What channel is NASCAR on today? TV schedule, start time for Richmond race

Tom Gatto

What channel is NASCAR on today? TV schedule, start time for Richmond race image

NASCAR is at one of its oldest tracks for the first race of April.

The Cup Series weekend wraps up with the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway on Sunday. NASCAR's top national circuit began racing on the short track in 1953.

This will be the seventh race of the 2022 season. A different driver has won each of the previous six races. 

Here's a complete guide to watching the NASCAR race at Richmond Raceway on Sunday, including the start time, TV channel, and live streams for the Toyota Owners 400.

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What channel is NASCAR at Richmond on?

  • TV channel: Fox (TSN3 in Canada)
  • Live stream: Fox Sports Go, [external-article-link original_href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/sports/?bgvideo=nascar_fox.mp4&title=Watch%20NASCAR%20live%20on%20FS1%20and%20FOX&subinfo=Stream%20On%20Your%20TV,%20Phone,%20Computer%20and%20More&priceline=Watch%20live%20or%20record%20it%20for%20later.%20Regional%20Restrictions%20Apply&irad=356371&irmp=1131770&sharedid=editorial"]fuboTV[/external-article-link]
  • Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Fox continues its coverage of the first half of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season with the broadcast of the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway.

Mike Joy will call the lap-by-lap action. Clint Bowyer, Chad Knaus and Larry McReynolds will provide analysis. Fox is using a rotating set of analysts to replace Jeff Gordon, who left the network after last season and is now an executive with Hendrick Motorsports.

Viewers in Canada can watch the race on TSN3.

Streaming options include Fox Sports Go and fuboTV, which offers a free trial.

NASCAR LINEUP AT RICHMOND: Starting order, pole for Toyota Owners 400

NASCAR at Richmond start time

  • Start time: 3:30 p.m. ET

The start time for the Toyota Owners 400 is listed as 3:30 p.m. ET, but prerace ceremonies will move the waving of the green flag to 3:45 p.m. ET.

NASCAR Cup Series schedule 2022

April 3Toyota Owners 400Richmond Raceway3:30 p.m.FoxMRN
April 9Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400Martinsville Speedway7:30 p.m.FS1MRN
April 17Food City Dirt RaceBristol Motor Speedway7 p.m.FoxPRN
April 24GEICO 500Talladega Superspeedway3 p.m.FoxMRN
May 1DuraMAX Drydene 400Dover Motor Speedway3 p.m.FS1MRN
May 8Cup Series race at DarlingtonDarlington Raceway3:30 p.m.FS1MRN
May 15Cup Series race at KansasKansas Speedway3 p.m.FS1MRN
May 22NASCAR All-Star OpenTexas Motor Speedway8 p.m.FS1PRN
May 22NASCAR All-Star RaceTexas Motor Speedway8 p.m.FS1PRN
May 29Coca-Cola 600Charlotte Motor Speedway6 p.m.FoxPRN
June 5Cup Series race at WWTRWorld Wide Technology Raceway3:30 p.m.FS1MRN
June 12Toyota/Save Mart 350Sonoma Raceway4 p.m.FS1PRN
June 26Ally 400Nashville Superspeedway5 p.m.NBCMRN
July 3Kwik Trip 250Road America3 p.m.USAMRN
July 10Quaker State 400Atlanta Motor Speedway3 p.m.USAPRN
July 17Ambetter 301New Hampshire Motor Speedway3 p.m.USAPRN
July 24Cup Series race at PoconoPocono Raceway3 p.m.USAMRN
July 31Verizon 200Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course3 p.m.NBCIMS Radio
Aug. 7FireKeepers Casino 400Michigan International Speedway3 p.m.USAMRN
Aug. 14Federated Auto Parts 400Richmond Raceway3 p.m.USAMRN
Aug. 21Go Bowling at the GlenWatkins Glen International3 p.m.USAMRN
Aug. 27Coke Zero Sugar 400Daytona International Speedway7 p.m.NBCMRN

NASCAR schedule 2022: Playoff races

(All times Eastern)

DateRaceTrackStart timeTV channelRadio
Sept. 4Southern 500Darlington Raceway6 p.m.USAMRN
Sept. 11Hollywood Casino 400Kansas Speedway3 p.m.USAMRN
Sept. 17Bass Pro Shops Night RaceBristol Motor Speedway7:30 p.m.USAPRN
Sept. 25AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500Texas Motor Speedway3:30 p.m.USAPRN
Oct. 2YellaWood 500Talladega Superspeedway2 p.m.NBCMRN
Oct. 9Bank of America ROVAL 400Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL2 p.m.NBCPRN
Oct. 16South Point 400Las Vegas Motor Speedway2:30 p.m.NBCPRN
Oct. 23Dixie Vodka 400Homestead-Miami Speedway2:30 p.m.NBCMRN
Oct. 30Xfinity 500Martinsville Speedway2 p.m.NBCMRN
Nov. 6NASCAR Cup Series ChampionshipPhoenix Raceway3 p.m.NBCMRN

Tom Gatto

Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.