2026 NASCAR All-Star Race

Dover Motor Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats. The track began to host the NASCAR All-Star Race in 2026.

On February 25, 2026, NASCAR and Dover announced the new format for the race, with the full 36-car field being eligible, becoming 350 laps in length, with the field being inverted after stage one, and the shortening of the field from 36 to 26 after stage 2.^[4]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Fox Sports will be the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and two-time All-Star race winner Kevin Harvick will call the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Josh Sims will handle pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds will provide insight on-site during the race.

Motor Racing Network (MRN) will continue their longstanding relationship with Speedway Motorsports to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast will be Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and 1989 winner of the All-Star Race Rusty Wallace. The network also will have one announcer stationed in turn 4: Dave Moody. Steve Post and Kim Coon will be the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast will also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.