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! [[1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1989]]
! [[1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1989]]
|style="background-color:#80AAFF;"| [[1989 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br /><small>CBS</small>
|style="background-color:#80AAFF;"| [[1989 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br /><small>CBS</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Goodwrench 500|CAR]]
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFBF80;"| [[1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]<br /><small>ABC</small>
|style="background-color:#FFBF80;"| [[1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]<br /><small>ABC</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]
|style="background-color:#FF99FF;"| [[1989 Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]<br /><small>TBS</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 TranSouth 500|DAR]]
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Valleydale Meats 500|BRI]]
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Valleydale Meats 500|BRI]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 First Union 400|NWS]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 First Union 400|NWS]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Pannill Sweatshirts 500|MAR]]
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Pannill Sweatshirts 500|MAR]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Winston 500|TAL]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Winston 500|TAL]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FF99FF;"| [[1989 Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br /><small>TBS</small>
|style="background-color:#FF99FF;"| [[1989 Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br /><small>TBS</small>
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|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300|SON]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300|SON]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Miller High Life 500|POC]]<br /><small>PPV</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Miller High Life 500|POC]]<br /><small>PPV</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Miller High Life 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]
|style="background-color:#80AAFF;"| [[1989 Miller High Life 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]<br /><small>CBS</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Pepsi 400|DAY]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Pepsi 400|DAY]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 AC Spark Plug 500|POC]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 AC Spark Plug 500|POC]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#80AAFF;"| [[1989 Talladega DieHard 500|TAL]]<br /><small>CBS</small>
|style="background-color:#80AAFF;"| [[1989 Talladega DieHard 500|TAL]]<br /><small>CBS</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 The Budweiser at The Glen|GLN]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 The Budweiser at The Glen|GLN]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Busch 500|BRI]]
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Busch 500|BRI]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 Heinz Southern 500|DAR]]
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Heinz Southern 500|DAR]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FF99FF;"| [[1989 Miller High Life 400 (Richmond)|RCH]]<br /><small>TBS</small>
|style="background-color:#FF99FF;"| [[1989 Miller High Life 400 (Richmond)|RCH]]<br /><small>TBS</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Peak Performance 500|DOV]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Peak Performance 500|DOV]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
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|style="background-color:#FF99FF;"| [[1989 All Pro Auto Parts 500|CLT]]<br /><small>TBS</small>
|style="background-color:#FF99FF;"| [[1989 All Pro Auto Parts 500|CLT]]<br /><small>TBS</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#C9C9C9;"| [[1989 AC Delco 500|CAR]]
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 AC Delco 500|CAR]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Autoworks 500|PHO]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Autoworks 500|PHO]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>
|style="background-color:#FFA64D;"| [[1989 Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br /><small>ESPN</small>

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The television and radio rights to broadcast NASCAR are among the most expensive broadcast rights of any American sport, with the current[when?] television contract with Fox Sports and NBC Sports being worth around US$8 billion.

In the early days of NASCAR, sports programs like CBS Sports Spectacular and ABC Wide World of Sports would air video highlight packages of the races. These packages were typically 15 to 30 minutes long and were cut from film of the entire race, similar to video packages created by NFL Films. For major races like the Daytona 500, ABC Sports would show footage live for a certain number of laps at the beginning, then show the end of the race. A few races were shown in their entirety in the 1970s, but these were always recorded and shown days or weeks later.[citation needed]

In 1979, CBS Sports televised the 1979 Daytona 500 live from start to finish. With the introduction of ESPN in 1981, more races began being shown live in their entirety. Since 1992, all NASCAR races have been shown from start to finish, and all have been shown live since 1997. Until 2001, race tracks struck individual agreements with networks to broadcast races, but in order to capitalize on the growing popularity of the sport NASCAR announced in 1999 that television contracts would now be centralized; that is, instead of making agreements with individual tracks, networks would now negotiate directly with NASCAR for the rights to air a package of races.[citation needed]

Television

English language broadcast networks (over-the-air)

Current

  • Fox: 2001–present
  • NBC: 1979–1981, 1983, 1985, 1999–2006, 2015–present

Future

  • The CW: 2024–2031 (Xfinity Series)

Former

  • CBS: 1960, 1964, 1975–2000
  • ABC: 1961–1992, 1994–2000, 2007–2014

Spanish language networks

English language cable/satellite networks

Current

Future

  • TNT: 2001–2014, 2025–2031 (Cup Series only)
  • TruTV: 2025–2031 (Cup Series practice and qualifying only)

Former

English language streaming services

Future

  • Max: 2025–2031 (Cup Series only)
  • Amazon Prime: 2025–2031 (Cup Series only)

Early years

One of the earliest telecasts of a NASCAR race was the 1960 Daytona 500, parts of which was presented as part of CBS Sports Spectacular, with announcer Bud Palmer.[1]

Between that broadcast and 1979, there were three main sources of NASCAR telecasts:[citation needed]

  • ABC's Wide World of Sports, the sports anthology program, provided coverage of select NASCAR Winston Cup races in the 1970s. In 1971, it presented a 200-lap race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in its entirety, the first such broadcast of a NASCAR race. Throughout the 1970s, ABC presented portions of the Daytona 500, Southern 500, and other important races.
  • In the late 1970s, CBS Sports Spectacular aired some races; like Wide World of Sports, they were taped and edited.
  • Car and Track, a weekly auto racing show hosted by Bud Lindemann, recapped all of NASCAR's top-series races in the 1960s and 1970s in a weekly 30-minute syndicated show.

The following table is a list of races from NASCAR's top three series that have been broadcast partially or in their entirety on television during the 1960s.

Race Number Race Date Race Title Race Track Series Network Lap-by-Lap Commentator Analysts Pit Reporters Notes
2 of 44 February 12, 1960 100 Mile Qualifying Races Daytona International Speedway NASCAR Grand National Division CBS Bud Palmer First ever NASCAR broadcast.
3 of 44

1979–2000: Flag-to-flag coverage

CBS Sports President Neal Pilson and motor-sports editor Ken Squier believed that Americans would watch an entire stock car race live on television. On February 18, 1979, CBS presented the first flag-to-flag coverage of the Daytona 500.[2][3] Richard Petty won NASCAR's crown-jewel race for the sixth time, but more attention was drawn by the post-race fight on the track's infield between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison, who crashed together on the final lap while leading.[2] The race drew incredible ratings, in part due to the compelling action both on and off the track, and in part because a major snowstorm on the East Coast kept millions of viewers indoors.[4]

As time passed, more Winston Cup races ended up on TV. ESPN broadcast its first race in 1981, from North Carolina Motor Speedway[5] (its first live race was later in the year at Atlanta International Raceway), and TNN followed in 1991. All Cup races were nationally televised by 1985; networks struck individual deals with track owners, and multiple channels carried racing content. Many races were shown taped and edited on Wide World of Sports and syndication services like Mizlou and SETN, but almost all races were live by 1989. By 2000, the last year of this arrangement, six networks televised at least one Cup series race: CBS, ABC, ESPN, TNN, TBS, and NBC.

At the same time, a growing number of races in the Busch Grand National Series and NASCAR Truck Series were made available for broadcast, and some track owners even included support races in lesser series. Likewise, Winston Cup qualifying rounds aired on ESPN2 or regional sports network Prime Network.

NASCAR sought to capitalize on its increased popularity even more, so they decided that future deals would be centralized; that is, the networks would negotiate directly with NASCAR for a regular schedule of telecasts.

2001–2006: Fox, NBC, Turner Sports

On December 15, 1999 Fox Sports, FX, NBC and Turner Sports agreed to pay $2.4 billion for a new six-year television package, covering the Winston/Nextel Cup Series and Busch Series schedules.

  • Fox and FX would be responsible for covering the first half of the season. All Busch Series races during that part of the season would also be on Fox/FX. NBC and Turner would partner to cover the second half of the season, which beginning in 2004 would include the Chase for the Cup. Originally, Turner's broadcast outlet for its NASCAR coverage was to be TBS as it had been for every other race Turner had broadcast before. However, Turner Broadcasting rebranded its sister network TNT as a drama-heavy network and decided to move the NASCAR coverage there in March 2001, as they felt it fit the new branding better.[6]
  • As part of the new contract, the Daytona events were split evenly between the networks. Fox would air the Daytona 500 in every odd-numbered year during the contract, with NBC covering the then-Pepsi 400 those years. NBC would then, in turn, air the Daytona 500 in every even-numbered year, with Fox covering the Pepsi 400.
  • The network in charge of Daytona 500 coverage would also have the rights to air the events during Speedweeks, which consisted of the Budweiser Shootout, Daytona 500 pole qualifying, the two qualifying races held after pole qualifying, and the season opening Busch race.

ESPN retained the rights to the Truck Series through 2002 under a separate contract. Beginning in 2003, Speed Channel bought out the rest of ESPN's contract and became the exclusive broadcast home of that series.

Initially, practice and qualifying sessions would alternate between Fox Sports Net and FX during the Fox/FX portion of the season, and between TNT and CNNSI during the NBC/TNT portion of the season. By the end of 2002, Speed had replaced Fox Sports Net and (due to CNN/SI shutting down in the spring of 2002) a deal was arranged with NBC/TNT to move most practice and qualifying sessions to Speed, as well using NBC/TNT's production team and Speed graphics.[citation needed]

2007–2014: Fox, ESPN, Turner Sports

Late in 2005, NBC announced that they no longer wanted to carry NASCAR races on their schedule. ABC/ESPN took the opportunity to regain the series. On December 12, 2005, NASCAR announced its next TV contract: eight years at $4.8 billion with Fox/Speed Channel, ABC/ESPN, and TNT.[7] This time, the deal bundled the Truck Series alongside the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series:

  • Fox broadcast the first 13 Cup races along with the Busch Clash every year, and as a result gained exclusivity for the Daytona 500. The package ran through the first weekend in June and (usually) the race at Dover International Speedway. Due to schedule adjustments, the package ended in 2010 with the Coca-Cola 600 and in 2011 with the spring Kansas race.
  • TNT, which split from former partner NBC, gained rights to six races including the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona. Their coverage began with the June race at Pocono Raceway and continued with the first race of the year at Michigan International Speedway, the lone race at Sonoma Raceway, the Coke Zero 400, and the first race of the year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Originally, TNT's sixth and final race was the race at Chicagoland Speedway, but this was moved to later in the season when TNT picked up the race at Kentucky Speedway. The Coke Zero 400 was presented with limited commercial interruptions until 2013.[8] The Kentucky race replaced the race at Chicagoland Speedway in 2011.
  • ESPN networks broadcast the remainder of the Cup schedule, beginning at the Brickyard 400. From 2007 to 2009, ABC carried coverage of the last race before the Chase at Richmond and all Chase for the Sprint Cup events. In 2010, following NASCAR's shift to standardized start times for races, only three races were aired on ABC, and the majority of coverage was allotted to ESPN networks.[citation needed]
  • ESPN networks held exclusive rights to the Nationwide Series across the entire season, with races on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC.
  • Speed Channel moved two of its Truck Series races to Fox from 2007 to 2009. From 2010 to 2013, all CWTS races were on Speed; Fox returned to the series in 2014 with its telecast of the Talladega race.
  • Qualifying sessions for Sprint Cup races aired on Fox for the Daytona 500, on Speed/FS1 for the next 18 races, and alternating between Speed/FS1 and ESPN/ESPN2 for the remaining 17 races.
  • NASCAR Cup Series practice sessions were broadcast by Speed/FS1 for the first 19 races and alternated between Speed/FS1 and ESPN2 for the remaining 17 races. Speed/FS1 was guaranteed at least one session each weekend during the ESPN portion of the schedule.
  • Nationwide Series practice and qualifying alternated between Speed/FS1 and ESPN2 throughout the entire season.
  • On the pay-per-view front, DirecTV premiered NASCAR Hot Pass at the 2007 Daytona 500. The package consists of four channels, each dedicated to a particular driver with team communications among the driver, crew chief, and spotter. From 2007 to 2008, Hot Pass also had separate lap-by-lap announcers and color commentators for each channel.[9] In 2009 NASCAR Hot Pass became free, although without announcers, and on January 7, 2013, it was discontinued all together.[10] NBC and FX no longer carried NASCAR as a result.

Starting in 2006, NBC was paying $2.8 billion for six years of Sunday night telecasts of the National Football League. The new NFL and old NASCAR deals overlapped in 2006, which forced some postrace coverage at NBC races to air on CNBC. FX stopped airing sporting events from 2006 to 2010. (It did show the ninth inning of a rain-delayed Fox game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox when it conflicted with the start of the 2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500, as well as other games which overran into the starts of NASCAR races. Beginning in 2010, Fox's MLB games during NASCAR Saturdays were shifted to early in the afternoon.)[citation needed]

The new contracts increased the amount of coverage from each weekend's races. When the 2007 season began, all practices for NASCAR Cup Series races were televised, whereas only the final practice ("happy hour") had been televised before. In addition, all Nationwide Series final practices and qualifying sessions were shown; before, a few qualifying sessions were not seen and only a handful of practices were seen. Most, if not all, truck series time trials are also broadcast.[citation needed]

From 2007 to 2010, average race viewership fell from 7.85 million at its height to 5.99 million, according to the Sports Business Journal.[11]

Starting in 2013, Spanish-language network Fox Deportes has aired select NASCAR Cup races either live or delayed.[12]

In August 2013, Speed was replaced by Fox Sports 1, and Fuel TV by Fox Sports 2. All Truck Series races remained on Fox Sports 1, while practice and qualifying sessions and regional series races alternated between Fox Sports 1 and 2 depending on scheduling. For North American markets outside of the United States, coverage of some NASCAR events carried by Speed at the time remained on an international version of Speed (now Fox Sports Racing) that operates in the regions.[13]

In 2014, the Sprint Unlimited moved to Fox Sports 1. Owing to the increased viewership of qualifying sessions under the new "group" knockout format, and being the first restrictor plate race under the new system, qualifying coverage for that year's Aaron's 499 was moved to Fox, marking the only other race besides the Daytona 500 to have a qualifying round televised on broadcast television.[14]

Broadcasters

The broadcast teams for each package during this period are as follows:

  • Fox retained most of the same announcers that worked for the network since 2001: Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip in the booth, pit reporters Steve Byrnes, Dick Berggren, and Matt Yocum; and prerace hosts Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond. Krista Voda replaced Jeanne Zelasko as the fourth pit reporter; with the expansion of Fox's baseball coverage to a full season, Zelasko was no longer available due to her responsibilities as then-studio host.
  • The ESPN/ABC team: the original team consisted of Jerry Punch as the lead, with Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree as booth analysts. Allen Bestwick moved over from NBC/TNT as the lead pit reporter, joined by fellow former NBC/TNT pit reporter Dave Burns, ESPN's then-lead NASCAR reporter Mike Massaro, and IndyCar pit reporter Jamie Little. Punch was eventually replaced by Marty Reid as the lead and Dale Jarrett replaced Wallace as an analyst. Bestwick and Wallace were moved to serve as studio host and analyst for NASCAR Countdown, while Punch moved back into his familiar role as lead pit reporter. Bestwick was later promoted to replace Reid as the lead broadcaster.
  • TNT kept Bill Weber as lap-by-lap announcer and Wally Dallenbach Jr. as analyst. After some speculation, Kyle Petty was revealed as the second analyst for the network's coverage on February 7, 2007.[15] He continued his role as an active NASCAR driver for two seasons before retiring from driving. Benny Parsons, who was an NBC/TNT analyst, died on January 16, 2007; he had reportedly talked about retirement after 2006 and had personally nominated Petty as his replacement prior to his death.[citation needed] TNT retained its pit crew as well, with Matt Yocum and Marty Snider joined by former secondary pit reporters Ralph Sheheen and Lindsay Czarniak on a permanent basis. McReynolds, a booth analyst for Fox, is the pre-race analyst.[16] Weber also continued as host of the Countdown to Green pre-race show. Marc Fein joined McReynolds on a new "pre-pre-race" show called NASCAR on TNT Live.

Bill Weber was forced to leave TNT shortly before the 4th race of TNT's schedule. Officially, Turner says it was due to a personal matter; however USA Today reported that it was due to an incident at a hotel the night before the race.[citation needed] Ralph Sheheen stepped in as announcer for the last 3 races on TNT in 2009. Adam Alexander filled in on pit road for the last 2 races, before moving to the announcer booth for 2010 and beyond. Sheheen returned to pit road, where he remained until the end of TNT's contract. The NASCAR on TNT Live show was discontinued and morphed into an hour-long Countdown to Green which was hosted by Alexander.

2015–2024: Fox and NBC

On October 15, 2012, NASCAR and the Fox Sports Media Group (FSMG) announced a new $2.4 billion eight-year deal, a 30% increase from their previous deal.[17] On July 23, 2013, NASCAR and the NBC Sports Group announced a new $4.4 billion ten-year deal.[18][19][20] Ten days later on August 1, 2013, NASCAR and Fox extended and expanded their agreement, paying an additional $1.4 billion to do so, to complete NASCAR's new TV package through the 2024 season.[21][22] NBC reportedly bid over 50% more than ESPN and Turner for their portion of the package, despite Turner and ESPN expressing interest in continuing their relationship with NASCAR.[23]

NASCAR Cup Series

  • The first 16 points races are broadcast by Fox. Ten races, including the Daytona 500, are broadcast on Fox with six races on FS1.
  • The final 20 points races, including the NASCAR playoffs, are broadcast by NBC. Nine races are airing on NBC and 11 would air on NBCSN until the end of the 2021 season. NBCSN ceased broadcasting a few weeks later, and their schedule of races would move to USA beginning with the 2022 season.
  • As part of the deal, Playoff races airing on NBC are lead-ins to NBC Sunday Night Football (after local news and NBC Nightly News, except for the final race of the season, when SNF follows the race).
  • The Busch Clash alternates between Fox (2015–2016, 2022–2024) and FS1 (2014, 2017–2021).
  • The Bluegreen Vacations Duel races, now in primetime, and NASCAR All-Star Race air on FS1.
  • Practice and qualifying rights belongs to the network group broadcasting the race.
  • All races are live-streamed online.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

  • The first 14 races are broadcast by Fox. From 2015 to 2018, four races are broadcast on Fox and the other 10 races air on FS1, but since 2019 all races air on FS1.
  • The final 19 races are broadcast by NBC. Four races (five in 2020) are broadcast by NBC and the other 15 races (14 in 2020) would air on NBCSN until the end of the 2021 season. NBCSN ceased broadcasting a few weeks later, and their schedule of races moved to USA beginning with the 2022 season.
  • Practice and qualifying rights belong to the network broadcasting the race.
  • All races are live-streamed online.

Other rights

ESPN no longer broadcast NASCAR for the foreseeable future, while TNT no longer broadcast NASCAR until 2025 (see below). The new contract succeeded a partnership with Turner Sports and ESPN which it was paid by $4.8 billion that was covered by the previous contract which was eight years that began in 2007.

2025–2031: Fox, Amazon Prime Video, TNT, NBC and the CW

In July 2023, broadcast network The CW signed a TV rights deal to broadcast the NASCAR Xfinity Series from 2025 to 2031 for an estimated $115 million annual fee.[24]

In November 2023, NASCAR announced a television and streaming deal for the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Truck Series from 2025 to 2031 for a $1.1 billion annual fee.[25][26] Fox Sports and NBC Sports will distribute 14 Cup races each, with five and four races on their broadcast networks respectively. Fox Sports will continue to air early season spring races including the Daytona 500, while NBC will continue to show late-season fall races including the entire NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Amazon Prime Video will stream five Cup races in the early summer, as well as practice and qualifying for the first half of the season except for the Clash, Daytona 500 and All-Star Race. TNT will show the remaining five Cup races in the late summer, which will also be streamed on the Bleacher Report Sports Add-On on Max. Practice and qualifying will air on TruTV and Max for the second half of the season. It was also announced that Fox Sports would continue its arrangement with the Truck series from the previous media deal.

Historical Race Network Table

Below is a table (1970-present) of each NASCAR Cup Series points race and the network upon which it was broadcast:

Note: This table reflects the network upon which each race was predominantly shown, and does not reflect in-race movements, rain delays, and pre-emptions due to time constraints or other commitments, Non-points races from these seasons (Busch Clash, NASCAR All-Star Race and All-Star open, 1988 Goodyear NASCAR 500, NASCAR Thunder Special Suzuka, Coca-Cola 500 (Motegi), and Daytona Duels (even though it has awarded points since 2017)) are also not listed.

Color Codes: CBS Sports TNT Sports (TNT, TBS) ABC ESPN TNN FOX Sports (FOX, FS1) FX NBC Sports (NBC, NBCSN, CNBC) USA Other/None
NASCAR Cup Series Broadcast Networks
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
1970 RIV DAY DAY DAY
ABC
RCH CHR SAV ATL BRI TAL
ABC
NWS
ABC
COL DAR
ABC
BEL LAN CLT
ABC
MAY MAR MCH RIV HIK KIG GRN DAY
ABC
MAL THP TRN BRI MAY NSH
ABC
ATL COL ONA MCH TAL WSL SBO DAR
ABC
HIK RCH DOV RAL NWS
ABC
CLT
ABC
MAR MAC CHR LAN
1971 RIV DAY
ABC
DAY
ABC
DAY
ABC
ONT RCH CHR HIK BRI ATL
ABC
COL GRN
ABC
MAY NWS MAR DAR
ABC
SB TAL
ABC
ASH KIG CLT DOV MCH RIV HOU GRN DAY
ABC
BRI MAL ISL TRN NSH ATL WSL
ABC
ONA MCH TAL COL HIK DAR
ABC
MAR CLT
ABC
DOV CHR MAC RCH NWS TWS
1972 RIV DAY
ABC
RCH ONT
ABC
CHR
ABC
ATL
ABC
BRI DAR
ABC
NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV MCH RIV TWS DAY
ABC
BRI TRN ATL TAL MCH NSH DAR
ABC
RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
ABC
CHR TWS
1973 RIV DAY
ABC
RCH BRI CHR ATL
ABC
NWS DAR
ABC
MAR TAL NSH CLT DOV TWS RIV MCH DAY
ABC
BRI ATL TAL
ABC
NSH DAR
ABC
RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT
ABC
CHR
1974 RIV DAY
ABC
RCH CHR BRI ATL
ABC
DAR NWS MAR TAL NSH DOV
ABC
CLT RIV MCH DAY
ABC
BRI NSH ATL POC TAL
ABC
MCH DAR
ABC
RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT
ABC
CHR ONT
1975 RIV DAY
ABC
RCH CHR BRI ATL
ABC
NWS DAR
ABC
MAR TAL
CBS
NSH DOV CLT
CBS
RIV MCH DAY
ABC
NSH POC TAL MCH
CBS
DAR
ABC
DOV NWS MAR CLT
ABC
RCH CHR BRI ATL
CBS
ONT
1976 RIV DAY
ABC
CHR RCH BRI ATL
ABC
NWS DAR
ABC
MAR TAL
CBS
NSH DOV CLT
CBS
RIV
CBS
MCH DAY
ABC
NSH POC TAL
CBS
MCH
CBS
BRI DAR
ABC
RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
ABC
CHR ATL
CBS
ONT
ABC
1977 RIV DAY
ABC
RCH CHR ATL
ABC
NWS DAR
ABC
BRI MAR TAL NSH DOV CLT
CBS
RIV MCH DAY
ABC
NSH POC TAL MCH BRI DAR
ABC
RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
ABC
CHR ATL ONT
CBS
1978 RIV DAY
ABC
RCH CHR ATL
ABC
BRI DAR
ABC
NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT
CBS
NSH RIV MCH
ABC
DAY
ABC
NSH POC TAL MCH BRI DAR
ABC
RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
ABC
CHR ATL ONT
CBS
1979 RIV DAY
CBS
CHR RCH ATL
ABC
NWS BRI DAR
ABC
MAR
MRN TV
TAL
MRN TV
NSH DOV CLT
CBS
TWS RIV MCH
ABC
DAY
ABC
NSH POC TAL
CBS
MCH BRI DAR
ABC
RCH DOV MAR CLT
NBC
NWS CHR ATL ONT
CBS
1980 RIV DAY
CBS
RCH CHR ATL
ABC
BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL NSH DOV CLT
CBS
TWS RIV MCH DAY
ABC
NSH POC
ABC
TAL
CBS
MCH BRI DAR
ABC
RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT
NBC
CHR ATL ONT
CBS
1981 RIV
MRN TV
DAY
CBS
RCH CHR
ESPN
ATL
ABC
BRI NWS DAR MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
NSH DOV
ESPN
CLT
CBS
TWS RIV MCH DAY
ABC
NSH POC
NBC
TAL
CBS
MCH BRI DAR
ABC
RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
NBC
CHR ATL
ESPN
RIV
1982 DAY
CBS
RCH
ESPN
BRI ATL
ABC
CHR DAR
ABC
NWS MAR TAL
ESPN
NSH DOV CLT
Mizlou
POC
Mizlou
RIV MCH DAY NSH POC
Mizlou
TAL MCH
ESPN
BRI DAR
ABC
RCH
ESPN
DOV
TNN
NWS CLT MAR CHR ATL
ESPN
RIV
Mizlou
1983 DAY
CBS
RCH
TBS
CHR
ESPN
ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL
NBC
NSH
TNN
DOV
Mizlou
BRI CLT
Mizlou
RIV POC MCH DAY
ABC
NSH POC
Mizlou
TAL
CBS
MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
TNN
MAR NWS CLT
Mizlou
CHR ATL
TBS
RIV
TBS
1984 DAY
CBS
RCH
TBS
CHR
SETN
ATL
ABC
BRI NWS DAR
ESPN
MAR TAL NSH
TBS
DOV
Mizlou
CLT RIV POC
ESPN
MCH DAY
ABC
NSH POC
ESPN
TAL
CBS
MCH BRI DAR
ESPN
RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CHR
SETN
ATL
TBS
RIV
TBS
1985 DAY
CBS
RCH
TBS
CHR
SETN
ATL BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
SETN
TAL
NBC
DOV CLT
Jefferson-Pilot
RIV
TNN
POC
ESPN
MCH
CBS
DAY
ABC
POC TAL
CBS
MCH BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
SETN
DOV
Mizlou
MAR
SETN
NWS CLT
Jefferson-Pilot
CHR
TBS
ATL
TBS
RIV
TBS
1986 DAY
CBS
RCH
TBS
CHR ATL
ABC
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
SETN
TAL
ESPN
DOV
Mizlou
CLT RIV
TNN
POC
SETN
MCH DAY POC
SETN
TAL
CBS
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR RCH DOV
Mizlou
MAR
SETN
NWS
ESPN
CLT CHR
TBS
ATL
ESPN
RIV
TBS
1987 DAY
CBS
CHR RCH
TBS
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
MAR
SETN
TAL
ESPN
CLT DOV
ESPN
POC
SETN
RIV MCH DAY
ABC
POC TAL GLN MCH BRI
ESPN
DAR RCH
SETN
DOV
ESPN
MAR
SETN
NWS CLT CHR RIV
TBS
ATL
ESPN
1988 DAY
CBS
RCH
TBS
CAR ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR TAL
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV RIV
ESPN
POC
SCORE
MCH
CBS
DAY
ABC
POC TAL
CBS
GLN MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
TBS
DOV
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
CLT NWS
ESPN
CAR
ESPN
PHO
ESPN
ATL
ESPN
1989 DAY
CBS
CAR
ESPN
ATL
ABC
RCH
TBS
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
ESPN
SON
ESPN
POC
PPV
MCH
CBS
DAY
ESPN
POC
ESPN
TAL
CBS
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
TBS
DOV
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
CLT
TBS
NWS
ESPN
CAR
ESPN
PHO
ESPN
ATL
ESPN
1990 DAY
CBS
RCH
TBS
CAR
ESPN
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
ESPN
SON
ESPN
POC
PPV
MCH
CBS
DAY
ESPN
POC
ESPN
TAL
CBS
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
TBS
DOV
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
CLT
TBS
CAR
ESPN
PHO
ESPN
ATL
ESPN
1991 DAY
CBS
RCH
TBS
CAR
TNN
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
SON
ESPN
POC
ESPN
MCH
CBS
DAY
ESPN
POC
ESPN
TAL
CBS
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
TBS
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
CLT
TBS
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
ATL
ESPN
1992 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
RCH
TBS
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
SON
ESPN
POC
ESPN
MCH
CBS
DAY
ESPN
POC
ESPN
TAL
CBS
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
TBS
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
CLT
TBS
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
ATL
ESPN
1993 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
RCH
TBS
ATL
TNN
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
SON
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
POC
ESPN
MCH
CBS
DAY
ESPN
NHA
TNN
POC
TBS
TAL
CBS
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
TBS
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
CLT
TBS
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
ATL
ESPN
1994 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
RCH
TBS
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
SON
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
POC
TNN
MCH
CBS
DAY
ESPN
NHA
TNN
POC
TBS
TAL
CBS
IND
ABC
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
TBS
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
CLT
TBS
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
ATL
ESPN
1995 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
RCH
TBS
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
SON
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
POC
TNN
MCH
CBS
DAY
ESPN
NHA
TNN
POC
TBS
TAL
CBS
IND
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
TBS
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
CLT
TBS
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
ATL
ESPN
1996 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
RCH
ESPN
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
SON
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
POC
TNN
MCH
CBS
DAY
ESPN
NHA
TNN
POC
TBS
TAL
CBS
IND
ABC
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
ESPN
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
NWS
ESPN
CLT
TBS
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
ATL
ESPN
1997 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
RCH
ESPN
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
TEX
CBS
BRI
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
SON
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
POC
TNN
MCH
CBS
CAL
ABC
DAY
ESPN
NHA
TNN
POC
TBS
IND
ABC
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
ESPN
NHA
TNN
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
CLT
TBS
TAL
CBS
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
ATL
ESPN
1998 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
LVS
ABC
ATL
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
TEX
CBS
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ABC
CAL
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
RCH
ESPN
MCH
CBS
POC
TNN
SON
ESPN
NHA
TNN
POC
TBS
IND
ABC
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
NHA
TNN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
ESPN
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
CLT
TBS
TAL
ESPN
DAY
TNN
PHO
TNN
CAR
TNN
ATL
ESPN
1999 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
LVS
ABC
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
TEX
CBS
BRI
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ABC
CAL
ABC
RCH
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
MCH
CBS
POC
TNN
SON
ESPN
DAY
CBS
NHA
TNN
POC
TBS
IND
ABC
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
ESPN
NHA
TNN
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
CLT
TBS
TAL
ESPN
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
HOM
NBC
ATL
ESPN
2000 DAY
CBS
CAR
TNN
LVS
ABC
ATL
ABC
DAR
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
TEX
CBS
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ABC
CAL
ABC
RCH
ESPN
CLT
TBS
DOV
TNN
MCH
CBS
POC
TNN
SON
ESPN
DAY
CBS
NHA
TNN
POC
TBS
IND
ABC
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
DAR
ESPN
RCH
ESPN
NHA
TNN
DOV
TNN
MAR
ESPN
CLT
TBS
TAL
ESPN
CAR
TNN
PHO
TNN
HOM
NBC
ATL
ESPN
2001-06 TV Contract (FOX, FX, NBC, TNT)
2001 DAY
FOX
CAR
FX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
DAR
FOX
BRI
FOX
TEX
FOX
MAR
FOX
TAL
FOX
CAL
FOX
RCH
FX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FOX
MCH
FX
POC
FOX
SON
FOX
DAY
NBC
CHI
NBC
NHA
TNT
POC
TNT
IND
NBC
GLN
NBC
MCH
TNT
BRI
TNT
DAR
TNT
RCH
TNT
DOV
NBC
KAN
NBC
CLT
TNT
MAR
TNT
TAL
NBC
PHO
NBC
CAR
TNT
HOM
NBC
ATL
NBC
NHA
NBC
2002 DAY
NBC
CAR
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
DAR
FOX
BRI
FOX
TEX
FX
MAR
FX
TAL
FOX
CAL
FOX
RCH
FX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FX
POC
FOX
MCH
FOX
SON
FOX
DAY
FOX
CHI
NBC
NHA
TNT
POC
TNT
IND
NBC
GLN
NBC
MCH
TNT
BRI
TNT
DAR
TNT
RCH
TNT
NHA
NBC
DOV
TNT
KAN
NBC
TAL
NBC
CLT
NBC
MAR
NBC
ATL
NBC
CAR
TNT
PHO
NBC
HOM
NBC
2003 DAY
FOX
CAR
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
DAR
FOX
BRI
FOX
TEX
FOX
TAL
FOX
MAR
FOX
CAL
FOX
RCH
FX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FX
POC
FOX
MCH
FOX
SON
FOX
DAY
NBC
CHI
NBC
NHA
TNT
POC
TNT
IND
NBC
GLN
NBC
MCH
TNT
BRI
TNT
DAR
NBC
RCH
TNT
NHA
TNT
DOV
NBC
TAL
NBC
KAN
NBC
CLT
NBC
MAR
NBC
ATL
TNT
PHO
NBC
CAR
TNT
HOM
NBC
Regular season Playoff
2004 DAY
NBC
CAR
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
DAR
FOX
BRI
FOX
TEX
FOX
MAR
FOX
TAL
FOX
CAL
FOX
RCH
FX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FX
POC
FOX
MCH
FOX
SON
FOX
DAY
FOX
CHI
NBC
NHA
TNT
POC
TNT
IND
NBC
GLN
TNT
MCH
TNT
BRI
TNT
CAL
NBC
RCH
TNT
NHA
TNT
DOV
TNT
TAL
NBC
KAN
NBC
CLT
NBC
MAR
NBC
ATL
NBC
PHO
NBC
DAR
NBC
HOM
NBC
2005 DAY
FOX
CAL
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
BRI
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
PHO
FOX
TAL
FOX
DAR
FOX
RCH
FX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FX
POC
FOX
MCH
FOX
SON
FOX
DAY
NBC
CHI
NBC
NHA
TNT
POC
TNT
IND
NBC
GLN
NBC
MCH
TNT
BRI
TNT
CAL
NBC
RCH
TNT
NHA
TNT
DOV
TNT
TAL
NBC
KAN
NBC
CLT
NBC
MAR
NBC
ATL
NBC
TEX
NBC
PHO
NBC
HOM
NBC
2006 DAY
NBC
CAL
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FX
BRI
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
PHO
FOX
TAL
FX
RCH
FX
DAR
FOX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FX
POC
FOX
MCH
FOX
SON
FOX
DAY
FOX
CHI
TNT
NHA
TNT
POC
TNT
IND
NBC
GLN
NBC
MCH
TNT
BRI
TNT
CAL
NBC
RCH
TNT
NHA
TNT
DOV
TNT
KAN
NBC
TAL
NBC
CLT
NBC
MAR
NBC
ATL
NBC
TEX
NBC
PHO
NBC
HOM
NBC
2007-14 TV Contract (FOX Sports, Turner Sports, ESPN/ABC)
Regular season Playoff
2007 DAY
FOX
CAL
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
BRI
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
PHO
FOX
TAL
FOX
RCH
FOX
DAR
FOX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FOX
POC
TNT
MCH
TNT
SON
TNT
NHA
TNT
DAY
TNT
CHI
TNT
IND
ESPN
POC
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN2
BRI
ESPN
CAL
ESPN
RCH
ABC
NHA
ABC
DOV
ABC
KAN
ESPN
TAL
ABC
CLT
ABC
MAR
ESPN
ATL
ABC
TEX
ABC
PHO
ABC
HOM
ABC
2008 DAY
FOX
CAL
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
BRI
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
PHO
FOX
TAL
FOX
RCH
FOX
DAR
FOX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FOX
POC
TNT
MCH
TNT
SON
TNT
NHA
TNT
DAY
TNT
CHI
TNT
IND
ESPN
POC
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
CAL
ESPN
RCH
ESPN
NHA
ABC
DOV
ABC
KAN
ABC
TAL
ABC
CLT
ABC
MAR
ABC
ATL
ABC
TEX
ABC
PHO
ABC
HOM
ABC
2009 DAY
FOX
CAL
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
BRI
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
PHO
FOX
TAL
FOX
RCH
FOX
DAR
FOX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FOX
POC
TNT
MCH
TNT
SON
TNT
NHA
TNT
DAY
TNT
CHI
TNT
IND
ESPN
POC
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ESPN
ATL
ABC
RCH
ABC
NHA
ABC
DOV
ABC
KAN
ESPN
CAL
ABC
CLT
ABC
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ABC
TEX
ABC
PHO
ABC
HOM
ABC
2010 DAY
FOX
CAL
FOX
LVS
FOX
ATL
FOX
BRI
FOX
MAR
FOX
PHO
FOX
TEX
FOX
TAL
FOX
RCH
FOX
DAR
FOX
DOV
FOX
CLT
FOX
POC
TNT
MCH
TNT
SON
TNT
NHA
TNT
DAY
TNT
CHI
TNT
IND
ESPN
POC
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ABC
ATL
ESPN
RCH
ABC
NHA
ESPN
DOV
ESPN
KAN
ESPN
CAL
ESPN
CLT
ABC
MAR
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
TEX
ABC
PHO
ABC
HOM
ESPN
2011 DAY
FOX
PHO
FOX
LVS
FOX
BRI
FOX
CAL
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
TAL
FOX
RCH
FOX
DAR
FOX
DOV
FOX
CLT
FOX
KAN
FOX
POC
TNT
MCH
TNT
SON
TNT
DAY
TNT
KEN
TNT
NHA
TNT
IND
ESPN
POC
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ABC
ATL
ESPN
RCH
ABC
CHI
ESPN
NHA
ESPN
DOV
ESPN
KAN
ESPN
CLT
ABC
TAL
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TEX
ABC
PHO
ABC
HOM
ESPN
2012 DAY
FOX
PHO
FOX
LVS
FOX
BRI
FOX
CAL
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
KAN
FOX
RCH
FOX
TAL
FOX
DAR
FOX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FOX
POC
TNT
MCH
TNT
SON
TNT
KEN
TNT
DAY
TNT
NHA
TNT
IND
ESPN
POC
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ABC
ATL
ESPN
RCH
ABC
CHI
ESPN
NHA
ESPN
DOV
ESPN
TAL
ESPN
CLT
ABC
KAN
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TEX
ABC
PHO
ABC
HOM
ESPN
2013 DAY
FOX
PHO
FOX
LVS
FOX
BRI
FOX
CAL
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
KAN
FOX
RCH
FOX
TAL
FOX
DAR
FOX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FOX
POC
TNT
MCH
TNT
SON
TNT
KEN
TNT
DAY
TNT
NHA
TNT
IND
ESPN
POC
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ABC
ATL
ESPN
RCH
ABC
CHI
ESPN
NHA
ESPN
DOV
ESPN
KAN
ESPN
CLT
ABC
TAL
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TEX
ABC
PHO
ABC
HOM
ESPN
2014 DAY
FOX
PHO
FOX
LVS
FOX
BRI
FOX
CAL
FOX
MAR
FOX
TEX
FOX
DAR
FOX
RCH
FOX
TAL
FOX
KAN
FOX
CLT
FOX
DOV
FOX
POC
TNT
MCH
TNT
SON
TNT
KEN
TNT
DAY
TNT
NHA
TNT
IND
ESPN
POC
ESPN
GLN
ESPN
MCH
ESPN
BRI
ABC
ATL
ESPN
RCH
ABC
CHI
ESPN
NHA
ESPN
DOV
ESPN
KAN
ESPN
CLT
ABC
TAL
ESPN
MAR
ESPN
TEX
ABC
PHO
ABC
HOM
ESPN
2015-24 TV Contract (FOX Sports, NBCUniversal)
Regular Season Playoff
2015 DAY
FOX
ATL
FOX
LVS
FOX
PHO
FOX
CAL
FOX
MAR
FS1
TEX
FOX
BRI
FOX
RCH
FOX
TAL
FOX
KAN
FS1
CLT
FOX
DOV
FS1
POC
FS1
MCH
FS1
SON
FS1
DAY
NBC
KEN
NBCSN
NHA
NBCSN
IND
NBCSN
POC
NBCSN
GLN
NBCSN
MCH
NBCSN
BRI
NBCSN
DAR
NBC
RCH
NBCSN
CHI
NBCSN
NHA
NBCSN
DOV
NBCSN
CLT
NBCSN
KAN
NBC
TAL
NBCSN
MAR
NBCSN
TEX
NBC
PHO
NBCSN
HOM
NBC
2016 DAY
FOX
ATL
FOX
LVS
FOX
PHO
FOX
CAL
FOX
MAR
FS1
TEX
FOX
BRI
FOX
RCH
FOX
TAL
FOX
KAN
FS1
DOV
FS1
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Radio

Current broadcasts

Currently, three separate networks cover NASCAR races on radio:

From 2002 to 2006, all races were heard on XM channel 90 across the continental United States. In 2007, national satellite radio rights moved to Sirius channel 90. Among the programs on Sirius NASCAR Radio are a weekly program co-hosted by TV pit reporter Matt Yocum and Tony Stewart, and a morning drive time show formerly hosted by David Poole of The Charlotte Observer and Marty Snider of NBC and TNT. The Morning Drive is now hosted by MRN turn announcer Mike Bagley and MRN lead writer Pete Pistone. PRN's Jim Noble and Richard Childress Racing Museum curator and former fueler Danny "Chocolate" Myers host the afternoon show called Tradin Paint. Longtime MRN turn announcer Dave Moody hosts SiriusXM Speedway. PRN pit reporter and turn announcer Brad Gillie co-hosts the Late Shift with Kenny Wallace. He's also the regular host of the weekend show Press Pass. Pat Patterson, also PRN turn announcer, hosts the weekend show The Frontstretch.

Following the merger of XM and Sirius, Sirius NASCAR Radio is heard on the XM through the "Best of Sirius" package on channel 90.

Both networks also have affiliation deals with hundreds of local radio stations. Many stations sign with more than one of these networks to ensure coverage of the entire season. However, for Indianapolis, if there is a conflict between the INDYCAR Radio affiliate and the radio station that carries NASCAR races, the INDYCAR Radio affiliate has first choice of carrying the race.

International broadcast

In 2020, NASCAR created a worldwide television feed for broadcasts outside the United States. International broadcasters include Nippon TV, TSN, Viaplay Sports, Fox Sports Australia, Ziggo Sport Totaal, Arena Sport, Abu Dhabi Sports, FOX Sports Mexico, and BandSports.

NASCAR Trackpass also provides coverage of all Cup and Xfinity Series races for most countries, commercial-free and using NASCAR's worldwide graphics.

TV Broadcasters

These are the broadcasters for the 2024 NASCAR season.

Country TV Network Language Free-to-air / Free-to-view / Pay Trucks Xfinity Cup Notes
Africa SuperSport Varies Pay Live Live Live
Asia TBD
Australia Fox Sports English Pay No No Live
Brazil Rede Bandeirantes Portuguese Free Live Live Live *On Rede 21 and it's digital platforms (BandPlay and it's YouTube channel). Also on BandSports.
Canada TSN English Pay No Live Live
Fox Sports Racing Pay Live No* No* *Simulcast of Practices, Qualifyings and Exhibition Races broadcast on FS1/FS2
RDS French Pay No Live* Live* *Subject to other live events.
Europe Motorsport Television Deutschland German
English
Free Live Live Live Commercial-free. Some races only.
Croatia Sport Klub Croatian Pay No No Live Commercial-free.
Czech Republic Arena Sport Slovakian Pay Live Live No Commercial-free.
France Automoto La chaîne French Pay No No Live
Germany Sport1+ English Pay No No Live Commercial-free. All NASCAR Cup races will be broadcast with English commentary
Hungary Arena4 Hungarian Pay Live Live Live
Match4 Pay Live Live Live
Indonesia Mola TV English Pay No No Live
Italy Mola TV Italian Pay Live Highlights Live
Latin America (except Brazil) DirecTV Latin America Spanish Pay Live Live Live
TelevisaUnivision Pay Live Live Live
Japan Nippon TV Japanese Pay No No Live Only selected races.
Middle East and North Africa Abu Dhabi Sports English
Arabic
Free Live Live Live
Netherlands Ziggo Sport Totaal Dutch Pay Live Live Live Commercial-free. Choice between the original or Dutch Commentary.
Poland Motowizja Polish Pay No No Live Most NASCAR Cup Series races live. Highlights from every race.
Portugal Sport TV Portuguese Pay Live Live Live Commercial-free.
Romania Sport Extra Romanian Pay No No Live Commercial-free.
Scandinavia V Sport Motor Norwegian
Swedish
Pay Live Live Live Commercial-free.
Serbia Sport Klub Serbian Pay No No Live Commercial-free.
Singapore Mola TV English Pay No No Live
Slovakia Arena Sport Slovakian Pay Live Live No Commercial-free.
Slovenia Sport Klub Slovenian Pay No No Live
United Kingdom Premier Sports English Pay Live Live Live Commercial-free.
United States FOX English Free 4 races No Live Carries the first 16 races of the season, as well as both exhibition races.
FS1 Pay Live Live Live
NBC Free No Live Live Carries the final 20 races of the season.
USA Network Pay No Live Live
American Forces Network Free Live Live Live Serves the United States Armed Forces around the world.

Announcers

U.S. Broadcast Announcers

TV Network Lap-by-lap Color commentator Pit Reporters Studio Anchor Studio Commentators
NASCAR Cup Series
Fox Sports Mike Joy Clint Bowyer
Kevin Harvick
Jamie Little
Regan Smith
Josh Sims
Chris Myers
Shannon Spake
Larry McReynolds
Jamie McMurray
FS1
NBC Sports Rick Allen Jeff Burton
Steve Letarte
Marty Snider
Dave Burns
Parker Kligerman
Kim Coon
Dillon Welch
Marty Snider Dale Jarrett
Kyle Petty
USA Network
Xfinity Series
Fox Sports Adam Alexander
Jamie Little
Michael Waltrip
Rotation of Cup Series Drivers
Regan Smith
Josh Sims
Jamie Howe
Shannon Spake Larry McReynolds
Jamie McMurray
Trevor Bayne
FS1
NBC Sports Rick Allen
Leigh Diffey
Dave Burns
Jeff Burton
Steve Letarte
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Jarrett
Brad Daugherty
Marty Snider
Dave Burns
Parker Kligerman
Kim Coon
Dillon Welch
Marty Snider Dale Jarrett
Kyle Petty
USA Network
Truck Series
Fox Sports Adam Alexander
Jamie Little
Michael Waltrip
Phil Parsons
Jamie Howe
Regan Smith
Josh Sims
Amanda Busick
Heather DeBeaux
Kaitlyn Vincie Todd Bodine
Trevor Bayne
FS1

International Announcers

Country TV Network Language Lap-by-lap Color commentator
Brazil BandSports Portuguese Sérgio Lago
Octávio Muniz
Lipe Paíga
Tiago Mendonça
Canada RDS French Didier Schraenen
Dominic Fugère (fill-in)
Patrick Carpentier
Marc Cantin
France Automoto La chaîne French Pat Angeli
Philippe Chéreau
Hungary Arena4 Hungarian Zsolt Kun
Zsombor Parrag
Dr. Zoltán Juhász
Match4
Netherlands Ziggo Sport Totaal Dutch Rick Winkelman
Poland Motowizja Polish Szymon Tworz
Portugal Sport TV Portuguese Bruno Aguiar
José Manuel Costa
Latin America (except Brazil) Fox Sports 3 Spanish Tony Rivera
Luis Rodriguez
Diego Mejía
Luis Solis
Jorge Koechlin

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