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Friday, July 7th, 2017

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – JULY 7 – JULY 9, 2017

(All times ET)

The “Press Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the NBC Sports Group Communications team. For live streaming information on NBCSports.com, and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here.

Friday July 7th
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Qualifying – Kentucky
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
6 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying – Kentucky
6 p.m. on Golf Channel – Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown to Green
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Racing – Kentucky
10:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Post-Race Show
11 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR The Decades
1:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Stage 7: Troyes – Nuits-Saint-Georges

Saturday July 8th
6:05 a.m. on NBC Sports GoldStage 8: Dole – Station des Rousses
7:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
8 a.m. on NBC – Stage 8: Dole – Station des Rousses
8 a.m. on NBCSN – F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Qualifying
9:30 a.m. on NBCSN – FIVB World Grand Prix
10 a.m. on NBC Sports GoldLucas Oil Pro Motocross Southwick – Qualifiers
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Scan All Special
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – The Greenbrier Classic
1 p.m. on NBC Sports GoldLucas Oil Pro Motocross Southwick
2 p.m. on NBC – IAAF Diamond League Track & Field
3 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Iowa Corn 300 – Qualifying
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – LECOM Health Challenge
3:30 p.m. on NBC – Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Southwick
4:30 p.m. on NBC – Belmont Sprint Championship
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying – Kentucky
5:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
6 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Racing – Kentucky
11 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show
11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Victory Lap
12:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Southwick

Sunday July 9th
5:40 a.m. on NBC Sports GoldStage 9: Nantua – Chambéry
6:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Pre-Race Show
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Stage 9: Nantua – Chambéry
7:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
7:30 a.m. on CNBC – F1 Austrian Grand Prix
10 a.m. on CNBC – F1 Extra
12 p.m. on NBCSN – Stage 9: Nantua – Chambéry
1 p.m. on NBC – IAAF Diamond League Track & Field
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – The Greenbrier Classic
2 p.m. on NBCSN – F1 Austrian Grand Prix (Encore)
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – LECOM Health Challenge
3 p.m. on NBC – Stage 9: Nantua – Chambéry
4 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Lights – Iowa
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying – Kentucky
5 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Countdown
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Iowa Corn 300
5:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Post-Race
8 p.m. on NBCSN – Red Bull Global RallyCross – Indianapolis
9:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Stage 9: Nantua – Chambéry
12:30 a.m. on NBCSN – 2017 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour
2 a.m. on NBCSN – F2 Series

NASCAR
NBC Sports Group gears up for its second week of live 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and XFINITY Series racing with trackside coverage from Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky. NBCSN’s race coverage begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET, with XFINITY Series racing from Kentucky Speedway, and culminates Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET, with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing.

NBC Sports Group continues tonight with a special 30-minute addition of NASCAR America begins at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, before Monster Energy Series qualifying at 6 p.m. ET.

Saturday’s race day coverage begins with an encore presentation of qualifying at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and feeds directly into a live edition of NASCAR America at 6 p.m. ET. NBC Sports Group’s pre-race show, Countdown to Green, kicks off at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN, with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Racing presented by Toyota beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET. NBCSN wraps up coverage at 11:30 p.m. ET, with Victory Lap, NBCSN’s post-race show, originating from Stamford, Conn.

NBC Sports Group’s lead race announcer Rick Allen calls this weekend’s Monster Energy and XFINITY Series action alongside analysts Steve Letarte and Jeff Burton. Pre- and post-race coverage will be handled by host Krista Voda, and analysts Kyle Petty and Dale Jarrett (@DaleJarrett). Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast and Dave Burns will report from pit road. In addition, features reporter Rutledge Wood will bring viewers closer to the sights and sounds of the tri-oval speedway in Kentucky.

XFINITY Series qualifying begins today at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Pre-race Countdown to Green coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. ET, and includes a special look at Cole Custer’s, driver of Stewart-Haas Racing’s No. 00, relationship with team co-owner Tony Stewart. Race coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET, and will be followed at 10:30 p.m. ET by a 30-minute post-race show on-site from Kentucky Speedway.

NASCAR on NBC’s Parker Kligerman joins Snider, Stavast and Burns as a pit-reporter for Friday evening’s race. 

MOTORSPORTS
NBC Sports Group will present more than 50 hours of motorsports action this weekend, including the IndyCar Iowa Corn 300 this Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC.

Coverage also includes the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Southwick National event on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC; Red Bull Global RallyCross action from Indianapolis on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN; as well as the NASCAR XFINITY and Cup Series races from Kentucky on Friday and Saturday nights on NBCSN.

NBCSN continues its coverage of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series this with live coverage of the Iowa Corn 300 from Iowa Speedway this Sunday afternoon on NBCSN. NBCSN will televise live coverage of qualifying on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, and will present the Indy Lights race on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. Pre-race coverage starts at 5 p.m. ET, leading into green flag coverage at 5:30 p.m. ET. Kevin Lee (play-by-play) will call the action alongside former drivers Paul Tracy and Townsend Bell. Reporters Jon Beekhuis, Katie Hargitt, Robin Miller and Anders Krohn will report from the pits.

The Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship continues with the Southwick National from Southwick, Mass., this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Veteran play-by-play voice Jason Weigandt, analyst and two-time AMA Pro Motocross Champion Grant Langston, and pit reporter Georgia Lindsay will call this weekend’s action.

NBC Sports continues its coverage of the 2017 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship with this weekend’s event in Indianapolis. Ricky Johnson and Will Christien will call the action.

CYCLING

NBC Sports Group’s more than 280 hours of live, primetime, and encore coverage of the 104th Tour de France across NBC, NBCSN, and the NBC Sports Gold app continues Friday, July 7, at 7:30 a.m. ET with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show on NBCSN. Live coverage of Stage 7 from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges will air immediately following at 8 a.m. ET.

Weekend coverage continues this Saturday, July 8, with live coverage of Stage 8 at 8 a.m. ET on NBC. Coverage on Sunday, July 9, begins with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show at 6:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN, followed by live coverage of Stage 9 at 7 a.m. ET. NBC will present encore coverage of Stage 9 Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. On Monday, July 10, at 8 a.m. ET, NBCSN will present a “Rest Day” show with a look back at the first nine stages of the Tour.

NBC Sports Gold will present expanded coverage of the 2017 Tour de France on Saturday, July 8 at 6:05 a.m. ET and Sunday, July 9 at 5:40 a.m. ET.

Phil Liggett (play-by-play) and Paul Sherwen (analyst), the voices of cycling, will call the race action for NBC Sports Group’s coverage. Liggett and Sherwen will be joined in France by analyst Jens Voigt. Paul Burmeister will host daily pre-race and primetime studio coverage, along with analysts Christian Vande Velde and Bob Roll. Steve Schlanger and Steve Porino (‘Inside-the-Race’) will serve as reporters.

TRACK & FIELD
NBC Sports Group continues coverage of the IAAF Diamond League this Saturday, July 8, from Switzerland, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC and Sunday, July 9 from London at 1p.m. ET.

Commentators for coverage in Switzerland will be Bill Doleman, Ato Boldon and Josh Cox. Paul Swangard joins Boldon and Cox for Sunday’s coverage.

HORSE RACING
NBC presents live coverage of the Belmont Sprint Championship this Saturday, July 8 at Belmont Park at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Laffit Pincay III hosts the telecast, and will be joined by Hall of Fame jockey and analyst Jerry Bailey, analyst Randy Moss, and reporter Donna Brothers. Daily Racing Form’s Matt Bernier will serve as the Handicapper.

VOLLEYBALL
NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2017 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour continues from San Francisco, Calif., this Monday, July 10, at 12:30 a.m. ET/ Sunday, July 9, at 9:30 p.m. PT on NBCSN.

Veteran broadcaster Chris Marlowe serves as the play-by-play announcer, joined by Kevin Wong (analyst), and Tanith White (reporter).

GOLF
The Golf Channel presents live coverage of the Dubai Duty Free Irish on Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET. Calling the action from Ireland is Terry Gannon (play-by-play), analyst Curt Byrum, Tom Abbott (tower), Phil Blackmar and Warren Humphreys on the course with Damon Hack conducting interviews.

The Golf Channel presents live coverage of The Greenbrier Classic on Friday, July 7, at 3 p.m. ET and Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Calling the action from Ireland is Bob Papa (play-by-play), analyst Nick Faldo, Matt Gogel (tower), Arron Oberholser on the course with George Savaricas conducting interviews

The Golf Channel presents live coverage of the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic on Friday, July 7, at 6 p.m. ET and Saturday and Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET. Calling the action from Ireland is Whit Watson (play-by-play), analyst Karen Stupples, Jim Gallagher Jr. (tower), and Jerry Foltz and Kay cockerill on the course.

The Golf Channel presents live coverage of the LECOM Health Challenge on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. Calling the action from Ireland is Grant Boone (play-by-play), analyst Craig Perks, Steve Burkowski (tower), and Tripp Isenhour and Gary Christian on the course.