Pocono 400: NASCAR TV schedule from Pocono and Texas

LONG POND, PA - AUGUST 01: Martin Truex Jr, driver of the #78 Furniture Row Toyota, leads Carl Edwards, driver of the #19 Stanley Toyota, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway on August 1, 2016 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race was delayed due to inclement weather on Sunday, July 31. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Getty Images) /

All three of NASCAR’s top series are in action this weekend, albeit from two different tracks, and we tell you when and where to watch it all.

If the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is at Pocono Raceway, it must be summer. The unique track in Long Pond, Pennsylvania has long had two race dates, both of them during the summer months.

That’s true again this year, but the Camping World Truck Series also has a race this weekend somewhere a pretty far from PA: at Texas Motor Speedway. That sets up an interesting triple-header weekend that runs from Friday night through Sunday evening.

And the NASCAR XFINITY Series race might be the most interesting one of all to watch on TV. Fox Sports is performing an experiment that is thought to be the first of its kind, with current athletes making up the entire broadcast team on Saturday afternoon on FOX. The drivers-only broadcast begins at 12:30 p.m. with a team made up of play-by-play announcer Kevin Harvick, analysts Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer, pit road reporters Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and race hosts Danica Patrick and Denny Hamlin in the Hollywood Hotel mobile studio.

Next: Bubba Wallace making Cup Series debut in the #43 at Pocono

It might go great, it might prove to be a bit of a mess, but it should definitely be interesting to watch. Before we get to drivers-only, though, there’s a lot more to watch from Pocono and Texas. Here’s the complete NASCAR weekend TV schedule, courtesy of NASCAR.com.

Friday, June 9

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice – 11:00 a.m., FS1
NASCAR XFINITY Series practice – 1:00 p.m., FS1
NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice – 3:00 p.m., FS1
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole qualifying – 4:00 p.m., FS1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winstaronlinegaming.com 400 – 8:00 p.m., FS1

Saturday, June 10

NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole qualifying – 9:35 a.m., FS1
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice – 11:30 a.m., FS1
NASCAR XFINITY Series Pocono Green 250 – 12:30 p.m., FOX

Sunday, June 11

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Axalta presents the Pocono 400 – 3:00 p.m., FS1

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