TNT At the Midway Point In Its NASCAR Schedule

NASCAR heads to California for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 this week. It means that after Sunday, TNT will be in the second half of its schedule. The coverage begins at 2 p.m. East/11 a.m. West. Here’s the TNT preview.

TNT Heads to California for Exclusive Coverage of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Racing in Sonoma on Sunday, June 20th

Pre-race coverage begins at 2 p.m. (ET); Toyota/Save Mart 350 begins at 3 p.m. (ET)

TNT heads back to the track for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Racing from Sonoma on Sunday, June 20 live from Infineon Raceway. The network will air exclusive coverage of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 beginning at 3 p.m. (ET) with play-by-play announcer Adam Alexander calling the race alongside analysts Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach in the booth. In addition, analyst Larry McReynolds will make frequent contributions from the in-field as he breaks down crew strategy and analyzes car adjustments.

The network’s pre-race coverage will get underway at 2 p.m. (ET) with Countdown to Green with Lindsay Czarniak (host), Petty and McReynolds with reports from pit reporters Marty Snider, Matt Yocum, Ralph Sheheen and Phil Parsons. Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion No. 48 Jimmie Johnson will join TNT’s infield rig for an interview prior to the race to discuss his current season on the track.  In addition, Sheheen will sit down with three members of Hendrick Motorsports, No. 24 Jeff Gordon, No. 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and No. 48 Johnson to discuss various topics including their relationship as teammates.

TNT’s acclaimed Pride of NASCAR series will feature racing legend Rufus Parnell “Parnelli” Jones who was inducted into Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1992 and was the winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500.

Dallenbach will once again breaks down race strategy during Wally’s World, as he is superimposed into live race footage from last season’s race in Sonoma. He will virtually walk along the track to discuss its nuances, with the ability to stop the race footage.

In addition, this week’s Ponytail Express will feature Petty and Rutledge Wood cooking with master chef Guy Fieri at Fieri’s restaurant Johnny Garlic’s in Santa Rosa, Calif.

Throughout this year’s NASCAR on TNT Summer Series, the network will join forces with NASCAR.COM, the official site of NASCAR, to provide TNT RaceBuddy a multiplatform experience for race fans which features live feeds from the racetrack including pit road and in-car cameras, as well as live chats and polls.

That’s it.