The off-week is complete, and now it is time for NASCAR to kick off the final stretch of the season. This means that USA Sports will take over coverage of the Cup Series while small changes affect the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.
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The Craftsman Truck Series, which remains idle until Richmond on Aug. 14, will keep the status quo. Fox Sports will continue to broadcast all of the series' on-track sessions.
Cup Series Details
All Cup Series practice and qualifying sessions will still air on truTV and HBO Max as they did during the TNT portion of the schedule. This includes this Saturday (Aug. 8) at Iowa Speedway at 2:05 p.m. ET.
Ten of the final 14 Cup Series races will air on USA Network. The other four will air on NBC. This includes Daytona on Aug. 29, Talladega on Oct. 25, Martinsville on Nov. 1, and Homestead-Miami on Nov. 8.
The overall broadcast lineup will remain the same. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte will man the booth. Marty Snider, Kim Coon, Dave Burns, and Trevor Bayne will be pit reporters.
Snider will run the pit box show with Dale Jarrett and Brad Daugherty. Special guests will join throughout the remaining races.
The broadcast team for the USA Sports part of the schedule (Iowa through the end of the season). pic.twitter.com/5OFndGmlDE
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In reality, the changes to the Cup Series will be more in name than in practice. The final 14 race will air on either USA Network or NBC, but NBC Sports is no longer in charge. The operation now operates as USA Sports under the Versant Media banner.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Details
Much like the changes on the Cup Series side, those on the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series will be relatively minor this season. Iowa Speedway marks the first official week of the partnership between CW and ESPN.
All of the practice and qualifying sessions for the rest of the season will be available on both the CW app and the ESPN app via an Unlimited subscription. Next year, they will exclusively live on the ESPN app.
The races themselves will remain free to those watching the over-the-air CW channel. However, they will also be available on streaming via the ESPN app, starting on Saturday at Iowa (5 p.m. ET).
ESPN Unlimited is $29.99 per month or $35.99 per month when bundled with Disney+ and Hulu. Some TV providers include access at no extra cost.
Remaining Cup Series Schedule
- Iowa Speedway on Aug. 9 (3:30 p.m. ET on USA)
- Richmond Raceway on Aug. 15 (7 p.m. ET on USA)
- New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Aug. 23 (3 p.m. ET on USA)
- Daytona International Speedway on Aug. 29 (7:30 p.m. ET on NBC)
- Darlington Raceway on Sept. 6 (5 p.m. ET on USA)
- World Wide Technology Raceway on Sept. 13 (3 p.m. ET on USA)
- Bristol Motor Speedway on Sept. 19 (7:30 p.m. ET on USA)
- Kansas Speedway on Sept. 27 (3 p.m. ET on USA)
- Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Oct. 4 (5:30 p.m. ET on USA)
- Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 11 (3 p.m. ET on USA)
- Phoenix Raceway on Oct. 18 (3 p.m. ET on USA)
- Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 25 (2 p.m. ET on NBC)
- Martinsville Speedway on Nov. 1 (2 p.m. ET on NBC)
- Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 8 (3 p.m. ET on NBC)
