TMW: The CW, SVG Coming to NASCAR
From a speedy Kiwi to a new network historically known for teen dramas, NASCAR has some interesting new prospects lying in its future.
The Morning Warmup
August 1, 2022
Today’s Top Stories
1) Xfinity Series broadcasts moving to The CW in 2025 (NASCAR Xfinity)
The first big domino in NASCAR’s next round of TV deals has fallen.
NASCAR announced Friday that The CW Network, a Nexstar property, will become the exclusive home of the Xfinity Series in a deal that runs from 2025 through 2031. The free, over-the-air (OTA) network will air all 33 Xfinity races each season, along with practice and qualifying. NASCAR Productions will produce the races and additional content in collaboration with The CW Network, utilizing a new productions facility in Concord, NC.
This will mark the first time in Xfinity Series history that each race will be available on free OTA broadcasts.
“CW’s leadership shared a compelling vision for cultivating the next generation of NASCAR talent by bringing the NASCAR Xfinity Series exclusively to broadcast television and we are thrilled for the opportunity to partner with them,” Brian Herbst, NASCAR senior vice president, media and productions, said in a Friday statement. “With more than one million viewers tuning in each week to see NASCAR’s future stars battle some of its biggest names at our most legendary tracks, NASCAR Xfinity Series consistently delivers the moments that excite current fans and create new fans of our great sport.”
Xfinity Series races are currently being split between Fox/FS1 and NBC/USA Network, mirroring the Cup Series in a deal that runs through 2024. Sports Business Journal first reported Friday’s news, saying that Nexstar will pay approximately $115 million per year, or $805 million in total, for the right to air the series.
The CW hasn’t traditionally carried live sporting events. But in recent months Nexstar has built up a small list of sports properties including LIV Golf and a package of ACC football and basketball games along with the NTT IndyCar Series’ documentary series, ‘100 Days to Indy.’ Nexstar announced in June that long-running highlight and interview show “Inside the NFL” will move to The CW from Paramount+ this fall.
“Landing the NASCAR Xfinity Series is a game changer for The CW and our CW Sports division and represents another important building block in our programming strategy,” The CW president Dennis Miller said in a statement. “Live sports are the most watched television content and with The CW’s national reach, moving NASCAR Xfinity Series to The CW will transform and elevate the viewing experience for the series and its fans.
“The CW has quickly become a destination for sports, as the NASCAR Xfinity Series joins our growing slate of sports programming, including Inside The NFL, ACC college football and basketball, LIV Golf, and the motorsports documentary series “100 Days to Indy.’ Beginning in 2025, The CW will have 48 weekends per year of live sports programming. With ubiquitous distribution across one of the nation’s five major broadcast networks, NASCAR Xfinity Series races on The CW will deliver more access for fans and far more revenue opportunities for The CW and its affiliates.”
NASCAR is still in talks over television partners for the Cup Series and Craftsman Truck Series. NBC and Fox currently air all Cup races on their networks in deals that run through 2024, with Fox having exclusive rights to the Truck Series. There were prior reports that NASCAR was open to selling the Xfinity Series series to a streaming service and Sports Business Journal reports suggest a six-race slate of Cup races could go to a streaming service in the next TV deal.
(Source(s): Aaron Bearden / Motorsports Beat)
2) SVG planning NASCAR move for 2024 (NASCAR Cup)
Once again, Shane van Gisbergen has made it to the front section of this newsletter. But hear me out - this week finally has the confirmative news we’ve been waiting for.
The three-time Supercars champion confirmed during Supercars’ Sydney SuperNight weekend that he’s looking into a NASCAR move in 2024.
The Triple Eight Race Engineering star made waves in NASCAR circles when he won on debut in the Cup street race at Chicago. In the weeks since the Kiwi has been increasingly prevalent in silly season chatter, with his Supercars team promising to release him if the right opportunity comes along to make a NASCAR leap happen in 2024.
There have been reports of full-time Cup offers, but van Gisbergen said he wasn’t sure if any 2024 deal would be full-time. He pointed to past crossover stars to note a potential need to run some races in NASCAR’s lower levels.
"When I study it, Marcos (Ambrose) did three years before he went to Cup full-time,” he said. “(Juan Pablo) Montoya was pretty much a full season as well. Nobody has ever gone into Cup.
"And I have no illusion that those ovals are going to be easy. It's going to take a lot of time to learn. I don't have a plan, hopefully I'll work it out when I'm over there.".
Van Gisbergen will be back in the NASCAR garage in two weeks, competing for a second time with Trackhouse Racing’s PROJECT 91 entry on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. It’s then that more details will likely be confirmed and ultimately emerge about his NASCAR future.
As for his current home at Triple Eight, van Gisbergen isn’t sure of the long-term plans. But he hopes to do anything he can to help his team find a replacement.
"There's a lot happening in the background," van Gisbergen said. "I'm not leaving because of this team. I love this team and when I leave I want to make sure there is someone here to replace me that's going to do a good job in the car.
"You don't want to leave the team with nothing, scrambling to find someone. I want to leave with the team in a good spot. Hopefully the team has someone soon."
(Source(s): Andrew van Leeuwen / Motorsport)
Fallout from SVG’s NASCAR ambitions:
With his exit coming, one option for Triple Eight (albeit not their first) would be a comeback for Jamie Whincup. (James Pavey / Supercars.com)
Richie Stanaway is open to replacing his fellow Kiwi after co-driving with him at enduros. (Damion Smy / Speedcafe)
Here is a general look at Supercars silly season for next year as things stand. (James Pavey / Supercars.com)
3) Jake Dennis, Envision Racing claim Formula E titles (Formula E)
Andretti Global’s efforts to enter the ranks of Formula 1 have yet to bear fruit, but the company can tout a new success in an FIA-sanctioned series - a Formula E driver championship.
Jake Dennis secured the 2022-23 Formula E drivers’ title for Avalanche Andretti Formula E on Saturday, coming home third and being improved to second post-race in the first of two London E-Prix feature. The race itself was a dismal one, won from sixth by Mitch Evans amid two red flags and a teammate tussle that took out Nick Cassidy .
“Oh my God. That is incredible," Dennis said. “That race was so hard, everything thrown at us. World Champions, baby. I feel incredible, amazing.
“I felt like everyone was racing against us but Jesus Christ, we have just become World Champion and I am so so happy for myself, the team and everyone, we deserved it so much.”
The battle for the teams title came down to the last race, with Envision Racing toppling Jaguar for the crown in a wet Sunday finale. Cassidy won the race, earning a small measure of redemption after his Saturday clash with teammate Sebastien Buemi.
It took over an hour to get the final race started. Limited visibility twice led efforts to start the race to be called off with heavy rains in the area. But when the race finally did get going, it proved to be a comparatively tame affair after Saturday’s chaos.
Cassidy’s win and Buemi’s sixth-place effort gave Envision a 12-point win in the championship. It was a bittersweet result for Cassidy, who was denied a drivers’ title opportunity by contact with Buemi and is leaving for the runners up, Jaguar, next season.
“It’s mixed emotions but ultimately I’m very happy because today was a difficult day for me mostly because I didn’t sleep well last night, I arrived late - but I did the business so I’m proud,” Cassidy said. “The team have been absolutely incredible. They’re an incredible bunch of people and they work so hard.
“Of course every team does but these guys have been close on so many occasions and I think that just shows how strong they have been in this championship, and to finally get it done for them I am super super happy.”
Mitch Evans and Dennis completed the podium. Formula E will be back in action for the 2023-24 season starting Jan. 13 in Mexico City.
(Source(s): Sam Smith / The Race (x2))
More on the Formula E finale:
The London ExCeL venue is a unique one perfectly-fit for Formula E’s championship weekend. It could provide a template for racing’s future. (Sam Smith / The Race)
During the weekend, a modified Gen3 car driven by McLaren’s Jake Hughes set a new indoor speed record. (Sam Smith / The Race)
A collision between Envision teammates essentially ended Nick Cassidy’s chances at the Formula E title. (Sam Smith / The Race)
Formula E teams were left in search of clarity from the FIA heading into Sunday’s finale after a host of penalties. (Sam Smith / The Race)
Porsche plans to appeal one of the weekend’s penalties, which knee-capped its chances of a constructors title. (Sam Smith / The Race)
Race Recaps
NASCAR
Cup Series: Chris Buescher marched to the front and survived a late restart to pick up his third-career Cup win at Richmond Raceway, locking himself into the 2023 playoffs. (Holly Cain / NASCAR.com)
Xfinity Series: In a Road America race dominated by Justin Allgaier, a late mistake and chaotic final two laps led to his JR Motorsports teammate, Sam Mayer, notching his first win at his home track. (NASCAR.com)
Crafstman Truck Series: Ty Majeski seemed to have the dominant truck, but a pit road speeding penalty for Majeski and correct strategy play opened the door for Carson Hocevar to score his third series win at Richmond. (Holly Cain / NASCAR.com)
ARCA Menards Series West: A late battle went the way of Sean Hingorani after a quick short-track race at Shasta Speedway. (Tadd Haislop / ARCARacing.com)
Pinty’s Series: Treyten Lapcevich swept a midweek doubleheader at Sutherland Automotive Speedway. (Jim Utter / Motorsport)
Camping World SRX Series
Kyle Busch triumphed in his Camping World SRX Series debut, holding off a speedy Clint Bowyer to win in a Pulaski County Motorsports Park race impacted by a hard four-car crash late in the running. (Zach Evans / Racing America)
Formula 1
F1:
Max Verstappen chased down Oscar Piastri in a rain-altered Sprint race on Saturday. (F1.com)
He then charged from sixth to first to lead a Red Bull 1-2 in the Belgian Grand Prix, scoring his eighth-straight win. (F1.com)
Formula 2:
Enzo Fittipaldi scored his first Formula 2 victory in a 17-lap shootout on Saturday. (F1.com)
But it was all Jack Doohan on Sunday, the Alpine ace scoring back-to-back feature wins with a triumph at Spa-Francorchamps. (F1.com)
Formula 3
Brazilian Caio Collet rose from fourth to first to take the Sprint win in Formula 3 as title hopefuls met trouble. (F1.com)
Taylor Barnard took his first Formula 3 win in the feature, which came down to split tire strategies. (F1.com)
Supercars
Brodie Kostecki struck on the opening night of the Sydney SuperNight to take the Supercars points lead. (James Pavey / Supercars.com)
Shane van Gisbergen followed with the second race win, beating Andre Heimgartner to cap off the Sydney weekend. (James Pavey / Supercars.com)
Sports Cars
GT World Challenge Europe: Akkodis ASP’s Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy led a Mercedes 1-2 in the three-hour GT World Challenge Europe event at the Nurburgring. (Daily Sportscar)
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe: Points leader Brendon Leitch secured his first win of the year at the Nurburgring, increasing his advantage in the process. (Daniel Lloyd / Sportscar365)
Porsche Carrera Cup North America: Riley Dickinson swept the race weekend at Road America, ran on the support bill for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. (John Dagys / Sportscar365)
Dirt
Sprint Cars
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
The opening night of the race weekend at Weedsport Speedway was rained out. (Alex Nieten / WorldofOutlaws.com)
The Outlaws did get to race on night two, though. David Gravel took a dominant victory to keep the series points lead. (Alex Nieten / WorldofOutlaws.com)
USAC:
Kyle Cummins took Tuesday’s USAC Sprint race at Circle City Raceway as Indiana Sprint Week continued. (Richie Murray / USAC Media)
Justin Grant was next to find victory, notching his 40th USAC Sprint win at the Terre Haute Action Track. (Richie Murray / USAC Media)
Jake Swanson triumphed in a Thursday feature that rolled well into the night at Lincoln Park Speedway. (Richie Murray / USAC Media)
With his Indiana Sprint Week championship hopes all-but gone, Emerson Axsom salvaged the week with a feature win at Bloomington Speedway’s Sheldon Kinser Memorial. (Richie Murray / USAC Media)
Unfortunately, the final night of Indiana Sprint Week was won by Mother Nature. Tri-State Speedway’s Saturday finale was rained out. (USAC Media)
That gave the Indiana Sprint Week crown to Brady Bacon, who rode consistency to the week-long title despite going winless. (Richie Murray / USAC Media)
All Star Circuit of Champions
Aaron Reutzel kicked off the weekend with a victory at Lake Ozark Speedway. (AllStarSprint.com)
Buddy Kofoid followed with a victory of his own at I-70 Motorsports Park. (AllStarSprint.com)
Capping off the weekend was Rico Abreu, who score the win at Knoxville Raceway. (AllStarSprint.com)
Late Models
World of Outlaws Late Model Series”
Prairie Dirt Classic weekend kicked off with Friday wins for Bobby Pierce, Chris Madden, Ryan Gustin and Ricky Thornton Jr. at Fairbury Speedway. (Mike Warren / WorldofOutlaws.com)
Thornton then completed a comeback from a broken crank trigger in the PDC itself, rising from sixth to first in six laps to secure $62,000 in winnings. (Mike Warren / WorldofOutlaws.com)
Short Tracks
CARS Tour: A weekend of throwbacks saw new winners, with Mason Diaz and Cole Butcher taking top honors at Hickory Motor Speedway. (Short Track Scene)
Moto
World Superbike:
Toprak Razgatliolgu took another win in the weekend opener at Autodrome Most, closing ground on title leader Alvaro Bautista. (Ollie Barstow / Bikesport News)
…But a crash from Razgatlioglu in Race 2 opened the door for Bautista to win and restore his comfortable championship advantage. (Ollie Barstow / Bikesport News)
Sim Racing
eNASCAR: Garrett Lowe scored his first eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series victory of the year at virtual New Hampshire Motor Speedway to secure his playoff spot. (Justin Melillo / eNASCAR.com)
Formula E Accelerate: Jernej Simončič wrapped up the series championship in the London round, having podiumed in every race. (James Kirk / Traxion)
Fanatec GT Pro Series: Sandy Mitchell took a much-needed victory at the Nurburgring to give K-Pax Racing Lamborghini an outside shot at the series championship. (Thomas Harrison-Lord / Traxion)
ESL R1: Maximilian Benecke to home a $100,000 prize in a Saudi Arabian ESL R1 Gamers8 event. (Traxion)
Super Trofeo Esports: Dario Iemmulo won the 2023 edition of The Real Race - Super Trofeo Esports to secure a Lamborghini contract for 2024. (James Kirk / Traxion)
SRO Esports Sim Pro Series: David Tonizza took his second victory of the season at the virtual Nurburgring to tighten up the championship race. (Ross McGregor / Traxion)
Drag Racing
NHRA: Justin Ashley and J.R. Todd led the list of NHRA winners at Sonoma Raceway. (Kevin McKenna / NHRA.com)
Rally
Andrea Crugnola claimed his first European Rally Championship win in Rally di Roma. (Ida Wood / DirtFish)
Other
S5000: Aaron Cameron took three victories and broke the lap record at Sydney Motorsports Park with three title contenders out for varying reasons. (Garry O’Brien / Speedcafe)
News and Notes
NASCAR
Amidst its Formula E title and F1 ambitions, Andretti is also working toward a place on the NASCAR Cup Series grid. (Nathan Brown / Indianapolis Star)
The Truck Series playoff field has been set. (Nick DeGroot / Motorsport)
Here’s what drivers had to say after the race weekend in Richmond. (Dustin Long / NBC Sports)
We took the time to break down the key storylines from Sunday’s Cup race, led by the surging RFK Racing. (Aaron Bearden / Motorsports)
Here are FOX Sports’ takeaways from the race. (Bob Pockrass / FOX Sports)
The debate over hard racing and Chris Buescher’s win led this week’s Top 5. (Jeff Gluck / The Athletic)
Buescher and Bubba Wallace made big gains in the playoff picture. (Jordan Bianchi / The Athletic)
Teams are currently in the midst of a two-day short track package test at Richmond Raceway. (John Newby / NBC Sports)
Former team owner Cal Wells III has been named chief executive officer of Legacy Motor Club. (Kelly Crandall / RACER)
With the time to make decisions for next year imminent, Aric Almirola is expected to decide his future in the next two months. (Kelly Crandall / RACER)
He was in victory lane as a car owner, but Brad Keselowski has some work to do to win himself for RFK Racing. (Kelly Crandall / RACER)
Cup drivers had mixed reactions to Denny Hamlin’s controversial move on Kyle Larson in Pocono. (Nate Ryan / NBC Sports)
Toyota’s David Wilson is confident the manufacturer will be able to keep Hamlin in the fold moving forward. (Kelly Crandall / RACER)
A last-ditch effort to win went awry for Hamlin in Richmond. (Kelly Crandall / RACER)
In an effort to advertise the series to American fans, Supercars is sponsoring Brodie Kostecki’s NASCAR one-off at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with its Superview streaming service. (James Pavel / Supercars.com)
Trackhouse Racing has raised the bar in its time within the NASCAR ranks. Exceeding expectations is the company’s new normal. (Joseph Wolkin / Forbes)
Stewart-Haas Racing had a much-needed good day in Richmond. (Jim Utter / Motorsport)
Matt Crafton took the last spot in the Truck Series playoffs on Saturday, out-pointing fellow veteran Stewart Friesen for the opportunity. (Zack Albert / NASCAR.com)
Layne Riggs will join the Truck Series at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, piloting the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports. (Toby Christie / Racing America)
Tyler Reddick was last week’s guest on the “12 Questions” series. (Jeff Gluck / The Athletic)
Superstar Racing Experience
Paul Tracy was suspended from the Superstar Racing Experience after causing a hard crash in the tour’s third round. (Dan Beaver / NBC Sports)
Taking his place at Berlin Raceway will be Johnny Benson, a native Michigander with championships in the ASA National Tour, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series. (Toby Christie / Racing America)
IndyCar
Linus Lundqvist will make his NTT IndyCar Series debut in Nashville this weekend as Simon Pagenaud continues to recover from his crash at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. (Nate Ryan / NBC Sports)
Andretti is also working through IndyCar changes while chasing its ambitions elsewhere. (Nathan Brown / Indy Star)
The organization plans to stick with four Indy NXT entries next year. (Marshall Pruett / RACER)
What would it take for Josef Newgarden to close up the 80-point gap to Alex Palou in the championship race? (Paul Kelly / IndyCar.com)
IndyCar silly season has begun. One of the current rumors: Could Marcus Ericsson replace Romain Grosjean at Andretti Autosport? (Jack Benyon / The Race)
Grosjean has been a source of frustration for Andretti. But there’s a case to be made that he shouldn’t be axed. (Jack Benyon / The Race)
F1
IndyCar ace Alex Palou is on the radar of at least two teams heading into 2024. (Scott Mitchell-Malm & Jack Benyon / The Race)
Williams has found a new chief technical officer in Pat Fry, who is moving over from Alpine. (Edd Straw / The Race)
Fry is one of a few leaders leaving Alpine as part of the sacking of team boss Otmar Szafnauer. (Fred Smith / Road and Track)
Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies has left the team to become team principal of AlphaTauri. (Chris Medland / RACER)
F1’s planned tire blanket ban has been put on hold after a meeting of the Formula 1 Commission. (Ian Parkes / Speedcafe)
Drivers have called on the series to improve its “pointless” wet tires. (Edd Straw / The Race)
All 10 Formula 1 teams will be represented on the grid when the 2024 F1 Academy season gets underway. (The Race)
F1 is reportedly demanding trackside clubs and restaurants pay for the rights to unobstructed views at the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix. (Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik)
The Miami Grand Prix is expanding capacity for next year’s edition of the race to 100,000 spectators per day. (Chris Medland / RACER)
But it’s “very unlikely” that the race will become a night race in 2024. (Luke Smith / The Athletic)
Lewis Hamilton got a penalty for contact that hampered Sergio Perez in Saturday’s sprint. Was it the right call? (Matt Beer / The Race)
Despite some bouncing on the weekend, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was confident in his team’s direction leaving Belgium. (Jonathan Noble / Motorsport)
After a few strong races, Lando Norris was disappointed and thankful to salvage seventh with straight-line speed struggles for McLaren in Spa. (F1.com)
A rare mistake from Fernando Alonso led to a crash in Saturday’s Sprint race. (F1.com)
Williams carried high hopes heading into the Spa weekend. But the underdogs were grounded in Belgium. (Matt Beer & Scott Mitchell-Malm / The Race)
Filming of the F1 film is on hiatus to support the current strikes in Hollywood. (Caroline Frost / Deadline)
Two weeks, two broken trophies for Red Bull. Whoops. (Filip Cleeren / Motorsport)
Supercars
Erebus Motorsport boss Barry Ryan was fined for a curse-filled TV interview in Sydney. (James Pavey / Supercars.com)
Ford Performance’s Mark Rushbrook is “frustrated with Supercars” as Chevrolet continues to dominate the 2023 championship. (Daniel Herrero / Speedcafe)
An attempt to bring Supercars back to the streets of Canberra has been rejected by Australian Capital Territory chief minister Andrew Barr. (Andrew van Leeuwen / Motorsport)
The Supercars superlicense program is being abolished starting in 2024. (Andrew van Leeuwen / Motorsport)
Blanchard Racing Team gave Super3 title contender Cameron McLeod ride laps yesterday. (Daniel Herrero / Speedcafe)
Triple Eight was unable to appeal the penalty that cost Shane van Gisbergen a podium in Race 18. (Damion Smy / Speedcafe)
Sports Cars
JDC-Miller MotorSports was quickest in the opening day of IMSA testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Daily Sportscar)
But on the final day it was Connor De Philippi and BMW Team TLL that topped the test. (Daily Sportscar)
IMSA is sitting at 46 entrants for this weekend’s race at Road America. (Daily Sportscar)
Alfa Romeo has postponed its planned decision on a potential factory motorsport program in sports car racing. (Daily Sportscar)
SRO Motorsports Group CEO Stephane Ratel has ruled out a fifth round for the Intercontinental GT Challenge next year. (Daniel Lloyd / Sportscar365)
A Ford Mustang Dark Horse R, the car planned to form the base for the new IMSA-sanctioned Mustang Challenge series, was revealed in Charlotte Friday. (Daily Sportscar)
With Audi Sport’s works teams set to stop at year’s end, the company’s current drivers are left to ponder the next steps of their careers. (Daniel Lloyd / Sportscar365)
Proton Competition’s second Porsche 963 is planned for a debut at Fuji Speedway with the FIA World Endurance Championship in September. (Daily Sportscar)
British GT’s 2024 season finale has been moved to Brands Hatch in a date swap with Donington Park. (Daily Sportscar)
Three-time Super GT Series GT500 champion Yuji Tachikawa plans to retire from the tour at the end of the season. (Daily Sportscar)
Want to own the Nissan GT-R NISMO R35 GT3 that was utilized in the upcoming Gran Turismo movie? It’s going to be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions. (Daily Sportscar)
Dirt
USAC unveiled its 2023 Hall of Fame class on Tuesday. On the list are Bobby East, Ted Halibrand, Tracy Hines, Terry Lingner, Bill Marvel and The Wilke Family. (USAC Media)
Series officials from USAC had to push several start times back last week due to severe heat in the area. (USAC Media)
Moto
Eli Tomac is set to return to the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing team in 2024. (Dan Beaver / NBC Sports)
Tire-pressure monitoring and penalties for breaches of accepted pressures are being brought into MotoGP at the end of the summer break. (Valentin Khorounzhiy / The Race)
Iker Lecuona will replace Alex Rins at LCR Honda in Silverstone, making his third MotoGP start of the season. It’s a sign of change for the company. (Simon Patterson / The Race)
Electric Racing
Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds thinks modern F1 is “predictable” and “boring.” Let him explain. (Sam Smith / The Race)
Sam Bird’s three-year tenure with Jaguar came to a close in London. Where did everything go wrong? (Sam Smith / The Race)
Rally
Dakar legend Nasser Al-Attiyah is leaving Toyota ahead of next January’s Dakar Rally. (Stephen Brunsdon / DirtFish)
On Track This Week
All Times ET
Aug. 1
Dirt
High Limit Sprint Car Series (Kokomo Speedway): 6:00 p.m., FloRacing
World of Outlaws Late Models (Boone Speedway): 7:15 p.m., DirtVision
Super DIRTcar Series (Autodrome Drummond): 5:45 p.m., FloRacing
Short Track Super Series (Action Track USA): 5:00 p.m., FloRacing
Weekly Racing (Beaver Dam Raceway): 7:30 p.m., DirtVision
Short Tracks
ASA Stars National Tour Gandrud Auto Group 250 (Wisconsin International Raceway): 6:30 p.m., Racing America
Summer Shootout (Charlotte Motor Speedway): 5:00 p.m., FloRacing
Aug. 2
Dirt
Super DIRTcar Series (Brockville Ontario Speedway): 5:45 p.m., DirtVision
Short Tracks
NASCAR Weekly Racing (Riverhead Raceway): 5:00 p.m., FloRacing
Aug. 3
Dirt
World of Outlaws Late Models (Cedar Lake Speedway): 7:15 p.m., DirtVision
Summer Thunder Twin 25s (Georgetown Speedway): 6:30 p.m., FloRacing
360 Knoxville Nationals (Knoxville Raceway): 7:30 p.m., DirtVision
Short Tracks
Limited Late Model Racing (Berlin Raceway): 6:00 p.m., FloRacing
Weekly Racing (Thunder Road Speedbowl): 7:00 p.m., FloRacing
Drag Racing
PDRA Northern Nationals (US 131 Motorsports Park): 11:00 a.m., FloRacing
Aug. 4
NASCAR
All at Michigan International Speedway
Xfinity Series Practice/Qualifying: 3:35 p.m., USA
ARCA Menards Series Henry Ford Health 200: 6:00 p.m., FloRacing
IndyCar
All at Nashville
Practice 1: 4:00 p.m., Peacock
Dirt
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series/Xtreme Outlaw Series (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55): 7:15 p.m., DirtVision
World of Outlaws Late Models (Cedar Lake Speedway): 7:15 p.m., DirtVision
Wood Tic Memorial (Merritt Speedway): 6:30 p.m., FloRacing
Empire Super Sprints (Utica-Rome Speedway): 6:45 p.m., FloRacing
Weekly Racing (Williams Grove Speedway): 6:45 p.m., DirtVision
Belleville 305 Nationals (Belleville High Banks Speedway): 7:30 p.m., FloRacing
360 Knoxville Nationals (Knoxville Raceway): 7:30 p.m., DirtVision
Weekly Racing (Marshalltown Speedway): 7:55 p.m., FloRacing
Weekly Points Race (Port City Raceway): 8:00 p.m., FloRacing
COMP Cams Late Models (Arrowhead Speedway): 8:30 p.m., FloRacing
Short Tracks
NAPA Auto Parks SK (Stafford Motor Speedway): 5:45 p.m., FlORacing
Local Racing (Five Flags Speedway): 9:00 p.m., Racing America
Drag Racing
PDRA Northern Nationals (US 131 Motorsports Park): 11:00 a.m., FloRacing
Other
Pro Pulling League (Brown County Fairgrounds): 8:00 p.m., FloRacing
Aug. 5
NASCAR
All at Michigan International Speedway
Cup Series Practice/Qualifying: 12:35 p.m., USA/MRN
Xfinity Series Cabo Wabo 250: 3:30 p.m., NBC/NBC Sports App/MRN
IndyCar
All at Nashville
Practice 2: 11 a.m., Peacock
Qualifying: 2:00 p.m., Peacock
Sports Cars
IMSA (All at Road America)
Mazda MX-5 Cup Race 1: 10:10 a.m., IMSA TV
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Qualifying: 2:10 p.m., IMSA TV
Mazda MX-5 Cup Race 2: 3:40 p.m., IMSA TV
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Race 1: 4:45 p.m., IMSA TV
Dirt
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series/Xtreme Outlaw Series (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55): 7:15 p.m., DirtVision
World of Outlaws Late Models (Cedar Lake Speedway): 7:15 p.m., DirtVision
Ultimate Super Late Models (Sumter Speedway): 5:30 p.m., FloRacing
Weekly Racing (Bridgeport Speedway): 6:00 p.m., FloRacing
Weekly Racing (Fonda Speedway): 6:00 p.m., FloRacing
Weekly Racing (Port Royal Speedway): 6:15 p.m., FloRacing
Weekly Racing (Land of Legends Raceway): 6:15 p.m., DirtVision
Weekly Racing (Sharon Speedway): 6:30 p.m., DirtVision
Family Fireworks Night (Eldora Speedway): 6:30 p.m., FloRacing
Wood Tic Memorial (Merritt Speedway): 6:30 p.m., FloRacing
360 Knoxville Nationals (Knoxville Raceway): 7:30 p.m., DirtVision
FASTRAK Late Models (Elkins Raceway): 7:30 p.m., FloRacing
Belleville 305 Nationals (Belleville High Banks Speedway): 7:30 p.m., FloRacing
COMP Camps Late Models (Caney Valley Speedway): 7:30 p.m., FloRacing
USAC West Coast Midgets (Antioch Speedway): 9:00 p.m., FloRacing
Short Tracks
USAC Rollie Beale Classic (Toledo Speedway): 6:05 p.m., FloRacing
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (Lancaster National Speedway): 8:00 p.m., FloRacing
Old Timer’s Night (Oswego Speedway): 3:45 p.m., FloRacing
APC Late Models (Sauble Speedway): 4:00 p.m., Racing America
NASCAR Weekly Racing (Riverhead Raceway): 5:00 p.m., FloRacing
ACT Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 (White Mountain Motorsports Park): 5:30 p.m., Racing America
NASCAR Weekly Racing (Jennerstown Speedway): 5:50 p.m., FloRacing
NASCAR Weekly Racing (South Boston Speedway): 7:00 p.m., FloRacing
NASCAR Weekly Racing (Langley Speedway) 7:00 p.m., FloRacing:
NASCAR Weekly Racing (Florence Motor Speedway): 7:00 p.m., FloRacing
NASCAR Weekly Racing (Hickory Motor Speedway): 7:00 p.m., FloRacing
CRA Late Model Sportsman 200 (Anderson Speedway): 7:30 p.m., Racing America
NASCAR Weekly Racing (Bowman Gray Stadium): 7:45 p.m., FloRacing
NASCAR Weekly Racing (La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway): 8:00 p.m., FloRacing
Show Me the Money Series PLM Twin-Feature (Montgomery Motor Speedway): 8:00 p.m., Racing America
NASCAR Weekly Racing (Alaska Raceway Park): 10:00 p.m., FloRacing
Drag Racing
PDRA Northern Nationals (US 131 Motorsports Park): 11:00 a.m., FloRacing
Aug. 6
NASCAR
Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 (Michigan International Speedway): 2:30 p.m., USA/NBC Sports App/MRN
Pinty’s Series Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières): 2:00 p.m., FloRacing
IndyCar
All at Nashville
Music City Grand Prix: Noon, NBC/Peacock
Sports Cars
IMSA (All at Road America)
IMSA SportsCar Weekend: 11:00 a.m., USA/Peacock
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Race 2: 2:30 p.m., IMSA TV
Michelin Pilot Challenge Road America 120: 3:50 p.m., Peacock
Dirt
Capitani Classic (Knoxville Raceway): 7:45 p.m., DirtVision
Short Tracks
Pro All Stars Series (Oxford Plains Speedway): 4:00 p.m., Racing America
Enduro 200 (Thunder Road Speedbowl): 6:00 p.m., FloRacing
Alan Kulwicki Memoriał Night (Slinger Super Speedway): 7:30 p.m., Racing America
Moto
All at Silverstone Circuit:
MotoE Race 1: 7:15 a.m., MotoGP Videopass
MotoGP Sprint: 10:00 a.m., MotoGP Videopass
MotoE Race 2: 11:10 a.m., MotoGP Videopass
Aug. 7
Dirt
Front Row Challenge (Southern Iowa Speedway): 8:00 p.m., FloRacing
Short Tracks
Wild Thing Kart Series (Stafford Motor Speedway): 6:30 p.m., FloRacing
Moto
All at Silverstone Circuit:
Moto3 Race: 6:15 a.m., MotoGP Videopass
MotoGP Race: 8:00 a.m., MotoGP Videopass
Moto2 Race: 9:30 a.m., MotoGP Videopass
Sim Racing
World of Outlaws Buttkicker Late Model Series (Knoxville Raceway): 9:00 p.m., DirtVision
Fast Fact
Coming into Sunday’s race, the trio of Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick had led just one lap (Wallace, spring ’23) in 30 combined Cup starts at Richmond Raceway. They combined to pace the field for 249 of 400 laps (62.25%) in Sunday’s Cook Out 400.
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