NASCAR racing is back at Kansas Speedway. Here’s the schedule for this weekend
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- NASCAR returns to Kansas Speedway for the first major motorsports weekend of 2026.
- Saturday includes ARCA Menards, O’Reilly Auto Parts races and Cup practice and qualifying.
- Sunday features Q&As plus chapel, Family Feud and of course the AdventHealth 400 at 1 p.m.
The sights, sounds and thrills of NASCAR auto racing are returning to Kansas Speedway for the first major motorsports weekend of 2026 in KC.
Scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the asphalt oval in Kansas City, Kansas, are ARCA Menards Series, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Cup Series races. (Campers staying at the track for the weekend will also have access to ARCA Menards Series and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice and qualifying on Friday.)
Saturday and Sunday’s racing will be televised on FS1 (ARCA race, 11:30 a.m. Saturday); the CW (O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race, 6 p.m. Saturday); and FOX (Cup Series Race, 1 p.m. Sunday).
For ticket information and more details, go to kansasspeedway.com/events/cup-spring/.
Here is the schedule for Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, at Kansas Speedway:
NASCAR Kansas Speedway schedule, spring racing 2026
Saturday, April 18
9 a.m.: Parking lots open
9:30 a.m.: Ticket gates open
9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.: Fanzone open (Midway)
9:30 a.m.: Wristband distribution for autograph session
9:45-11:45 a.m.: Kids VIP check-in
11:10 a.m.: ARCA Menards Series driver introductions
11:30 a.m.: Tide 150 (100 laps); TV on FS1
12:45-1:15 p.m.: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Lego Build-and-Race
1:30-2 p.m.: NASCAR Family Feud featuring Ryan Preece and Austin Dillon
2:15-3 p.m.: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series driver autograph session
3-4 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series practice session
4:10-5 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series qualifying
4:45-5:20 p.m.: Kids VIP check-in
5:25 p.m.: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series driver introductions
6 p.m.: Kansas Lottery 300 (200 laps); TV on the CW
Post-race concert: Featuring “Not Quite Brothers!”
Sunday, April 19
6:30 a.m.: Parking lots open
7 a.m.: Ticket gates and Fanzone open
7-8 a.m.: Trackside Chapel with Joey Logano
8:30-9 a.m.: “The Custer Report,” featuring Cole Custer
9-9:30 a.m.: NASCAR Family Feud featuring John Hunter Nemechek and Ross Chastain
9:30-10 a.m.: Freeway Insurance Safest Lap with Daniel Suárez
10 a.m.: Ross Chastain Q&A session
10:15 a.m.: Pre-race crossover gates open
10:15 a.m.: John Hunter Nemechek Q&A session
10:30 a.m.: Austin Dillon Q&A session
10:30 a.m.: Q&A with Kansas Speedway president Pat Warren
10:45 a.m.: Cole Custer Q&A session
10:45 a.m.: Ryan Preece Q&A session
11 a.m.: Kids VIP Pit Road tour (Fanwalk)
11:30 a.m.-noon: Highline Happy Hour (Highline District)
11:30 a.m.: Kids VIP Pit Road Tour
11:30 a.m.: Kids VIP, drivers red carpet
12:15 p.m.: Drivers on red carpet
12:25 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series driver introductions
1 p.m.: AdventHealth 400 (267 laps); TV on FOX