After heavy anticipation, the 2025 calendars for the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series were officially unveiled on Thursday (Aug. 29).
Here are all the changes you need to know about next season’s stops on the calendar.
1. What are the biggest changes to the 2025 Cup schedule?
New Additions and Removals
- Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., will host the Busch Light Clash on Feb. 2. It will replace the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which had played host to the preseason exhibition for three years.
- The Cup Series will host its first-ever race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on June 15.
- Richmond Raceway will lose one of its two dates to accommodate Mexico City’s addition. Richmond’s one race will be held Aug. 16.
Playoff Changes
- Additions: Darlington Raceway (Aug. 31), World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (Sept. 7) and New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Sept. 21).
- Removals: Homestead-Miami Speedway (March 23), Atlanta Motor Speedway (June 28) and Watkins Glen International (Aug. 10).
- Talladega Superspeedway will move to the Round of 8 and serve as the third-to-last race of the season on Oct. 19.
Saturday Night Races & In-Season Tournament
- Four races will be run on Saturday night, up from two in 2024: Atlanta (June 28), Richmond (Aug. 16), Daytona International Speedway (Aug. 23) and Bristol Motor Speedway (Sept. 13).
- TNT will carry the five-race in-season tournament, which will start at Atlanta on June 28 and end with the Brickyard 400 on July 27.
- Amazon Prime Video will carry the five races before TNT, starting with the Coca-Cola 600 on May 25 and ending at Pocono Raceway on June 22.
Other Notable Date Shifts
- Iowa Speedway’s date will move from mid-June to Aug. 3.
- Dover Motor Speedway’s date will move from late April to July 20.
- Circuit of the America’s date will move to March 3, serving as the third race of the season.
- There will be no race on Easter Sunday (April 20) for the first time since 2021; that will serve as the lone off week for the Cup schedule.
- Darlington’s first race will move from Mother’s Day to April 6. The first Kansas Speedway race will be run on Mother’s Day, May 11.
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