NASCAR on Fox

NASCAR (or the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing) is a sanctioning body for stock car auto racing. Following its rise in popularity over the course of the late 20th century, and decades of broadcasts being awkwardly split among as many as six networks throughout a single season, NASCAR signed a momentous television deal on November 11, 1999, consolidating races across their three main series to five television networks, Fox included, beginning with the 2001 season.
Since 2001, NASCAR on Fox has consistently broadcast races from the Cup and Xfinity Series (and select Craftsman Truck Series races beginning in 2007) year after year, and is the network's third-longest-running sports program, behind NFL on Fox and MLB on Fox.
NASCAR programming has also aired on several of Fox's sister networks, including Fox Sports 1 (formerly SPEED), FX, and Fox Sports Net. If a race broadcast by Fox is delayed, such as due to inclement weather, it often is moved to FS1 as to not conflict with local affiliate's scheduled programming. In the past, Fox has sometimes been known to simulcast delayed events on both a sister network (whether it be FX or FS1) and the main Fox channel, though availability largely varies by region. 
Predating Fox's coverage of the sport, a couple programs related to NASCAR aired prior to the 2001 season. Steel Chariots, a TV movie created for Fox centering around NASCAR, premiered on September 23, 1997. NASCAR Racers, an animated series based on the sport, aired on the network's Fox Kids block from November 20, 1999 to March 24, 2001, overlapping with the actual sport's run on Fox by 6 weeks.
==Series==
===NASCAR Cup Series===
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top-most division of the sport, and broadcasts most of its races on Fox. Races that don't air on Fox proper are broadcast on FS1.
===NASCAR Xfinity Series===
The NASCAR Xfinity Series, being the sport's second-tiered national division, aired most races on FS1, though select races (between 1-2 each season) were chosen to air on Fox. Broadcast rights to the Xfinity Series will move exclusively to The CW beginning in 2025, marking the end of Fox's coverage after 16 seasons.
===NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series===
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is the third-tier national division of the sport. Fox holds the broadcast rights for the full Truck season, unlike the other two national series, which are shared with NBC (as of 2024), and therefore a majority of the season's races are currently broadcast on FS1. Beginning in 2007, similarly to the Xfinity Series, select races (between 1-3 each season) are chosen to air on Fox.
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