EchoPark Speedway’s 2026 NASCAR Spring Race Weekend: TV Schedule, Entry Lists, Race Info, and More

What’s Happening?

The Daytona 500 and Speedweeks may be over, but that doesn’t mean the chaos will cool off for the stars of NASCAR’s three National Series, as they roll into Hampton, Georgia, to the high banks of EchoPark Speedway for one of the schedule’s most unique race weekends.

• The track once known as Atlanta Motor Speedway is now known as EchoPark Speedway, following a 2025 naming rights agreement between owner Speedway Motorsports and Echo Park Automotive. Regardless, the track is still the same sight that has hosted NASCAR since 1960.
• EchoPark Speedway, despite the flashy name and wild racing, is one of NASCAR’s most historic venues, starting off as a traditional oval before a 1997 reconfiguration turned the track into a modern quad-oval intermediate. In 2022, the track debuted a similar look but a different style of racing, as the venue became the first intermediate on the NASCAR schedule to develop a form of pack, or drafting racing.
• The races at EchoPark are always fun to watch, with three wide finishes and chaotic last laps. While that’s all fun and games, it comes at a cost, as major crashes happen often and with big consequences, with last summer’s race producing a 22-car pileup in turn three.

Weekend TV Schedule (All Times ET)

Friday, February 20: Truck Qualifying/OAP Series Qualifying

• 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM – Truck Series Qualifying on FS1
• 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM – O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Qualifying on the CW App

Saturday, February 21: Cup Series Qualifying – TRUCK SERIES AND XFINITY SERIES RACE

• 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM – Cup Series Qualifying on Amazon Prime Video
• 1:30 PM – Craftsman Truck Series FR8 208 On FS1 (TV) And MRN (Radio)
• 5:00 PM – O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Bennett Transportation And Logistics 250 On The CW (TV) And PRN (Radio)

Sunday, February 22: CUP SERIES RACE

• 3:00 PM – Autotrader 400 on FOX (TV) and PRN (Radio); Driver Camera on HBO Max

Race Facts

Track Facts: EchoPark Speedway (Formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway)

• Year Built: 1960
• Length: 1.54 miles
• Shape: Quad-oval
• Banking: 28 Degrees in Turns; 5 Degrees on Frontstretch and Backstretch
• Surface: Asphalt
• Lights: Yes
• Rain Tires: No

Fr8 208 on FS1:

• Race Length: 135 Laps (207.9 Miles)
• Stages: 40 Lap Stage 1, 40 Lap Stage 2, 55 Lap Final Stage
• Most-Recent Race Winner: Kyle Busch

Bennett Transportation and Logistics 250 on the CW:

• Race Length: 163 Laps (251.02 Miles)
• Stages: 45 Lap Stage 1, 45 Lap Stage 2, 73 Lap Final Stage
• Most-Recent Race Winner: Austin Hill

Autotrader 400 on FOX:

• Race Length: 260 Laps (406.4 Miles)
• Stages: 60 Lap Stage 1, 100 Lap Stage 2, 100 Lap Final Stage

2025 Ambetter Health 400 Results:

• First: Christopher Bell – No. 20
• Second: Carson Hocevar – No. 77
• Third: Kyle Larson – No. 5
• Fourth: Ryan Blaney – No. 12
• Fifth: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – No. 47

Top Storylines of the Weekend

• This week marks Kyle Busch’s return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a series in which he has 67 wins, including two straight at EchoPark Speedway. Last year, Rowdy led 80 laps and looked to have the best Truck, but some fans suggested he was toying with the field, resulting in a close finish at the line with Stewart Friesen.
• Just like his Richard Childress Racing teammate, Busch, Austin Hill has dominated the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races at the now not-so-new EchoPark Speedway. Of the eight races on the tracks’ new configuration, Hill has five wins, including three in a row from the spring of 2024 to the spring of 2025.
• Though EchoPark is a drafting track, as you may already know, that doesn’t guarantee anything. One driver who had a great weekend at Daytona may struggle, while an unexpected driver, say Kyle Larson, could pull out a win.

Entry Lists

Cup Series

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series

Truck Series

Qualifying Orders

Cup Series

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series

Truck Series

Note: This article will be updated as more information about the weekend comes out.