports Century: Dale Earnhardt on ESPN Classic
• February 21 - 12:00 p.m. 1976 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 21 - 1:00 p.m. 1981 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 21 - 3:00 p.m. 1983 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 21 - 5:00 p.m. 1979 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 22 - 1:30 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 22 - 2:00 a.m. 2013 Sprint Cup Series Preview on ESPN 2
• February 22 - 7:30 a.m. 1998 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 22 - 9:30 a.m. Sports Century: Tony Stewart on ESPN Classic
• February 22 - 11:00 a.m. Sports Century: Richard Petty on ESPN Classic
• February 22 - 12:00 p.m. 1973 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 22 - 1:00 p.m. 1978 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 22 - 2:00 p.m. 1988 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 22 - 3:30 p.m. NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying on ESPN 2
• February 22 - 4:00 p.m. 1993 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 22 - 6:00 p.m. 1998 Daytona 500 on ESPN Classic
• February 23 - 1:30 a.m. NASCAR Now on ESPN 2
• February 23 - 6:00 a.m. Raceday on ESPN Radio
• February 23 - 12:00 p.m. NASCAR Countdown on ESPN 
• February 23 - 1:15 p.m. Nationwide Series Drive4COPD 300 on ESPN
• February 24 - 2:30 a.m. Nationwide Series Drive4COPD 300 (re-air) on ESPN 2
• February 24 - 6:00 a.m. Raceday on ESPN Radio
• February 24 - 9:00 a.m. NASCAR Now  on ESPN 2
• February 25 - 12:00 a.m. NASCAR Now  on ESPN 2
• February 25 - Daytona 500 winner at ESPN the channel is TBA as well as the time

Within the next week, I'll have a complete Truck, Nationwide, and Sprint Cup Series schedule posted, so be on the look-out for that!