{"id":386988,"date":"2026-01-04T05:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386988\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T05:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:05:35","slug":"nascar-today-time-and-channel-cup-series-set-for-playoff-race-at-las-vegas-heres-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386988\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR today time and channel: Cup Series set for playoff race at Las Vegas. Here’s how to watch."},"content":{"rendered":"

CONCORD, N.C. –\u00a0Only four races remain in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season<\/a>. And headed into the Round of 8 opening race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, three Hendrick Motorsports drivers remain eligible for the title.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Trunk or Treat returns!<\/a><\/p>\n

As we start\u00a0this round, points are tighter than ever before. Kyle Larson<\/a> and William Byron enter Las Vegas four markers above the cutline while Chase Elliott enters -14. However, Denny Hamlin (the points leader) only sits eight markers above the cutline. The takeaway? A lot is on the line in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

In terms of the track itself, Hendrick Motorsports<\/a> has won five of the last nine races at the 1.5-mile venue. Larson accounts for three while Byron and Alex Bowman<\/a> have the other two.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Paint schemes for Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n

Also in action this weekend will be Corey Day in the No. 17 HendrickCars.com<\/a> entry. He’ll compete in the NASCAR Xfinity Series main event on Saturday night. Check out the full schedule for the weekend below.<\/p>\n

What time is the NASCAR race today?<\/p>\n

Saturday, Oct. 11<\/p>\n

2 p.m. ET\u00a0–\u00a0Xfinity Series practice (CW App)
\n3:05 –\u00a0Xfinity Series qualifying (CW App)
\n4:30\u00a0– Cup Series\u00a0practice (TruTV)
\n5:40 –\u00a0Cup Series qualifying (TruTV)
\n7:30 –\u00a0Xfinity Series race (CW) <\/p>\n

Sunday, Oct. 12<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m. –\u00a0Cup Series race (USA Network)
\nWhere is NASCAR racing this weekend?<\/p>\n

The NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will compete at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

Is NASCAR 25 out?<\/p>\n

NASCAR 25 comes out on October 14th.<\/p>\n

NASCAR paint scheme preview<\/p>\n

Check out the cars<\/a> Hendrick Motorsports will utilize this weekend.<\/p>\n

NASCAR playoff standings\u00a0<\/p>\n

DriverPoints1. Denny Hamlin
\n4,036 (+8)
\n2. Ryan Blaney
\n4,034 (+6)
\nt-3. Kyle Larson
\n4,032 (+4)
\nt-4.\u00a0William Byron<\/a>
\n4,032 (+4)
\n—————–
\n—-
\n5. Christopher Bell
\n4,028 (-4)
\nt-6. Chase Elliott
\n4,018 (-14)
\nt-6. Chase Briscoe
\n4,018 (-14)
\n8. Joey Logano
\n4,013 (-19) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CONCORD, N.C. –\u00a0Only four races remain in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. And headed into the Round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-386988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}