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Friday, July 6th, 2018

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – JULY 6TH – JULY 8TH, 2018

(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.comthe NBC Sports app and the Golf Channel app, click here.

Friday July 6th
1 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR K&N Series, “Douglas County”
2 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR xfinity Series, “Qualifying – Daytona”
4 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series, “Qualifying – Daytona”
6 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR xfinity Series Countdown to the Green
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR xfinity Series, “Race – Daytona”
10 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR xfinity Series, “Post Race”
2 a.m. on NBCSN – Motocross Highlights Series, “Mid Season”

Saturday July 7th
5 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France, “Stage 1”
2:30 p.m. on NBC – Dew Tour
3:30 p.m. on NBC – Lucas Oil Motocross, “Red Bud, MI”
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Car Series, “Qualifying – Iowa”
4:30 p.m. on NBC – Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, “Belmont Oaks”
5 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to the Green
7 p.m. on Olympic Channel – FIG Gymnastics World Cup, “Trampoline – Switzerland”
7 p.m. on NBCSN – TYR Pro Swim Series, “Columbus”
7 p.m. on NBC – NASCAR Cup Series, “Race – Daytona”
8 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Primetime Show, “Stage 1”
11 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Post Race

Sunday July 8th
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Pre Show, “Stage 2”
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France, “Stage 2”
12:30 p.m. on Olympic Channel – IAAF World Challenge Track & Field, “Brazil”
2 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Car Series, “Pre Race – Iowa”
2:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Car Series, “Race – Iowa”
3:30 p.m. on NBC – Dew Tour
4:30 p.m. on NBC – Tour de France, “Stage 2”
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Car Series, “Post Race – Iowa”
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Lucas Oil Motocross, “Red Bud, MI”
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – TYR Pro Swim Series, “Columbus”
7 p.m. on Olympic Channel – FIG Gymnastics World Cup, “Challenge Cup – Apparatus Finals – Turkey”
8 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Primetime Show, “Stage 2”
11 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Lights, “Iowa”

NASCAR
NBC Sports Group caps off the Fourth of July holiday with more than 18 hours of trackside NASCAR coverage from the “World Center of Racing,” culminating with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 this Saturday, July 7 at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

Featuring the broadcast television debut of NASCAR on NBC’s newest on-air contributor Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr), NBC Sports Group will super serve fans with more than 35 hours of NASCAR programming including Xfinity Series racing on Friday, July 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. As part of NASCAR on NBC’s comprehensive coverage from Daytona International Speedway, NBC Sports host Mike Tirico will join Saturday’s broadcast live on-site and contribute to the pre-race show.

Saturday’s pre-race coverage includes a special “Driver to Driver” interview between NASCAR on NBC analyst and Hall of Fame driver Dale Jarrett (@DaleJarrett), and driver of the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevy, Bubba Wallace. The two discuss Wallace’s ongoing rookie season in the Cup Series, and his emotional second-place finish in this year’s Daytona 500. Coverage also includes a visit with Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevy, during RCR’s monthly veterans breakfast.

Race day coverage begins Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NASCAR America, live from the superspeedway’s pit road. Countdown to Green begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and shifts over to NBC at 7 p.m. for live race coverage. Following the checkered flag, NBCSN will present a one hour post-race show at 11 p.m. ET.

Race day coverage begins Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NASCAR America, live from the superspeedway’s pit road. Countdown to Green begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and shifts over to NBC at 7 p.m. for live race coverage. Following the checkered flag, NBCSN will present a one hour post-race show at 11 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports’ lead race announcer Rick Allen (@Rickallenracing) will call the action alongside Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte (@steveletarte), 21-time Cup Series race winner Jeff Burton (@Jeffburton), and Earnhardt Jr.

TOUR DE FRANCE
NBC Sports will present a record 365+ hours of live, primetime, and encore coverage of the 105th Tour de France, across NBC, NBCSN, and the NBC Sports Gold app. Daily live coverage of the Tour de France, including all 21 stages, begins Saturday, July 7, at 5 a.m. ET with Stage 1 on NBCSN. NBC Sports Gold’s live coverage of Stage 1 begins Saturday at 4:40 a.m. ET. Coverage continues each week night with the Tour Primetime show featuring a look at the day’s most compelling action with new analysis, interviews, and updates. Coverage culminates with the final stage on Sunday, July 29, live at 9:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

Phil Liggett (play-by-play) and Paul Sherwen (analyst), the voices of cycling, will call the race action for NBC Sports’ coverage. The 105th Tour de France marks Liggett and Sherwen’s 33rd year calling the race together. Liggett and Sherwen will be joined in France by former professional cyclist and analyst Jens Voigt. Voigt won the Critérium International a record five times, and has two Tour de France stage wins. Paul Burmeister will host daily pre-race, post-race and primetime studio coverage, along with former professional cyclist and analyst Christian Vande Velde and analyst Bob RollSteve Schlanger and Steve Porino (‘Inside-the-Race’) will serve as reporters.

BREEDERS CUP
Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Mendelssohn headlines the Dwyer Stakes for 3-year-olds this Saturday, July 7, from Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on NBC beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. The 90-minute live broadcast, part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In, presented by America’s Best Racing,” will also include the $350,000 Belmont Sprint Championship and the $1 million Belmont Oaks.  Saturday’s blockbuster stakes program of the “Stars and Stripes Festival” at Belmont Park marks the third of 11 telecasts in the “Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Win and You’re In Series” on NBC and NBCSN from some of America’s most iconic racetracks. The series leads to the 35th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs Nov. 2-3 on NBC and NBCSN.

NBC’s coverage of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series on Saturday will be hosted by Laffit Pincay III, who will be joined by analysts Randy Moss and Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, as well as handicapper Eddie Olczyk and reporter Donna Brothers.

PRO SWIM SERIES
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Lilly King headlines live coverage of the final meet of the TYR Pro Swim Series this week from Columbus, Ohio, across NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBC Sports Group’s digital platforms. Live coverage from the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at Ohio State University begins this Saturday, July 7, at 6:30 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA before continuing on NBCSN at 7 p.m. ET.

NBCSN’s coverage will also be streamed via authentication on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA content will be streamed via authentication on NBCSports.comOlympicChannel.com, the NBC Sports app, and the Olympic Channel app.

Jason Knapp (play-by-play) will call the action on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBCSN on Saturday and Sunday, alongside three-time Olympic gold medalist and analyst Rowdy Gaines.