NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. has suggested a whole new way to make the All-Star Race interesting.

The crux of his point is simple: make a true All-Star Race with the three different national series involved, rather than it just being an overly-complicated Cup Series race for no points.

On his Dale Jr. Download podcast this week, the two-time Daytona 500 winner advocated for the idea of bringing in the top drivers and teams from the Cup, O'Reilly and Truck Series and having them all duke it out on the track together.

While there would be...certain logistical problems with that idea, it would absolutely be a visual spectacle for the fans – and not necessarily more confusing than the constantly-changing system the race is running under now.

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Dale Jr. advocates for All-Star chaos

Talking about Sunday's race, held at Dover for the first time, he said: “How are you going to go over there [Dover] and run an All-Star Race and make it spectacular? The way you do that is you have an All-Star weekend for all three series."

Earnhardt continued: “You could tighten up the restrictions on how you get into the All-Star race, which would make the field size smaller, and somehow find a way to have...you could even have all three, Truck, O’Reilly, and Cup in the same event.

"If you could start 42, 43, maybe a couple more, and you’d have, I don’t know, roughly, 12 cars from each series.”

What time is the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race this weekend?

The NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race from Dover takes place Sunday, May 17, at 1 p.m. ET.

Here are the race start times converted to your local time zones.

NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race Start Times
City (Time Zone) Race Start Time
Charlotte, NC (ET)1:00 P.M.
New York, NY (ET)1:00 P.M.
Columbia, SC (ET)1:00 P.M.
Charleston, WV (ET)1:00 P.M.
Augusta, ME (ET)1:00 P.M.
Chicago, IL (CT)12:00 P.M.
Pierre, SD (CT)12:00 P.M.
Nashville, TN (CT)12:00 P.M.
Des Moines, IA (CT)12:00 P.M.
Montgomery, AL (CT)12:00 P.M.
Denver, CO (MT)11:00 A.M.
Salt Lake City, UT (MT)11:00 A.M.
Albuquerque, NM (MT)11:00 A.M.
El Paso, TX (MT)11:00 A.M.
Los Angeles, CA (PT)10:00 A.M.
Las Vegas, NV (PT)10:00 A.M.
Seattle, WA (PT)10:00 A.M.
Portland, OR (PT)10:00 A.M.
San Francisco, CA (PT)10:00 A.M.

What TV channel is the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race on?

Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race action from Dover will be broadcast live on FS1 in the United States.

For those wanting to tune in to the action on the radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and PRN have the call.

Live stream options

Some NASCAR fans may want to live stream the NASCAR Cup Series action, and there are several options available.

With the race being broadcast on FS1, the FOX Sports App, FOX Sports website, and FOX One are among the places to watch.

As well as being available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, the FOX Sports App can also be downloaded in several other places, such as:

  • Apple TV
  • Roku
  • Xbox
  • Vizio
  • Google Chromecast
  • Fire TV
  • Android TV
  • Samsung Smart TV

Both the FOX Sports App and FOX One are free to download, but you will need to log in with your paid TV provider details to watch.

FS1 can also be streamed live on the following platforms:

  • DIRECTV Stream
  • Fubo
  • Hulu + Live TV
  • Sling
  • YouTube TV

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