What time does the NASCAR race start today? TV schedule, channel for Echopark Automotive Grand Prix

Tom Gatto

What time does the NASCAR race start today? TV schedule, channel for Echopark Automotive Grand Prix image

NASCAR is road racing for the first time this season with a visit to the Circuit of the Americas. 

The Echopark Automotive Grand Prix is expected to be run in full sunlight after the mid-afternoon drop of the green flag.

Ryan Blaney and Daniel Suarez will be on the front row for the 68-lap event on COTA's 3.41-mile circuit. Chase Elliott won last year's race.

Here is everything you need to know about Sunday's Cup Series race, the Echopark Automotive Grand Prix, including the start time and TV channel.

MORE: Watch NASCAR at COTA live with fuboTV (free trial)

What time does the NASCAR race start today?

  • Race: Echopark Automotive Grand Prix
  • Date Sunday, March 27
  • Time 3:30 p.m. ET

The Echopark Automotive Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday at Circuit of the Americas, but with prerace ceremonies, the green flag is expected to be waved at 3:49 p.m. ET.

MORE: NASCAR lineup at COTA: Starting order, pole for Echopark Automotive Grand Prix

What channel is NASCAR on today?

  • TV channel Fox (U.S.); CTV 2 (Canada)
  • Live stream Fox Sports Go, fuboTV

Fox will continue its coverage of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season with the broadcast of the Echopark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas outside Austin, Texas.

Mike Joy will call the race from the booth. Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart will provide analysis. Fox is using a rotating set of analysts to replace Jeff Gordon, who is now an executive at Hendrick Motorsports. 

Streamers can also view the race on the Fox Sports Go app or by streaming Fox's broadcast using fuboTV, which offers a free trial.

Viewers in Canada can watch the race on CTV 2.

NASCAR Cup Series schedule 2022

(All times Eastern)

DateRaceTrackStart timeTV channelRadio
March 27EchoPark Automotive Grand PrixCircuit of the Americas3:30 p.m.FoxPRN
April 3Toyota Owners 400Richmond Raceway3:30 p.m.FoxMRN
April 9Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400Martinsville Speedway7:30 p.m.FS1MRN
April 17Food City Dirt RaceBristol Motor Speedway7 p.m.FoxPRN
April 24GEICO 500Talladega Superspeedway3 p.m.FoxMRN
May 1DuraMAX Drydene 400Dover Motor Speedway3 p.m.FS1MRN
May 8Cup Series race at DarlingtonDarlington Raceway3:30 p.m.FS1MRN
May 15Cup Series race at KansasKansas Speedway3 p.m.FS1MRN
May 22NASCAR All-Star OpenTexas Motor Speedway8 p.m.FS1PRN
May 22NASCAR All-Star RaceTexas Motor Speedway8 p.m.FS1PRN
May 29Coca-Cola 600Charlotte Motor Speedway6 p.m.FoxPRN
June 5Cup Series race at WWTRWorld Wide Technology Raceway3:30 p.m.FS1MRN
June 12Toyota/Save Mart 350Sonoma Raceway4 p.m.FS1PRN
June 26Ally 400Nashville Superspeedway5 p.m.NBCMRN
July 3Kwik Trip 250Road America3 p.m.USAMRN
July 10Quaker State 400Atlanta Motor Speedway3 p.m.USAPRN
July 17Ambetter 301New Hampshire Motor Speedway3 p.m.USAPRN
July 24Cup Series race at PoconoPocono Raceway3 p.m.USAMRN
July 31Verizon 200Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course3 p.m.NBCIMS Radio
Aug. 7FireKeepers Casino 400Michigan International Speedway3 p.m.USAMRN
Aug. 14Federated Auto Parts 400Richmond Raceway3 p.m.USAMRN
Aug. 21Go Bowling at the GlenWatkins Glen International3 p.m.USAMRN
Aug. 27Coke Zero Sugar 400Daytona International Speedway7 p.m.NBCMRN

NASCAR schedule 2022: Playoff races

(All times Eastern)

DateRaceTrackStart timeTV channelRadio
Sept. 4Southern 500Darlington Raceway6 p.m.USAMRN
Sept. 11Hollywood Casino 400Kansas Speedway3 p.m.USAMRN
Sept. 17Bass Pro Shops Night RaceBristol Motor Speedway7:30 p.m.USAPRN
Sept. 25AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500Texas Motor Speedway3:30 p.m.USAPRN
Oct. 2YellaWood 500Talladega Superspeedway2 p.m.NBCMRN
Oct. 9Bank of America ROVAL 400Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL2 p.m.NBCPRN
Oct. 16South Point 400Las Vegas Motor Speedway2:30 p.m.NBCPRN
Oct. 23Dixie Vodka 400Homestead-Miami Speedway2:30 p.m.NBCMRN
Oct. 30Xfinity 500Martinsville Speedway2 p.m.NBCMRN
Nov. 6NASCAR Cup Series ChampionshipPhoenix Raceway3 p.m.NBCMRN

Tom Gatto

Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.