NASCAR Phoenix Raceway weekend schedule set for Cup, Truck and O’Reilly races
NXTbets Pro | Published On: October 15, 2026
Phoenix Raceway weekend
Phoenix Raceway hosts NASCAR’s national series this weekend, and the stop carries added weight because The Chase presented by Mobil 1 enters its final four races across all three divisions. The track also serves as the second of five straight tripleheader weekends that close the 2026 season. Phoenix will not decide the Cup Series title this year, since the finale has moved to Homestead-Miami Speedway. Even so, the Arizona oval still sits at the center of the championship stretch with the Cup Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Craftsman Truck Series all on the card, along with two ARCA Menards Series West events. The schedule gives the venue a full three-day lineup from Friday through Sunday and keeps NASCAR’s biggest weekend business concentrated in one place before the final run to the finish line. It also reinforces Phoenix’s role as a key late-season stop, with national-series races stacked around support events.
Friday and Saturday
Friday opens with Craftsman Truck Series practice and qualifying, then the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150. That race is set for Friday night at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS2. Saturday follows the same split-session format for the next tier of the schedule, with O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice and qualifying, then Cup Series practice and qualifying before the evening races take over. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will race in the Timberland PRO 200, and the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 adds another ARCA Menards Series West event to the slate. The Saturday night O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET on The CW. Sunday closes the weekend with the Cup Series race, which is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET as the Freeway Insurance 500. Taken together, the three days build a full race-weekend rhythm, with the national series moving from practice and qualifying into their feature events while the West Series adds depth to the program. Phoenix’s schedule gives fans a steady run of action and keeps all three national divisions tied into the same championship push.
Broadcast and tires
Coverage for the Phoenix Raceway weekend stretches across FS2, FOX One, The CW, ESPN, FloRacing, USA Network, HBO Max, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. That broad list covers television, streaming and radio, giving the weekend a wide distribution as NASCAR stages one of its most loaded events of the late season. The broadcast setup matches the size of the card, with multiple series, support races and on-track sessions spread across three days. NASCAR also laid out the tire plan for the weekend. Cup teams will have 11 total tire sets, while Truck Series and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams will each have five total tire sets. Those allotments frame the work for crews on pit road and shape how teams manage their races, especially with practice, qualifying and feature events all packed into a short window. Phoenix’s weekend schedule reflects the pace of the closing stretch of the season.
