With only one week off during its entire 36-week season, the NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams have a long road ahead of them in 2025. That one-week vacation is now behind them, which means they are now facing 28 straight weeks of racing until the November 2nd finale at Phoenix Raceway.
NASCAR has been dealing with a 36-race schedule for over two decades now, but usually with off-weekends sprinkled in to break up things and allow for a reset. This year, teams are staring down what appears to be the longest uninterrupted stretch of races (in terms of weeks) in the entire history of the sport. Drivers reacted with both surprise and wariness when the schedule was first revealed last fall, and for good reason.
