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Friday, July 13th, 2018
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – JULY 13TH – JULY 15TH, 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.com, the NBC Sports app and the Golf Channel app, click here.
Friday, July 13th
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Pre Show, “Stage 7”
8 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France, “Stage 7”
12 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series, Practice – Kentucky
2 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series, Final Practice – Kentucky
3 p.m. on Olympic Channel – IAAF Track & Field Diamond League, Rabat
5 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series, Qualifying – Kentucky
6 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series, Qualifying – Kentucky
7 p.m. on Olympic Channel – IAAF Track & Field U20 World Championships, Day 4 – Finland
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown to the Green
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series, Race – Kentucky
10:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series, “Post Race”
2 a.m. on NBCSN – Motocross Highlights Series, Red Bud, MI
Saturday, July 14th
7:30 a.m. on NBC – Tour de France, “Stage 8″
10:30 a.m. on Olympic Channel – ITU World Triathlon Series, Men’s Sprint – Germany
12 p.m. on NBCSN – IAAF Track & Field Diamond League, Rabat
12:30 p.m. on Olympic Channel – ITU World Triathlon Series, Women’s Sprint – Germany
12:30 p.m. on NBC – European Golf Tour Scottish Open, Gullane
2 p.m. on NBCSN – World Cup Track & Field, Day 1 – London
3 p.m. on NBC – Golf American Century Championship, Lake Tahoe, NV
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Car Series, Qualifying – Toronto
6 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
7 p.m. on Olympic Channel – IAAF Track & Field U20 World Championships, Day 5 – Finland
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series, Race – Kentucky
11 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Post Race
Sunday, July 15th
4 a.m. on Olympic Channel – FISA World Rowing Cup, Morning Session – Switzerland
6 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Pre Show, “Stage 9”
6:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France, “Stage 9”
7:30 a.m. on Olympic Channel – FISA World Rowing Cup, Afternoon Session – Switzerland
12:30 p.m. on NBC – European Golf Tour Scottish Open, Gullane
2 p.m. on Olympic Channel – World Cup Track & Field, Day 2 – London
3 p.m. on NBC – Golf American Century Championship, Lake Tahoe, NV
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Car Series, Race – Toronto
5 p.m. on Olympic Channel – IAAF Track & Field U20 World Championships, Day 6 – Finland
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Car Series, Post Race – Toronto
6 p.m. on Olympic Channel – ITU World Triathlon Series, Mixed Relay – Germany
6 p.m. on NBCSN – World Cup Track & Field, Day 2 – London
8 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Primetime Show, “Stage 9”
11 p.m. on NBCSN – FISA World Rowing Cup, Afternoon Session – Switzerland
NBC Sports Group rolls into its third week of 2018 NASCAR on NBC racing with 21 hours of NASCAR programming, culminating with the Quaker State 400 this Saturday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. NBC Sports will super serve fans with 16 hours of trackside coverage from Kentucky Speedway including Xfinity Series racing on Friday, July 13, at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Race day coverage begins Saturday at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NASCAR America, live from the speedway’s pit road. Countdown to Green begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and leads into live race coverage at 7:30 p.m. ET. 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 21-time Cup Series race winner Jeff Burton (@Jeffburton). Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte (@steveletarte) will call the race from a second booth alongside NBC Sports’ newest on-air contributor Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr). NASCAR on NBC pre-race host Krista Voda (@Kristavoda), auto racing icon Kyle Petty (@KylePetty), and Hall of Fame driver Dale Jarrett (@DaleJarrett) host NASCAR America as well as all pre- and post-race coverage. Marty Snider (@heymartysnider), Kelli Stavast (@kellistavast), Dave Burns (@tvdaveburns) and Parker Kligerman (@Pkligerman) will report from pit road and the garages.
NBC Sports presents more than 15 hours of track and field coverage this week across NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, highlighted by live coverage of the ninth stop of the 2018 Diamond League track and field series from Rabat, Morocco, this Friday, July 13, at 3 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. The event will also be available live and commercial-free with direct-to-consumer live streaming product NBC Sports Gold’s “Track and Field Pass.”
NBC Sports’ track and field coverage this week also includes live coverage of the Athletics World Cup from London, beginning Saturday, July 14, at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Live coverage of the World U20 Track and Field Championships continues Wednesday at 2 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.
Paul Swangard handles the call, joined by analysts Kellie Wells and Josh Cox.
The Verizon IndyCar Series hits the streets of Toronto this weekend, as NBC Sports presents live coverage of the Honda Indy Toronto this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Pre-race coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET with IndyCar Live Presented by Verizon.
Coverage from Toronto begins Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN with qualifying, prior to pre-race coverage with IndyCar Live Presented by Verizon on Sunday at 3 p.m. Pre-race coverage will be highlighted by IndyCar on NBC analyst Paul Tracy’s interview with Hinchcliffe and Wickens. Tracy grew up in nearby West Hill, Ont., and was a two-time winner in Toronto (1993 and 2003).
Lead IndyCar play-by-play commentator Leigh Diffey will call this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto alongside Tracy and Townsend Bell. Robin Miller, Kevin Lee, Jon Beekhuis and Katie Hargitt will report from the pits. In addition, the Indy Lights Toronto race will air Monday, July 17, at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Anders Krohn, Lee, and Hargitt will call the action.
