TV schedule Feb. 26-28

Viva Las Vegas! NASCAR heads to Sin City this weekend for the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosts one Sprint Cup race and one Nationwide race a year. The speedway is an intermediate, 1.5-mile tri-oval. Who will Lady Luck favor on the track? Stay tuned!

The Nationwide Sam's Town 300 gets rolling Saturday and the Sprint Cup Shelby American roars to a start Sunday. It is an off-weekend for the Camping World Truck Series (don't worry - it returns next week!).

The following is a handy guide of track events and television coverage of NASCAR events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (all times listed in Eastern Standard Time):

Friday, Feb. 26:
2:00 PM Nationwide practice, SPEED
3:00 PM Sprint Cup practice, SPEED (reruns at 9:30 p.m.)
4:30 PM Nationwide practice, SPEED
6:00 PM NASCAR Now, ESPN2 (reruns at 1:30 a.m.)
6:30 PM Sprint Cup qualifying, SPEED (reruns at 11 p.m.)
8:30 PM Trackside, SPEED: Danica Patrick and Juan Pablo Montoya. (reruns at 1 a.m.)

Saturday, Feb. 27:
12 noon Nationwide qualifying, SPEED
1:30 PM Sprint Cup practice, SPEED
2:30 PM Sprint Cup final practice, SPEED
4:00 PM Nationwide countdown, ESPN2
4:30 PM Nationwide race: Sam's Town 300, ESPN2. Green flag: 4:46 PM. (reruns at 3 a.m.)

Sunday, Feb. 28:
10:00 AM NASCAR Now, ESPN2
10:30 AM NASCAR Performance, SPEED
11:00 AM NASCAR Smarts, SPEED
11:30 AM NASCAR in a Hurry, SPEED
12 noon NASCAR RaceDay, SPEED
2:00 PM Sprint Cup Pre-Race Show, FOX
3:00 PM Sprint Cup race: Shelby American, FOX. Green flag: 3:16 PM
8:00 PM NASCAR Victory Lane, SPEED