{"id":640611,"date":"2026-05-01T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/640611\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:58:12","slug":"no-more-nascar-cup-series-races-on-fox-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/640611\/","title":{"rendered":"No more NASCAR Cup Series races on Fox in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">There are still three races remaining on Fox&#8217;s 14-race season-opening portion of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series broadcast schedule, but none of those races are actually set to be shown live on Fox.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">Under NASCAR&#8217;s current media rights deal, a seven-year, $7.7 billion agreement which went into effect ahead of the 2025 season and includes Fox, NBC, Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports, the majority of the races during Fox&#8217;s portion, eight out of 14 to be exact, are actually shown on Fox Sports 1.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">Likewise, the majority of the races on NBC during their season-ending portion of the schedule, 10 out of 14 to be exact, are set to be shown live on USA Network. Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports are each responsible for airing five races in between Fox&#8217;s stint and NBC&#8217;s stint.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">Notably, Fox&#8217;s 14-race tally includes both exhibition races, the preseason Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium and mid-May&#8217;s upcoming All-Star Race, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondtheflag.com\/57-year-nascar-cup-series-streak-comes-screeching-halt-01kc6aqf5xqb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">relocated to Dover Motor Speedway<\/a> for this year.<\/p>\n<p>No more NASCAR Cup Series races on Fox in 2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7l\">Fox aired its fifth and sixth races of the 2026 season the past two weekends at Kansas Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, and now Fox Sports 1 is set to take over until Fox&#8217;s part of this year&#8217;s calendar wraps up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7o\">Fox Sports 1 is set to air the two points races at Texas Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen International over the next two weekends, as well as the aforementioned All-Star Race the weekend after that.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7r\">Fox&#8217;s broadcast booth, whether a race is shown live on Fox or Fox Sports 1, features lead announcer Mike Joy and analysts Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7u\">The broadcast booths <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondtheflag.com\/new-nascar-announcers-confirmed-amid-mid-season-broadcast-shakeup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for both Prime Video and TNT<\/a> feature the same trio: lead announcer Adam Alexander and analysts Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7x\">The NBC broadcast booth, whether a race is shown live on NBC or USA Network, <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondtheflag.com\/nascar-cup-series-announcer-nbc-10-seasons-01jsp1aka4kr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">features lead announcer Leigh Diffey and analysts Letarte and Jeff Burton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"80\">Fox&#8217;s only remaining NASCAR national series race this season is the Craftsman Truck Series playoff race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, October 9.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"86\">Tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, May 3 for the live broadcast of the Wurth 400 from Texas Motor Speedway. 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