NASCAR initially announced it's return to racing on May 17, which kicked off a full slate of races for the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, and ARCA Menards Series. 

The 2020 NASCAR Playoffs schedule is posted below.

NASCAR Playoffs Schedule

DATE

TRACK

SERIES

DIST.

NET.

START (ET)

Sat, Sept. 5

Darlington

Xfinity

200 mi

NBC

12:30 p.m.

Sun, Sept. 6

*Darlington

Gander Trucks

200 mi

FS1

2 p.m.

Sun, Sept. 6

Darlington

Cup

501 mi

NBCSN

6 p.m.

Thu, Sept. 10

Richmond

Gander Trucks

187 mi

FS1

8 p.m.

Fri, Sept. 11

Richmond

Xfinity

187 mi

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Sat Sept. 12

*Richmond

Xfinity

187 mi

NBCSN

2:30 p.m.

Sat, Sept 12

Richmond

Cup

300 mi

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Thu, Sept. 17

Bristol

Gander Trucks

107 mi

FS1

7:30 p.m.

Thu, Sept. 17

Bristol

ARCA Menards

107 mi

FS1

9:30 p.m.

Fri, Sept. 18

Bristol

Xfinity

160 mi

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Sat, Sept. 19

Bristol

Cup

266 mi

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Fri, Sept. 25

Las Vegas

Gander Trucks

201 mi

FS1

9 p.m.

Sat, Sept. 26

Las Vegas

Xfinity

300 mi

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Sun, Sept. 27

Las Vegas

Cup

400 mi

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 3

Talladega

Gander Trucks

250 mi

FS1

1 p.m.

Sat. Oct. 3

*Talladega

Xfinity

300 mi

NBCSN

4:30 p.m.  

Sun, Oct. 4

Talladega

Cup

500 mi

NBC

2 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 10

Charlotte Roval

Xfinity

155 mi

NBC

3:30 p.m.

Sun, Oct. 11

Charlotte Roval

Cup

253 mi

NBC

2:30 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 16

*Kansas

Gander Trucks

200 mi

FS1

7 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 16

Kansas

ARCA Menards

150 mi

FS2

10 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 17

Kansas

Xfinity

300 mi

NBCSN

3 p.m.

Sun, Oct. 18

Kansas

Cup

400 mi

NBC

2:30 p.m.

Sat. Oct. 24

Texas

Xfinity

300 mi

NBCSN

4:30 p.m.

Sun, Oct. 25

Texas

Gander Trucks

220 mi

FS1

Noon

Sun, Oct. 25

Texas

Cup

501 mi

NBCSN

3:30 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 30

Martinsville

Gander Trucks

105 mi

FS1

8 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 31

Martinsville

Xfinity

131 mi

NBC

4:30 p.m.

Sun, Nov. 1

Martinsville

Cup

263 mi

NBC

2 p.m.

Fri, Nov. 6

Phoenix

Gander Trucks

150 mi

FS1

8 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 7

Phoenix

ARCA Menards West

100 mi

Trackpass

2 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 7

Phoenix

Xfinity

200 mi

NBCSN

5 p.m.

Sun, Nov. 8

Phoenix

Cup

312 mi

NBC

3 p.m.

* Note: Playoff opening races are in bold type.

  • NASCAR previously announced the 2020 playoff schedule here.
  • NASCAR previously announced the third installment of the 2020 return to racing schedule here.
  • NASCAR previously announced the second installment of the 2020 return to racing schedule here.
  • NASCAR's initial return to 2020 racing announcement can be found here

*Schedule locations, dates, times and networks are subject to change.