NASCAR Top Live Streams That Are Cheaper Than Cable: Stream Every Race Online

I can’t wait to dive into the details of the 2025 NASCAR season, which kicks off on Sunday, February 2nd with the Clash at Bowman Gray. But as racing fans know, NASCAR is a huge subject. I discuss it all in detail below.

In a hurry? If you just want to start streaming NASCAR now, these three services will allow you to do that and provide good overall service as well:

• Fubo: Includes all the primary NASCAR channels including FloRacing. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
• DIRECTV STREAM: Get the main channels its base package. A 5-day free trial is now available for DIRECTV STREAM.
• Sling TV: Low-cost option to consider if you live in an area that includes Fox and NBC. Save 50% on Sling TV now!

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Upcoming NASCAR Races This Week

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How to Watch Every Kind of NASCAR Race

There are lots of places you can find NASCAR content. And it changes over the years. For example, CBS used to be a major network for NASCAR. Today, it doesn’t really provide any coverage.

For the biggest races, Fox and NBC share licensing. So fans will want to get services that include these base TV channels as well as their sports-oriented cable channels.

Watch the NASCAR Cup Series

Now almost all NASCAR Cup Series events air on Fox and NBC channels. The biggest races generally air on the flagship channels themselves. Many other races air on Fox Sports 1 (FS1) and USA. Some races also run on FS2 and Fox Deportes.

During Olympics years, NBC moves races to other TV channels that might surprise you like CNBC.

Stream the NASCAR Xfinity Series

The Xfinity Series races are treated by TV very much like they are treated by most fans: almost as good as Cup Series races.

The races appear on the same TV channels: Fox, FS1, NBC, and USA. But few are actually on the network channels. In 2024, for example, only one Xfinity race was broadcast on Fox but 13 were on FS1. NBC showed a little more love with 4 races featured there and 15 on USA Network.

How to Watch the NASCAR Truck Series

Craftsman Truck Series races have been broadcast exclusively on FS1 the last couple of years. Before that, they also sometimes appeared on Fox.

ARCA Menards Series Viewing Options

Broadcasting of ARCA Menards Series races is much more complicated. Races are aired live through FloRacing, FS1, and FS2 — depending on the race.

For complete information, see our ARCA Menards Series Viewer’s Guide.

Stream the Whelen Modified Tour

All Whelen Modified Tour races appear live on FloRacing. They are also broadcast on USA Network, but only after a week at the earliest.

Live Stream the NASCAR Canada Series

NASCAR Canada Series (formerly Pinty’s Series) races are similar to Whelen Modified races in that they seem to only be available live through FloSports. In Canada, they are broadcast on TSN and RDS.

Watch the NASCAR Mexico Series

NASCAR Mexico Series races sometimes appear on NBC Universo. In Mexico, you can find them on Fox Sports Mexico.

How to Stream the Whelen Euro Series

These events are not broadcast on live TV in the United States (but you can find them in Italy and Croatia). But all the races stream for free on YouTube.

NASCAR Cord-Cutting Options

Most of the major streaming services provide reasonable access to NASCAR. I discuss these in-depth just below.

Streaming services are more or less the opposite of OTA when it comes to NASCAR. Finding services with the right cable channels is relatively easy. What you need to watch out for are the local channels.

Unless you are also using an OTA antenna, make sure that any streaming service you choose includes the local Fox and NBC affiliates.

Service	Price	Channels	DVR (hrs)	Screens
	$79.99	150+	unlimited	10
	$86.99	90+	unlimited	unlimited
	$82.99	95+	unlimited	2
	$40.00	40+	50	3
	$72.99	100+	unlimited	3
	$29.99/month	19	unlimited	12

Streaming Features

All of the streaming services above offer a cloud DVR as standard. Sling TV offers 50 hours. All the rest offer unlimited storage. FloSports, however, doesn’t explicitly claim unlimited storage but that is what it is in practice.

Similarly, all the services allow subscribers to stream on multiple devices. This ranges from 2 (Hulu Live) up to unlimited (DIRECTV STREAM).

Finally, all these services provide apps for most devices in use today. FloSports is the most limited with apps for Amazon Fire TV, Android TV-based smart TVs, Apple TV, and Roku. The others also support Android and iOS mobile devices and Samsung smart TVs. Many also support LG and Vizio smart TVs and gaming systems like the Xbox and PlayStation.

A large number of their 4K streaming events are NASCAR races. Fubo and YouTube TV provide 4K streams for select events on FOX and NBC. But you must upgrade to get this.

Other NASCAR Streaming Options

There are other options for streaming NASCAR:

• Peacock: NBCUniversal’s streaming service shows all the races airing on NBC and USA live for $7.99/month. Our Peacock review has more details.
• NASCAR Live TV: live stream (and rewatch) NASCAR and other auto races for $75/yr ($6.25/mo). The website doesn’t instill confidence but it’s the real deal.

Watch NASCAR Live With an OTA Antenna

An antenna will provide you with fair access to NASCAR races assuming you are able to get Fox and NBC. Many of the biggest races air on these channels.

But you will be missing a lot of NASCAR if you are limited to OTA channels. FS1 and USA are particularly important. Similarly, but to a lesser degree, FS2 airs NASCAR races. And other NBCUniversal channels like CNBC air NASCAR races when USA is focused on other sporting events like the Olympics.

So an antenna-based system is okay for NASCAR, but you are better off with a streaming service.

NASCAR Series Overview

NASCAR is much more than the Cup Series races that run on TV every Sunday (usually) throughout the 9 month season. Here are the major racing series:

• Cup Series: This is the top-level of NASCAR racing. Races tend to be longer — often 400 to 600 miles. But some, like dirt-track and night races, can be much less. Almost all races take place on Sundays with qualifying in the days prior. The playoffs slowly whittled down to 4 eligible drivers at the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, at the Phoenix Raceway since 2020. These air on Fox/FS1 during the first half of the season and NBC/USA during the second half.
• Xfinity Series: Widely referred to as the NASCAR “minor league,” with a significant number of racers moving up to the Cup Series. Distances range from 130 to 300 miles. Races normally run the day before Cup Series races at the same tracks. Like the Cup Series races, these are available from Fox Sports at the beginning of the season and NBC Sports at the end.
• Truck Series: These races feature pickup trucks. And the races are notably shorter: rarely much over 200 miles and sometimes as short as 75 miles. These are generally run earlier in the day or the night before the Xfinity Series races. All these races are available with Fox Sports.
• ARCA Menards Series: This is a semi-professional series (although many drivers are fully-pro) that features some of the most exciting racing in all of NASCAR. Most races are in the 150- to 200-mile range but some are as long as 250 and many are right around 100. Races are more variably scheduled but tend to be on Fridays and Saturdays. These are currently available from Fox Sports and FloRacing.
• Whelen Modified Tour: NASCAR’s only open-tire racing series. These are shorter races — generally no more than 100 miles. There aren’t that many of these races and they tend to take place on Saturday nights. You can watch these races with FloRacing.
• NASCAR Canada Series: Races tend to be shorter — more in line with Xfinity Series races. There are generally a dozen races per season run mostly but not exclusively on weekends. Viewers in the US will need FloRacing to watch these while Canadian viewers can watch races live on TSN.
• Mexico Series: NASCAR Mexico, of course. Races tend to be right around 100 miles but go as high as 150 and never go much below. All races are on Sundays and the season lasts into December. There are two other series that occur alongside the Mexico Series in Mexico: that is the Challenge Series and the Truck Series Mexico. Watching these in the US has been very difficult in past years with an occasional race being on Universo.
• Whelen Euro Series: NASCAR Europe, of course. The races are short. The EuroNASCAR 2 races are normally less than 40 miles and the EuroNASCAR Pro closer to 45. These events take place on weekends. The EuroNASCAR Club Challenge races are time rather than distance events. They normally take place the Friday before the other races. Normally, these races are free to stream on the EuroNASCAR YouTube Channel.

NASCAR Tracks

NASCAR uses a set of tracks throughout the United States. On many weekends, as many as four races (Cup, Xfinity, Truck, and ARCA) will take place at the same track.

Our Choice

I’ve been watching NASCAR since I was a kid. But it is such a densely-packed sport with so many elements, normal TV never did it justice. If you were a real fan, you needed to go out to the tracks. But with streaming, fans can catch pretty much all the action at home.

I recommend Fubo for NASCAR fans because of its selection of all the major NASCAR channels as well as FloRacing. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.

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FAQs

Can I watch NASCAR live for free?

About half of the NASCAR Cup Series races air on NBC or Fox, so you can watch them all for free if you set up a digital antenna. Occasional Xfinity and Truck Series races are available OTA. This will depend upon exactly where you live, of course. But almost all areas have local affiliates of those two stations.

There is no way to stream NASCAR for free except with a trial subscription to a streaming service like Fubo or DIRECTV STREAM. But these will allow you to watch the other Cup Series races as well as many ARCA Menards series races.

Is there an app to watch NASCAR live?

There are a lot of apps that will allow you to watch NASCAR live like the Fox Sports and NBC Sports apps. These apps require a cable subscription, however. There is also an official NASCAR app but it doesn’t allow you to stream live races. The best bet is to sign-up with one of the streaming services discussed above, which provide apps for all major devices.

Can I listen to NASCAR for free?

When you can’t watch, you can still listen to NASCAR races. They are broadcast on local radio stations all over the nation. Otherwise, you can sign up for NASCAR Scanner. It provides radio broadcasts of all NASCAR events. It costs $2.99 per month or $9.99 for the whole season.

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I am a Senior Content Editor at Hotdog.com, specializing in sports streaming and regional programming issues. With a PhD in Atmospheric Physics from the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and extensive experience in remote sensing technology, including early video streaming, I bring a unique technical perspective to the streaming industry.

My expertise in sports coverage, particularly for out-of-market games and regional sports networks, stems from years of hands-on experience as an early adopter of streaming services and my work addressing fans' viewing challenges. As a longtime cord-cutter and subscriber to multiple streaming platforms, I combine my technical knowledge with practical user experience, making me a leading expert in the field of sports streaming and entertainment technology.

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