NASCAR 2025 Cup Series schedule announced
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The schedule for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series will look very different from the 2024 season. Among other things, several racetracks will switch to a 10-race playoff to determine the series champion.
The Athletic reported the full 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule on Wednesday, including some races already announced, expected changes and some unexpected moves.
Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will host the season-opening Clash, the annual non-points event that has been held at the LA Coliseum for the past three years.
The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City will host the first Cup Series points race outside the USA in 67 years. The street race, which also marks the annual stop of Formula 1, is scheduled for June.
The annual race at Nashville Superspeedway will be moved from its usual late June date to early June. The race is scheduled for June 1, one week after the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Here is the tentative schedule for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
2025 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule
February 2: Bowman Gray Stadium (clash)
February 16: Daytona500
February 23: Atlanta
March 2: Tour through America
March 9: Phoenix
March 16: Las Vegas
March 23: homestead
March 30: Martinsville
6 April: Darlington
13 April: Bristol
27 April: Talladega
May 4: Texas
May 11: Kansas
May 18: North Wilkesboro (All-Star Race)
May 25: Charlotte
June 1: Nashville
June 8: Michigan
June 15: Mexico City
June 22: Poconos
June 28: Atlanta
July 6: Street racing in Chicago
July 13: Sonoma
July 20: Dover
July 27: Indianapolis
3 August: Iowa
10 August: Watkins Glen
16 August: Richmond
23 August: Daytona
2025 NASCAR Playoff Schedule
31 August: Darlington
7 September: Goal
13 September: Bristol
21 September: New Hampshire
28 September: Kansas
October 5: Charlotte ROVAL
October 12: Las Vegas
October 19: Talladega
October 26: Martinsville
2 November: Phoenix