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Monday, June 13th, 2016

TONIGHT ON NBCSN – NASCAR AMERICA PREMIERES IN NEW 6 P.M. ET TIME SLOT

Joey Logano & Daniel Suárez Join NASCAR America Live

NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing Returns to NBC Saturday, July 2^nd

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West from Colorado Thursday at 7 p.m. ET

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 13, 2016 — NBCSN’s weekday show, NASCAR America, premieres at its new time, 6 p.m. ET, this evening. The move marks a recharge of the show with more comprehensive NASCAR news, highlights and driver interviews each night. Daniel Suárez joins today’s show live from NBC Sports Charlotte to discuss his first XFINITY win and down-to-the-wire pass of teammate Kyle Busch at Michigan International Speedway. Yesterday’s Sprint Cup winner Joey Logano calls into the show tonight to talk about his domination in Brooklyn, Mich., and recent success with NASCAR’s new lower-downforce package.

Today’s show is hosted by Krista Voda alongside her pre- and post-race counterparts Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty, live from NBC Sports Group’s headquarters in Stamford, Conn. Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte contributes commentary from NBC Sports Charlotte. Today’s show also includes a sneak peek of Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s attempt to tackle the floating steps and fly wheel obstacles on tonight’s episode of American Ninja Warrior.

As NASCAR heads into its off week, NBC Sports Group stands just over two weeks away from its 2016 debut of live NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY series racing, set to unfold over Independence Day weekend. Celebrations from Daytona International Speedway begin Friday, July 1^st with the XFINITY Series Subway Firecracker 250 at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and are highlighted by the Coke Zero 400 on Saturday, July 2nd at 7:45 p.m. ET on NBC.

NBCSN presents the fifth race of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season from Colorado National Speedway Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. Dave Burns and Parker Kligerman provide commentary as defending champion Ryan Partridge faces off against series points leader Todd Gilliland.

Front Row Motorsports driver Landon Cassill and pre- and post-race host Voda join NBCSports.com’s lead motorsports writer Nate Ryan on this week’s NASCAR on NBC podcast. Available on NASCAR Talk and iTunes, the NASCAR on NBC podcast discusses the latest NASCAR news each week with the major players in the sport.

NASCAR America is available to stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. The NBC Sports app is powered by Playmaker Media, and is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.

NBCSN’S UPCOMING NASCAR PROGRAMMING

In 2016 NBC Sports Group presents 20 Sprint Cup, 19 XFINITY and 37 touring series races in addition to coverage of NASCAR’s Awards Ceremonies and the annual NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

NASCARTalk on NBCSports.com brings racing fans up-to-the-minute news, video and information on NASCAR drivers, teams and industry news. For all the latest NASCAR content socially, fans can follow @NASCARonNBC and @NASCARTalkNBC on twitter and like the NASCAR on NBC Facebook page.

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