DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR continues to set historic milestones with its national series schedules, as the 2025 slates were announced Thursday, headlined by the NASCAR Cup Series slate.
NASCAR will etch another first into the record books in 2025 when the Cup Series goes international for a points race in Mexico City, Mexico.
The 2.674-mile historic road course in Mexico City was home to the Xfinity Series from 2005-2008, but for the first time ever, the track will host an international points event in the Cup Series airing live on Prime Video on Sunday, June 15.
The visit to Mexico will be the second of two new tracks on the Cup Series schedule, as NASCAR’s premier series heads back to Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time in 54 years for The Clash.
The traditional season-opening exhibition event which will once again air live on FOX. The racetrack hosted 29 NASCAR Grand National, now NASCAR Cup Series, races from 1958 to 1971. Bowman Gray Stadium has hosted many NASCAR legends including Richard Petty, Junior Johnson, Glen Wood, David Pearson, Ned Jarrett, Richie Evans, Jerry Cook, and others. Petty won his 100th NASCAR Grand National race in the 1969 Myers Brothers 250 at the race track.
“It’s no secret we’ve been bullish about growing NASCAR beyond our borders, and the 2025 schedule is an important and thrilling first milestone in that journey,” said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR Executive Vice President, Chief Venue and Racing Innovation Officer. “In addition to racing in Mexico, we’ve been able to bring back more historic and fan-favorite venues for the first time in decades across our national series. Not only will this combination of venues maintain the high levels of excitement and anticipation for NASCAR racing, but it also delivers one of the most diverse and challenging schedules anywhere in motorsports.”
As has been customary, the season will officially commence with the running of the 67th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 16.
The next 12 Cup Series races will air on FOX Sports platforms, including Homestead-Miami Speedway moving back to the spring (Sunday, March 23) and culminating with the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Sunday, May 18.
As previously announced, Prime Video will make its NASCAR debut with the Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 25. Then, following Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday, June 1, the highly anticipated In-Season Tournament will officially get underway at Michigan Int’l Speedway (Sunday, June 8) with the first of three rounds of seeding events that will set the tournament brackets that includes the race in Mexico City (Sunday, June 15) and concludes at Pocono Raceway (Sunday, June 22).
TNT Sports will then make its return to NASCAR for the first time since 2014 when the action gets underway from Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 28. As previously announced, this race will also be the start of the in-season elimination events which will take place throughout the entirety of the five-race TNT Sports portion of the season, culminating with the $1 million tournament winner being crowned on the bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 27. As part of the TNT Sports schedule, the Cup Series will return to the streets of Chicago for the third straight year on Sunday, July 6.
On Sunday, Aug. 3 NASCAR returns to Iowa Speedway where Cup Series coverage shifts to NBC Sports platforms for 14 consecutive races, including the entire Cup Series Playoffs and Championship finale at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, Nov. 2.
Elsewhere in the playoffs, World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill., will make its debut in the Cup Series postseason as the second race in the Round of 16 on Sunday, Sept. 7, nestled between the Playoffs opener at Darlington Raceway on Sunday, Aug. 31 and the final race in the Round of 16 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 13.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway will return to the Playoffs for the first time since 2017 when the Cup Series head to Loudon on Sunday, Sept. 21 for the first race in the Cup Series Round of 12.
2025 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule
Feb. 2 Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, N.C.
Feb. 16 Daytona Int’l Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla.
Feb. 23 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Ga.
March 2 Circuit of The Americas Austin, Texas
March 9 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Ariz.
March 16 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nev.
March 23 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Fla.
March 30 Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Va.
April 6 Darlington Raceway Darlington, S.C.
April 13 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn.
April 27 Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala.
May 4 Texas Motor Speedway Ft. Worth, Texas
May 11 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan.
May 18 North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, N.C.
May 25 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C.
June 1 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tenn.
June 8 Michigan Int’l Speedway Brooklyn, Mich.
June 15 Autodrome Herman Rodriguez Mexico City, Mexico
June 22 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa.
June 28 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Ga.
July 6 Chicago Street Race Chicago, Ill.
July 13 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.
July 20 Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Del.
July 27 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Ind.
Aug. 3 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
Aug. 10 Watkins Glen Int’l Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 16 Richmond Raceway Richmond, Va.
Aug. 23 Daytona Int’l Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla.
Aug. 31 Darlington Raceway Darlington, S.C.
Sept. 7 World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Ill.
Sept. 13 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 21 New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H.
Sept. 28 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 5 Charlotte ROVAL Concord, N.C.
Oct. 12 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nev.
Oct. 19 Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 26 Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Va.
Nov. 2 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Ariz.