Overview

• NASCAR published the 2026 schedules for all three national series, confirming Nov. 8 at Homestead-Miami as the Cup Championship race.
• The Cup calendar adds a June 21 street event on Naval Base Coronado and restores Chicagoland (July 5) and North Wilkesboro (July 19), while removing Mexico City and the Chicago street course for no international Cup races in 2026.
• Dover relinquishes its points date to host the May 17 All-Star Race—likely a day race due to no lights—ending a Cup points streak there that began in 1969.
• Playoffs are reshuffled with Phoenix opening the Round of 8, Las Vegas moving to the Round of 12, New Hampshire exiting the postseason, and Homestead closing the year.
• Executives defended moving Watkins Glen to May 10 using weather data, outlined Chicagoland readiness work including SAFER foam replacement, detailed FOX/Prime Video/TNT/NBC broadcast windows, added a second off-week in early August, and set the Truck Series’ street-course debut at St. Petersburg on Feb. 28.