NASCAR releases 2025 Cup Series schedule

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

The championship race is staying at Phoenix for yet another season, but New Hampshire and Gateway are now playoff tracks while Talladega will host a third-round race in the Cup Series playoffs.

NASCAR unveiled its 2025 schedules 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. The Glen is moving back to its traditional August date, and Homestead — the site of the title race before Phoenix — will host an early-season race in March.

The inaugural Mexico City race will be preceded by a date at Michigan. That race has been held in August in recent years and plagued by rain. The race earlier this month was delayed to Monday.

The first in-season tournament will start on June 28 at Atlanta and conclude at 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 the second race of the playoffs. New Hampshire has been a playoff track previously and it will host the first race of the second round of the playoffs.

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

2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule

• Feb. 2: Clash at Bowman Gray (exhibition)

• Feb. 16: Daytona 500

• Feb. 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

• Aug. 3: Iowa

• Aug. 10: Watkins Glen

• Aug. 16: Richmond

• Aug. 23: Daytona

• Aug. 31: Darlington*

• Sept. 7: Gateway*

• Sept. 13: Bristol*

• Sept. 21: New Hampshire*

• Sept. 28: Kansas*

• Oct. 5: Charlotte*

• Oct. 12: Las Vegas*

• Oct. 19: Talladega*

• Oct. 26: Martinsville*

• Nov. 2: Phoenix*

*—Playoff races.