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Aug. 2, 2026, 5:02 a.m. CT
NASCAR is off this weekend ahead of the final month of the regular season.
All three national series get a weekend off before the final third of the season, including the Chase which starts next month.
The Cup Series will have races in 14 straight weekends to the end of the season in November.
The Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series return next week at Iowa Speedway, while the Truck Series returns in two weeks at Richmond.
When is the next NASCAR Cup Series race?
The Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway takes place on Aug. 9, with a 2:30 p.m. Central time start on USA Network.
The race will be the first one televised by USA Network. Ten of the final 14 Cup races will be on USA, with NBC televising the Daytona regular-season finale and the final three Chase races.
The regular season has four more races remaining, all in August.
Who won the last NASCAR Cup Series race?
Corey Heim won for the second time this year, claiming the Brickyard 400 victory after holding off Christopher Bell and Joey Logano.
Heim earned the lead during the final restart in a battle with Denny Hamlin.
NASCAR Cup Series 2026 schedule
All times Central.
- Feb. 4: Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray, Bowman Gray Stadium (Winner: Ryan Preece) Non-points
- Feb. 12: America 250 Duels at Daytona qualifying races, Daytona International Speedway (Winners: Joey Logano and Chase Elliott)
- Feb. 15: Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway (Winner: Tyler Reddick)
- Feb. 22: Autotrader 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway (Winner: Tyler Reddick)
- March 1: DuraMax Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas (Winner: Tyler Reddick)
- March 8: Straight Talk Wireless 500, Phoenix Raceway (Winner: Ryan Blaney)
- March 15: Pennzoil 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
- March 22: Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway (Winner: Tyler Reddick)
- March 29: Cook Out 400, Martinsville Speedway (Winner: Chase Elliott)
- April 5: OPEN WEEKEND
- April 12: Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway (Winner: Ty Gibbs)
- April 19: AdventHealth 400, Kansas Speedway (Winner: Tyler Reddick)
- April 26: Jack Link’s 500, Talladega Superspeedway (Winner: Carson Hocevar)
- May 3: Wurth 400, Texas Motor Speedway (Winner: Chase Elliott)
- May 10: Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen International (Winner: Shane van Gisbergen)
- May 17: NASCAR All-Star Race, Dover Motor Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin) Non-points
- May 24: Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway (Winner: Daniel Suarez)
- May 31: Cracker Barrel 400, Nashville Superspeedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
- June 7: FireKeepers Casino 400, Michigan International Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
- June 14: Great American Getaway 400, Pocono Raceway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
- June 21: Anduril 250, Naval Base Coronado in San Diego (Winner: Corey Heim)
- June 28: Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway (Winner: Shane van Gisbergen)
- July 5: eero 400, Chicagoland Speedway (Winner: Chase Briscoe)
- July 12: Quaker State 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway (Winner: Ryan Blaney)
- July 19: Window World 450, North Wilkesboro Speedway (Winner: Joey Logano)
- July 26: Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Winner: Corey Heim)
- Aug. 2: OPEN WEEKEND
- Aug. 9: Iowa Corn 350, Iowa Speedway (2:30 p.m., USA Network)
- Aug. 15: Cook Out 400, Richmond Raceway (6 p.m., USA Network)
- Aug. 23: Dollar Tree 301, New Hampshire Motor Speedway (2 p.m., USA Network)
- Aug. 29: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona International Speedway (6:30 p.m., NBC)
- Sept. 6: Southern 500, Darlington Raceway (4 p.m., USA Network)
- Sept. 13: Enjoy Illinois 300, World Wide Technology Raceway (2 p.m., USA Network)
- Sept. 19: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway (6:30 p.m., USA Network)
- Sept. 27: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway (2 p.m., USA Network)
- Oct. 4: South Point 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (4:30 p.m., USA Network)
- Oct. 11: Bank of America 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway (2 p.m., USA Network)
- Oct. 18: Freeway Insurance 500, Phoenix Raceway (2 p.m., USA Network)
- Oct. 25: YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway (1 p.m., NBC)
- Nov. 1: Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway (1 p.m., NBC)
- Nov. 8: NASCAR Cup Series Championship race, Homestead-Miami Speedway (2 p.m., NBC)
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