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NBC Sports Announces 2025 NASCAR Schedule Highlighted By All Cup Series Playoff Races Presented Across NBC, USA NETWORK And PEACOCK

November 14, 2024

14 Cup Series Races Across NBC and USA Network Features Regular-Season Finale at Daytona and All 10 Playoff Races, Including Championship at Phoenix

USA Network to Present 10 NASCAR Cup Series Races in 2024 / Peacock to Simulstream Four Cup Series Races, Including Final Three Playoff Races

NBC Sports’ 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Coverage Delivers Viewership Gains For Third Consecutive Season

STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 13, 2024 – NBC Sports remains the exclusive home of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs in 2025 – including the Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on NBC for the 11^th consecutive year – highlighting NBC Sports’ 2025 NASCAR schedule across NBC, USA Network and Peacock.

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Penultimate NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race From Martinsville Speedway This Sunday, Nov. 3, At 2 P.M. ET On NBC

October 31, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of Final NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 Playoff Race from Martinsville Speedway Begins Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC

Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano Have Clinched Berths in Championship 4

With Only Two Spots Remaining, Christopher Bell and William Byron Round out Top Four in Final Race Before Next Weekend’s Cup Series Championship

Last Week’s Race from Homestead-Miami Speedway Averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 2.4 Million Viewers, Up 4% vs. 2023

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 31, 2024 – It’s an elimination race! With Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano’s Championship appearances already clinched, the final two drivers that will compete for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship will be determined this weekend during NBC Sports’ coverage of the Xfinity 500 from Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va., this Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC. A 30-minute Countdown to Green Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC leads into live race coverage. Martinsville is the fifth of six consecutive Cup Series playoff races to be presented live on NBC, culminating in the Cup Series Championship next weekend on Nov. 10.

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Penultimate Cup Series Playoff Race at Martinsville to Finalize Championship Four

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

Time has come to decide who will make-up the Championship 4 Round this season, and the historic 0.526-mile Martinsville Speedway will once again play host to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ Round of 8 elimination race, the Xfinity 500 on Sunday, November 3 at 2 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

After a dazzling display of talent in the closing laps of the Homestead-Miami Speedway Playoff race, which saw 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick now joins Team Penske’s Joey Logano as the only two drivers locked into the next round. With two spots still available, at least one will be filled by a driver that earns their position in the Championship 4 Round on points.

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NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race From Charlotte Motor Speedway And IMSA’S Famed Petit Le Mans Presented Across NBC, PEACOCK, And USA Network This Weekend

October 10, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Round of 12 Playoff Elimination Race from Charlotte Motor Speedway Begins Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC

Live Coverage of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Petit Le Mans Begins this Saturday at Noon ET on NBC and Peacock from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 9, 2024 – NBC Sports’ motorsports coverage this weekend is headlined by the NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 12 playoff elimination race from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday on NBC and Petit Le Mans, the final race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on NBC and Peacock this Sunday.

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Talladega Win for Stenhouse Mixes Up the Playoff Battle

October 7, 2024October 14, 2024

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. found victory lane once again and threw the playoff battle into a tizzy. Combined with the huge wreck late in Stage 3, the Charlotte Roval will play an outsized role in determining the next round of the playoff picture.

Christopher Bell is safe but with Ross Chastain and Stenhouse each stealing a win in this Round of 12, the stakes for everyone else couldn’t be higher heading to The Roval. (more…)

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Bests Keselowski, Byron In Intense Talladega Playoff Race

October 7, 2024

TALLADEGA, Ala. – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off the field in overtime to claim the victory in a dramatic NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway – edging Brad Keselowski and William Byron by a mere .006-second in a thrilling three-wide finish.

That heart-stopping finish was indicative of the afternoon of competition at NASCAR’s biggest track (2.66-mile) – which once again lived up to its reputation and provided a thrilling Playoff race that has major implications for the championship contenders.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series – Playoff Wildcard Talladega Superspeedway Is On The Horizon

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024

The NASCAR Xfinity Series kicked off the 2024 Playoffs last weekend at Kansas Speedway and is now setting its eyes on Talladega Superspeedway for the United Rentals 250 on Saturday, October 5 at 4 p.m. ET on the CW Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90) – for the second race of the Round of 12.

There have been 36 Xfinity Series races at Talladega, producing 29 different race winners and 23 different pole winners. Only three races have been won from the pole or first starting position – Justin Haley (2020), Tony Stewart (2008) and Joe Nemechek (1998).

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NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race From Kansas Speedway Presented This Sunday, Sept. 29, At 3 P.M. Et On USA Network

September 26, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Round of 12 Playoff Race from Kansas Speedway Begins Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on USA Network

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 26, 2024 – The first Round of 12 playoff race begins with NBC Sports’ presentation of the NASCAR Cup Series’ Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN Bet live from Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., – this Sunday, Sept. 29, at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network. A 30-minute Countdown to Green Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on USA Network leads into live race coverage.

Kyle Larson dominated last week’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway, leading 462 of 500 laps and winning by over seven seconds at the famed track. The 2021 Cup Series champion enters the Round of 12 as the top overall seed, with Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, William Byron, and Ryan Blaney rounding out the top five. Last week’s cutoff race saw Ty Gibbs, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, and Harrison Burton eliminated from playoff contention.

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NASCAR Cup Playoff Contenders Face Round of 16 Elimination Race at Bristol

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024

Tensions are high, the point standings are tight, and once the stadium lights illuminate the ‘World’s Fastest Half-Mile’ expect nothing less than a spectacular showdown amongst the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ 16 in Saturday night’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

With this weekend’s highly anticipated event serving as the elimination race for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 16, a lot is on the line for the postseason contenders. Team Penske’s Joey Logano is the only driver that has locked himself into the Round of 12 by virtue of his Atlanta win leaving 11 spots still up for grabs on Saturday.

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This Is It: Bristol Motor Speedway To Set the Xfinity Series Playoff Field

September 20, 2024

The NASCAR Xfinity Series is gearing up for the final race in the regular season – the Food City 300 – at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET, and for the first time it will be broadcast on The CW alongside PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

There have been 80 NASCAR Xfinity Series races held at Bristol Motor Speedway since the inaugural event in 1982, and this weekend marks the fourth-time (2020-2022, 2024) Bristol has served as the regular season finale since the inception of the Playoffs in the series in 2016.

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