Networks, Start Times Announced for 2026 NASCAR National Series

NASCAR announced start times and networks for 2026 events across all three national series on Wednesday.

The season begins with the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Sunday, February 1 at 8 p.m. ET, which will be televised on FOX. FOX will also broadcast the Daytona 500 as well as NASCAR Cup Series events at EchoPark Speedway, Circut of The Americas, Kansas Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.

FS1 will televise the Duels at Daytona leading into the Daytona 500, as well as NASCAR Cup Series events at Phoenix Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen International to start the 2026 NASCAR season. FS1 will also be the broadcast home of the NASCAR All-Star Race, which moves to Dover Motor Speedway in 2026.

Prime Video returns for its second season of NASCAR coverage in 2026. It will once again broadcast a stretch of five races, beginning with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 24 at 6 p.m. ET.

Other races during the Prime early-summer stretch include Nashville Superspeedway, Michigan International Speedway, Pocono Raceway and the Anduril 250 Race the Base during NASCAR San Diego Weekend at Naval Base Coronado.

TNT takes over on Sunday, June 28 with the NASCAR Cup Series event at Sonoma Raceway, the beginning of the second In-Season Challenge. The In-Season Challenge slate also includes events at Chicagoland Speedway, EchoPark Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway and the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The Chicagoland Speedway race will be the first NASCAR Cup Series event at the track since 2019, while North Wilkesboro Speedway hosts its first points-paying Cup Series race since 1996.

USA Sports will close the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, airing the final 14 races across USA Network, NBC and Peacock. USA Network will broadcast the NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, August 9, followed by the summer event at Daytona International Speedway on NBA and Peacock.

USA Network will then broadcast races at Darlington Raceway, World Wide Technology Raceway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL and Phoenix Raceway. NBC and Peacock will broadcast the final three races of the season at Talladega Superspeedway, Martinsville Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The CW Network will remain the exclusive broadcaster for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. The 33-race season begins at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 14 and concludes on Saturday, November 7 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

In the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, two races will air on FOX - the inagurual event for the series during the Grand Prix at St. Petersburg on February 28 and the Charlotte ROVAL event on Friday, October 9. The remainder of the season will air on FS1.

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2026 NASCAR National Series Broadcast Schedule