NASCAR’s Official 2026 Broadcast Schedule Revealed
What’s Happening? Freshly off the end of the 2025 season, NASCAR has released the official 2026 broadcast schedule for all three…
The 2026 season is the second season of the NASCAR seven-year media rights deal, which divides the three NASCAR National Series across multiple networks. This article breaks down the 2026 NASCAR Broadcast schedule to let you know where to watch each of the three National Series throughout the 2026 season.
What’s Happening? Freshly off the end of the 2025 season, NASCAR has released the official 2026 broadcast schedule for all three…
As part of their 2025 media rights deal, the NASCAR Cup Series has its practice and qualifying split across two networks and two streaming platforms, and its races split across three networks (five channels) and one streaming channel.
First, races one through 14, including the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, Duel at Daytona, and the 2026 NASCAR All-Star at Dover Motor Speedway, belong to FOX. This includes five events on the main FOX Network, and nine on cable channel FS1 from February 1 through May 17.
Then, Races 16 through 20, from May 24 to June 21, are live on Amazon’s streaming service, Prime Video, and will not air on National Television.
Following Prime’s coverage, TNT will pick up the slack for races 21 through 25, from June 28 to July 26. Each of these five races that are part of NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge tournament is also simulcast on HBO Max.
Finally, USA Sports, a new producer in the NBCUniversal family, picks up races 26 through 39, from August 9 to November 8. This will see four races broadcast on the main NBC Network and ten on the USA cable channel. Select races will likely also simulcast on NBCUniversal’s streaming platform Peacock.
As of press time, NASCAR has yet to announce the practice and qualifying broadcast schedule for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Although last year was rather complex, with practice and qualifying for the Clash, Daytona 500, and All-Star Race on FS1, aside from that, in the spring, Prime Video carried practice and qualifying for every other race until the first race on TNT, after TNT took over coverage, practice and qualifying shifted to a simulcast between cable channel TruTV and HBO Max.
The Complete 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule
NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs*
^NASCAR In-Season Challenge
In 2026, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will change its title sponsor to become the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series.
Much like 2025, the Xfinity Series will have one of the most consistent and easiest-to-access broadcast schedules in the sport. All 33 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races will air on the CW Network, which is available to anyone with a free, over-the-air or antenna TV.
It is worth noting that this can depend on local broadcast on your CW affiliate station, so check your local affiliate’s website or social media if the race is not on your main CW affiliate.
For the entirety of the season, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice and qualifying will air exclusively as a live stream on the CW app.
The Complete 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Schedule
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Playoffs
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will have very minimal changes to its broadcast schedule compared to 2025.
In total, FS1 will broadcast 23 of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ 25 races in 2026, with only two races airing on the main FOX Network for free; however, this schedule is subject to change throughout the season.
2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Races on FOX
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice and qualifying are less consistent when it comes to broadcast location. For the majority of seasons, practice will be broadcast on either FS2 or FS1, although it may occasionally not be televised. Qualifying, on the other hand, will air on FS1, regardless of the network on which the race is broadcast.
The Complete 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Schedule
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs
This article will be updated when/if NASCAR announces changes to this schedule and start times.
Another race weekend in the books. While Ryan Blaney battled back from several pit road setbacks to win his second straight race at Phoenix, other drivers were much to be desired. It was a big win for Penske but for several others, they leave the first “real” race of the season scratching their head with a lot that they need to figure out. Here are the biggest losers of NASCAR’s Spring 2026 Phoenix race weekend.
I’m afraid that this is starting to be habitual. Another race weekend at RCR for Kyle Busch, another terrible result. Well, the finish wasn’t exactly awful. While 17th is hardly up to Kyle’s standards, it’s about as good as it gets anymore for the two-time champion who hasn’t won a race in nearly a hundred starts.
To start things off, there was a reason to be cautiously optimistic about the future of that RCR No. 8 Chevy. New crew chief. Personnel changes. A new Chevy body. He even scored the pole for the 68th running of the Daytona 500 last month. But, since then, it has been a sharp slope downward. He was mostly a non-factor in the first three races. And, today, it seemed like the No. 8 Chevy was out to lunch. They unloaded slow. They qualified in the back of the pack. And, before Stage 1 even ended, Kyle was running 34th with no apparent issues and went a lap down to leader Ryan Blaney. To add insult to injury, Kyle Bush had a tire go down on him three times today. More than any other driver. It appears to be back to the drawing board for team No. 8.
You could say that the Hendrick No. 48 team had a rough weekend in general. But I think it would be more accurate to say that the entire start to 2026 has been catastrophic. Heading into today’s race, even with Bowman starting the first three races of the season, the No. 48 team was 36th in points, last among all full-time drivers. Even Cody Ware was ahead of him. If that’s not bad, I don’t know what is.
To rub salt in the wound, their driver missed today at Phoenix due to showing symptoms of vertigo. So, Anthony Alfredo was into sub and…it went about as well as you’d expect. He went a lap down early and never recovered. He got caught up in the incident involving Joey Logano and DNF’d. Officially, they scored a 33rd finishing position. This is the worst start Bowman could ever imagine, considering that he’s in a contract year.
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that I’ve lost my marbles. “Come on, dude! Penske just swept the weekend! How can they be losers?” Hear me out. Let’s start first with the two other Penske drivers, shall we? Joey Logano caused not one, but two multi-car pileups, one involving his Penske teammate, Austin Cindric. Cars were utterly destroyed. Before that, both Cindric and Logano were running solidly in the top 10.
So, it’s not for a lack of speed that they make our Biggest Losers list. The reason they’re listed here is that a lot of their problems today, if not all of them, were self-inflicted. Logano was driving sloppily and that took out Cindric. And even race winner Ryan Blaney almost lost this race on pit road numerous times. Rookie mistakes by the pit crew constantly had him charging from behind. Pit road penalties. He was like a yo-yo going back and forth throughout the field. What saved him in the end was that, on that last restart, Blaney took two tires and Christopher Bell took 4. If that had not happened, it is extremely possible that Blaney ultimately would have lost the race and it would have been because of their numerous mistakes in the pits.
They got lucky this week. They probably won’t get that lucky again. They need to clean up those nagging, senseless mistakes.
Ole, Danny boy. If Alex Bowman’s seat is the hottest in the series, Daniel Suarez has to be the second hottest in the garage. That No. 7 car has been a revolving door of drivers for the last several years and it looks like Suarez is shaping up to be Spire’s latest victim. It’s the same old story with the team: they show impressive speed in qualifying and even early on in the race. But rarely do they ever put a full race together. That criticism isn’t just for Suarez, it applies to the team across the board.
But Carson Hocevar is the team’s golden child. He’s not going anywhere. And the team seems pretty high on Michael McDowell at the moment. That leaves Suarez looking like the odd man out, a seat-warmer, if you will. He needs to perform. And, he’s done well to start, admittedly. But he qualified 5th for today’s race. He even earned a few stage points in the opening stage. Then, he faltered and left the race with an unceremonious whimper. Ultimately, after he was no longer a factor, he was caught up in a mid-race wreck. He finished 30th. That’s a tough pill to swallow for the Mexican-born driver. If he wants to keep his ride next year, he needs to show stark improvement in the coming weeks. I have a strong feeling that that ride is about to be a highly sought-after commodity once silly season rolls around.
What do you think about this? Let us know your opinion on Discord or X. Don’t forget that you can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
The first checkered flag of the 2026 rendition of the NASCAR West Coast Swing (as abbreviated as it is) has officially flown. It was an exciting race, full of close, tight-cornered racing, a plethora of tire issues littered throughout, and a couple of heartbreaking, hard hits. Surviving it all was Ryan Blaney, who captured the flag in the Straight Talk 500 at Phoenix Raceway. He survived pit road mishaps and passed a total of 49 cars to win the race today. It marks his 18th career victory, sweeping the weekend for Team Penske. So, for Blaney and Team Penske, the race was the highest of highs. Not everyone escaped unscathed, though. Here are the key takeaways from NASCAR’s spring date at Phoenix.
What do you think about this? Let us know your opinion on Discord or X. Don’t forget that you can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
Following a relatively clean first stage, Stage number 2 and beyond was littered with cautions. Most of these cautions were a result of tires going down after only about 20 laps or so of use. But the caution on Lao 216 was purely driver error. Joey Logano, who was running 7th at the time, made a move down on the apron approaching the finish line. Chaos ensued. Here’s what happened.
What do you think about this? Let us know your opinion on Discord or X. Don’t forget that you can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.