How to Watch the 2026 NASCAR Truck Series: FOX, FS1, Streaming and Race Times

In the United States, 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races belong to the FOX Sports family. FS1 carries 23 of the 25 scheduled races; the February street race in St. Petersburg and the October Charlotte Motor Speedway race are the two FOX broadcast-network exceptions. For a race happening now, use the current NASCAR TV schedule to verify its channel and green-flag time. A Cup Series broadcast on another network on the same weekend tells you nothing certain about the Truck race. The legal live-stream route depends on whether your TV package includes that channel or you subscribe to FOX One.

Which channel carries the 2026 NASCAR Truck Series?

FOX Sports is the U.S. rights holder for Truck race broadcasts this season. The distinction between the FOX broadcast network and the FS1 cable channel is crucial: the former may be available from a local over-the-air affiliate, whereas FS1 requires a provider or streaming package that carries the channel. NASCAR's published national-series TV grid establishes the season plan. Its weekly listings are the better final check when a session is near, because start times and program windows can change.

FS1 carries 23 of the 25 Truck races

NASCAR's FOX Sports viewing explainer gives the exact count: 23 Truck races on FS1. If your television guide shows only your local FOX station, do not assume it also includes FS1. Check the channel lineup for the precise plan, ZIP code and device you will use. The channel number is not national; the network name is what travels across providers.

FS2 may also carry NASCAR programming. The FOX viewing explainer includes FOX Sports coverage of Truck practice and qualifying, and the weekly guide can place those sessions, reruns or adjacent motorsport programs on FS2. That does not turn FS2 into the default live Truck race channel. On a crowded Saturday, search for “Craftsman Truck Series” plus the track name in your provider's guide, then compare the result with the today race page. This avoids confusing a Cup qualifying session or an older Truck replay with the live race.

The two FOX broadcast exceptions are St. Petersburg and Charlotte in October

The official 2026 grid lists the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on FOX at noon Eastern on February 28 and the fall Charlotte Motor Speedway event on FOX at 5 p.m. Eastern on October 9. St. Petersburg has already taken place by this article's September 27 update. Charlotte is the relevant upcoming exception: someone accustomed to finding Truck races on FS1 will need to switch to their local FOX station for that date. Check the weekend slate for the latest placement before setting a recording.

Those two FOX telecasts are exceptions in the published plan, not evidence of a rotating FOX/FS1 pattern. An over-the-air antenna may receive the FOX race if your local affiliate's signal reaches your home, but it will not receive FS1. Conversely, a streaming bundle may have FS1 and still require you to confirm local FOX availability. The useful question is always “Which channel has this particular Truck event?” rather than “Which company has NASCAR?”

What does the remaining 2026 Truck TV schedule look like?

Five NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races remain on the published 2026 calendar after the September 26 Kansas event. The next is Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, October 9, and it is the only remaining FOX broadcast-network race. The others return to FS1. All times in this planning table are Eastern and come from NASCAR's 2026 national-series TV grid, compared with the current FOX and Jayski schedules. They can change, so verify the current TV schedule when the race week arrives.

One venue detail changed after that TV grid was published: its October 9 row says Charlotte Roval, but NASCAR later confirmed the fall weekend's return to the oval. Charlotte Motor Speedway's current Ecosave 200 page specifies its 1.5-mile oval for the Truck race. The October 9 FOX listing remains 5 p.m. Eastern.

The official Kansas race recap now includes a final result and post-race inspection, so September 26 does not belong among upcoming events. Fans looking for that finishing order can use the Truck Series results page. This table is deliberately shorter than a whole-season archive: it answers what a viewer still needs to set a calendar reminder or recording for. It also makes the October 9 exception easy to spot. A fan who routinely opens FS1 for Friday-night trucks needs the local FOX station for Charlotte.

Don't transfer a channel from another NASCAR event on the same weekend. O'Reilly races can be on The CW and Cup races can be on USA Network while the Truck race uses FOX or FS1. Match the program title to the series and track as well as the date. Likewise, a 4 p.m. Eastern Talladega start is materially different from Phoenix's 7:30 p.m. Eastern listing even though both are Friday FS1 events. If you are traveling, set the recording using your provider's displayed local time; the source grid's reference time is Eastern.

A published start time need not be the exact green-flag moment. A pre-race show may begin earlier, and weather or track operations can delay the competition. The September Kansas event itself illustrated why fans should check late updates rather than treating a schedule card as a result. International viewers should convert the date as well as the time, since a U.S. Friday evening event may fall on Saturday elsewhere. For a broader plan across all NASCAR series, use the full schedule; for a live decision, return to the TV listing just before the event.

How can you stream a Truck race legally?

Start with the network for your particular race, then choose the access route. A viewer who already pays for a qualifying TV package may be able to sign in to FOX Sports without another subscription. A cord cutter can use FOX One or a live-TV service that carries FS1 and local FOX. These choices are not interchangeable: downloading an app does not itself buy a cable channel, and a package with only a local FOX affiliate will miss most of the 2026 Truck calendar. Check the live guide and your account access a day before the race, not while cars are coming to the green.

FOX Sports app requires an eligible TV-provider sign-in

The FOX Sports app is a straightforward option if you already have cable, satellite or a participating live-TV subscription that includes the scheduled network. NASCAR says the app is free to download but requires a paid TV-provider sign-in for live FOX Sports coverage. Install it on a supported phone, tablet or television device, choose your provider, complete its activation flow and open Live TV. Make sure the channel named in the race listing appears once you are signed in. A password for a service without FS1 access will not unlock an FS1 race merely because the app itself installed successfully.

Use the same routine for the October FOX race, but verify local FOX access separately. A provider may distribute a local affiliate in one ZIP code and handle it differently in another. If the live tile is absent, check your package and provider authorization first, then compare the event title with the race-day TV listing. An FS2 tile could be a practice or replay window rather than the live FS1 race. The authentication requirement comes from NASCAR's own FOX viewing instructions, so “free app” should never be read as “free subscription.”

FOX One is a separate paid route to FOX and FS1

FOX One is FOX's direct streaming product. Its official service page lists live access to FOX Sports, FS1 and FS2 with a subscription, and FOX has a Craftsman Truck Series page rather than only Cup marketing. A FOX One page for the 2026 Lime Rock Truck event identifies it as an FS1 race and presents a Watch Now route. That is useful first-party evidence that this service carries Truck programming, although an old event page is not a current live link.

For the next race, search the current Truck event inside FOX One and check the device and account on which you plan to watch. Do not rely on an outdated screenshot or a generic NASCAR banner; the event tile should name the series, track and time. FOX One offers its own subscription and also describes eligible TV-provider sign-in, so confirm which account mode you are using. Pricing, introductory offers and trial terms can change. The sensible comparison is whether you need only FOX-family channels or also the other networks that carry Cup and O'Reilly races.

Live TV streaming packages depend on channel and ZIP code

NASCAR lists DIRECTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Sling and YouTube TV as services with FS1 and FS2 options. That is a starting list, not a guarantee that every tier or locality carries the same feed. Enter your ZIP code, inspect the exact plan's channel lineup, and search its program guide for the next Truck race. For Charlotte's FOX broadcast, verify your local FOX affiliate too. Some services offer DVR or on-demand replays, but recording availability and replay windows differ; check before counting on a delayed watch.

A fan following all three national series should make a broader channel checklist. FOX and FS1 may cover the Truck package, but they do not alone cover the full Cup or O'Reilly schedule. A fan following only trucks can focus on the two required channels and avoid buying a larger bundle because an advertisement says it includes “NASCAR.” The television network in the official event listing is the test that matters.

Can you watch a 2026 Truck race for free?

Some, but not the full live season. The two 2026 Truck races scheduled on the FOX broadcast network can be received over the air with an antenna if your local FOX affiliate's signal reaches your home. The other 23 are scheduled for FS1, which is a pay-TV channel. That is why a search result claiming “all NASCAR Truck races free live on YouTube” should be treated with suspicion. NASCAR's own network guide gives the FOX/FS1 split, and its FOX Sports app instructions make clear that app download is free while live access requires an eligible paid TV-provider login.

For a FOX broadcast, first find your local affiliate. The FCC's digital-TV reception map can estimate available over-the-air stations at your address. Actual reception depends on terrain, buildings, antenna placement and equipment. Test the antenna before race day; a listing that says FOX is not a guarantee that every viewer can receive that station. Nor does a TV antenna receive FS1. If you cannot pull in FOX, a paid service carrying your local affiliate is another lawful route.

Trial offers from paid streaming services are sometimes advertised as “free,” but they are temporary subscriptions with eligibility and cancellation terms. FOX's subscription terms say a free trial, when available, can convert to a paid recurring plan unless cancelled. The promotion shown at sign-up is what governs your account; no article can promise a trial remains available when you read it. We avoid quoting a price or recommending repeated trial-hopping as a normal viewing plan. A careful fan should compare the total cost of the service with how many Friday and Saturday Truck races they actually intend to watch.

There are useful free after-race options. NASCAR's official YouTube channel has published full 2026 Truck race replays, including Indianapolis Raceway Park, and NASCAR describes its free NASCAR Channel as a source of news, original shows and race replays. Neither is a substitute for the scheduled live FS1 telecast. Check the date and title on any replay thumbnail; an old race with the same track name can look like a live stream in a hurried search. If you only need to know what happened, the Truck results page gives the event outcome without a video subscription.

Unofficial “free live” links are especially poor race-day substitutes. They may vanish mid-stage, show a delayed feed, or use the wrong series. A broadcast antenna for an eligible FOX event, a genuine paid channel package for FS1, and official replay or result tools are predictable choices. The precise access path should follow the network next to the race, not a generic promise attached to a search snippet.

Where do practice, qualifying and race-day changes appear?

Use a session-specific listing. NASCAR's 2026 FOX viewing guide says FOX Sports televises Truck practice and qualifying, but it does not promise those sessions are on the same channel as the race. The network may be FS2 for a Friday session and FS1 for Saturday's race. A weekly listing can also become obsolete if weather cancels track activity. Compare NASCAR's event hub, the current TV guide and the broadcaster's program guide in that order when a session seems to have vanished. An empty live video tile can reflect a cancelled session rather than a failure of your streaming account.

FOX Sports carries Truck practice and qualifying

The Kansas race weekend gives a concrete example. NASCAR's weekly TV guide scheduled Truck practice and qualifying for Friday, September 25 at 5 p.m. Eastern on FS2, with the race Saturday at 1 p.m. on FS1. Its event information hub later marked practice and qualifying cancelled and noted that the starting lineup was set by the rule book. That sequence matters: an older search snippet or scheduled TV card may still show the original FS2 slot after the activity has been called off. There is no qualifying video to find simply because a clock time once appeared in a listing.

Fans who care about the grid should switch to the event's confirmed starting-lineup information when qualifying is cancelled. Do not treat the lack of a timed lap as proof a particular driver starts on pole; NASCAR applies its applicable lineup procedure, and the result appears in the official grid. A lineup set by rule is a competition fact, separate from where the broadcast was supposed to appear. The today's races page helps establish whether a Truck race itself is scheduled, while the weekly TV guide is more useful for practice, qualifying, pre-race and replay windows.

Recheck the race-day listing when weather changes the green flag

Even after the race begins, a TV listing is a plan rather than a stopwatch. At Kansas on September 26, rain stopped the Truck event and NASCAR's final recap says the red-flag period lasted four hours and 47 minutes. The race eventually resumed and ended with an officially confirmed winner. That is a vivid reason to keep the latest TV listing and event center open if the telecast leaves the ordinary schedule window. A restart may not happen at the original projected time, and a replay later that evening is not the same feed as live action.

NASCAR's official app offers a complementary view of the action: live scoring, lap times, results and leaderboards across its series. But its product page specifically warns that Driver Telemetry and Race Tracker are unavailable for standalone Truck and O'Reilly events. Live scoring also does not grant live FS1 video. The app can help answer whether competition is running, paused or finished while you verify the television platform separately. If a race becomes final, turn to Truck results for the classification rather than reading an old “live” social post.

A useful race-day check has four parts: identify the series and track, confirm the session (practice, qualifying or race), note its current status, then read the network attached to that session. When a postponement happens, repeat the last two steps. This small discipline prevents the common mistake of searching on FS1 for a practice scheduled on FS2, or waiting for a green flag while the official event hub says the session was cancelled.

Why are Truck broadcasts different from Cup and O'Reilly?

“NASCAR” is not one television package. The three national series share a sanctioning body and often a race weekend, but their 2026 broadcast arrangements differ. The Craftsman Truck Series is on FOX Sports, predominantly FS1. The O'Reilly Auto Parts Series is on The CW. Cup races move among FOX Sports, Prime Video, TNT Sports and NBC/USA during the season. That is why an article about a Cup race on Prime Video may be accurate for Sunday and useless for finding Friday's Truck race. Use the series name in any TV search, especially when several races take place at the same track.

This division is confirmed in NASCAR's 2026 national-series network announcement. It is a rights map, not a claim that every individual telecast will always start at its original published minute. The current TV page remains the last check. A generic channel search may rank Cup first because Cup attracts a larger audience; matching “Truck” and the track name in the listing cuts through that ambiguity.

Prime Video and TNT Cup windows do not replace FOX's Truck rights

Prime Video's five-race run and TNT Sports' subsequent block apply to the Cup Series in NASCAR's 2026 plan. They do not take over the Truck Series from FOX Sports. If you already pay for Prime Video for Cup, you still need a way to receive FS1 for most Truck races. Likewise, The CW is the O'Reilly Series home, not a backdoor stream of Friday's Truck race. The free NASCAR Channel can supply news and race replays, but its 24-hour programming is distinct from a live FS1 race telecast. A viewer's cheapest practical arrangement depends on which series they actually follow, so compare by series, channel and event date rather than buying every service that advertises NASCAR.

The Truck distinction matters for the championship, too. NASCAR's 2026 format puts the top 10 eligible Truck drivers into a seven-race Chase, with no elimination rounds and no automatic “win-and-you're-in” berth. Race winners receive 55 points under the revised system, and the driver with the most points at season's end takes the title. A Friday Truck race at Phoenix, Talladega or Martinsville can therefore change the contest before the next Cup telecast begins. See the current standings for the points picture and the Truck results for the final classification; this viewing guide's job is to get you to the correct live network first.