NASCAR: Key NBC broadcast change from recent weeks

All six of the remaining races on the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule are set to be broadcast live on NBC as opposed to USA Network.

Following this past Sunday’s round of 12 NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway, there are just six races remaining on the 2022 schedule, including two more in the round of 12, three in the round of 8, and the Championship 4 season finale.

Since NBC took over the broadcasting responsibilities from Fox back in June, 11 of the 14 races that have been contested have been broadcast live on USA Network.

Most of the sports programming from NBC Sports Network shifted over to USA Network after NBC Sports Network ceased operations at the end of 2021, and that was true for NASCAR as well.

But from this point forward, all races on the 2022 schedule are set to be broadcast live on NBC.

While this was always the plan, it marks a significant change from recent weeks. Only the races at Nashville Superspeedway (Sunday, June 26) and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (Sunday, July 31) have actually been broadcast live on NBC this year.

The race at Daytona International Speedway was originally scheduled to join them, but after it was postponed from Saturday, August 27 to Sunday, August 28, it was shown on CNBC instead.

Here is the remaining broadcast schedule for the 2022 Cup Series season, with this Sunday’s YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway set to become the first race broadcast live on NBC in over two months.

Round of 12

• Sunday, October 2 – YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway – 2:00 p.m. ET (NBC)
• Sunday, October 9 – Bank of America ROVAL 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval – 2:00 p.m. ET (NBC)

Round of 8

• Sunday, October 16 – South Point 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway – 2:30 p.m. ET (NBC)
• Sunday, October 23 – Dixie Vodka 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway – 2:30 p.m. ET (NBC)
• Sunday, October 30 – Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway – 2:00 p.m. ET (NBC)

Championship 4

• Sunday, November 6 – NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Phoenix Raceway – 3:00 p.m. ET (NBC)

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