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After Amazon Prime Video’s successful 2025 NASCAR streaming experiment, TNT Sports is stepping back onto the track, promising richer talent interactions, redesigned pre‑ and post‑race shows, and a suite of digital extensions that aim to deepen fan engagement.
TNT Sports is set to re‑enter NASCAR after more than a decade away, aiming to differentiate its broadcast through authentic storytelling and a roster of familiar racing personalities.
TNT Sports will conclude its NASCAR coverage with the championship round of the In‑Season Challenge at the historic Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis. The race will feature a showdown between perennial contender Ryan Blaney and surprise Cinderella story Todd Gilliland, drawing a cumulative audience of 13.4 million viewers.
NASCAR’s partnership with USA Sports brings a fresh broadcast presentation, unified branding across NBC and new coverage of the final 14 Cup Series races, plus a documentary debut on Aug. 9
The iconic Brickyard 400 will crown a $1 million winner on Sunday, July 26, as NASCAR’s In‑Season Challenge reaches its climax at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
From coast‑to‑coast coverage of the final 14 events to a three‑part documentary, USA Sports is positioning itself as the flagship broadcaster for NASCAR’s climax, enlisting veteran voices and fresh perspectives.
This weekend’s Quaker State 400 will air on TNT for the first time, marking a major shift in NASCAR’s broadcast landscape after the sport’s new media agreement.
The Cup Series will race at EchoPark Speedway on Sunday, July 12, with a 260‑lap, 400.4‑mile event broadcast on TNT and truTV, streamed on HBO Max, featuring a tight points battle between Hamlin and Reddick and a $1 million In‑Season Challenge.
The NASCAR Cup Series is back at EchoPark Speedway for the Quaker State 400, the third round of the In‑Season Challenge, featuring eight drivers competing for a $1 million prize and broadcast on TNT, truTV, and HBO Max.
After leading a Joe Gibbs Racing trio to the checkered flag, Chase Briscoe celebrated with a knee for Tim Tebow and an imaginary cast for Johnny Morris, expressing his affection for Chicagoland Speedway and a desire to return in 2027.
The eero 400 will mark NASCAR's comeback to Illinois' iconic track, featuring a new broadcast team and a reshaped schedule after the sport's pandemic-era hiatus.
On June 27, Alan Jackson took the stage at Nissan Stadium for what would become his last performance, surrounded by NASCAR legends who honored his enduring influence on the sport and his personal connection to Georgia.
After a decade away from the track, Shannon Spake is back on pit road, joining Marty Snider and Danielle Trotta for the 2026 In‑Season Challenge, while veteran driver Shane van Gisbergen’s recent road‑course streak adds extra intrigue.
NASCAR announces a landmark seven‑year, $7.7 billion media rights agreement with Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports, redefining how races are broadcast and adding a new opening event at Sonoma.
NASCAR returns to Sonoma Raceway with a 110‑lap showdown, pole sitter Ty Gibbs, favorite Shane van Gisbergen, and a $1 million bracket, while honoring the late Kyle Busch.
Ty Gibbs and Carson Hocevar will start at the front of Sunday’s NASCAR race at Sonoma Raceway, with a pole time of 74.829 seconds, while a new TNT broadcast crew takes over from Prime Video.
Amazon Prime Video's brief NASCAR Cup Series stint ends, making way for TNT Sports to take over the next five races with a new roster of announcers and a fresh tournament format.
The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season marks the second year of a seven‑year, $7.7 billion broadcast deal, introducing new venues, schedule changes and unchanged commentary talent.
NASCAR’s Cup Series will air on TNT for the next five weeks, with Marty Smith hosting the pre‑ and post‑race studio program alongside Jimmie Johnson and Jamie McMurray. The existing commentary trio of Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte remains unchanged, and the upcoming Sonoma event marks the season’s last road‑course race.
NASCAR's move to Amazon Prime has seen a 6% increase in viewership in its second year, with an average of 2.29 million viewers per race and a median age of 57.7, the youngest among broadcasters.
The second annual In‑Season Challenge begins this weekend at Sonoma Raceway, featuring a bracket‑style format, a $1 million prize, and expanded coverage on TNT Sports and HBO Max.
NASCAR’s Cup Series will race at Sonoma Raceway on June 28, featuring 36 drivers, a knockout bracket, and a host of sponsors.
NASCAR is set to delete foam from its Cup Series front and rear bumpers at North Wilkesboro, Richmond, Bristol and Martinsville next season, a move driven by driver feedback to heighten crash effects and curb the ‘bumper‑car’ feel. The change spotlights the track’s first points‑paying event since 1996.
Steve Letarte, Adam Alexander, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will continue to call NASCAR Cup Series races for TNT, bringing their signature blend of strategy talk and fan‑friendly banter to the network’s new schedule, starting with the Sonoma road race.