The 2026 NASCAR schedules were released on Aug. 20 with several changes, most notably the move of the All-Star Race to Dover, a points race to North Wilkesboro and the re-addition of Chicagoland Speedway.
Dover, once a track that held two Cup race weekends as recently as 2020, will now only host the All-Star Race weekend along with O’Reilly Auto Parts/Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series points races on May 15-17.
North Wilkesboro will hold a Cup Series points race on July 19 for the first time since 1996 after three seasons of hosting the All-Star Race weekend.
Chicagoland Speedway returns to the schedule, replacing the Chicago street course on July 4th weekend.
Homestead-Miami Speedway will host the championship race on Nov. 8 in a one-off return to the end of the schedule as the sanctioning body will start rotating the final race of the season.
Nashville Superspeedway’s race date is unchanged in positioning on the schedule, with the tripleheader weekend on May 29-31 coming the week after the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte.
Among the highlights of the other national series: the Craftsman Truck Series will race on the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg street course on the same weekend as the IndyCar Series on Feb. 28.
- Feb. 1: Clash, Bowman Gray Stadium (Non-points), FOX/FS1
- Feb. 12: Duels at Daytona qualifying races, Daytona International Speedway, FOX/FS1
- Feb. 15: Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, FOX
- Feb. 22: EchoPark (Atlanta) Speedway, FOX/FS1
- March 1: Circuit of the Americas, FOX/FS1
- March 8: Phoenix Raceway, FOX/FS1
- March 15: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, FOX/FS1
- March 22: Darlington Raceway, FOX/FS1
- March 29: Martinsville Speedway, FOX/FS1
- April 5: OPEN WEEKEND
- April 12: Bristol Motor Speedway, FOX/FS1
- April 19: Kansas Speedway, FOX/FS1
- April 26: Talladega Superspeedway, FOX/FS1
- May 3: Texas Motor Speedway, FOX/FS1
- May 10: Watkins Glen International, FOX/FS1
- May 17: NASCAR All-Star Open, Dover Motor Speedway (Non-points), FOX/FS1
- May 17: NASCAR All-Star Race, Dover Motor Speedway (Non-points), FOX/FS1
- May 24: Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Amazon Prime Video
- May 31: Nashville Superspeedway, Amazon Prime Video
- June 7: Michigan International Speedway, Amazon Prime Video
- June 14: Pocono Raceway, Amazon Prime Video
- June 21: San Diego street course at Naval Base Coronado, Amazon Prime Video
- June 28: Sonoma Raceway, TNT
- July 5: Chicagoland Speedway, TNT
- July 12: EchoPark (Atlanta) Speedway, TNT
- July 19: North Wilkesboro Speedway, TNT
- July 26: Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, TNT
- Aug. 2: OFF WEEKEND
- Aug. 9: Iowa Speedway, NBC/USA Network
- Aug. 15: Richmond Raceway, NBC/USA Network
- Aug. 23: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, NBC/USA Network
- Aug. 29: Daytona International Speedway Regular season finale, NBC/USA Network
- Sept. 6: Southern 500, Darlington Raceway Round of 16, NBC/USA Network
- Sept. 13: World Wide Technology Raceway Round of 16, NBC/USA Network
- Sept. 19: Bristol Motor Speedway Round of 16, NBC/USA Network
- Sept. 27: Kansas Speedway Round of 12, NBC/USA Network
- Oct. 4: Las Vegas Motor Speedway Round of 8, NBC/USA Network
- Oct. 11: Charlotte Motor Speedway road course Round of 12, NBC/USA Network
- Oct. 18: Phoenix Raceway Round of 8, NBC/USA Network
- Oct. 25: Talladega Superspeedway Round of 8, NBC/USA Network
- Nov. 1: Martinsville Speedway Round of 8, NBC/USA Network
- Nov. 8: NASCAR Cup Series Championship race, Homestead-Miami Speedway, NBC/USA Network
Nashville Superspeedway retains the same race weekend as last year’s schedule and will host a Cup Series race on May 31 as a part of a tripleheader weekend.
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