NASCAR unveiled on Wednesday the 2026 schedules for the NASCAR Cup Series, the newly named NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series – currently the Xfinity Series – and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
The schedule rollout includes all three national series competing on the streets at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, NASCAR Championship Weekend returning to Homestead-Miami Speedway, the NASCAR All-Star Race moving to Dover Motor Speedway, and Cup Series points races returning to Chicagoland Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway.
What it doesn’t include: a second race for Richmond, which will, for a second straight year, get just one, a Saturday night race at Richmond Raceway on Aug. 15.
Bristol gets its two – a spring race on April 12, and a fall race on Sept. 19, the third week of the 2026 Playoffs.
Martinsville also gets its two – March 29 and Nov. 1, the latter being the prelude to the Championship Weekend a week later.
2026 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule
| Date | Event / Racetrack |
| Sunday, February 1 | Clash (Bowman Gray Stadium) |
| Sunday, February 15 | Daytona 500 |
| Sunday, February 22 | EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta) |
| Sunday, March 1 | Circuit of the Americas (Austin) |
| Sunday, March 8 | Phoenix Raceway |
| Sunday, March 15 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, March 22 | Darlington Raceway |
| Sunday, March 29 | Martinsville Speedway |
| Sunday, April 12 | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, April 19 | Kansas Speedway |
| Sunday, April 26 | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Sunday, May 3 | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, May 10 | Watkins Glen International |
| Sunday, May 17 | All Star (Dover Motor Speedway) |
| Sunday, May 24 | Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, May 31 | Nashville Superspeedway |
| Sunday, June 07 | Michigan International Speedway |
| Sunday, June 14 | Pocono Raceway |
| Sunday, June 21 | San Diego (Naval Base Coronado) |
| Sunday, June 28 | Sonoma Raceway |
| Sunday, July 5 | Chicagoland Speedway |
| Sunday, July 12 | EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta) |
| Sunday, July 19 | North Wilkesboro Speedway |
| Sunday, July 26 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, August 9 | Iowa Speedway |
| Saturday, August 15 | Richmond Raceway |
| Sunday, August 23 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway |
| Saturday, August 29 | Daytona International Speedway |
| Sunday, September 6 | Darlington Raceway |
| Sunday, September 13 | World Wide Technology Raceway (St. Louis) |
| Saturday, September 19 | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, September 27 | Kansas Speedway |
| Sunday, October 4 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, October 11 | Charlotte ROVAL |
| Sunday, October 18 | Phoenix Raceway |
| Sunday, October 25 | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Sunday, November 1 | Martinsville Speedway |
| Sunday, November 8 | Homestead-Miami Speedway |
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