NASCAR Cup Series race demand calendar (2026)
Daily per-metro panel of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season (36 points races + the Clash and All-Star exhibitions, 28 US metros, Feb-Nov 2026), agent-curated from the published 2026 schedule and cross-verified against NASCAR.com. Crown-jewel, championship, Chase, night-race and superspeedway flags, track types (oval/road/street), a documented 0-100 race-weekend demand score, per-date cross-metro ranks and tiers. Join on date + metro to orders, bookings or foot traffic. Race dates/times/tracks are facts (Feist v. Rural) -> commercial_use=yes with attribution.
- Rows
- 38
- Columns
- 22
- Source cadence
- Yearly
- Last refreshed
- Oct 2, 2026
- Theme
- economy
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | date | Race date (track-local), ISO. |
| metro | string | Metro area of the track (suburbs folded in). |
| metro_state_prov | string | State of the metro. |
| country_code | string | ISO alpha-3 country code (always USA). |
| leagues | string | Series (always NASCAR Cup Series). |
| race_names | string | Race name(s) on this date in the metro. |
| track_names | string | Track name(s). |
| track_types | string | Track configuration(s): oval, road_course, street_course. |
| n_races | integer | Cup races in the metro on this date. |
| n_crown_jewel | integer | Races among the four crown jewels (Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, Brickyard 400, Southern 500). |
| n_championship | integer | Season-finale championship race. |
| n_chase_race | integer | Races in the 10-race Chase (playoffs). |
| n_exhibition | integer | Non-points exhibition races (Clash, All-Star). |
| n_night_race | integer | Races starting at/after 19:00 ET. |
| n_superspeedway | integer | Races on drafting superspeedways (Daytona, Talladega, EchoPark). |
| is_weekend | boolean | True for Saturday/Sunday race dates. |
| marquee_event | boolean | True if score >= 80 or any crown-jewel / championship race. |
| event_demand_score | integer | 0-100 race-weekend demand score = min(100, 55*n_races + 25*n_crown_jewel + 15*n_championship + 10*n_night_race + 10*is_weekend + 5*n_superspeedway - 20*n_exhibition). |
| demand_rank | integer | Per-date cross-metro rank (1 on every 2026 date: one race per date). |
| demand_tier | integer | Fixed-cut tier: 4 if score>=75, 3 if >=50, 2 if >=25, else 1. |
| row_hash | string | md5(date|metro|race_names|score)[:16]. |
| source_url | string | Schedule source URL for the row. |
First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.
| date | metro | metro_state_prov | country_code | leagues | race_names | track_names | track_types | n_races | n_crown_jewel | n_championship | n_chase_race | n_exhibition | n_night_race | n_superspeedway | is_weekend | marquee_event | event_demand_score | demand_rank | demand_tier | row_hash | source_url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | Winston-Salem | NC | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | Cook Out Clash | Bowman Gray Stadium | oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | false | false | 35 | 1 | 2 | 641cba093a2c10d9 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-02-15 | Daytona Beach | FL | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway | oval | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | true | true | 95 | 1 | 4 | 2a40b5e872c7b7e7 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-02-22 | Atlanta | GA | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | Autotrader 400 | EchoPark Speedway | oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | true | false | 70 | 1 | 3 | 79a183d4d6c3e428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-03-01 | Austin | TX | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix | Circuit of the Americas | road_course | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | true | false | 65 | 1 | 3 | 45a334756467cb58 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-03-08 | Phoenix | AZ | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | Straight Talk Wireless 500 | Phoenix Raceway | oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | true | false | 65 | 1 | 3 | e2e2c5db7246c22a | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-03-15 | Las Vegas | NV | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | Pennzoil 400 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | true | false | 65 | 1 | 3 | 41546f12065a4714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-03-22 | Darlington | SC | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | Goodyear 400 | Darlington Raceway | oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | true | false | 65 | 1 | 3 | 8424c4970ac30cbe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-03-29 | Martinsville | VA | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | Cook Out 400 | Martinsville Speedway | oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | true | false | 65 | 1 | 3 | 93df7388a311655e | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-04-12 | Bristol | TN | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | Food City 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway | oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | true | false | 65 | 1 | 3 | 951aaacd0dfb2443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
| 2026-04-19 | Kansas City | KS | USA | NASCAR Cup Series | AdventHealth 400 | Kansas Speedway | oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | true | false | 65 | 1 | 3 | 6636d1ae69f119e7 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NASCAR_Cup_Series |
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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/nascar_cup_demand_intel/nascar_cup_race_demand_daily" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/nascar_cup_demand_intel/nascar_cup_race_demand_daily").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/nascar_cup_demand_intel/nascar_cup_race_demand_daily
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NASCAR Cup Series race demand calendar (agent-curated). (2026). NASCAR Cup Series race demand calendar (2026) [Data set, snapshot 20261002T070254Z-eb7345b22af9, sha256 eb7345b22af9]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-02, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/nascar_cup_demand_intel/nascar_cup_race_demand_daily?snapshot=20261002T070254Z-eb7345b22af9
@misc{dz_nascar_cup_demand_intel_nascar_cup_race__eb7345b2,
title = {{NASCAR Cup Series race demand calendar (2026)}},
author = {{NASCAR Cup Series race demand calendar (agent-curated)}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/nascar_cup_demand_intel/nascar_cup_race_demand_daily?snapshot=20261002T070254Z-eb7345b22af9}},
note = {Snapshot 20261002T070254Z-eb7345b22af9, sha256 eb7345b22af971d29885155315209bdb2ffb34283c8029cc8d4108ee49d6daac; accessed 2026-10-02}
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