{"id":741146,"date":"2026-06-16T19:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/741146\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:41:27","slug":"nascar-san-diego-weekend-schedule-tv-schedule-start-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/741146\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR San Diego Weekend Schedule: TV Schedule, Start Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2261096534-e1781634388340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Crew members push Justin Allgaier's No. 40 Chevrolet through the Daytona garage area during the 2026 NASCAR season.\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR heads to San Diego this weekend for the inaugural street race at Naval Base Coronado, featuring action from the Cup Series, O&#8217;Reilly Auto Parts Series, and Craftsman Truck Series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nascar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR\u2019s<\/a> highly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nascar\/fans-think-san-diego-race-already-over\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trip to San Diego<\/a> has finally arrived.<\/p>\n<p>After months of anticipation, the NASCAR Cup Series heads west this weekend for its <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nascar\/first-look-san-diego-street-course-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first-ever race at Naval Base Coronado<\/a>. The inaugural San Diego street race has quickly become one of the most talked-about events of the 2026 season, with fans, drivers, and industry insiders eager to see how NASCAR\u2019s newest venue delivers.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend will feature action from all three national touring series, beginning Friday with practice sessions and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race before the NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series and Cup Series take center stage throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the complete schedule for NASCAR\u2019s historic San Diego weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 19<\/p>\n<p>12 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Practice<br \/>TV: FS2<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying<br \/>TV: FS2<\/p>\n<p>3:30 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series Practice<br \/>Streaming: CW App<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR Cup Series Practice<br \/>TV: Prime Video<br \/>Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Navy 250<br \/>TV: FS1<br \/>Radio: NASCAR Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 20<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series Qualifying<br \/>TV: The CW<\/p>\n<p>2:30 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying<br \/>TV: Prime Video<br \/>Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series United Rentals Driven to Serve 250<br \/>TV: The CW<br \/>Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, June 21<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. ET<br \/>NASCAR Cup Series Anduril 250<br \/>TV: Prime Video, HBO Max<br \/>Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Heads to a Brand-New Venue<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nascar\/san-diego-qualcomm-circuit-name-street-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The San Diego weekend<\/a> marks one of the most ambitious events NASCAR has attempted in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nascar\/san-diego-street-course-turn-4-problem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporary street circuit<\/a> at Naval Base Coronado will host all three national series and gives the Cup Series another high-profile road-course challenge. The event has generated significant buzz throughout the sport, particularly because it combines NASCAR\u2019s growing road-course emphasis with one of the most unique backdrops on the schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Cup Series enters the weekend with plenty of momentum after Pocono Raceway, while drivers such as Shane van Gisbergen, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, and Michael McDowell are expected to be among the favorites on the technical street course.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the race lives up to the enormous hype remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: all eyes <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nascar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">across the NASCAR world<\/a> will be on San Diego this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/mmackenzie7813\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie MacKenzie<\/a> Maggie MacKenzie covers NASCAR for Heavy.com. She previously worked for NASCAR.com, where she reported, wrote, and edited race-weekend coverage and traveled to key events throughout the season. She has more than ten years of experience in sports media and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/mmackenzie7813\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Maggie MacKenzie<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty NASCAR heads to San Diego this weekend for the inaugural street race at Naval Base Coronado, featuring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-741146","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\/741146","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=741146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}