Following Sunday afternoon’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series will take a three-week sabbatical to accommodate NBC’s commitment to covering the Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The next race on the program is set for Sunday, August 11, at Richmond Raceway, making the four-turn, 0.75-mile (1.207-kilometer) Richmond, Virginia oval the first to hold its second race of the season. The season’s first 22 races were held at various locations, including Richmond in late March on Easter Sunday. However, the 400-lap Cook Out 400 will not be televised live on NBC.
In fact, the first two races on the schedule after the three-week break will be broadcast live on USA Network, an alternate NBCUniversal-owned channel during NBC’s portion of the broadcast schedule that effectively replaced NBC Sports Network when it shut down in 2021.
The second of these two races, the FireKeepers Casino 400, is planned for Sunday, August 18 at Michigan International Speedway. The next race on NBC is planned for Saturday, August 24. Daytona International Speedway will host the Coke Zero Sugar 400 that evening. Though this race at Daytona served as the regular season finale from 2020 to 2023 after being shifted from its typical Independence Day Weekend spot in early July, it is now the penultimate race on this year’s schedule.
The reason for that change is the fact that the three-week break caused the season finale to be pushed back by a week; the Daytona race is still on the same weekend it has been for the last few years. It the fourth and final one of NBC’s races on the regular season schedule.
The regular season finale at Darlington Raceway is scheduled to take place on Sunday, September 1, and it is set to be shown live on USA Network. USA Network is set to air the first four races of the four-round, 10-race postseason, while NBC is set to show the final six.
The next race on the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule will take place on Sunday, August 11 at Richmond Raceway. The Cook Out 400 will be televised live on USA Network beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET. Start your free FuboTV trial today and don’t miss out on any of the fun!
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