# ESPN NASCAR Cup Series Race Results by Date

> ESPN NASCAR Cup Series Race Results by Date is a paid API for AI agents from api.fadeandco.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns the finishing order, race name, venue, and state for NASCAR Cup Series races on a given date, sourced from ESPN's public scoreboard API.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.fadeandco.workers.dev/api/dev/espn-nascar?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/espn-nascar-cup-series-race-results-by-date-488c0cbe
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_q8lNR90wIDH13JfXWXnUA

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability espn-nascar-cup-series-race-results-by-date-488c0cbe
```

Example prompt: Who won the NASCAR Cup Series race yesterday and what were the top 5 finishers? Show me the race name and venue too.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured NASCAR Cup Series race results — finishing order, race venue, and winner — for a specific date, without building your own ESPN scraper. Ideal for agents answering sports queries, populating dashboards, or checking fantasy racing standings. Prefer this over general web search when you need clean, machine-readable JSON with consistent fields rather than unstructured text.

## Known failure modes

- No races on the requested date returns an empty races array with count 0
- Invalid date format returns a 400 error
- ESPN upstream API unavailable may return a 502 or empty data
- Requesting 'top' outside 1–40 range may return a validation error or be clamped

## How this service works

ESPN NASCAR Cup Series race list for one date with the finishing order of the first drivers (position, driver name, winner flag), race name, venue and state, from ESPN's public site JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing the date queried, a count of races found, and an array of race objects. Each race object includes the race name, venue, US state, status (e.g. Final), start time in UTC, and an array of top finishers with driver name, finishing position, and a boolean winner flag. Also includes the ESPN source URL and a checkedAt timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "top": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "How many finishers per race, 1 to 40 (default 10)"
      },
      "date": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Date YYYY-MM-DD (default: yesterday UTC)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "date": "2026-10-18",
  "count": 1,
  "races": [
   {
    "name": "NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": null,
    "status": "Final",
    "results": [
     {
      "driver": "Tyler Reddick",
      "winner": true,
      "position": 1
     },
     {
      "driver": "Ryan Blaney",
      "winner": false,
      "position": 2
     }
    ],
    "startUtc": "2026-10-18T19:00Z"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/racing/nascar-premier/scoreboard?dates=20261018",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:35:52.471Z"
 }
}
```

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