Jimmie Johnson, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series winner and three-time Daytona winner, will be in the booth; live pre-race coverage begins Saturday at 7:00 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock

Leigh Diffey makes his 2024 NASCAR Cup Series debut as a live commentator; seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson joins coverage as an analyst

NBC Sports will broadcast “NASCAR Nonstop” at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 in Daytona, offering live coverage of every lap under the green flag

The Olympic swimming champions in Paris, Caeleb Dressel and Bobby Finke, act as honorary officials of the event and as honorary starters respectively

INDYCAR from Portland International Raceway: Pre-race coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET Sunday and transitions into race coverage at 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock.

Final Pro Motocross race of the 2024 regular season at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana, this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 22, 2024 – NBC Sports’ motorsports coverage this weekend will be dominated by the penultimate NASCAR Cup Series regular-season race at the legendary Daytona International Speedway on NBC and Peacock on Saturday, INDYCAR at Portland International Raceway on USA Network and Peacock on Sunday, and Pro Motocross from Ironman Raceway exclusively on Peacock on Saturday.

NASCAR: CUP SERIES COKE ZERO SUGAR 400 and XFINITY SERIES WAWA 250 with COCA-COLA power

Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, hosts the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 on NBC this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET. A 30-minute Countdown to green Live coverage of the race continues on NBC on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. ET.

With only two races left in the regular season and 16 playoff spots at stake, Tyler Reddick (814 points) jumped to first place in the Cup Series points standings after his win at Michigan last week. Chase Elliott (-10), Denny Hamlin (-28), Kyle Larson (-32) and Ryan Blaney (-82) round out the top 5. Top 10 finishers 2023 Bubba Wallace and two-time series champion Kyle Busch are on the brink of the playoff race.

2024 NASCAR CUP SERIES STANDINGS

Item no.	driver	Points
1.	Kyle Larson	782
2.	Denny Hamlin	786
3.	William Byron	728
4.	Christopher Bell	703
5.	Tyler Reddick	814
6.	Ryan Blaney	732
7.	Chase Elliott	804
8.	Brad Keselowski	677
9.	Alex Bowman	627
10.	Joey Logano	561
11.	Daniel Suárez	526
12.	Austin Cindric	460
13.	Martin Truex Jr.	682
14.	Ty Gibbs	644
15.	Chris Buescher	621
16.	Ross Chastain	606
16 drivers make it to the playoffs
17.	Bubba Wallace	605
18.	Kyle Busch	513
19.	Chase Briscoe	491
20.	Todd Gilliland	455

Coverage from Daytona begins this Friday on the USA Network with Xfinity Series qualifying at 3:00 p.m. ET, with Cup Series qualifying presented later that day at 5:00 p.m. ET on the USA Network.

NBC Sports’ Daytona coverage includes members of the broadcast team who are part of the racing teams of Austin Dillon And Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Highlighting the teamwork and contributions at all levels required for a successful day on the racetrack.

US Olympic swimmer Caeleb Dressel And Bobby Finkewho won a total of five Olympic medals in Paris this summer, will serve as honorary event officials and honorary starters, respectively. Both Dressel and Finke are native Floridians and graduates of the University of Florida who still train in the state.

NBC Sports announced on Tuesday that the experienced motorsport commentator Leigh Diffey will make his debut in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series and serve as lead live commentator this weekend and during the playoffs and season championship in Phoenix.

In his second NBC Sports appearance this year after the Indianapolis 500, seven-time NASAR Cup Series winner Jimmie Johnson will participate in pre- and post-coke coverage of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 and provide commentary during the race from the Peacock Pit Box along with the NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale JarrettJohnson won this race in 2013 and is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500 (2006, 2013), while Jarrett won this race in 1999 and is a three-time winner of the Daytona 500 (1993, 1996, 2000).

21-time Cup Series race winner and “Mayor” of NASCAR Jeff Burtonwho won this race in 2000, and crew chief of the Daytona 500 Steve Letarte will serve as an analyst for the Cup and Xfinity Series races at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. Rick Allen will serve as live commentator for Xfinity Series qualifying and the Xfinity Series race on Friday. Marty Snider, Kim Coon, Dave Burns will act as pit reporters at both races, while Parker Kligerman will be there on Saturday as a pit reporter.

Snider will host pre- and post-race coverage along with Johnson and Jarrett.

Additionally, NBC Sports is offering “NASCAR Nonstop” this Saturday night for the broadcast of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on NBC. Using only side-by-side breaks during green flag action so spectators don’t miss a single moment of the action.

BROADCAST TEAM

• Game by game: Leigh Diffey
• Analysts: Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte
• Peacock pit box: Jimmie Johnson, Dale Jarrett
• Pit reporter: Marty Snider, Kim Coon, Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman

STUDIO COVERAGE TEAM

• host: Schnider
• Analysts: Johnson, Jarrett

How to watch

• Television – NBC, USA Network
• Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Date	cover	Platform(s)	Time (ET)
Fri., 23 August	Qualification for the NASCAR Xfinity Series	USA Network	3 p.m
	NASCAR Cup Series Victory Lane Review – Nashville	USA Network	16:30
	Qualification for the NASCAR Cup Series	USA Network	5pm
	NASCAR Cup Series Victory Lane Review – Michigan	USA Network	18:30
	Countdown to green – NASCAR Xfinity Series	USA Network	7pm
	NASCAR Xfinity Series Wawa 250 powered by Coca-Cola	USA Network	19:30
	NASCAR Xfinity Series – After the race	USA Network	10pm
Sat., 24 August	Countdown to green – NASCAR Cup Series	NBC, Peacock	7pm
	NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400	NBC, Peacock	19:30

INDYCAR: BITNILE.COM GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES heads to Portland, Oregon, this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET from Portland International Raceway for the BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland on USA Network and Peacock. Pre-race coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock.

Live coverage of qualifying and practice sessions from the track tomorrow and Saturday will be streamed exclusively on Peacock. For more information on Peacock’s comprehensive streaming coverage of the 2024 INDYCAR season and to sign up, click here Here.

With only four races left, the reigning INDYCAR champion Alex Palou (443 points) continues to lead the 2024 points table, followed by Colton Herta (-59), Scott Dixon (-65), Willpower (-66) and Scott McLaughlin (-73). Palou has won this race in two of the last three years (2023, 2021).

The NBC Sports INDYCAR commentary team Kevin Lee (move by move), Townsend Bell (Analyst) and James Hinchcliffe (Analyst) will commentate on this weekend’s races. Dillon Welch And Georgia Henneberry will report from the pit lane on Saturday and Sunday.

BROADCAST TEAM

• Game by game: Kevin Lee
• Analysts: Townsend Bell, James Hinchcliffe
• Pit reporter: Dillon Welch, Georgia Henneberry

How to watch

• Television – USA Network
• Streaming – Peacock

Date	cover	platform	Time (ET)
Fri., 23 August	NTT INDYCAR SERIES – Training 1	peacock	17:50
Sat., 24 August	NTT INDYCAR SERIES – Training 2	peacock	Midday
	NTT INDYCAR SERIES – Qualifying	peacock	3:30 p.m.
	NTT INDYCAR SERIES – Last practice	peacock	20:15
Sun., 25 August	INDY NXT SERIES Portland Grand Prix	peacock	13:10
	NTT INDYCAR SERIES – Before the race	USA Network, Peacock	3 p.m
	NTT INDYCAR SERIES BitNile.com Portland Grand Prix	USA Network, Peacock	3:30 p.m.
	NTT INDYCAR SERIES – After the race	USA Network, Peacock	5:30 p.m.

PRO MOTOCROSS: NATIONAL IRONMAN FINAL

The final race of the 2024 Pro Motocross Championship regular season culminates in the Ironman National Finals this Saturday at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana, at 1:00 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock.

Chase Sexton (454 points), winner of five consecutive races, leads the 450 class point standings and is on the verge of his first 450 class regular season motocross title. Hunter Lawrence (-28) his only fight for the crown. In the 250cc class Haiden Deegan (445 points) has already secured his first championship title in the regular season of the 250 motocross class.

NBC Sports Motocross Analyst Ricky Carmichael, a 15-time AMA champion, spoke to former racer and AMA Motocross Champion Adam Cianciarulo to the latest episode of Title 24 Podcast Here.

Race day live This Saturday’s qualifying coverage from Ironman Raceway begins at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock. All live Pro Motocross coverage, including races and qualifying, as well as on-demand replays, will be available on Peacock this season. Click here Here for further details.

A 31-race SuperMotocross World Championship schedule, including Supercross and Pro Motocross, will be presented on the digital platforms of Peacock, NBC, CNBC, USA Network and NBC Sports in 2024, culminating in two SuperMotocross World Championship Playoff events and the SuperMotocross World Championship Final. For the full schedule, see Here.

BROADCAST TEAM

• Game by game: Jason Weigandt
• analyst: James Stewart
• reporter: Jason Thomas, Katie Osborne

How to watch/listen

• Streaming – Peacock (LIVE), NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
• Television – CNBC
• Audio – SiriusXM, NBC Sports Audio Channel 85

Date	cover	Platform(s)	Time (ET)
Sat., 24 August	Pro Motocross – Race day live	peacock	10 O `clock
	Pro Motocross – National Ironman Finals	peacock	1pm
Sun., 25 August	Pro Motocross – National Ironman Finals	CNBC	2 a.m.*

*Encore presentation

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