2025 NASCAR In-Season Challenge

2025 NASCAR In-Season Challenge
presented by DraftKings Sportbook
Tournament information
DateJune 28 – July 27, 2025
Venue(s)
EchoPark Speedway
Chicago Street Course
Sonoma Raceway
Dover Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Teams32 (full-time)
PurseUS$1 Million

The 2025 NASCAR In-Season Challenge presented by DraftKings Sportbook will be a multi-stage motorsport tournament that will be played during the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. It will be the first edition of the NASCAR In-Season Challenge.

32 full-time drivers in the series will participate in the tournament and races will also count toward the regular season and playoff standings as normal. Following the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, 4 full-time drivers all failed to make the challenge: Shane van Gisbergen, Cole Custer, Riley Herbst, and Cody Ware.

Format

Main article: NASCAR In-Season Challenge § Format

The tournament will consist of eight regular season races that will be run during June and July. Before the bracket is set, there's a qualifying phase where all eligible drivers compete. The bottom four full-time drivers in the standings after this phase fail to qualify for the bracket. Then, the remaining 32 drivers get seeded into the bracket based on their performance in the three qualifying races. The last five races will be conducted in a single elimination bracket, with the first four rounds known as "Challenge Rounds". In each round, the driver in each matchup with the better finish advances, while the other is eliminated. This process will continue until only two drivers remain in the "Champions Round"; the driver with the better finish in that race will be the tournament champion and win a $1 million bonus.

Schedule

No Race name Track Location Date Time (ET)[1] TV[2] Radio Report
Seeding Races
1 FireKeepers Casino 400  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan June 8 2 PM Prime Video MRN Report
2 Viva México 250  R  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico June 15 3 PM Report
3 The Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 22 2 PM Report
Challenge Round 1 (Round of 32)
4 Quaker State 400 available at Walmart  O  EchoPark Speedway Hampton, Georgia June 28 7 PM TNT PRN Report
Challenge Round 2 (Round of 16)
5 Grant Park 165  S  Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 6 2 PM TNT MRN Report
Challenge Round 3 (Quarter-Final)
6 Toyota/Save Mart 350  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California July 13 3:30 PM TNT PRN Report
Challenge Round 4 (Semi-Final)
7 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware July 20 2 PM TNT PRN Report
Champions Round (Final)
8 Brickyard 400 presented by PPG  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 27 2 PM TNT IMS/PRN Report

Notes

 O  Oval track
 R  Road course
 S  Street course

Bracket

EchoPark Chicago Sonoma Dover Indianapolis
               
1 No. 11 Denny Hamlin 31
32 No. 10 Ty Dillon 8
32 No. 10 Ty Dillon 20
17 No. 6 Brad Keselowski 37
16 No. 8 Kyle Busch 21
17 No. 6 Brad Keselowski 2
32 No. 10 Ty Dillon
8 No. 48 Alex Bowman
8 No. 48 Alex Bowman 3
25 No. 22 Joey Logano 25
8 No. 48 Alex Bowman 8
9 No. 23 Bubba Wallace 28
9 No. 23 Bubba Wallace 22
24 No. 99 Daniel Suárez 34
 
 
12 No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek 26
21 No. 21 Josh Berry 32
12 No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek 15
5 No. 9 Chase Elliott 16
5 No. 9 Chase Elliott 1
28 No. 3 Austin Dillon 20
12 No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
20 No. 43 Erik Jones
13 No. 1 Ross Chastain 33
20 No. 43 Erik Jones 5
20 No. 43 Erik Jones 25
29 No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 31
4 No. 20 Christopher Bell 30
29 No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 6
 
 
2 No. 19 Chase Briscoe 35
31 No. 4 Noah Gragson 25
31 No. 4 Noah Gragson 30
15 No. 60 Ryan Preece 7
19 No. 60 Ryan Preece 15
18 No. 24 William Byron 37
15 No. 60 Ryan Preece
23 No. 45 Tyler Reddick
7 No. 12 Ryan Blaney 40
26 No. 77 Carson Hocevar 10
26 No. 77 Carson Hocevar 35
23 No. 45 Tyler Reddick 3
10 No. 5 Kyle Larson 17
23 No. 45 Tyler Reddick 4
 
 
11 No. 71 Michael McDowell 18
22 No. 16 A. J. Allmendinger 12
22 No. 16 A. J. Allmendinger 6
6 No. 54 Ty Gibbs 2
6 No. 54 Ty Gibbs 14
27 No. 7 Justin Haley 23
6 No. 54 Ty Gibbs
14 No. 38 Zane Smith
14 No. 38 Zane Smith 7
19 No. 2 Austin Cindric 38
14 No. 38 Zane Smith 14
3 No. 17 Chris Buescher 18
3 No. 17 Chris Buescher 9
30 No. 34 Todd Gilliland 27


Broadcasting

The seeding races were streamed on the new package to be shown on Amazon Prime Video.[3] All tournament races will be shown on TNT and streamed on Max.[4]

References

  1. ^ "NASCAR announces start times and networks for 2025". NASCAR. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "NASCAR reveals milestone 2025 Cup Series schedule, complete with international flair, return to roots". NASCAR. August 29, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "NASCAR announces historic media rights agreements with FOX, NBC, Amazon and Warner Bros. Discovery". NASCAR.com. November 29, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "TNT Sports to kick off NASCAR return with Atlanta's Night Race in June 2025". Atlanta Motor Speedway. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
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