2026 NASCAR National Series Race Start Times and Networks Revealed

On Wednesday, NASCAR officially revealed the start times and networks on which each NASCAR National Series will be held during the 2026 season.

FOX will kick off the season in the NASCAR Cup Series as the opening 12 points-paying races, as well as The Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, the Duels at Daytona, and the NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway, will all be within the opening portion of the Cup Series season on the FOX networks.

Six of the 15 NASCAR Cup Series events under the FOX umbrella will be televised on the main FOX network TV channel. The races that will be on main FOX include The Clash (Sunday, February 1, at 8:00 PM ET), the Daytona 500 (Sunday, February 15, at 2:30 PM ET), EchoPark Speedway (Sunday, February 22, at 3:00 PM ET), Circuit of the Americas (Sunday, March 1, at 3:30 PM ET), Kansas Speedway (Sunday, April 19, at 2:00 PM ET), and Talladega Superspeedway (Sunday, April 26, at 3:00 PM ET).

The remainder of the events during the FOX portion of the season will be televised on FS1, FOX’s cable channel.

Among the notable start times in the FS1 race offerings is a 3:00 PM ET start time for the NASCAR All-Star Race, which moves to Dover Motor Speedway for the first time this year on Sunday, May 17.

After the FOX portion of the schedule, Prime Video will take over for a five-race stretch beginning with the Coca-Cola 600 (Sunday, May 24, at 6:00 PM ET). The five-race Prime stretch will conclude with the San Diego Street Race at Naval Base Coronado, which will have a start time of 4:00 PM ET on Sunday, June 21.

TNT will then take over for its five-race slate of events, which kicks off with Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, July 5, a race slated to start at 3:30 PM ET.

Among the five races on TNT will be the return of Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, July 5, at 6:00 PM ET, and North Wilkesboro Speedway, which will host its first NASCAR Cup Series points-paying race since the 1996 season on Sunday, July 19, at 7:00 PM ET.

After the five-race TNT stretch, which concludes with the crown jewel Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 26, at 2:00 PM ET, the NASCAR Cup Series coverage shifts to the NBC family of networks.

10 of the 14 races under the NBC umbrella will be aired on USA Network, a cable channel, while four races, including the final three races of the season, will be on NBC’s network TV channel.

USA’s first race will be the crown jewel Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday, September 6, at 5:00 PM ET.

The NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, November 8, will air on NBC, with coverage set to kick off at 3:00 PM ET.

Full 2026 NASCAR National Series Start Times and Networks: