Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race from Watkins Glen International Begins Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on USA Network

NBC Sports’ mega-motorsports coverage this weekend is headlined by the NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 16 playoff race from Watkins Glen International on Sunday on USA Network, the INDYCAR season finale from Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday on NBC and Peacock, and the second round of the SuperMotocross World Championship Playoffs on Saturday on Peacock from Texas Motor Speedway.

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Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y., hosts the second race in the NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 16 playoffs this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network. A 30-minute Countdown to Green Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on USA Network leads into live race coverage.

Joey Logano won last week’s opening playoff race in Atlanta, solidifying his first-place spot in the current postseason standings. This will be the second of four Round of 16 playoff races, after which four drivers will be eliminated. Kyle Larson, who entered the playoffs atop the driver standings, is now in 10^th place and sits just 15 points above the Round of 12 cutoff after wrecking early in last weekend’s race in Atlanta. William Byron won last year’s Cup Series race in Watkins Glen.

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NBC Sports’ signature fan-favorite “Radio Style” broadcast returns this weekend at Watkins Glen, with announcers positioned from vantage points around the track featuring high-paced, around-the-horn commentary at the following positions:

Main Broadcast Booth: Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte with lead NASCAR Cup Series race announcer Leigh Diffey, lead Xfinity Series race announcer Rick Allen, and 21-time Cup Series race winner and “The Mayor” of NASCAR Jeff Burton
“The Esses”: Veteran MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio announcer Mike Bagley
“Inner Loop” and “The Carousel”: NBC Sports pit reporter and MRN turn announcer Dillon Welch

Coverage from Watkins Glen begins this Saturday on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app with Xfinity Series qualifying at 9:30 a.m. ET followed by Cup Series qualifying at 11:30 a.m. ET on NBCSports.com/NBC Sports app, before transitioning to USA Network at 12:30 p.m. ET.

A 30-minute Countdown to Green at 2:30 p.m. ET will lead into live coverage of the Xfinity Series’ Mission 200 at the Glen at 3 p.m. ET, with both windows on USA Network.

NBC Sports coverage from Watkins Glen will feature members of its broadcast team embedded with the race teams of various drivers throughout the event, highlighting the teamwork and contributions at every level, from the driver to the crew chief, that are required to create a successful day at the racetrack during the intensity of a playoff race.

Marty Snider, Kim Coon, and Parker Kligerman will serve as pit reporters.

Snider will host pre- and post-race coverage alongside Letarte and Burton.

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