Three titans of the sports world will clash on Sunday, Oct. 19, while their respective athletes battle for the all-important wins. This will create an unwelcome scenario for those focused on which sports had the best ratings of the weekend schedule.<\/p>\n
The NFL, NASCAR, and Formula 1<\/a> will all hold events at the same time this weekend while taking over Fox, CBS, NBC, and ESPN.<\/p>\n The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs continue with a Round of 8 race at Talladega Superspeedway<\/a>. This event will be the first on big NBC since the regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway on Aug. 23.<\/p>\n The Talladega race has a start time of 2 p.m. ET due to multiple reasons. The first is that the Alabama track does not have lights, so the pivotal playoff race must end before the sun sets.<\/p>\n The second reason is that NBC broadcasts “Football Night in America” at 7 p.m. ET and then “Sunday Night Football” at 8:20 p.m. ET. NASCAR has to be out of the way by the time this pregame show starts.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Formula 1 season continues with the Grand Prix of America at Circuit of the Americas<\/a> in Texas. This race will start at 3 p.m. ET, and it will air on ESPN. This creates a conflict with both NASCAR and the NFL.<\/p>\n The Grand Prix of America takes around 1.5 hours to complete, putting its finish at about 4:30-4:35 p.m. ET. For comparison, the Talladega playoff race takes just over 3 hours<\/a> to complete. So if fans want to watch both races, they will have to skip a large chunk of the NASCAR race before switching back for the final stage.<\/p>\n