NASCAR’s longest race, the Coca-Cola 600, will be happening this Sunday, and the broadcast marks the first of five NASCAR Cup Series races to be streamed live on Prime Video, a first for the platform which recently entered into a seven-year deal with NASCAR. While several of this weekend’s races out of the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina – including practices, qualifiers, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race – will air on FS1 and FS2, the main event will be a Prime Video exclusive.

Prime Video will subsequently broadcast NASCAR’s next four races, including Nashville (June 1), Michigan (June 8), Mexico City (June 15) and Pocono (June 22).

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Here’s everything you need to know about this weekend’s schedule, including how to watch the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600, a rundown of the rest of this weekend’s races, and more.

How to watch the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600:

Prime Video is one of this year’s destinations to watch a whole host of NASCAR races, including this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600.

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Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025

Time: 6 p.m. ET

Location: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC

TV channel: Prelim races on FS1, FS2 and CW

Streaming: Prime Video, Max, and more

What channel is the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Race on?

Several of this weekend’s practices and qualifiers will air on FS1, FS2 and CW, but the main event, the Coca-Cola 600, will stream exclusively on Prime Video. An alternate drive-cam will also be available to stream live on Max.

Where to stream the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Races:

FS1, FS2 and the CW are available on streaming platforms like DirecTV, Fubo and Sling. But you will need access to Amazon Prime Video to watch this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600. A complete viewing schedule of every race out of the Charlotte Motor Speedway and how to watch them live is below.

Prime Video is one of this year’s destinations to watch five NASCAR Cup series races, including this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600.

On top of great sports streaming on Amazon Prime Video, an Amazon Prime subscription includes free shipping, exclusive deals, Amazon Music, a year of free GrubHub+ and more. A standard Amazon Prime subscription is $15 monthly or $139 annually, but discounts are available for students and those on qualified government assistance. You can try Amazon Prime free for 30 days.

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DIRECTV has the channels you need to watch hundreds of live sporting events including several races this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. With access to the CW, FS1 & 40+ regional sports networks, it’s one of the most comprehensive places to watch sports. After a free trial, DirecTV’s regular packages start at $80/month. 

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NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 weekend schedule:

Here’s the schedule of races at the Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. (All times Eastern.)

Friday, May 23

• 3:35 p.m.: Truck Series Practice (FS2)

• 4:40 p.m.: Truck Series Qualifying (FS2)

• 6:00 p.m.: Menards General Tire 150 (FS1)

• 8:30 p.m.: North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (FS1)

Saturday, May 24

• 11:05 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Practice (CW App)

• 12:10 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Qualifying (CW App)

• 1:30 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series Practice (Prime Video)

• 2:40 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying (Prime Video)

• 4:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 (CW)

Sunday, May 25

• 5 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Coca-Cola 600 (Prime Video, Max)

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CONCORD, N.C. — His father among those let go by car owner Roger Penske after the second high-profile rules violation in about a year by Team Penske in the IndyCar Series, Austin Cindric has had to face the situation from a personal and professional point of view.

“Racing can be a cruel industry,” Cindric said Saturday matter-of-factly. “It (also) can be an incredibly rewarding industry.”

This week showed how tough it can be. Penske’s IndyCar teams were found at Indianapolis to have violated a rule that barred any type of modification to a safety item with the car. While the change was not deemed to provide any advantage, it came a little more than a year after a high-profile violation regarding the push-to-pass system with the Penske cars.

With Penske ownership of the series, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and teams that compete in the IndyCar Series, the infractions raised concerns among competitors about fairness. Penske responded with the dismissals.

Jeff Gordon addresses Kyle Larson’s travel from the Indianapolis 500 to the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.

Among those let go was Austin’s father, Tim, who had been with the organization since 1999.

While the move was jarring, Austin Cindric has had to put that event behind him.

“Professionally, I’m in no different place than I was a week ago,” he said.

His focus is on Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 (6:27 p.m. ET green flag on Prime). He starts 14th. Logano starts 16th. Blaney starts 21st.

Logano and Cindric each has a win in the last three Cup races. Cindric won at Talladega. Logano won at Texas earlier this month.

“I feel like we have a lot of momentum on our team right now on the 2 car,” said Cindric, a Daytona 500 winner. “I’ve never felt better. I’ve never had a better start to a season. For me, I’m just more focused on execution.”

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Earlier this week, Penske traveled to the team’s shop in Mooresville, North Carolina, to meet with the organization’s drivers and crew chiefs and also with the rest of the employees.

“Roger’s our leader,” Ryan Blaney said Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “We follow him no matter where he goes. I’m going to have Roger’s back every single time no matter the situation. I talk to him every single week.

“When something like that happens and he wants to fly down to Charlotte and have a meeting with everybody, just to give us an understanding of his mindset and what they’re going to do moving forward and where their positioning is, that’s just kind of the leader you want. Someone who is in it with you, is a very open book as far as how he is feeling. As someone who works for him and drives for him, I expect nothing less because that’s just the type of person that Roger is and always has been.”

Kyle Larson will start second in his attempt to run both the Indy 500 and Coke 600 Sunday.

With such a dramatic personnel change, it would be easy for some to wonder how that could filter into NASCAR program and impact what Cindric, Blaney, Joey Logano do.

“I’m not concerned that there could be any side effects to it as far as our team goes,” Blaney said.

Logano said the organization has to put this episode behind it.

“At this point, it’s unfortunate, but we’ve got to move forward,” he said. “It’s something that happened and we’ve got to stay out the windshield as Roger always says.”

To date in 2025, Austin Cindric has enjoyed the most productive season of his young NASCAR Cup Series career.

He won at Talladega Superspeedway, sits 13th in points despite a 50-point penalty at Circuit of the Americas, and is already only 30 laps led away from setting a career-high in the category, only 12 races into the season. He only has three top 10 finishes, but he’s had the speed to compete near the front virtually everywhere.

That said, a major wrench just got thrown into his long-term future. After Team Penske’s release of his father Tim, longtime team president and IndyCar strategist, he will no longer be able to fall back on family connections to keep his ride safe.

Austin Cindric must continue upward trajectory to remain at Team Penske

Even during what has thus far been a breakout season, the jury is still out on whether or not Cindric has proven enough on his own merits to hold his Team Penske seat. Though he has three Cup Series wins, two of them have come on superspeedways while the other one at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway last season came because teammate Ryan Blaney ran out of fuel on the final lap.

Blaney and Joey Logano have combined to win four Cup Series championships, including all three in the Next Gen era so far. That considerably raises the bar for anyone else looking to have a lasting tenure at such an organization. Anything less than averaging around a win per year with double-digit top 10 finishes (which Cindric has yet to achieve in any season) is likely not good enough.

For a benchmark of the level Cindric likely needs to sustain in order to continue driving the No. 2 Ford, look to Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman.

While all three of his teammates are regular championship contenders, he is able to skate by with consistent pace and the occasional week in which he challenges for a win. It’s not fair to hold him to the same standard as Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, or William Byron, but he also can’t fall too far behind them.

Cindric certainly has the potential to be Penske’s Bowman, but it’s up to him to sustainably prove it. At some point in the near future, he will need to win a race, likely several races, on pure speed. He’ll need to bump up his top 10 totals into at least a dozen or so per year and maintain the type of performance that can routinely safely make the playoffs on points.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns today (Saturday, May 24) with the BetMGM 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The race marks the 13th of the 2025 Xfinity Series season and is set to see 200 laps, or 300 miles, of exciting racing around the 1.5-mile asphalt oval.

Of course, today’s race will be the first Xfinity Series race since Texas, with no action at either Kansas or North Wilkesboro in recent weeks. Last time out, Cup Series star Kyle Larson was victorious, filling in for the injured Connor Zilisch, who is thankfully back behind the wheel this weekend.

So far this season, the Xfinity Series has seen eight different race winners, and there are plenty of drivers who would like to make that nine come the black and white checkered flag on Saturday night.

With that said, let’s get into all the details you need to know ahead of today’s racing action.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Charlotte race start times

Saturday’s 200-lap NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, also known as the BetMGM 300, starts today (May 24, 2025) at 4:30 pm (ET).

You can find the race start time converted to your local city and time zone below.

How to watch NASCAR Xfinity Series on TV

In 2025, every single Xfinity Series race is set to be shown live on TV in the United States on The CW. The CW App will also stream live in-car cameras during races. As per NASCAR, streaming replays will also be available to watch on the CW app the next day.

Therefore, today’s Xfinity Series action from Charlotte Motor Speedway is available to watch on The CW.

Radio coverage of today’s Xfinity Series race is also set to broadcast on PRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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On Sunday, buckle up and get ready for NASCAR’s longest race of the year, the Charlotte Coca Cola 600. This crown jewel race is a test of endurance for the teams, the machines and many at home. Not only is it the longest race of the year, but it also has a unique format and is broken up into four Stages of 100/100/100/100 laps. The green flag time is 6:27 PM (ET) and this race will transition from day to night, so it’s important teams keep up with adjustments since the track will change.

On Saturday, practice was held for Charlotte. Teams only had 20 minutes, and keep in mind teams have different agendas. Make sure you check out our Charlotte NASCAR Practice Notes, Charlotte Group Speed Rankings, Charlotte Practice Speeds and 10-Lap Averages and Charlotte 5,10,15 and 20 Lap Average Speed Cheat Sheet Heat Chart.

Here’s Charlotte Starting Lineup.

1) William Byron
Start 3rd / Projected Finish Range 1-6 / Dominator Potential – Medium-High
Charlotte Outlook – Look for William Byron to have a fast #24 and be a factor at Charlotte. In practice, Byron had the 2nd best 10-lap average in Group 2, said his car felt good and was happy with his pace. Byron also has another added advantage this weekend, he took part in a Goodyear tire test here in March. At high-speed 1.5’s, Byron ranks among the best and since 2024 at these venues, Byron has the best Track Type Total Speed Ranking, the 2nd best average finish (9.6) and the 2nd best Driver Rating. At Charlotte, Byron’s been elite and over the last four races “Performance Wise” he’s been a top five performer. In the Next Gen over the last three, Byron has the best Total Speed Ranking, the 2nd best Driver Rating, the 3rd best average running position and a 2.5 average finish minus 2022. Last year, Byron ranked among the best. In the race, Byron finished 3rd, had a 3.7 average running position, earned the 2nd best Driver Rating and led 49 laps. In terms of speed stats, Byron had the 2nd best Total Speed Ranking and ranked 4th for Speed Late In A Run. In 2023, Byron won Stage #1, finished 8th in Stage #2, finished 4th in Stage #3, led 91 laps, had a 3.6 average running position, earned the 2nd best Driver Rating and then finished 2nd overall. In terms of speed stats, Byron had the 2nd best Total Speed ranking. In 2022, Byron was a top ten contender but finished an asterisk mark 32nd. On lap 183 he was running in 8th, but then shortly after that he was caught up in a “Big One” which marked the end of his race. In terms of Total Speed Rankings, Byron ranked 5th. In 2021, Byron finished 4th.
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2) Kyle Larson
Start 2nd / Projected Finish Range 1-6 / Dominator Potential – High
Charlotte Outlook – Kyle Larson has been the class of the field at high-speed 1.5-mile tracks and in the Coca Cola 600, look for him to be tough to beat. If Larson wasn’t racing 1,100-miles with split attention, he would be my #1. This year at high-speed 1.5’s, Larson’s had the best Total Speed Ranking every race, he’s earned the best Driver Rating every race, he has the best average running position by a wide margin (4.0), he’s averaged leading the most laps per race (124), has the best average finish (4.7) and he’s the only driver who’s finished in the top ten every race. At Charlotte, Larson who won in 2021 has been elite and over his last four “mostly” incident free races his average finish is 6.7. Last year, Larson missed the race. In 2023, Larson was a factor, but finished an asterisk mark 30th. The #5 team did some extensive tuning up over the course of the race due to no practice but when it was closing time, Larson was near the front. In the race, Larson finished 6th in Stage #3 but then on lap 374 while running in 3rd, the #5 snapped loose and Larson crashed dooming him to his 30th. In terms of Total Speed Rankings, Larson ranked 8th. In 2022, Larson had multiple problems and had what he called the worst race of his life but he still nearly raced his way to victory lane but a failed “Chase Briscoe Hail Mary” while leading ultimately doomed him to a 9th. In 2021, Larson smoked the field en route to victory lane, leading 327 laps, had a 1.3 average running position, had the best Total Speed Ranking and was just .5 shy of having a perfect driver rating. In practice, Larson had the 2nd best 15-lap average in Group 2.
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3) Tyler Reddick
Start 12th / Projected Finish Range 1-6 / Dominator Potential – Medium
Charlotte Outlook – Tyler Reddick is an elite rim rider who’ll be a factor at Charlotte. In the Next Gen at this high-speed 1.5, Reddick’s been a standout performer, having a series best 5.0 average finish, the 2nd best Total Speed Ranking and the 3rd best Driver Rating. Last year, Reddick started in the back and had to serve a pass thru penalty at the start but he still raced his way to a 4th. In the race, Reddick had the 9th best Total Speed Ranking but take note he ranked as the 3rd fastest in the final segment. In 2023, Reddick had a 5.2 average running position, earned the 3rd best Driver Rating and then finished 5th overall. In terms of speed stats, Reddick ranked 2nd for Green Flag Speed, 3rd for Total Speed Rankings and then 4th for Speed Late In A Run. In 2022, Reddick finished 2nd in Stage #1, 8th in Stage #2, 4th in Stage #3 and then finished 6th when the checkered flag waved. Additionally, Reddick had an 8.2 average running position and the 3rd best Total Speed Ranking. At high-speed 1.5’s going back to 2024, Reddick has the 3rd best Track Type Total Speed Ranking. In practice, Reddick was fast and in a stacked Group 2 he had the 2nd best 15-lap average. 
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BROOKLYN, Mich. (WILX) -People across Michigan got the chance to get a full NASCAR experience at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday.

The NASCAR experience allows people to feel like a NASCAR driver. To be a driver, those who attended had to participate in a training program that would allow them to drive a car on the track. Or people had the chance to hit the track to get the experience as a passenger.

Michelle Braymar, a participant, talked about her experience inside one of the cars.

“You know, it’s uh it’s a lot more squished and cramped than I imagined,” Said Braymar. “It was pretty cool. You didn’t really quite realize, like how long he talks about this, uh, but how the car kind of does lead you through and kind of helps you through it. So, to me it was pretty high adrenaline, pretty awesome experience.”

People will be able to get another big experience soon, when the big-name drivers will be making a stop in Michigan on June 8, for the Firekeepers Casino 400.

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