2026 NASCAR Preview and How to Watch With Sling
With Sling Blue or Sling Select, you can log into the FOX One app to watch NASCAR races on FOX or FS1. Here’s how to watch NASCAR racing all season long with Sling.
The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series exploded into action with the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 15, which featured a wild finish capped by a win from Tyler Reddick of the Michael Jordan co-owned 23XI Racing. The Dayton 500 headlines a season reloaded with the return of the Chase format, wild free agency drama, and game-changing rookies ready to rewrite the record books. Here’s how the rest of the NASCAR season with Sling.
How to Stream 2026 NASCAR Racing With Sling
If you’re a massive NASCAR fan that wants to watch as many races as possible, Sling Blue is the best package to watch NASCAR racing with Sling. With Sling Blue or Orange + Blue, you’ll get all of the races on FOX by logging into the FOX One app and signing in with your Sling credentials, plus races on FS1, TNT, and USA Network. You can also watch races on FOX and NBC with a subscription to Sling Blue or Sling Select in the markets listed below:
Here’s how to watch all of NASCAR’s broadcast partners with Sling.
- FOX - Available with Sling Blue or Sling Select in designated markets, or by logging into the FOX One app and signing in with your Sling credentials.
- FS1 - Available with Sling Blue or Sling Select or by logging into the FOX One app and signing in with your Sling credentials.
- Amazon Prime Video - Requires a separate subscription
- TNT - Available with Sling Day Passes, Sling Blue, or Sling Orange
- USA Network - Available with Sling Blue
- NBC - Available with Sling Blue or Sling Select in designated markets
With Sling, you can watch the race anywhere—on smart TVs, phones, tablets, or computers—giving you total freedom to chase the checkered flag. To watch NASCAR racing on FS1, TNT, USA Network, and FOX and NBC in designated markets, use the link below to subscribe to Sling Blue!
Return of the Chase: Strategy Showdown Unleashed
https://youtu.be/fozGCZ_bVqg?si=E4W5vbryq7Ymlypd
The Chase roars back after a decade away, ditching win-and-in playoffs for a brutal 10-race title fight among the top 16 regular-season points earners, rewarding grinders over gamblers and flipping team tactics upside down.
Expect all-out wars for every point, with stage points juiced and no playoff bonuses: consistency kings like Chase Elliott could feast, while win machines scramble to adapt in this throwback to NASCAR's golden era of pure racing drama.
Denny Hamlin: Championship or Bust After Heartbreak
Denny Hamlin charges into 2026 as the people's champion, eyes locked on his elusive first NASCAR Cup title. After a crushing Championship defeat that left even 2025 NASCAR Champ Kyle Larson with mixed emotions, Hamlin enters the season in the wake of an unthinkable personal tragedy, a battered shoulder, and 23XI's lawsuit victory. Perhaps this combination of circumstances is why he’s the betting favorite on DraftKings to win at Daytona.
Connor Zilisch: Rookie Phenom Ready to Shock the Grid
19-year-old Connor Zilisch blasts from O'Reilly Auto Parts dominance into Trackhouse's No. 88 car. A road-course assassin whose oval maturity could spark instant fireworks amid the silly season's youth invasion, Zilisch could spearhead a new generation of drivers, even if NASCAR insiders are preaching patience. Still, when paired with Shane van Gisbergen's road-racing wizardry, Zilisch isn't just here to learn— he's gunning to crash the playoffs and ignite the next-gen revolution right out of Daytona.
William Byron: Three-Peat History in Sight
https://youtu.be/yelLRn6MpBk?si=0SjMXrekiEU_MVec
Back-to-back Daytona 500 king William Byron stares down immortality with a third straight Great American Race win. Although no one's done it in the 67 year history of Daytona, the oddsmakers at DraftKings give him the second-best chance, just behind Hamlin. Big picture, Bryon has the third-best odds to win his first NASCAR Championship, behind only Hamlin and defending champion Kyle Larson.
🏁 Full Season Firestorm Ahead
Daytona 500 unleashes a 2026 blitz of Chase fury, naval base street madness, short-track savagery, and free-agency bombshells—with Hamlin's quest, Zilisch's raid, and Byron's history hunt fueling non-stop insanity. Sling straps you in from the Big One to the bitter (or glorious!) end. Here’s a full look at the 2026 NASCAR schedule, use the link below to subscribe to Sling Blue to watch races on FS1, TNT, USA Network, and FOX and NBC in designated markets.