Nascar on Prime—What to Know


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Beginning with today’s 600, the next five Cup races will stream on Prime Video, Amazon’s live streaming service, for the second straight year.  For anyone who missed last year’s coverage, here’s what you can expect:


—Going online and whining about how the race “isn’t on free tv” will change nothing, especially because the World 600 was in TBS in the 90’s.  Now take a second to remember how bad TBS’s coverage was and remember that you HAD TO PAY FOR IT.


—Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte are the commentators, essentially splitting the old NBC crew in half.  Prime got the down-home, folksy half, and NBC kept the high-pitched, excited half.


—Analysis comes from Carl Edwards, a 28-time Cup Series race winner and Busch Series champion.  Oh, and, uh Corey Lajoie for some reason.


—The last three races on Prime will again determine the brackets for the following in-season tournament, of which I still can’t figure out why it exists.


—Prime holds the streaming rights for the races at Charlotte (cookie-cutter oval), Nashville Superspeedway (smaller cookie-cutter oval), Michigan (D-shaped oval), Pocono (triangle), and the Naval Base Coronado circuit (probably going to be a disaster, but an entertaining one).


—If you enjoy the Prime crew, you’re in luck—pretty much the same on-air talent will return for the next five races on TNT.  Nascar on TNT—its like Prime, but with way more commercials.


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Kyle Busch 1985-2026


My sincere condolences to Kyle Busch’s family, friends, and fans.  The news today is an absolute shocker—I literally yelled out “WHAT???” at my phone when I read it.  Rowdy’s stats speak for themselves, but let’s not lose sight of who was lost today—a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a friend.  I’m sure everyone will be racing this upcoming weekend with a heavy heart.



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Race Picks Charlotte: Spade Racing vs. AI

Join me as I test my wits against various AI programs in picking the 2026 Cup races.  Once they’ve made their picks, I’ll make my normal Favorite, Next Favorite, and Dark Horse picks (in addition to my regular O’Reilly & Truck Series picks).  At the end of the year we’ll see who knows more—me, or a soulless machine gobbling up water and electricity.


Grok (1 win) sez: My pick: Tyler Reddick has the best shot if his car is anywhere near as fast as it has been most of 2026.


Truck Series (1 win) NC Education Lottery 200 Friday 8pm ET on FS1: KYLE BUSCH—Groundhog Day in May.  UPDATE—KADEN HONEYCUTT due to Kyle Busch being out.


O’Reilly Series (1 win) Carbroil 300 Saturday 5pm ET on CW: ROSS CHASTAIN—too bad the Trackhouse guys are only doing well when they don’t race Trackhouse cars.


Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 6pm on Prime  FAVORITE (1 win): RYAN BLANEY—rebounding from last week’s crash-fest at Dover.  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): CHRISTOPHER BELL—Toyota keeps up their fever pace.  DARK HORSE (1 win): an AUSTIN—Cindric or Dillon, take your pick.



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