Doesn't seem possible. I had to go back over the list twice just to confirm and reconfirm. Hold on, let's reconfirm that reconfirmation. Wow. By golly, it's true. We're 23 races into the 2026 NASCAR big-league season, and this weekend at Richmond brings the first Saturday night Cup Series race of the year. Fittingly, it's one of the traditional Saturday nighters — the Cook Out 400 at Richmond. Stream NASCAR live on Sling TV In fact, three of the next six races make up the three Saturday evening events of the 2026 Cup schedule, and the next two are also traditional under-the-lights affairs — Aug. 29 at Daytona and Sept. 19 at Bristol. For this weekend, let's assume you remember the drill and move everything up a day. Yes, Friday is qualifying day this week. It's also a race day for the trucks, but a Friday night is nothing new to those cats. Let's check the list and see where you need to tune your color television.
Friday: Cup Series qualifying and a NASCAR truck race at Richmond 1 p.m.: Truck Series practice (FS2). 2:05 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying (FS2). 3:30 p.m.: Cup Series practice (Tru). 4:40 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying (Tru). 7:30 p.m.: Truck Series race, Black’s Tires 250 (FS1).
Ambulance was like "We're almost there but there's a minute left in this podcast we're listening to so we're stopping here" pic.twitter.com/PJrFPYa74A — nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) August 12, 2026 Saturday: No NASCAR race Sunday. It's a Saturday night jam this week 7 p.m.: Cup Series race, Cook Out 400 (USA). This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR race time, TV channel and streaming for Cup and Trucks at Richmond