The heat is on in July, and the best racers in the world will be tearing up the track in a hot and heavy motorsports TV schedule.
While parts of the United States grapple with a heat wave, there will be a different type of heat on the minds of many this weekend. That heat will be from the fast cars racing at the track, with all of the biggest racing series in action this weekend across America.
Kicking things off in the Bluegrass State, all three of the biggest NASCAR Series will race at Kentucky Speedway in night races.
The Camping World Truck Series comes up first on Thursday night, followed by the Xfinity Series on Friday night, and the big boys of the Sprint Cup Series in the Quaker State 400 on Saturday night. Of course, there will be a full complement of practice and qualifying as well across FS1 and NBCSN.
Meanwhile, a few states over into America’s heartland, the Verizon IndyCar Series headlines racing from Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The seven-eighths of a mile oval will also play host to the ARCA Racing Series for a Saturday night shootout, followed by the IndyCar race on Sunday afternoon.
The best open wheel drivers in the world make their next turn in the Formula One world championship this weekend in Great Britain, with the British Grand Prix from Silverstone.
In other international racing, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Challenge will race north of the border at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, while the World Superbike Championship comes stateside to Laguna Seca.
Among the other racing series that will be in action this weekend include NHRA drag racing from Joilet, Illinois with live eliminations on FS1. The two-wheelers will be racing as well, with AMA Pro Motocross from Southwick, Massachusetts, and MotoAmerica joining the World Superbikes in Laguna Seca.
It’s a packed TV schedule this week, so motorsports fans may want to make good use of their DVR’s.
Here is the full motorsports TV schedule for July 7 to 10, 2016 (all times eastern):
NASCAR at Kentucky TV Schedule
All Events Live Unless Noted
Thursday
- Xfinity Series 1st Practice, Thursday at 1:00 pm on NBCSN
- Sprint Cup Series 1st Practice, Thursday at 2:30 pm on NBCSN
- Xfinity Series 2nd Practice, Thursday at 4:00 pm on NBCSN
- Camping World Truck Series Qualifying, Thursday at 5:00 pm on FS2
- Xfinity Series Final Practice, Thursday at 7:00 pm on NBCSN
- NCWTS Setup, Thursday at 8:00 pm on FS1
- Camping World Truck Series – Buckle Up Kentucky 225, Thursday at 8:30 pm on FS1
Friday
- Sprint Cup Series 2nd Practice, Friday at 11:45 am on NBCSN
- Sprint Cup Series Final Practice, Friday at 1:30 pm on NBCSN
- Xfinity Series Qualifying, Friday at 4:30 pm on NBCSN
- Xfinity Series Countdown to Green, Friday at 7:00 pm on NBCSN
- Xfinity Series – Alsco 300 at Kentucky, Friday at 8:30 pm on NBCSN
- Xfinity Series Post-Race Show, Friday at 11:00 pm on NBCSN
Saturday
- 18 Rising, Saturday at 12:00 am on NBCSN
- NASCAR RaceDay, Saturday at 4:30 pm on FS2
- Sprint Cup Series Qualifying, Saturday at 4:30 pm on NBCSN (Delayed)
- NASCAR America Pre-Race, Saturday at 6:00 pm on NBCSN
- Countdown to Green, Saturday at 7:00 pm on NBCSN
- Sprint Cup Series – Quaker State 400 at Kentucky, Saturday at 7:30 pm on NBCSN
- Sprint Cup Series Post-Race Show, Saturday at 11:00 pm on NBCSN
- NASCAR Victory Lap, Saturday at 11:30 pm on NBCSN
Sunday
- NASCAR Victory Lane, Sunday at 12:00 am on FS1
IndyCar at Iowa TV Schedule
All Events Live Unless Noted
Thursday
- IndyCar Chronicles – Marco Andretti, Thursday at 5:00 pm on NBCSN
Saturday
- Iowa Corn Indy 300 Practice, Saturday at 11:00 am on IndyCar.com
- Iowa Corn Indy 300 Qualifying, Saturday at 3:00 pm on NBCSN
- Iowa Corn Indy 300 Final Practice, Saturday at 7:15 pm on IndyCar.com
Sunday
- IndyCar Countdown, Sunday at 5:00 pm on NBCSN
- Iowa Corn Indy 300, Sunday at 5:30 pm on NBCSN
- IndyCar Post-Race, Sunday at 7:30 pm on NBCSN
Formula One British Grand Prix TV Schedule
All Events Live Unless Noted
Friday
- F1 Free Practice #1, Friday at 5:00 am on LiveExtra
- F1 Free Practice #2, Friday at 9:00 am on LiveExtra
Saturday
- F1 Free Practice #3, Saturday at 5:00 am on LiveExtra
- F1 Qualifying, Saturday at 8:00 am on NBCSN
- GP2 Series Race #1, Saturday at 9:40 am on LiveExtra
Sunday
- GP2 Series Race #2, Sunday at 4:25 am on LiveExtra
- F1 British Grand Prix, Sunday at 7:30 am on CNBC
Other Racing Series TV Schedule
Live Events in Italics
Thursday
- FIA World Rally Championship Highlights, Thursday at 7:00 am on beIN Sports
- Motocross Highlights, Thursday at 12:00 pm on NBCSN
- V8 Supercars at Darwin, Thursday at 7:00 pm on CBS Sports Network
- Pirelli World Challenge at Road America, Thursday at 8:00 pm on CBS Sports Network
- Real Road Racing at Northwest Ireland, Thursday at 10:00 pm on CBS Sports Network
Friday
- FIA World Rally Championship from Norway, Friday at 7:00 am on beIN Sports
- Lucas Oil Pro Buggy Racing Series, Friday at 10:00 am on CBS Sports Network
- NHRA Sportsman Series at Norwalk, Friday at 12:00 am on FS2
- Motocross Highlights, Friday at 2:00 am on NBCSN
- NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Highlights, Friday at 12:30 pm on NBCSN
Saturday
- AMA Pro Motocross at Southwick – Practice, Saturday at 10:00 am on LiveExtra
- IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at CTMP, Saturday at 12:25 pm on FansChoice.TV
- AMA Pro Motocross at Southwick – 250 1st Moto, Saturday at 1:00 pm on MAVTV
- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Saturday at 2:00 pm on CBS
- FIM Superbike World Championship Qualifying, Saturday at 2:20 pm on beIN Sports
- FIA World Rally Championship Highlights, Saturday at 3:30 pm on beIN Sports
- AMA Pro Motocross at Southwick – 450 1st Moto, Saturday at 3:30 pm on NBC
- IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Qualifying, Saturday at 3:40 pm on FansChoice.TV
- FIM Superbike World Championship Race #1, Saturday at 5:20 pm on beIN Sports
- IMSA Mazda MX-5 Cup Race #1 at CTMP, Saturday at 6:20 pm on FansChoice.TV
- MotoAmerica Qualifying at Laguna Seca, Saturday at 6:30 pm on beIN Sports
- NHRA Pro Mod Series at Englishtown, Saturday at 6:00 pm on FS2
- NHRA Pro Mod Series at Bristol, Saturday at 6:30 pm on FS2
- NHRA Sportsman Series at Topeka, Saturday at 7:00 pm on FS2
- ARCA Racing Series – ABC Supply 150 at Iowa, Saturday at 9:00 pm on FS2
- NHRA Route 66 Nationals Qualifying, Saturday at 10:00 pm on FS1
Sunday
- AMA Pro Motocross at Southwick – 2nd Moto, Sunday at 12:30 am on NBCSN
- IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at CTMP, Sunday at 11:00 am on FS1
- Formula Drift Insider, Sunday at 12:00 pm on CBS Sports Network
- MotoAmerica Racing at Laguna Seca, Sunday at 12:20 on beIN Sports
- NHRA Route 66 Nationals Eliminations, Sunday at 2:00 pm on FS1
- MotoAmerica Racing at Laguna Seca, Sunday at 2:30 pm on beIN Sports
- IMSA Mazda MX-5 Cup Race #2 at CTMP, Sunday at 3:15 pm on FansChoice.TV
- IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at Watkins Glen, Sunday at 5:00 pm on FS1
- FIM World Superbike Championship Race #2, Sunday at 5:20 pm on beIN Sports
- SCORE Desert Racing, Sunday at 6:00 pm on CBS Sports Network
- Lucas Oil Racing Series, Sunday at 7:00 pm on CBS Sports Network
- Formula E Highlights, Sunday at 10:00 pm on FS2
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