NASCAR: When and how to watch the Cup and Xfinity series at Michigan International Speedway
NASCAR heads to Michigan International Speedway for a weekend of Xfinity and Cup Series action. It comes after last weekend’s controversial Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway, and also marks the start of the final three races before the Cup Series playoffs. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action on track.
When can you watch NASCAR at Michigan International Speedway?
Friday, August 16
1:30 p.m. ET: ARCA Menards Series – Practice
2:30 p.m. ET: ARCA Menards Series – Qualifying
3:30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Practice
4:10 p.m. ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Qualifying
6:00 p.m. ET: ARCA Menards Series-Henry Ford Health 200
Saturday, August 17
12:35 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series – Practice
1:20 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series – Qualifying
3:30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Cabo Wabo 250
Sunday, August 18
2:30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series-FireKeepers Casino 400
How to watch NASCAR in Michigan
Fans can watch the action live on USA Network and stream on NBC Sports. Additional coverage is available on TSN in Canada and on radio on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Current status of the NASCAR Cup Series
- Kyle Larson – 779 points
- Denny Hamlin – 758 points
- Christopher Bell – 701 points
- William Byron – 678 points
- Ryan Blaney – 702 points
- Tyler Reddick – 774 points
- Chase Elliott – 773 points
- Brad Keselowski – 636 points
- Alex Bowman – 615 points
- Joey Logano – 557 points
- Daniel Suarez – 497 points
- Austin Cindric – 451 points
- Martin Truex Jr. – 662 points
- Ty Gibbs – 602 points
- Bubba Wallace – 587 points
- Chris Buescher – 584 points
(PLAYOFF CUT-OFF) - Ross Chastain – 584 points
- Chase Briscoe – 485 points
- Kyle Busch – 465 points
- Todd Gilliland – 454 points
- Michael McDowell – 431 points
- Carson Hocevar – 414 points
- Josh Berry – 412 points
- Noah Gragson – 400 points
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 376 points
- Ryan Preece – 341 points
- Erik Jones – 337 points
- Justin Haley – 329 points
- Corey LaJoie – 327 points
- Daniel Hemric – 323 points
- Austin Dillon – 319 points
- John Hunter Nemechek – 313 points
- Zane Smith – 262 points
- Harrison Burton – 243 points
- Kaz Grala – 166 points
- Cody Ware – 47 points
- Joey Hand – 43 points
- Jimmie Johnson – 39 points
- Derek Kraus – 32 points
- David Ragan – 17 points
- Kamui Kobayashi – 8 points
- Will Brown – 6 points
- Cam Waters – 2 points
Current status of the NASCAR Xfinity Series
- Shane van Gisbergen – 500 points
- Austin Hill – 674 points
- Chandler Smith – 661 points
- Sam Mayer – 502 points
- Cole Custer – 761 points
- Justin Allgaier – 705 points
- Riley Herbst – 618 points
- Jesse Love – 587 points
- AJ Allmendinger – 609 points
- Sheldon Creed – 576 points
- Parker Kligerman – 553 points
- Ryan Victory – 510 points
(PLAYOFF CUT-OFF) - Sammy Smith – 507 points
- Brandon Jones – 441 points
- Anthony Alfredo – 396 points
- Brennan Poole – 353 points
- Parker Retzlaff – 317 points
- Josh Williams – 309 points
- Jeb Burton – 286 points
- Leland Honeyman Jr. – 277 points
- Jeremy Clements – 274 points
- Kyle Weatherman – 266 points
- Ryan Ellis – 252 points
- Blaine Perkins – 203 points
- Kyle Victory – 253 points
- Aric Almirola – 248 points
- Matt DiBenedetto – 219 points
- Carson Kvapil – 183 points
- Ryan Truex – 181 points
- Hailie Deegan – 174 points
- Josh Bilicki – 151 points
- Garrett Smithley – 149 points
- Austin Green – 112 points
- Joey Gase – 87 points
- Patrick Emerling – 86 points
- BJ McLeod – 78 points
- David Starr – 77 points
- JJ Yeley – 61 points
- Ed Jones – 57 points
- Sage Karam – 49 points
- Alex Labbe – 46 points
- Nick Leitz – 41 points
- Jordan Anderson – 40 points
- Logan Bearden – 36 points
- Brad Perez – 32 points
- Bubba Pollard – 31 points
- Caesar Bacarella – 30 points
- Natalie Decker – 27 points
- Justin Bonsignore – 25 points
- Patrick Gallagher – 25 points