NASCAR Overview

Introduction

Sportradar is the official data provider of real-time NASCAR data! We combine on-track speed and accuracy with in-depth race and seasonal driver statistics. All three NASCAR series (Cup, O'Reilly Auto Parts, and Trucks) are covered in full.

The NASCAR API is consistent in structure, format, and behavior with our other League Specific APIs. Our primary feeds return schedules, standings, team and driver data, and real-time race leaderboards.

Our other feeds provide a host of complementary statistics and information, including:

• Entry lists
• Practice leaderboards
• Qualifying leaderboards
• Seasonal driver statistics
• Detailed track profiles

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API Map

To best utilize the NASCAR API, you will need several parameters to create your API calls. The map below illustrates how you can obtain the parameters you need.

The primary Schedule feeds require only a Series Id (e.g. 'mc' for Cup) to call the endpoint. These feeds provide season Race Ids, which can be used to generate each of the Event feeds.

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Endpoint Descriptions

Daily Change Log – Provides IDs and timestamps for race information, race results, driver information, track information, or standings that have been modified on a given date. To receive the data updates, use these unique IDs to pull relevant API feeds.

Driver Profile – Provides biographical information and season-by-season statistics for a driver, including race-by-race results. Statistics are catalogued by season, with results broken down by individual race.

Driver Standings – Provides detailed driver standings and season statistics, including starting position, finishing position, and laps completed averages.

Driver Statistics – Provides career statistics for participating drivers in a given season. Statistics are catalogued by track type, track name, and race name.

Drivers – Provides detailed driver biographical information for a given season, including information regarding their cars and teams.

Entry List – Provides information regarding all drivers scheduled to attempt to qualify for a race.

Manufacturer Standings – Provides standings information for manufacturers for a given series.

Owner Standings – Provides standings information for car owners for a given series.

Playoff Schedule – Provides detailed schedule info for all playoff events associated with a given series.

Practice Leaderboard – Provides practice information for all drivers entered in the field including sequence, speed, time, and finish position.

Qualifying Leaderboard – Provides qualifying information for all drivers entered in the field including fastest speed, time, and finish position.

Race Leaderboard – Provides detailed information concerning a drivers race performance during and after the race.

Rookie Standings – Provides detailed rookie driver standings and season statistics, including starting position, finishing position, and laps completed averages.

Schedule – Provides detailed schedule info for all events in a given series.

Seasons – Provides a list of all available seasons within each race series.

Starting Grid – Provides the official start order of a race.

Tracks – Provides detailed information regarding all tracks within the Cup, O'Reilly Auto Parts, and Craftsman race series.

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Data Retrieval Sample

To find the leaderboard for a given race:

1. Call the Schedule endpoint and find the Race Id for your desired race
2. Call the Race Leaderboard using the Race Id

The leaderboard for this race is displayed.

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Coverage

Our NASCAR API provides real-time updates for Cup, O'Reilly Auto Parts, and Truck events. Each race, practice and qualifying event updates live, with lap-by-lap coverage.

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Integration Resources

Postman Workspace

Schema Download

Open the zip file below to access our entire NASCAR API XSD schema.

NASCAR v3 Schema

MCP Server

The Sportradar NASCAR MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementation that bridges AI assistants directly to our NASCAR API feeds. It allows LLMs to use standardized tools to fetch our sports data, helping to power your applications, assist in coding, and streamlining your integration.

For detailed instructions on how to set up and use this integration, visit our MCP Server documentation.

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Data Entry Workflow