Motorsports This Week on ESPN: In advance of ESPN's return to live NASCAR racing coverage, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, four of the most successful and popular Nextel Cup drivers, will participate in a special roundtable discussion with ESPN motorsports analyst and 1989 NASCAR Cup champion Rusty Wallace to be aired on the 11:00pm/et edition of ESPN's SportsCenteron Sunday, Feb. 11. The discussion will originate from Daytona International Speedway and portions of the roundtable will also be available on ESPN.com; ESPN360, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio. As the 2007 NASCAR season begins to kick into high gear, NASCAR Now, ESPN's first-ever daily news show totally dedicated to NASCAR, will be aired at a special time of 6:00pm/et on Friday, Feb. 9, on ESPN2. Host Erik Kuselias will be joined in the NASCAR Now studio by NASCAR driver Stacy Compton for analysis and NASCAR insider Tim Cowlishaw, columnist for the Dallas Morning News. Beginning Monday, Feb. 12, the show will originate from Daytona International Speedway in advance of ESPN2's telecast of the NASCAR Busch Series Orbitz 300 on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 1:15pm/et. ESPN will air an hour-long version of the show at 5 p.m. Monday, followed by a half-hour episode on ESPN2 at 6:30pm/et. Reporters Mike Massaro and Shannon Spake and NASCAR Insiders Angelique Chengelis and Marty Smith will also contribute to NASCAR Now, and Doug Banks will share the host role. ESPN2, which will have more than 1,100 hours of motorsports programming this year, will continue to help NASCAR fans get ready for the coming season by re-airing four episodes of NASCAR Drivers Non-Stop this week. The hour-long program gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at NASCAR drivers and their families during the busy racing season. NASCAR Drivers Non-Stop will air at 5:30pm/et starting Tuesday, Feb. 6, and episodes will follow on Wednesday and Thursday, preceding ESPN2's NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now at 6:30pm/et NASCAR Drivers Non-Stop will move to 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 9, followed at 6:00pm/et by a one-hour NASCAR Now. A repeat episode of Michael Waltrip Racing: A New Era will air on ESPN2 Sunday, Feb. 11, at 10:00am/et. Michael Waltrip Racing: A New Era is an 11-episode series that chronicles Michael Waltrip Racing and Toyota's new partnership in the Nextel Cup Series. A new episode of SpeedFreaks will highlight the week's programming in the ESPN2 Garage block of automotive and motorsports shows on ESPN2. The episode will air at 11:30am/et on Saturday, Feb. 10. A motorsports and lifestyle show, SpeedFreaks blends superstar motorsports pilots with actors and musical guests, all while positioning `The Freak Nation' in a unique, cutting edge format unlike anything else in the racing world. The Freaks also ask their own brand of questions en route to covering the broad spectrum of the industry.(ESPN PR)