The 2025 NASCAR National Series Schedules are here, new additions, wild changes, and familiar places are apart of what will be a memorable season. Bookmark this page to keep track of all of the latest on the 2025 NASCAR schedule.
Per the newest media rights deal, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule will consist of 36 points races plus the Clash and the All-Star Race, bringing the total to 38 Cup Series events in 2025. The schedule has remained unchanged since expanding in 2001.
New tracks to the NASCAR National Series include familiar names like Bowman Gray and Rockingham Speedway. NASCAR has added a race in Mexico City featuring the Cup and Xfinity Series.
Confirmed Dates
These dates have been confirmed by NASCAR per its announcement Aug. 29.
Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic published an article on the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule. In it, he discussed all of the hottest rumors on the 2025 schedule. Here are the highlights of what Bianchi had to say, for all the details, check out the article above.
International Racing: NASCAR is likely to race in Mexico during the regular season, but, Canada is “50-50” at best for now.
The Clash: Bianchi says The Clash will not return to the LA Coliseum, and the current favorite is an unlikely one, Bowman-Gray Stadium
Richmond Loses a Date: To make room for Mexico on the 2025 schedule, the most likely track to lose a date is currently Richmond.
Southern California: Despite Steve Phelps verbally committing to a race in Southern California earlier this season, Bianchi reports that a race in Southern California in 2025 is “Unlikely”.
All-Star Race: Bianchi reports that North Wilkesboro will retain the All-Star Race
Championship Venue: Bianchi reports that NASCAR will return to Phoenix Raceway for the 2025 Championship race, but, beyond that, Homestead-Miami is reportedly lobbying to get the finale back in 2026.
NO Racing on Easter Sunday: Bianchi reports that NASCAR will not race on Easter Sunday in 2025, unlike what NASCAR has done in recent years. Bob Pockrass also claims this is the most likely move to accommodate Amazon’s first NASCAR race being the Coca-Cola 600.
Regular Season Finale Back at Daytona: With the 2024 schedule having a two-week break for the Olympics, NASCAR moved the regular season finale back one week. This changed the Regular Season Finale date, but, NASCAR seems keen on changing the venue back for 2025.
COTA Should Return
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There was some minor speculation, amongst a few, about the future of NASCAR at COTA. Marcus Smith addressed that speculation over the weekend, saying to Kevin Lyttle of the Austin American-Statesman that SMI and NASCAR are “Planning” on returning to COTA in 2025. That was seemingly confirmed the following month, as COTA is now taking renewals for NASCAR’s return in 2025.
On a recent episode of the Dale Jr Download, Dale Earnhardt Jr. suggested that he believes Marcus Smith could drop the Roval. Many fans would love this change, as it would add another intermediate track to the 2025 schedule if they return to the Charlotte Oval. However, Charlotte also announced some changes to the Roval for 2024, and it would be strange to move on from the Roval before seeing a race on the new configuration.
BREAKING | ROVAL gets a refresh. 🚧🔨
New configuration adds heavy braking corners and additional passing zones. 👀
Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic reported on “The Teardown” podcast following the New Hampshire race that three tracks will move out of the Playoffs in 2025 in favor of new ones. Atlanta (Already announced), Homestead-Miami, and Watkins Glen will move out of the Playoffs in favor of Darlington, New Hampshire, and Gateway.
Talladega was also included in a Potential Major Late-Round Playoff Schedule change.
The Athletic’s Jordan Bianchi reported on Aug. 6, 2024, that a tentative 2025 playoff schedule includes moving Talladega’s fall race to the third round and the third-to-last race of the 2025 season. The race has been traditionally held as the second race of the second round of the playoffs, but this move could be a game-changer for a driver looking for a late-round playoff push.
One year after its first race, Iowa could see a drastic schedule change
Connor Ferguson of Always Racing posted via X that renewal texts for Iowa are dating the Cup Series race for Aug. 3. Leaving the weekend assumed to be Aug. 1 through 3, in direct conflict with the Knoxville Nationals Sunday event, the Capitani Classic. This opposes 2025 travel packages on the track’s website, dated June 13 through 16.
August saw more rumors about Rockingham and NASCAR in 2025
In the Aug. 12 episode of Door Bump Clear, a speculative rumor said that NASCAR was sending the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Xfinity Series, and the ARCA Menard Series to the track on Easter weekend.
The Clash heads back East in 2025, but not to Daytona
NASCAR has officially announced that the Clash will be held at Bowman Gray Stadium in 2025, keeping the preseason race on a quarter-mile oval for at least one more year.
A NASCAR run X account leaked the 2025 schedule, or did they?
A schedule posted by the NASCAR Latino X account and officially run account was called inaccurate by NASCAR. NASCAR claimed to Adam Stern of the Athletic that it is “not entirely accurate.”
A renewal letter was sent to Dover Motor Speedway ticket holders listing the July 18 to 20 race dates. The track would move from the 11th to 20th race weekend of the year, the second time it has hosted a July date.
UPDATE: On Aug. 27, NASCAR, represented by Daniel Suarez and Ben Kennedy, announced that NASCAR will race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The weekend will feature the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Mexico Series. The spring Richmond race will lose its date for the race to occur. However, the race takes Iowa’s race weekend on the 2024 Cup Series schedule.
Jordan Bianchi leaks 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule
Jordan Bianchi of the Athletic unexpectedly released the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule on Aug. 28. The schedule confirmed multiple rumored changes to race weekends, with a majority of weekends shifting from this season.
Keep this page bookmarked for the latest 2025 schedule rumors and confirmations.
