With Spring officially underway now, the racing season continues to heat up. NASCAR teams will take on their first road course of the year, while INDYCAR and Formula 1 are back in action.
Where to Watch NASCAR This Weekend
All three of NASCAR’s National-level series will be at Circuit of the Americas in Elroy, Tex. near Austin this weekend. Saturday will be a doubleheader, while the big show is Sunday.
Coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Texas Grand Prix will start with NASCAR RaceDay at 2 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1. NASCAR RaceDay will move to FOX at 3 p.m. ET. Race coverage will begin at 3:30 p.m. ET with the green flag around 3:50 p.m. ET.
Saturday will be a day in which you can turn your TV to FS1, put the remote control down on your coffee table and keep it there for the day. Following Cup qualifying will be the Xpel 225k for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Coverage of that will start with NASCAR RaceDay – NCTS Edition at 12:30 p.m. ET on FS1. Race coverage will start at 1:30 p.m. ET with the green flag around 1:40 p.m. ET.
Coverage of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250k will start with NASCAR RaceDay – Xfinity Edition at 4 p.m. ET. If significant shenanigans occur during the Truck race, this show may be delayed. Race coverage is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. ET with the green flag around 5:15 p.m. ET.
Where to Watch Other Racing Series This Weekend
Outside of Austin, the NTT IndyCar Series will be at The Thermal Club in Thermal, Calif. for the $1 Million Challenge. There will be no pre-race coverage on TV Sunday afternoon.
Coverage of the $1 Million Challenge will start at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday on NBC. That coverage will more or less feed into the first heat. And yes, that start time means that the first heat will start shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time.
Formula 1 is at Albert Park in Melbourne for the Grand Prix of Australia. For this weekend, there are two different issues that are going to cause problems with the schedule. One is the location as Melbourne is 15 hours ahead of the Eastern Time Zone. The other is that is the ESPN family of networks is the exclusive home for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Saturday is the second day of the first round, meaning that there will be 16 games spread between ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS and ESPNU.
As a result, things will move around a lot. Coverage of the Grand Prix of Australia will start with Formula 1: Grand Prix Sunday. It will begin at…
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