CONCORD, N.C. - The NASCAR Cup Series schedule for 2026 has been released and will feature a handful of adjustments and changes from the 2025 slate.
Topping the list, Dover Motor Speedway is now home to All-Star Race weekend with North Wilkesboro Speedway - which hosted the All-Star Race in each of the last three years - now getting a points race, set for Sunday, July 19. The 0.625-mile short track hasn't hosted a regular season Cup Series event since September 29, 1996 in a race won by Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman, Jeff Gordon.
Also returning to the schedule is Chicagoland Speedway, a 1.5-mile intermediate track that last hosted the Cup Series on June 30, 2019. That event was won by current Hendrick Motorsports driver, Alex Bowman.
As previously announced, a street race will be held at Naval Base Coronado on Sunday, June 21. Also, the Cup Series championship race is returning to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the first time since 2019. Phoenix Raceway has hosted the NASCAR finale since but will now see its playoff date moved to Sunday, October 18 as the first race in the Round of 8.
Here's a look at the full 2026 slate:
2026 NASCAR Cup Series schedule
- Sunday, Feb. 1: Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium
- Sunday, Feb. 15: DAYTONA 500
- Sunday, Feb. 22: Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Sunday, March 1: Circuit of the Americas
- Sunday, March 8: Phoenix Raceway
- Sunday, March 15: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Sunday, March 22: Darlington Raceway
- Sunday, March 29: Martinsville Speedway
- Sunday, April 12: Bristol Motor Speedway
- Sunday, April 19: Kansas Speedway
- Sunday, April 26: Talladega Superspeedway
- Sunday, May 3: Texas Motor Speedway
- Sunday, May 10: Watkins Glen International
- Sunday, May 17: NASCAR All-Star Race (Dover Motor Speedway)
- Sunday, May 24: Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte Motor Speedway)
- Sunday, May 31: Nashville Superspeedway
- Sunday, June 7: Michigan International Speedway
- Sunday, June 14: Pocono Raceway
- Sunday, June 21: San Diego Street Race
- Sunday, June 28: Sonoma Raceway
- Sunday, July 5: Chicagoland Speedway
- Sunday, July 12: Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Sunday, July 19: North Wilkesboro Speedway
- Sunday, July 26: Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
- Sunday, Aug. 9: Iowa Speedway
- Saturday, Aug. 15: Richmond Raceway
- Sunday, Aug. 23: New Hampshire Motor Speedway
- Saturday, Aug. 29: Daytona International Speedway
Playoffs - Round of 16
- Sunday, Sept. 6: Darlington Raceway
- Sunday, Sept. 13: World Wide Technology Raceway
- Saturday, Sept. 19: Bristol Motor Speedway
Playoffs - Round of 12
- Sunday, Sept. 27: Kansas Speedway
- Sunday, Oct. 4: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Sunday, Oct. 11: Charlotte Roval
Playoffs - Round of 8
- Sunday, Oct. 18: Phoenix Raceway
- Sunday, Oct. 25: Talladega Superspeedway
- Sunday, Nov. 1: Martinsville Speedway
Championship race
- Sunday, Nov. 8: Homestead-Miami Speedway