A huge crowd watches the opening lap of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb.20, 2000. NASCAR revealed its 38-race schedule for the 2025 Cup Series with the traditional Daytona 500 season opener set for Feb. 16 at Daytona, Fla., and the first international points race in 67 years to take place June 15 at Mexico City.
The regular-season finale also will take place at Daytona International Speedway on Aug. 23, with the playoffs set to start Aug. 31 at Darlington Raceway and conclude with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Nov. 2 at Phoenix Raceway.
For the first time since 1997, NASCAR Cup Series teams will not visit the Southern California area. NASCAR races were contested at Fontana, Calif., from 1997-2023, while the Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Coliseum was held as an exhibition race the past three years. The Fontana track is undergoing a major renovation.
In 2025, The Clash will be moved to historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston Salem, N.C., on Feb. 2, two weeks before the Daytona 500. The tight quarter-mile flat oval was home to NASCAR Cup Series races from 1958-71 and was the site of Richard Petty’s 100th career win in 1969.
The Mexico City race will take place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course, which is also home to the Mexico City Grand Prix F1 race. An Xfinity race will be held on June 14. The Xfinity Series raced at Mexico City from 2005-08.
Homestead-Miami Speedway will host its annual race on March 23, after previously playing host to a playoff race.
Amazon Prime Video will televise a five-race bracket-style competition from June 28 at Atlanta through the July 27 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Brickyard 400. The five-race series also includes stops at road courses in Chicago and Sonoma, Calif., as well as an event at Dover Motor Speedway.
On Sept. 21, New Hampshire Motor Speedway will host a playoff race for the first time since 2017.
NASCAR Cup Series 2025 schedule
Feb. 2: Clash at Bowman Gray
Feb. 16: Daytona 500
Feb. 23: Atlanta
March 2: Circuit of The Americas
March 9: Phoenix
March 16: Las Vegas
March 23: Homestead-Miami
March 39: Martinsville
April 6: Darlington
April 13: Bristol
April 27: Talladega
May 4: Texas
May 11: Kansas
May 18: North Wilkesboro (ASR)
May 25: Charlotte
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
Aug. 3: Iowa
Aug. 10: Watkins Glen
Aug. 16: Richmond
Aug. 23: Daytona
Aug. 31: Darlington*
Sept. 7: Madison, Ill.*
Sept. 13: Bristol*
Sept. 21: New Hampshire*
Sept. 28: Kansas*
Oct. 5: Charlotte (road)*
Oct. 12: Las Vegas*
Oct. 19: Talladega*
Oct. 26: Martinsville*
Nov. 2: Phoenix*
*playoff races
–Field Level Media
