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NBC Sports
5 days ago
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
NASCAR Friday Brickyard schedule at Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway will open its NASCAR Brickyard 400 weekend with nearly two hours of practice Friday. The Xfinity Series will be on track for a 50-minute session beginning at 12:05 p.m. ET on the 2.5-mile oval. The Cup Series will begin turning laps on the IMS asphalt at 1:50 p.m. ET. This will be the 29th edition of the Brickyard 400 weekend, which returned last year after a three-year hiatus while NASCAR raced on the IMS road course. Dustin Long, Indianapolis Brickyard 400 Friday schedule (All Times Eastern) Friday, July 25 Garage open 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. — Xfinity Series 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. — Cup Series Track activity 12:05 - 12:55 p.m. — Xfinity practice (CW App) 1:05 - 1:55 p.m. — Cup practice (truTV) Weather Friday: Scattered afternoon thunderstorms with possible gusty winds and small hail. High of 91 degrees with winds from the west to southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40% in the afternoon.
NBC Sports
6 days ago
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
San Diego fills one spot on 2026 NASCAR Cup schedule but questions remain
NASCAR's announcement Wednesday that it will race on a military base in 2026 filled one spot on next year's Cup schedule. But many questions remain. Ben Kennedy, NASCAR executive vice president, chief venue & racing innovation officer, said Wednesday that the 2026 Cup schedule should be out in 'the next few weeks or so.' Dustin Long, Here is what has been announced or revealed about the 2026 NASCAR Cup schedule: Feb. 1 — Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium Feb. 15 — Daytona 500 May 24 — Coca-Cola 600 June 21 — San Diego/Naval Base Coronado Nov. 8 — Homestead-Miami Speedway (championship race) NASCAR recently announced that it will 'pause' the Chicago Street Race and not hold it next year. NASCAR hopes to run that event again in 2027 but its absence next year leaves the July 4 weekend spot open on the NASCAR calendar. 'We've looked at a handful of options for the July 4 weekend,' Kennedy said in response to a question from NBC Sports. ' … Not sure exactly where it's going to land yet, but it is an important part of our schedule.' The summer Daytona race had been the traditional home for the event on or near July 4 until that race was moved to the regular season finale in 2020. Since then, the July 4 weekend race for Cup has been at Indianapolis (2020), Road America (2021-22) and the Chicago Street Race (2023-25). Another key element with the schedule is how many street and road course races there will be. There are six this year: Circuit of the Americas, Mexico City, Chicago Street Race, Sonoma, Watkins Glen and the Charlotte Roval. Since 2021, there have been at least five road course events on the Cup schedule. In 2021, there were seven such races. The Cup Series had two road course events (Watkins Glen and Sonoma) before the Charlotte Roval was added to the schedule in 2018. Brad Keselowski has been vocal in the sport having too many road course races, stating on social media earlier this month: 'We went from 2 to 6 Road course races, Possibly 7 next year. 'NASCAR was successfully built as a primarily oval racing series. IMSA was built as the primary road course series in North America. IMSA will always do road racing better than NASCAR and that's ok. 'Yes, TOO Many Road courses in NASCAR.' He's not alone in that feeling. 'I would love to do a couple a year,' Erik Jones said this month on the optimal number of road course races in a season. 'I was totally happy running (Sonoma) and Watkins Glen. I don't know. I'm probably not the right guy to ask. I grew up as an oval racer. I didn't race a road course until 10 years ago for the first time. 'My opinion is –- this car is not, just hasn't put on as good of a show on road courses that the old car did, to be frank. I think it is fun to go to different places, but I could see us doing (Sonoma), Watkins Glen and one street course. I think you would be hard pressed to find many that wouldn't agree with that. 'We know where this car puts on good races -– the mile-and-a-half stuff is great –- there is plenty of those tracks that we can go back to that are sitting there and primed to race, so I would love to go back to some of those.' Kennedy said NASCAR is 'keeping a pulse' on the topic. 'We get a lot of feedback, certainly from our partners, from our fans, from the industry, teams and drivers on it,' he said in response to a question from NBC Sports. 'I would say it's bit of a mixed bag. You have some fans that absolutely love the road course racing and would like to see more of it, and then you have others that, conversely, would like to see less of it. 'For us, it's really just finding a good blend. We feel like we're at a good number or around a good number right where you can still have the diversity of being able to go to a number of road courses, some historic ones that we go to, a street course or two, and then still keeping a majority of our events — and especially the ones during the playoffs — as to what fans would typically expect of traditional NASCAR racing and that's oval racing. We're proud of the product we put on from that perspective. 'So that said, we're constantly thinking about it. We're evaluating it, something we're considering for the '26 schedule.'
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
NASCAR Saturday schedule at Dover
The Xfinity and Cup series will be on track for nearly eight hours Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway, which is playing host to its first NASCAR weekend in July since 1969. The action on the 1-mile concrete oval will begin with Xfinity practice at 11 a.m., followed by qualifying. Cup will practice and qualify for nearly 90 minutes starting at 1:35 p.m. Saturday's highlight is a 200-mile Xfinity Series race, which will begin shortly after 4:30 p.m. Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup drivers ahead of Dover weekend Alex Bowman has four consecutive top-10 finishes at Dover, including a victory. Dustin Long, Dover schedule (All Times Eastern) Saturday, July 19 Garage open 9:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. — Xfinity Series 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Cup Series Track activity 11 - 11:55 a.m. — Xfinity practice (CW App) 12:05 - 1 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (CW App) 1:35 - 2:35 p.m. — Cup practice (truTV, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (truTV, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) 4:30 p.m. — Xfinity race (200 laps, 200 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 45, Stage 2 at Lap 90; CW, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) Weather Saturday: Cloudy with a shower or thunderstorm possible in the afternoon. The high will be 83 degrees with winds from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph. It's expected to be 88 degrees with a 24% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.
NBC Sports
17-07-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Dover weekend schedule, TV, weather info for NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and ARCA
On its first July weekend in more than 56 years, Dover Motor Speedway will play host to a NASCAR tripleheader of the ARCA, Xfinity and Cup series. It's the first time since Dover's debut Cup race on July 6, 1969 that the track nicknamed the 'Monster Mile' has had a race in July with NASCAR's premier series. Dustin Long, The 1-mile concrete oval will play host to a 150-lap ARCA race Friday, a 200-lap Xfinity race Saturday and a 400-lap Cup race Sunday. The defending winners at Dover are Denny Hamlin (Cup), Ryan Truex (Xfinity) and Connor Zilisch (ARCA). Dover will mark the semifinals of the In-Season Challenge with four Cup drivers squaring off for the final two slots at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here are the matchups: —Ty Dillon (32nd seed), No. 10 Chevrolet vs. John Hunter Nemechek (12), No. 42 Toyota —Ty Gibbs (6), No. 54 Toyota vs. Tyler Reddick (23), No. 45 Toyota Dover weekend schedule (All Times Eastern) Friday, July 18 Garage open 9:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. — ARCA Series 1 - 6 p.m. — Xfinity Series Track activity 1:40 - 2:25 p.m. — ARCA practice 2:40 - 3 p.m. — ARCA qualifying 5 p.m. — ARCA race (150 laps, 150 miles; FS1) Saturday, July 19 9:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. — Xfinity Series 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Cup Series 11 - 11:55 a.m. — Xfinity practice (CW App) 12:05 - 1 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (CW App) 1:35 - 2:35 p.m. — Cup practice (truTV, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (truTV, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) 4:30 p.m. — Xfinity race (200 laps, 200 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 45, Stage 2 at Lap 90; CW, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) Sunday, July 20 11 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. — Cup Series 2 p.m. — Cup race (400 laps, 400 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 120, Stage 2 at Lap 250; TNT, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) Weekend weather Friday: Parly cloudy with a high of 86 degrees and winds from the north to northwest at 5 to 10 mph. It's expected to be 84 degrees with a 1% chance of rain at the start of the ARCA race. Saturday: Cloudy with rain showers in the afternoon. It will be a high of 83 degrees with winds from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph. It's expected to be 81 degrees with a 42% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race. Sunday: Partly cloudy with a high of 87 degrees and winds from the west at 5 to 10 mph. It's expected to be 87 degrees with a 10% chance of rain at the start of the Cup race.
NBC Sports
17-07-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
NASCAR issues forceful response to court over 23XI, Front Row request to reclaim charter status
Citing 'no logical basis' for 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports to be granted a temporary restraining order to compete as chartered teams, NASCAR issued a forceful response in court documents Wednesday. NASCAR also alleged in court documents that the two teams 'manufactured evidence of harm' when requesting a previous preliminary injunction. This is the third time 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have sought court intervention to race as chartered teams this season without signing the agreement. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports were the only two Cup organizations not to sign the charter agreement and later filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR and NASCAR CEO Jim France. That lawsuit is scheduled to begin Dec. 1. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports filed documents Monday seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to race as chartered teams — as they had done all season until that status was revoked recently by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Dustin Long, Sunday's race at Dover Motor Speedway would be the first time 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports would compete without charter status, pending the U.S. District Court's ruling. No timetable has been set for the court's decision, although it is expected before Sunday's race. 23XI Racing employs drivers Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace and Riley Herbst. Front Row Motorsports' drivers are Todd Gilliland, Noah Gragson and Zane Smith. A charter guarantees a car a starting spot in every race. That won't matter this weekend at Dover. There won't be a full 40-car field. Only 37 cars are entered. NASCAR stated in court documents that there will be no more than 40 cars entered next week at Indianapolis. That would mean that all three 23XI Racing and all three Front Row Motorsports cars would not be in jeopardy of missing that race should the court not grant their request to run with the charter status. Charters also provide a fixed and guaranteed amount of money that is significantly more than a team without a charter receives. Under the system, money awarded to chartered teams is based on: — Race performance (race purse). — Performance for the season (year-end points fund). — Overall performance over the previous three seasons (historical plan). — Payments for being a charter member and competing in each race (fixed owner's plan). In court documents Monday, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports stated that losing their charter status would cause 'irreparable harm.' The teams cited 'new information surfaced through the discovery process' that made this third request relevant. The teams stated in court documents that NASCAR has 'signaled its intention to immediately move or sell (their) charters to other entities — putting (23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports) in irreparable jeopardy of never getting their charters back and going out of business.' NASCAR denied that claim in its filing Wednesday, stating: 'Although based on the false premise that Plaintiffs have Charters, and notwithstanding the substantial interest in Charters from motorsports companies racing in INDYCAR, Xfinity, and other series, NASCAR has represented it will not sell any Charters before the Court can rule on Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction.' The teams also stated in their filing Monday: 'As the Court has already found, it is not economically viable for a team to participate in the Cup Series on a long-term basis racing under an 'open' agreement. 'Moreover, if Plaintiffs are forced to relinquish their charters before trial, they once again will face the prospect of losing key sponsors and star drivers, who will have the right to terminate their contracts and have already signaled their intention to pursue driving opportunities with other teams (should Plaintiffs lose their charter rights).' NASCAR stated in the documents that the charters do not belong to 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports since they did not sign the agreement for each of their cars. NASCAR noted throughout its 32-page response the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to vacate the preliminary injunction the two teams were granted last December to run with the charter status. NASCAR also raised questions about the information 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports provided when asking the District Court to grant a preliminary injunction last year. In court documents, NASCAR stated: 'Discovery has revealed that evidence Plaintiffs submitted to the Court in connection with their second (preliminary injunction) motion was manufactured. It has also shown that declarations submitted under penalty of perjury suggesting that Plaintiffs had no involvement in the creation of that evidence were false.' NASCAR also stated in court documents: ' … And Plaintiffs manufactured evidence of harm to support their second (preliminary injunction) motion, and misled the Court in declarations. This means that Plaintiffs' latest submissions should, at the very least, be viewed skeptically.' 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports first requested a preliminary injunction to race with charter status last fall. That was denied by U.S. District Court judge Frank D. Whitney on Nov. 8, 2024. The teams amended their request. A preliminary injunction was granted Dec. 18, 2024, by U.S. District Court judge Kenneth D. Bell for 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports to compete this season with the charter status. NASCAR appealed the decision to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel from that circuit heard oral arguments May 9 and vacated the preliminary injunction June 5. The two teams asked the full Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the matter. The court declined on July 9. That set up this week's filings with16 races left in the Cup season — beginning with Sunday's event at Dover. NASCAR noted in court documents that 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan stated in a deposition that his organization would compete the rest of the season even if it didn't have the charter status. That echos comments co-owner Denny Hamlin made to the media June 7 at Michigan. NASCAR cited Jordan's deposition elsewhere in its response. NASCAR stated in court documents that Jordan 'conditioned 23XI's long-term participation in NASCAR on the implementation of a permanent Charter system.' That was an item teams wanted when negotiating with NASCAR but did not get. Instead, the current charters go seven seasons through the 2031 campaign — the same length of the current media rights deal — with the option extend the charters another seven years.
