NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, contested over 200 laps for 300 miles.
The Blue Cross NC 300 is coming to Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 4 PM. It's the 15th race of 33 in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, and it's the 37th time this event has been run. The race goes 200 laps for a total of 300 miles on the speedway's 1.5-mile quad-oval.
There's a bit of a story to this one. The fall Charlotte race was originally announced as a Roval event, run on the road-course configuration, but news broke back in February that it's moving back to the oval. Blue Cross was announced as the title sponsor on June 27, 2025.
For those who aren't as familiar with the venue, Charlotte Motor Speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith in Concord, North Carolina. It's widely considered the home track of NASCAR, with many of the sport's race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The complex is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc., and the 1.5-mile quad-oval sits alongside a dragstrip and a dirt track. Marcus G. Smith serves as track president.
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If you can't make it to Concord in person, the race airs on The CW in the United States, with Adam Alexander, Jamie McMurray, and Parker Kligerman in the booth. The green flag drops at 4 PM on Saturday, October 10.
