Atlanta Motor Speedway to host first In-Season Tournament race, will air on TNT Sports
NASCAR announced Wednesday that Atlanta Motor Speedway will host the first 2025 In-Season Tournament race.
The race will air on TNT Sports, one of NASCAR’s newest TV partners as part of its new seven-year broadcasting rights deal. The Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart will take place on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
Atlanta, one of NASCAR’s signature tracks, most recently played host to one of the all-time finishes in Cup Series history. Daniel Suarez narrowly beat out Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch in a three-way photo finish at the checkered line to win the Ambetter Health 400 back in February.
“The energy and the atmosphere a night race at Atlanta brings is second to none,” said Brandon Hutchinson, Atlanta Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manager. “That’s why our fans have been telling us they want the night race back in Atlanta, and we’re thrilled to make it happen.”
NASCAR In-Season Tournament to debut in 2025 on TNT, Amazon Prime Video
NASCAR previously announced Monday that the 2025 season would feature a bracket-style tournament for the TNT Sports portion of the schedule. The prior three races leading up, all on Amazon Prime Video, will set the seeding for the tournament. The top 32 drivers from those events qualify for the five-race tournament.
“Seeding will be based on best finish in the three Prime Video races with tiebreakers determined by next-best finish, followed by season points position,” NASCAR said. “Drivers in the in-season tournament on TNT Sports and Max will compete head-to-head with the higher finishing driver advancing over five rounds.”
The winner of the In-Season Tournament will collect a $1 million prize.
“With the launch of our new media rights partnerships in 2025, we were excited to partner with Prime Video and TNT Sports to collaborate on fan engagement concepts that drive story lines in our sport and innovation from a production perspective,” said Brian Herbst, NASCAR SVP, media and productions, in a statement.
“Having head-to-head driver matchups for each one of TNT’s NASCAR Cup Series races will add a compelling fan engagement element across media platforms like TNT, Bleacher Report, House of Highlights and NASCAR digital platforms.”