The 2025 NASCAR season is entering its home stretch.

With just four races left before the playoffs begin, the race for the championship is on — and it’ll be on NBC and USA Network.

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NBC Sports is taking over the reigns from TNT starting this weekend at Iowa Speedway, and running through the championship at Phoenix Raceway in November.

Here’s a preview of everything to come for NASCAR on NBC in 2025, including the schedule, watch info, broadcasters and playoff predictions:

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What is the NASCAR on NBC schedule for 2025?

NBC Sports will air the final 14 races of the 2025 season. The schedule features three short tracks, two superspeedways, two road courses and seven unique intermediate tracks.

Here’s the full schedule for NASCAR on NBC:

Race Track Title Track details Regular season Iowa Speedway Iowa Corn 350 0.875-mile, banked oval Regular season Watkins Glen International Go Bowling at The Glen 2.454-mile, 11-turn road course Regular season Richmond Raceway Cook Out 400 0.750-mile, D-shaped oval Regular season Daytona International Speedway Coke Zero Sugar 400 2.5-mile, high-banked tri-oval Round of 16 Darlington Raceway Cook Out Southern 500 1.366-mile, egg-shaped oval Round of 16 World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway) Enjoy Illinois 300 1.250-mile, flat oval Round of 16 Bristol Motor Speedway Bass Pro Shops Night Race 0.533-mile, high-banked oval Round of 12 New Hampshire Motor Speedway New Hampshire 301 1.058-mile, flat oval Round of 12 Kansas Speedway Hollywood Casino 400 1.5-mile, tri-oval Round of 12 Charlote Motor Speedway Roval Bank of America ROVAL 400 2.32-mile, 17-turn road course Round of 8 Las Vegas Motor Speedway South Point 400 1.5-mile, tri-oval Round of 8 Talladega Superspeedway YellaWood 500 2.66-mile, high-banked tri-oval Round of 8 Martinsville Speedway Xfinity 500 0.526-mile, paperclip-shaped oval Championship Phoenix Raceway NASCAR Championship Race 1-mile, dogleg oval 2025 NASCAR on NBC schedule

How to watch NASCAR on NBC this season

All NBC Sports races will air on either NBC or USA Network this year. Here’s the weekly breakdown:

Iowa: USA Network

Watkins Glen: USA Network

Richmond: USA Network

Daytona: NBC

Darlington: USA Network

Gateway: USA Network

Bristol: USA Network

New Hampshire: USA Network

Kansas: USA Network

Charlotte: USA Network

Las Vegas: USA Network

Talladega: NBC

Martinsville: NBC

Phoenix: NBC

NASCAR streaming on NBC and Peacock

All 14 races will be available to stream online with your TV provider at NBC.com. You can also view them with the NBC Sports app (all races) or USA Network app (races on USA Network).

Select races will also stream live on Peacock: Daytona, Talladega, Martinsville and Phoenix.

NASCAR on NBC announcers and broadcast team 2025

The 2025 NASCAR on NBC broadcast team has the same lead trio as it did at the end of last season.

Leigh Diffey (play-by-play) is the lead announcer, along with analysts Steve Letarte and Jeff Burton in the booth at every track. Pit road reporters will rotate throughout the season, but the group includes Marty Snyder, Parker Kligerman, Kim Coon, Dave Burns and Dillon Welch. Dale Jarrett, Brad Daugherty and Kyle Petty will rotate on the pre- and post-race show crew, with Snyder hosting those shows.

How to watch NASCAR this weekend at Iowa

Here’s the broadcast schedule for Iowa this weekend:

Saturday, Aug. 2

Practice: 1:30 p.m. ET, truTV and HBO Max

Qualifying: 2:40 p.m. ET, truTV and HBO Max

Sunday, Aug. 3

Countdown to Green: 3 p.m. ET, USA Network and streaming online

Iowa Corn 350: 3:30 p.m. ET, USA Network and streaming online

NASCAR Post Race: 6:30 p.m. ET, USA Network and streaming online

NASCAR playoff standings update

Only 16 of the 36 full-time drivers make the playoffs — and 13 spots are already locked up by race winners. That leaves just three spots available for the highest winless drivers in the points standings, as of now.

Any new winners in the next four races would move the cutline down. There’s also still the (low) possibility that there are four new winners, in which case the lowest-ranked winning driver would miss the playoffs. That has never happened in NASCAR history, though, and the odds remain extremely slim at this point.

Darrell “Bubba” Wallace is one of the most recognized names in NASCAR. Here’s what you need to know.

Bubba Wallace’s historic win at the Brickyard last weekend put him into the playoffs for the second time in the last three years. Entering Iowa, his 23XI Racing teammate Tyler Reddick is the highest-ranked winless driver.

Here’s the playoff picture with four races left in the regular season:

Denny Hamlin, 4 wins Kyle Larson, 3 wins Christopher Bell, 3 wins Shane van Gisbergen, 3 wins Chase Elliott, 1 win William Byron, 1 win Ryan Blaney, 1 win Chase Briscoe, 1 win Bubba Wallace, 1 win Joey Logano, 1 win Ross Chastain, 1 win Austin Cindric, 1 win Josh Berry, 1 win Tyler Reddick, +138 points above the cutline Alex Bowman, +63 points Chris Buescher, +42 points Ryan Preece, -42 points below the cutline Kyle Busch, -81 points Ty Gibbs, -95 points A.J. Allmendinger, -124 points

NASCAR championship favorites, picks, predictions

At this point in the season, there are four clear championship favorites that have separated themselves in the standings.

Elliott, Byron, Larson and Hamlin are all within 20 points for the regular season title — and they will be the favorites come playoff time. Elliott and Byron have had the consistency, while Larson and Hamlin have higher highs but lower lows.

While those four look unbeatable right now, the last three years have shown the volatility of this playoff format. Logano won titles in 2022 and 2024 despite subpar regular season, while his teammate Blaney did the same in 2023. Much like the MLB postseason, it all comes down to getting hot at the right time. Team Penske has perfected that strategy, and they could very well do so again in 2025.

The pick for the 2025 title is Hamlin, who has the most playoff points right now and is beyond due to finally win a championship. The 44-year-old veteran has the most wins ever by a driver without a title, but this year could be the moment his late-season luck finally turns. Hamlin has previous wins at eight of the 10 playoff tracks, including all tracks in the Round of 8 and two victories at championship-host Phoenix.

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Nearly 300 Hours of U.S. Open Championship Programming Including Broadcast, Featured Groups, and Studio Coverage

Production Elements Include Emmy Award-Winning Drone Tracing Technology & The “Rolex Hour” – Uninterrupted Coverage of Sunday’s Final Hour on NBC and Peacock in Partnership with Rolex

Transcript – Dan Hicks, Kevin Kisner, Smylie Kaufman, and Notah Begay III Preview the 125th U.S. Open

U.S. Open All Access Presented by Deloitte Whip-Around Show Hosted by Trey Wingo on Peacock

Peacock’s Multiview Feature and Featured Groups Coverage Presented by American Express

Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open Provides 35+ Hours of Live On-Site Studio Coverage Beginning Monday, June 9 on GOLF Channel, Including Todd Lewis’ Exclusive Interview with Defending Champ Bryson DeChambeau

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 5, 2025 – NBC Sports will present comprehensive live coverage of the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., beginning Thursday, June 12, through Sunday, June 15, across NBC, USA Network, and Peacock. Pre-championship coverage begins Monday, June 9, with Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open on GOLF Channel.

In total, NBC Sports will provide nearly 300 hours of championship coverage surrounding the 125th U.S. Open , including traditional Thursday-Sunday coverage, as well as Peacock’s Multiview, U.S. Open All Access, featured groups coverage, and week-long Golf Central Live From coverage on GOLF Channel. Live From coverage will include Todd Lewis’ exclusive interview with defending U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, as Lewis went behind-the-scenes with DeChambeau at his home in Dallas in preparation for the U.S. Open.

Sunday’s final round coverage will feature The Rolex Hour – Uninterrupted Coverage in partnership with Rolex for the final hour of golf on NBC and Peacock as a champion is crowned at Oakmont.

NBC Sports will utilize roughly 90 cameras to present the 125th U.S. Open, including Emmy Award-winning drone tracing technology, a pair of additional drone cameras, and a “Ditch Cam” at the 15th hole where tee shots are expected to roll towards the ditch alongside the fairway.

Additional production elements include:

A technocrane on the 3 rd , 16 th and 17 th holes;

, 16 and 17 holes; Bunker cams on the 8 th green and surrounding the green at the potentially driveable 17 th hole;

green and surrounding the green at the potentially driveable 17 hole; Pinpoint green animations showing the projected breaks of putts;

A jib camera providing coverage of the 1 st tee and 9 th and 18 th greens;

tee and 9 and 18 greens; A Steadicam with depth of field lens;

A robo-bridge camera following the players as they walk across bridge over the Pennsylvania Turnpike from the 1st to 2nd hole.

125TH U.S. OPEN

Host

Mike Tirico

Play-by-Play/Analyst Pairings

Dan Hicks/Kevin Kisner

Terry Gannon/Brad Faxon

Mike Tirico/Notah Begay III

Steve Sands/Gary Koch

Rich Lerner/Curt Byrum

Tom Abbott/Arron Oberholser

On-Course Reporters

Jim “Bones” Mackay / Smylie Kaufman / John Wood / Roger Maltbie / Paige Mackenzie / Curt Byrum

Interviews

Kira K. Dixon / Cara Banks

How To Watch – Thursday, June 12 – Sunday, June 15 (all times ET)

TV – NBC, USA Network

Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app

Date

USA Network

Peacock

NBC/Peacock

Thursday, June 12

6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

5-8 p.m.

Friday, June 13

6:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. / 7-8 p.m.

1-7 p.m.

Saturday, June 14

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

12-8 p.m.

Sunday, June 15

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

12-7 p.m.

U.S. OPEN ALL ACCESS PRESENTED BY DELOITTE – EXCLUSIVELY ON PEACOCK

U.S. Open All Access Presented by Deloitte returns for a third consecutive year to provide whip-around coverage that will stream exclusively on Peacock. Hosted by Trey Wingo, U.S Open All Access will complement the traditional broadcast coverage, tapping into the main telecast, featured groups and more. Cisco is the Official Technology Partner of U.S. Open All Access and will provide enhancements the All-Access broadcast, including Cisco Web-Ex for interviews and the Cisco Board Pro for interactive segments.

U.S. Open All Access will stream exclusively on Peacock from 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET on Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET on Saturday and 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET on Sunday.

MULTIVIEW AND FEATURED GROUPS PRESENTED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS ON PEACOCK

NBC Sports will also complement its comprehensive U.S. Open coverage on Peacock with its popular Multiview function – which makes its debut in major championship golf – and featured groups Thursday-Sunday, showcasing three morning groups and three afternoon groups each day of the championship. American Express is the Presenting Sponsor of Peacock’s U.S. Open Multiview and Featured Groups coverage. Featured groups coverage is also available on usopen.com and the USGA app.

Play by Play : Steve Burkowski / Steve Schlanger / Justin Kutcher / George Savaricas / Todd Lewis

: / / Analysts/On-Course: John Cook / Craig Perks / Mel Reid / Jim Gallagher Jr. / Johnson Wagner / Tripp Isenhour / Billy Ray Brown / Gary Christian / Mark Rolfing

GOLF CENTRAL LIVE FROM THE U.S. OPEN

Beginning Monday, June 9, GOLF Channel will surround the championship with more than 35 hours of live on-site studio coverage on Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open on GOLF Channel.

Rich Lerner anchors primetime editions of Live From alongside analysts Brandel Chamblee and Paul McGinley, with Johnson Wagner providing on-course segments in primetime following play to highlight pivotal moments from each round. Additional members of the championship broadcast team will also join daytime Live From segments throughout the week.

Hosts : Rich Lerner / Damon Hack / Anna Jackson

: Analysts : Brandel Chamblee / Paul McGinley / Paige Mackenzie / Notah Begay III / Mark Rolfing

: Reporters/Contributors : Todd Lewis / Jaime Diaz / Kira K. Dixon / Eamon Lynch / Rex Hoggard / Ryan Lavner

: On-Course: Johnson Wagner

Date

Golf Central – Live From the U.S. Open *

Monday, June 9

3-5 / 7-9 p.m.

Tuesday, June 10

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. / 7-9 p.m.

Wednesday, June 11

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. / 6-9 p.m.

Thursday, June 12

8-10 p.m.

Friday, June 13

7-9 p.m.

Saturday, June 14

8-10 a.m. / 8-10 p.m.

Sunday, June 15

7-9 a.m. / 7-9 p.m.

*all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play

-NBC SPORTS-

AI-assisted summary The 151st Kentucky Derby will take place on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.

Coverage of the race will be broadcast on FanDuel TV, NBC, USA Network, Peacock, and the NBC Sports app.

The official post time for the Kentucky Derby is 6:57 p.m. ET.

A list of contenders, jockeys, odds, and expert picks are also available.

The Kentucky Derby’s 151st Run for the Roses is almost here!

Wondering how to watch the Kentucky Derby this weekend?

Get to know the TV schedule, the horses, the jockeys, the post positions, the odds, the predictions and more.

How to watch the 2025 Kentucky Derby

Catch all the horse racing action from Churchill Downs through multiple viewing platforms including FanDuel TV, NBC, NBC Sports app (Apple Store/Google Play), NBCSports.com, Peacock and USA TV Network.

When is the Kentucky Derby 2025? What is the date?

The 2025 Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 3, 2025.

What is the official 2025 Kentucky Derby post time? When does Ky. Derby start?

The official Kentucky Derby post time is 7:02 p.m. ET, May 3, 2025. The 151st Run for the Roses will be race No. 12 of the 14-race slate.

When does 2025 Kentucky Derby live coverage start?

Live coverage kicks off on FanDuel TV at 10:30 a.m. ET, Saturday, May 3, 2025.

What is the 2025 Kentucky Derby TV schedule?

10:30 a.m. – Noon ET; FanDuel TV.

Noon – 2:20 p.m. ET; USA, Peacock.

2:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ET; NBC, Peacock.

7:30 p.m. ET through the final race; FanDuel TV.

What channel is 2025 Kentucky Derby on?

The Kentucky Derby will be broadcast on FanDuel TV, NBC and USA TV Network.

How to livestream the 2025 Kentucky Derby

Streaming options include the NBC Sports app (Apple Store/Google Play), NBCSports.com and Peacock.

Who are 2025 Kentucky Derby horses? Full list of entries in field at Churchill Downs

Click on each 2025 Kentucky Derby horse’s name to learn more.

2025 Kentucky Derby odds, post positions

Here is a look at morning line 2025 Kentucky Derby odds, according to kentuckyderby.com:

POST POSITION HORSE ODDS 1 Citizen Bull 14-1 2 Neoequos 47-1 3 Final Gambit 15-1 SCRATCH Rodriguez SCRATCH 5 American Promise 12-1 6 Admire Daytona 37-1 7 Luxor Café 12-1 8 Journalism 3-1 9 Burnham Square 16-1 SCRATCH Grande SCRATCH 11 Flying Mohawk 33-1 12 East Avenue 32-1 13 Publisher 27-1 14 Tiztastic 18-1 15 Render Judgment 12-1 16 Coal Battle 28-1 17 Sandman 9-2 18 Sovereignty 9-1 19 Chunk of Gold 29-1 20 Owen Almighty 39-1 21 Baeza 23-1 *2025 Kentucky Derby odds provided at the official Churchill Downs website as of 8:17 a.m. on 5/2/25.

2025 Kentucky Derby jockeys

Reporter Payton Titus breaks down each horse’s jockey, providing background for each racer. Visit courier-journal.com to get to know each horse’s jockey.

2025 Kentucky Derby predictions: Who are contenders to win Churchill Downs race? Expert picks

Here is a look at this year’s expert staff picks to win the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Are they picking Journalism, Sandman or Sovereignty? Perhaps another horse has grabbed their attention.

Visit courier-journal.com to see who the staff is picking to win the race.

How much are 2025 Kentucky Derby tickets?

May 3: Ticket packages for the 151st Run for the Roses range from $999 to $11,000, according to the website. Gates open at 9 a.m. with the first race at 11 a.m.

2025 Kentucky Derby betting guide: Free downloadable PDF for Churchill Downs

Looking for a quick guide to the morning line odds for the Kentucky Derby? See our printable guide here.

Chris Sims is a digital content producer at Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.