NASCAR Announces Start Times & Networks For 2022 Season

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Photo: Mike Ehrmann, courtesy of NASCAR

NASCAR, along with FOX Sports and NBC Sports, announced the 2022 race start times and networks for the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series seasons.

Nineteen total NASCAR Cup Series races will air on FOX and NBC throughout the season. This marks the first time since 2009 where more Cup Series point events will air on broadcast than cable. Ten of those will air on FOX, including the Daytona 500, which airs Sunday, Feb. 20.

“Working with the broadcast partners, tracks, teams and industry stakeholders, we will be able to deliver the best racing in the world to an even broader audience in 2022,” says Brian Herbst, NASCAR SVP of Media and Productions. “Based on data and fan feedback from the past several years, shifting afternoon start times back allows more of our fans—whether at home or at the track—to take in NASCAR racing on Sundays. In addition, airing the most Cup Series races on broadcast in more than a decade is consistent with our strategy of distributing our content to as many fans as possible during key moments in the season.”

NASCAR has a new home at USA Network, who will air 26 NBC Sports cable races in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2022. NASCAR will debut on USA, which is available in approximately five million more homes than NBCSN, when the Xfinity Series hits the track at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday, June 25.

The Camping World Truck Series will race at the Superspeedway on June. 24 and will air on Fox Sports 1. The second annual Ally 400 Cup Series race at the Nashville Superspeedway is set of June, 26 and will again be aired on NBC.

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