Full 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Calendar Unveiled

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season begins with the 67th Daytona 500 on Feb. 16. (HHP/Andrew Coppley photo)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – New broadcast partners, a return to its historic roots, an inaugural race in Mexico City, and a different look to the playoffs all make up cornerstones of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

Announced Thursday afternoon, next year’s Cup Series calendar begins with a new venue for the Busch Light Clash in iconic Bowman-Gray Stadium – last visited by the premier series in 1971 – and features its usual 36 points races culminating in the championship finale at Arizona’s Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 2.

The points season opens with the 67th Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 16, and as announced Tuesday, contains the first international Cup Series race in nearly seven decades with a race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on June 15.

“It’s no secret we’ve been bullish about growing NASCAR beyond our borders, and the 2025 schedule is an important and thrilling first milestone in that journey,” said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR Executive Vice President, Chief Venue and Racing Innovation Officer. “In addition to racing in Mexico, we’ve been able to bring back more historic and fan-favorite venues for the first time in decades across our national series.

“Not only will this combination of venues maintain the high levels of excitement and anticipation for NASCAR racing, but it also delivers one of the most diverse and challenging schedules anywhere in motorsports.”

The Clash marks NASCAR’s return to the quarter-mile Winston Salem, N.C., oval after a 54-year absence. Bowman-Gray hosted 29 premier series events from 1958 to 1971, and among its many highlights includes NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty’s 100th Cup Series win on Aug. 22, 1969.

Other noteworthy shifts in next year’s Cup Series calendar include Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway moving back to the spring on March 23; Iowa Speedway’s return shifting to Aug. 3; and World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill., making its playoff debut on Sunday, Sept. 7.

In fact, the Cup Series playoff lineup takes on a noted change next year, as in addition to Gateway’s inaugural postseason appearance, Kansas Speedway moves to the middle of the Round of 12 on Sept. 28 and Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway becomes the second race in the Round of 8 on Oct. 19.

After their one-year shifts due to the Paris Olympics, the summer Daytona Int’l Speedway event and Darlington (S.C.) Raceway’s Southern 500 return to their familiar slots as the regular-season finale and playoff opener, respectively.

Four Saturday night races – Atlanta in June, Richmond (Va.) Raceway in August, Daytona in August, and Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in September – highlight the summer stretch.

The lone off week of the season will be the Easter holiday on April 20.

FOX Sports will broadcast the first 12 points races, as well as the Busch Light Clash and the NASCAR All-Star Race, which returns to North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway for the third straight year.

Prime Video’s five-race segment of the Cup Series schedule begins with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25 and runs through Pennsylvania’s Pocono Raceway on June 22, while TNT Sports picks up the next five races from Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway on June 28 through the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27.

NBC Sports then takes over for the final 14 races of the year, starting Aug. 3 at Iowa and including all 10 playoff races for the 11th consecutive season.

Networks and start times for the full season will be announced at a later date.

2025 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule

Date – Venue – Location

Feb. 2 – Bowman-Gray Stadium – Winston Salem, N.C. (Clash) *
Feb. 16 – Daytona Int’l Speedway – Daytona Beach, Fla.
Feb. 23 – Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, Ga.
March 2 – Circuit of the Americas – Austin, Texas
March 9 – Phoenix Raceway – Avondale, Ariz.
March 16 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nev.
March 23 – Homestead-Miami Speedway – Homestead, Fla.
March 30 – Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, Va.
April 6 – Darlington Raceway – Darlington, S.C.
April 13 – Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, Tenn.
April 27 – Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, Ala.
May 4 – Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, Texas
May 11 – Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, Kan.
May 18 – North Wilkesboro Speedway – Wilkesboro, N.C. (All-Star Race) *
May 25 – Charlotte Motor Speedway – Concord, N.C.
June 1 – Nashville Superspeedway – Lebanon, Tenn.
June 8 – Michigan Int’l Speedway – Brooklyn, Mich.
June 15 – Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez – Mexico City, Mexico
June 22 – Pocono Raceway – Long Pond, Pa.
June 28 – Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, Ga.
July 6 – Streets of Chicago – Chicago, Ill.
July 13 – Sonoma Raceway – Sonoma, Calif.
July 20 – Dover Motor Speedway – Dover, Del.
July 27 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Ind.
Aug. 3 – Iowa Speedway – Newton, Iowa
Aug. 10 – Watkins Glen Int’l – Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 16 – Richmond Raceway – Richmond, Va.
Aug. 23 – Daytona Int’l Speedway – Daytona Beach, Fla.
Aug. 31 – Darlington Raceway – Darlington, S.C.
Sept. 7 – World Wide Technology Raceway – Madison, Ill.
Sept. 13 – Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 21 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, N.H.
Sept. 28 – Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 5 – Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL – Concord, N.C.
Oct. 12 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nev.
Oct. 19 – Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 26 – Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, Va.
Nov. 2 – Phoenix Raceway – Avondale, Ariz.