As tracks and race dates for the 2027 NASCAR schedule are revealed, NASCAR.com will collect each announcement here, with the newest development at the top. Check back for updates throughout the schedule-release process, and view the complete list of confirmed dates in our 2027 NASCAR schedule tracker.
Aug. 6: Star-spangled return to Iowa set for July 4 weekend
Iowa Speedway, site of this weekend’s races, got a jump on next year by announcing that NASCAR will return for a July 4th weekend special in 2027.
The midseason showdown means an Independence Day celebration in the heartland, with the Cup Series hitting the 0.875-mile oval for the 18th of a scheduled 36 points-paying races next year. The circuit will be joined by the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series for a preliminary event.
The 2027 visit will mark the fourth time the Cup Series has raced at Iowa Speedway. NASCAR’s premier series convenes at the Newton, Iowa track this weekend for Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol (3:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Additionally, a full repave of the racing surface will begin shortly after the checkered flag falls on this Sunday’s Cup show.
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Aug. 6: Talladega two-fer on tap for NASCAR in 2027
NASCAR returns to Talladega Superspeedway for a pair of race weekends next season, including a critical date in the Chase postseason for all three national series in 2027.
A springtime showdown for the Cup Series and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series is set April 24-25, with the ARCA Menards Series also making its annual Talladega visit. That weekend culminates with the ninth race of the Cup Series season, the Jack Link’s 500.
The Craftsman Truck Series joins the other two NASCAR tours for a Chase tripleheader Oct. 29-31, with the YellaWood 500 creating a Halloween bash as the eighth event in the 10-race postseason. The 2027 calendar marks the second consecutive year that Talladega fills a role as the third-to-last race in the season.
This year’s second Talladega trip is scheduled Oct. 23-25. The 2.66-mile Alabama track produced a pair of first-time winners earlier this year, with Carson Hocevar (Cup Series) and Corey Day (O’Reilly Auto Parts Series) breaking through in April.
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Aug. 6: New Hampshire returns to Chase rotation next season
NASCAR will soak in fall in New England next year, placing New Hampshire Motor Speedway back in the Chase postseason with a Sept. 25-26 race weekend on the 2027 schedule.
The 1.058-mile oval in Loudon, New Hampshire, will host the third Chase race for the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2027, with broadcast coverage from USA Sports. That race follows the opening Chase event for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, which has the EJP 175 slotted for Saturday, Sept. 25.
Next year will mark the 16th time that New Hampshire has hosted a postseason Cup Series race.
This year’s NHMS stop comes Aug. 23 (3 p.m. ET, USA Sports, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) as the next-to-last race in the Cup Series regular season.
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Aug. 6: Traditional dog days of August beckon for Bristol Night Race in 2027
Bristol Motor Speedway will return to a traditional date for its under-the-lights showdown next year, setting the annual night race for Aug. 14 on the 2027 NASCAR schedule.
The nighttime event will be the 23rd of 26 races in the Cup Series regular season, capping a tripleheader NASCAR weekend. The 0.533-mile Tennessee track will also host the three NASCAR national series April 9-11 for its yearly springtime event.
Bristol has been part of the postseason rotation since 2020, including this year’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19 (7:30 p.m. ET, USA Sports, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The evening event has been a fixture on the schedule since 1978, typically occupying a mid- to late-August slot on the NASCAR calendar before its recent shift to a playoff position.
Both race weekends in 2027 will be tripleheaders, with the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Craftsman Truck Series joining the bill with the Cup Series next year.
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Aug. 5: Chase return, IndyCar combo part of Phoenix’s packed 2027 slate
Phoenix Raceway established its dates for a pair of packed NASCAR weekends next season, with a key crossover event and a pivotal autumn date in The Chase postseason returning to the desert oval in 2027.
The NASCAR Cup Series will share the bill with the NTT IndyCar Series at Phoenix for the second straight year, all during an activity-filled weekend of four races March 12-14. The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (Saturday, March 13) and ARCA Menards Series (Friday, March 12) also join the card, which culminates Sunday, March 14, in the fourth race of the Cup Series season.
All three NASCAR national series will visit the 1-mile Arizona track for Chase events Oct. 22-24, 2027. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series opens the action Friday, Oct. 22, with the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and ARCA Menards Series West combining for a Saturday doubleheader on Oct. 23. Phoenix’s fall weekend wraps with the Freeway Insurance 500 on Sunday, Oct. 24, when the Cup Series holds the seventh of 10 races in The Chase championship battle.
Phoenix joined the Cup Series schedule in 1988, when Hall of Famer Alan Kulwicki scored his first Cup victory. The Avondale, Arizona, facility has been a part of the Cup Series’ 10-race postseason every year since The Chase format first began in 2004.
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Aug. 5: Two Lone Star State trips set for 2027 as COTA, Texas return
NASCAR will make two visits to the Lone Star State next season, with race weekend dates announced Wednesday for Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas and Texas Motor Speedway outside of Fort Worth.
The COTA road course returns for the seventh consecutive year for a March 5-7 weekend with the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series in action. The doubleheader concludes with the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix, the Cup Series’ third race of the 2027 season with broadcast coverage by FOX Sports.
The intermediate track, meanwhile, will host the Cup Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in an April 30-May 2 tripleheader weekend. The Würth 400 presented by Liqui Moly at the 1.5-mile oval — a regular Cup Series venue since 1997 — will serve as the 10th race of the Cup Series campaign, with FOX Sports also providing coverage.
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Aug. 4: Two race weekends on tap for EchoPark Speedway in 2027
EchoPark Speedway near Atlanta will host a pair of NASCAR race weekends next season, with Cup Series events scheduled for Feb. 28 and July 18 in 2027.
The 1.54-mile track, which features superspeedway-style racing on an intermediate-sized circuit, will again be slotted as host of the Autotrader 400, the second points-paying race of the Cup Series schedule with coverage from FOX Sports. Its summertime date, capped by the Cup Series’ Dollar Tree 400, is set to be part of TNT Sports’ Cup Series broadcast schedule.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will join the Cup Series for both Atlanta weekends for the first time since 2008. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series is set to visit EchoPark Speedway in February, creating a tripleheader weekend for all three NASCAR national tours. The track indicated that start times will be announced at a later date.
The high-speed Georgia venue has been entrenched on NASCAR’s major-league schedule since 1960. After a 10-year stretch of hosting one Cup Series weekend each season, EchoPark has been the site of two annual stops on the schedule each year since 2021.
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Aug. 4: Clash returning to Daytona Speedweeks with new title sponsor
Daytona International Speedway announced its complete 2027 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, including the return of The Clash and dates for the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero Sugar 400.
The newly named Wheatley Vodka Clash will open Speedweeks presented by AdventHealth on Sat., Feb. 13. The preseason exhibition returns to Daytona for the first time since 2021, when it was last run on the road-course configuration.
The 69th annual Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sun., Feb. 21, while the Coke Zero Sugar 400 will return as Daytona’s summer Cup Series event on Sat., Aug. 28. The Clash’s format and eligibility standards will be announced at a later date.
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July 23: Craftsman Truck Series returning to St. Petersburg
Street racing will return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2027.
The series will compete Sat., March 6, on the 1.8-mile temporary circuit in St. Petersburg, Florida, sharing the weekend with the NTT IndyCar Series’ Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 7.
The announcement follows the Truck Series’ inaugural visit to the street course in 2026, when Layne Riggs scored the victory. Event promoters indicated that ticket sales will begin in the fall.
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May 7: Watkins Glen moving into The Chase
Watkins Glen International will return to a more traditional portion of the calendar in 2027.
The track’s NASCAR Cup Series weekend will move from its May placement to September and one of the earliest positions in the 10-race Chase. An exact race date has not yet been announced.
The move will also return a road course to the postseason after the Charlotte Motor Speedway fall race shifted from the Roval to the oval configuration for 2026.
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February 9: Homestead expected to retain championship weekend
Homestead-Miami Speedway is expected to remain the site of NASCAR’s championship weekend in 2027.
NASCAR has indicated that it eventually plans to rotate the season finale, but NASCAR vice president of racing communications Mike Forde said in February that the plan was to return to Homestead next season before considering a rotation in future years.
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