NASCAR slates FOX, NBC 2015 schedules

NASCAR released its national series schedules for the 2015 season, which will see new deals with FOX and NBC kick in. Changes in the new slate include new dates for Darlington Raceway, Bristol Motor Speedway and Daytona International Speedway. Following the 57th running of the Daytona 500 Feb. 22 on FOX, Atlanta Motor Speedway will now host the season’s second race weekend (March 1), while Darlington returns to its traditional Labor Day weekend date (Sept. 6).

FOX Sports will showcase the first eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point races on FOX, while six run on FOX Sports 1 for the first time. The season kicks off from Daytona Speedweeks with the Sprint Unlimited, Daytona 500 Pole Qualifying and 57th running of the Daytona 500 all on the broadcast network. The broadcast network’s slate includes point events at Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix, California, Martinsville, Texas, Bristol, Talladega and Charlotte. FOX Sports 1 offers fans races that the Budweiser Duel, Richmond, Kansas, NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Dover, Pocono, Michigan, and Sonoma. Meanwhile, coverage of the 2015 NASCAR Nationwide Series will see races from Phoenix, Talladega, Charlotte, and Dover on the broadcast channel while FOX Sports 1 will deliver 10. The channel also broadcasts 22 2015 NASCAR Camping World Series races, with one (Talladega) on FOX.

Meanwhile, NBC Sports enters the fray with 39 combined Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series races across NBC and NBCSN starting July 4 weekend from Daytona and running through the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, Nov. 22, on NBC. NBC’s coverage of the Sprint Cup Series begins July 5th in primetime, while Nationwide Series coverage revs up July 4. All in, NBC Sports Group will carry exclusive coverage of the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (7 on NBC, 13 on NBCSN) and 19 Nationwide Series races of the season.

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