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The list of networks and start times for the three national series is now available. We're down to 9 Cup races (8 points) and 3 Truck races on over-the-air TV, though as previously announced, the entire Xfinity schedule is available over-the-air on the CW (listed in calendar order):
- The Clash on Fox
- Daytona 500 on Fox
- Atlanta spring Cup race on Fox
- COTA Cup race on Fox
- Homestead Truck race on Fox (the Cup race is on FS1)
- Talladega spring Cup race on Fox
- Michigan Truck race on Fox
- Lime Rock Park Truck race on Fox
- Daytona summer race (the last regular-season race) on NBC
- Talladega fall race (3rd-last of the season) on NBC
- Martinsville fall race (the final cutdown race) on NBC
- Phoenix championship race on NBC
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Coming in with my yearly old man rant. No race start before 2pm. In fact, the only race that starts before 3 (THREE!) on FOX is the 500, surprisingly, which starts at 2:30. Finishing under the lights used to be a novelty. It feels like it happens over half the season now.
Remember when races would start at 1 or even as early as noon?
Remember when races would start at 1 or even as early as noon?
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Blame the West Coast for that.
Prediction - the bulk of the Daytona 500 will be on Monday again as the usual late-afternoon showers wash out Sunday.
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Some further news from Bob Pockrass:
- The 3rd RFK charter is a lease from Rick Ware Racing.
- 23XI/Front Row didn't get their preliminary injunction to allow them to compete as chartered teams, with the teams and NASCAR now battling over the timing of the appeal (23XI/FRM want oral arguments next month, NASCAR wants to push it to/beyond a late-January "freeze the charter field" date).
- Related, NASCAR belatedly presented 23XI/FRM open agreements with the no-lawsuit provision removed. They haven't signed that yet.
- Speaking of Front Row, Todd Gilliland is moving to the 34, which retains the Love's sponsorship his father brought to Front Row.
- Joe Gibbs drivers will get to race on dirt on their off days.
- JTG Daugherty has been rebranded as Hyak Motorsports as the Geschickters finish departing.
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In charter lawsuit news, 23XI/FRM have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal of the denial of a preliminary injunction that would have allowed them to compete as chartered teams. The teams' lawyers said that circumstances have changed that both made the appeal moot and made a new request of relief from the district court necessary.
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Continuing the charter lawsuit news, in reply to a renewed attempt by 23XI/FRM to get a preliminary injunction to get their original charters back, NASCAR is now planning on only 30 chartered teams as they're also planning on seizing the former SHR charters 23XI and FRM bought.
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Meanwhile Chevy is dropping the Camaro name from their cars, in a move which I will pretend was inspired by Dan Snyder's Washington Football Team.
This and the news of Cadillac joining Formula 1 in 2026 has been stirring up all sorts of chatter about GM potentially swapping Chevy for Caddy as their representative brand at the same time, but I can't really see it happening. Of course there are still all those rumors about Corvette being spun off as a seperate brand in the near future too, so... hell Dutch, I dunno.
This and the news of Cadillac joining Formula 1 in 2026 has been stirring up all sorts of chatter about GM potentially swapping Chevy for Caddy as their representative brand at the same time, but I can't really see it happening. Of course there are still all those rumors about Corvette being spun off as a seperate brand in the near future too, so... hell Dutch, I dunno.
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I mean, the Camaro has already been discontinued so this was to be expected.Meanwhile Chevy is dropping the Camaro name from their cars, in a move which I will pretend was inspired by Dan Snyder's Washington Football Team.
This and the news of Cadillac joining Formula 1 in 2026 has been stirring up all sorts of chatter about GM potentially swapping Chevy for Caddy as their representative brand at the same time, but I can't really see it happening. Of course there are still all those rumors about Corvette being spun off as a seperate brand in the near future too, so... hell Dutch, I dunno.
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The Chevy not-Camaro news reminds me of the latter days of IROC, though IROC also dropped the Pontiac name from the discontinued Trans Am.
Speaking of things going away, the second round of qualifying (except for the non-Daytona-500 superspeedway races, with the Daytona 500 retaining the Duels to set the majority of the field) and inside/outside designation by qualifying group are going away in all 3 series. As a reminder, on the Cup side, outside of the Clash and Daytona 500, practice/qualifying for the first half of the season is on Amazon Prime, and practice/qualifying for the entire second half is on Max/TruTV.
Speaking of things going away, the second round of qualifying (except for the non-Daytona-500 superspeedway races, with the Daytona 500 retaining the Duels to set the majority of the field) and inside/outside designation by qualifying group are going away in all 3 series. As a reminder, on the Cup side, outside of the Clash and Daytona 500, practice/qualifying for the first half of the season is on Amazon Prime, and practice/qualifying for the entire second half is on Max/TruTV.
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As of now, there will be 30 fully-chartered teams and 6 chartered-but-without-release-language teams as 23XI/Front Row got their preliminary injunction from the new judge in the case. Said injunction applies to both the original charters and the ones the teams bought from SHR.
