NASCAR returns the weekend of Feb. 1 with The Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium before drivers prepare for the iconic Daytona 500 and the 2025 season.

When each new year in NASCAR commences, there is always something new apparent when the haulers are unloaded and the crews go to work for the first time. In some cases, it's a new paint scheme or a new sponsor accompanying familiar names and numbers.

See the full 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, beginning with The Clash, the Daytona 500 and ending with the Championship race in Phoenix.

NASCAR is back, old-school style, as 2025 opens with a return to the “Mecca of Madhouse” for Sunday night’s preseason Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.