NASCAR releases 2025 Cup Series schedule

The NASCAR playoff schedule will look a little different in 2025.

The championship race remains in Phoenix for one more season, but New Hampshire and Gateway are now playoff tracks, while Talladega will host a third-round race in the Cup playoffs.

NASCAR unveiled its 2025 schedule for all three of its series on Thursday. Watkins Glen and Homestead are hosting playoff races this season and are out of the playoffs for 2025. Glen returns to its traditional August date, and Homestead — the site of the title race before Phoenix — will host a season-opening race in March.

The inaugural race in Mexico City will be preceded by a meeting in Michigan. This race has been held in August in recent years and has been affected by rain. The race earlier this month was postponed until Monday.

The first tournament of the season will begin on June 28 in Atlanta and conclude in Indianapolis on July 27. The races in between are at Chicago, Sonoma and Dover.

Gateway is set to host its first playoff race and will serve as its second playoff race. New Hampshire has been a playoff track before and will host the first race of the second round of the playoffs.

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City is the only new track on the Cup Series schedule. This replaces one of the two Richmond weekends. The track’s only race in Virginia will be on August 16.

NASCAR Cup Series 2025 schedule

• February 2: Clash at Bowman Gray (exhibition)

• February 16: Daytona 500

• February 23: Atlanta

• March 2: Circuit of the Americas

• March 9: Phoenix

• March 16: Las Vegas

• March 23: Homestead

• March 30: Martinsville

• April 6: Darlington

• April 13: Bristol

• April 27: Talladega

• May 4: Texas

• May 11: Kansas

• May 18: All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro (exhibition)

• May 25: Coca-Cola 600

• June 1: Nashville

• June 8: Michigan

• June 15: Mexico City

• June 22: Pocono

• June 28: Atlanta

• July 6: Chicago

• July 13: Sonoma

• July 20: Dover

• July 27: Indianapolis

• August 3: Iowa

• August 10: Watkins Glen

• August 16: Richmond

• August 23: Daytona

• August 31: Darlington

• September 7: Gateway

• September 13: Bristol

• September 21: New Hampshire

• September 28: Kansas

• October 5: Charlotte

• October 12: Las Vegas

• October 19: Talladega

• October 26: Martinsville

• November 2: Phoenix