The 2025 schedule officially begins for all of NASCAR’s national series with Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway. The signature event is the 67th Daytona 500, which will begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 16. William Byron is the defending winner of the Cup Series season opener at the 2.5-mile superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

This year's NASCAR schedule includes Mexico City. Also, New Hampshire returns to the playoffs. Phoenix gets the championship race again.

It won’t be long before cars are on track at Daytona International Speedway and the Daytona 500 takes the green flag.

With the start of the NASCAR season upon is, here is a look at five Cup races not to miss in 2025. 1. Talladega playoff race (Oct. 19 on NBC) Last year’s event was the middle ra