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How to watch today’s Martinsville Cook Out 400 NASCAR race: Livestream options, more
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Move over NCAA basketball: NASCAR is revving its engines for the Martinsville Cook Out 400 today. 2023 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) Champion Ryan Blaney had a disappointing run at Richmond, but the 30-year-old is out to defend his title. However, oddsmakers favor Denny Hamlin in today’s race.
The leaderboard is stacked with talent. There’s no better way to spend part of your Sunday than watching NASCAR. Keep reading to find out how and when to watch the Martinsville Cook Out 400.
How and when to watch the Martinsville Cook Out 400 NASCAR race
The Martinsville Cook Out 400 will broadcast live from Martinsville Speedway, VA on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. ET (noon PT). The race will air on Fox and stream on SlingTV and the platforms featured below.
How to watch the Martinsville Cook Out 400 without cable
While most cable packages include Fox it’s easy to watch the Martinsville Cook Out 400 if Fox isn’t included in your cable TV subscription, or if you don’t have cable at all. Your best options for watching are below. (Streaming options will require an internet provider.)
Stream the Martinsville Cook Out 400 on Sling TV and save 50%
If you don’t have cable TV that includes Fox, one of the most cost-effective ways to stream live NASCAR races this year is through a subscription to Sling TV. The streamer offers access to all four channels airing NASCAR this season, plus local ABC affiliates (where available) with its Blue Tier plan. Also worth noting: Sling TV comes with 50 hours of cloud-based DVR recording space included, perfect for recording all of NASCAR’s big moments this season.
You can watch today’s race on Fox via the Sling TV Blue and Sling TV Orange + Blue tiers. The Blue tier features 42 channels, including your local Fox affiliate, for $45 per month. The Orange + Blue tier features 46 channels, including ESPN, for $60 per month. Sling TV is currently offering 50% off the first month of service on all subscription tiers.
Top features of Sling TV Blue tier:
- There are 42 channels to watch, including local NBC, Fox, FS1 and USA affiliates (where available).
- You can access most network-aired NASCAR races, and local NFL and nationally broadcast games at the lowest price next season.
- All subscription tiers include 50 hours of cloud-based DVR storage.
Watch the Martinsville Cook Out 400 for free with Fubo
You can also catch all NASCAR Cup Series races in 2024 on Fubo. Fubo is a sports-centric streaming service that offers access to NBC, USA, Fox and FS1, in addition to almost every NFL game next season.
To watch NASCAR without cable, start a seven-day free trial of Fubo. You can begin watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet or computer. In addition to NASCAR races, you’ll have access to NFL football, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and international soccer games. Fubo’s Pro Tier is priced at $80 per month after your free seven-day trial.
Sports fans will want to consider adding on the $7.99 per month Fubo Extra package, which includes MLB Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, Tennis Channel, SEC Network and more channels with live games. Or upgrade to the Fubo Elite tier and get all the Fubo Extra channels, plus the ability to stream in 4K, starting at $90 per month ($70 for the first month).
Top features of FuboTV Pro Tier:
- There are no contracts with Fubo, you can cancel anytime.
- The Pro tier includes over 190 channels, so there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
- Fubo includes most channels you’ll need to watch live sports, including CBS (not available through Sling TV).
- All tiers come with 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR recording.
- Stream on your TV, phone, tablet and other devices.
Watch the Toyota Owners 400 on Hulu + Live TV
You can watch NASCAR this season with Hulu + Live TV. The bundle features access to 90 channels, including Fox and FS1, NBC and USA. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch every Cup Series race on every network with Hulu + Live TV, plus catch almost all live NFL games next season, exclusive live regular season games, popular studio shows (including “NFL Total Access” and the Emmy-nominated show “Good Morning Football”) and lots more. With Hulu + Live TV, you’ll have access to live local network affiliate programming without the hefty price of a cable subscription.
Hulu + Live TV comes bundled with ESPN+ and Disney+ for $77 per month.
Watch NASCAR races live with a digital HDTV antenna
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You can also watch today’s race on TV with an affordable indoor antenna, which pulls in local over-the-air HDTV channels such as CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, Univision and more. Here’s the kicker: There’s no monthly charge.
For anyone living in a partially blocked-off area (those near mountains or first-floor apartments), a digital TV antenna may not pick up a good signal — or any signal at all. But for many homes, a digital TV antenna provides a seriously inexpensive way to watch NASCAR without paying a cable company. Indoor TV antennas can also provide some much-needed TV backup if a storm knocks out your cable.
This amplified digital antenna with a 50-mile range can receive hundreds of HDTV channels, including ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox and Univision and can filter out cellular and FM signals. It delivers a high-quality picture in 1080p HDTV and top-tier sound.
2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule
Below is the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule for the remaining races in the 2024 season. All times Eastern.
- March 17: Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, 3:30 p.m. (Fox)
- March 24: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas 3:30 p.m. (Fox)
- March 31: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway, 7:00 p.m. (Fox)
- April 7: Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway 3:00 p.m. (FS1)
- April 14: AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway, 3:30 p.m. (FS1)
- April 21: GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, 3:00 p.m. (Fox)
- April 28: Würth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway, 2:00 p.m. (FS1)
- May 5: AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, 3:00 p.m. (FS1)
- May 12: Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, 3:00 p.m. (FS1)
- May 19: All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway (All-Star Race), 8:00 p.m. (FS1)
- May 26: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, 6:00 p.m. (Fox)
- June 2: Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway 3:30 p.m. (FS1)
- June 9: Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, 3:30 p.m. (Fox)
- June 16: Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway, 7:00 p.m. (USA)
- June 23: At New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 2:30 p.m. (USA)
- June 30: Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, 3:30 p.m. (NBC)
- July 7: Grant Park 165 at Chicago street course, 4:30 p.m. (NBC)
- July 14: At Pocono Raceway, 2:30 p.m. (USA)
- July 21: Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 2:30 p.m. (NBC)
Olympic break
- Aug. 11: Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway, 6:00 p.m. (USA)
- Aug. 18: FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway, 2:30 p.m. (USA)
- Aug. 24: Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, 7:30 p.m. (NBC)
- Sept. 1: Cook Out Southern 500* at Darlington Raceway, 6:00 p.m. (USA)
Playoff Round of 16
- Sept. 8: Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, 3:00 p.m. (USA)
- Sept. 15: Go Bowling at the Glen at Watkins Glen International, 3:00 p.m. (USA)
- Sept. 21: Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, 7:30 p.m. (USA)
Playoff Round of 12
- Sept. 29: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, 3:00 p.m. (USA)
- Oct. 6: YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, 2:00 p.m. (NBC)
- Oct. 13: Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, 2:00 p.m. (NBC)
Playoff Round of 8
- Oct. 20: South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 2:30 p.m. (NBC)
- Oct. 27: At Homestead-Miami Speedway, 2:30 p.m. (NBC)
- Nov. 3: XFINITY 500 at Martinsville Speedway, 2:00 p.m. (NBC)
Championship
- Nov. 10: At Phoenix Raceway 3:00 p.m. (NBC)
Why does NASCAR take a two-week break for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Because NBC Sports is the official broadcaster of the Paris Summer Games, NASCAR will take a two-week pause between races at Indy (July 21) and Richmond (Aug. 11).
Russian disinformation groups likely orchestrated baseless claims targeting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, falsely accusing the vice presidential candidate of sexually assaulting his students while he was a high school teacher, according to assessments by the U.S. intelligence community, independent researchers and a CBS News analysis.
At least four separate claims have spread since early October, racking up millions of views on social media platforms including X, owned by Elon Musk. Darren Linvill, co-director of the Media Forensics Hub at Clemson University, said at least two of the claims seem to be directly linked to Storm-1516, a Kremlin-aligned troll farm.
A Tuesday report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says the intelligence community found Russian disinformation groups were behind recent “manufactured and amplified inauthentic content claiming illegal activity” targeting Walz’s earlier career.
The claims
The initial claim emerged on Oct. 5 during a Rumble livestream, where an anonymous man said Walz abused him when he was a Future Leaders Exchange, or FLEX, Program student in Minnesota from 2004 to 2005. The man, whose voice appears altered, was interviewed by John Mark Dougan, a former Florida sheriff’s deputy living in Russia with alleged ties to disinformation campaigns.
This was the first sign that the claim was created by Russian disinformation groups, Linvill said.
“To have [Dougan] out there being interviewed on this story is basically a neon sign saying that maybe it’s connected to Russia. Not only do I think Russia is behind these stories, I think Russia wants us to know that they’re behind these stories,” he said.
Both the U.S. State Department and FLEX told CBS News they have no record “of any FLEX student from Kazakhstan in Mankato area schools from 2000 through 2020.” Mel Helling, the communications director for Mankato Area Public Schools, told CBS News they have no record of the allegations. NewsGuard first reported the claim.
When contacted by CBS News, Dougan claimed he has the alleged victim’s U.S. visa and the FLEX Program certificate. CBS News reviewed the documents and found several inconsistencies: The date of birth on the visa does not match the age the alleged victim stated in the livestream and the certificate has an incorrect logo on it.
The claims were picked up by other accounts that are not linked to Russian disinformation. On Oct. 12, an X account credited as Matt Wallace posted a Rumble video where he claimed without evidence that Walz may have acted inappropriately with the students during trips to China. The video was later removed and the user did not respond to a request for comment.
A third claim surfaced on Oct. 13 when an X account dubbed “Black Insurrectionist” posted grainy screenshots of supposed emails alleging Walz’s misconduct with a minor at a concert in 1995.
The supposed emails appeared manipulated. Among the clues was a comma in the date-time stamp that is not typically found in emails. “Black Insurrectionist” later deleted their account. Researchers have not linked this account to Russian disinformation.
On Oct. 16, another claim circulated when a man purporting to be Matthew Metro, a former Mankato West High School student, posted a video alleging Walz sexually assaulted him in 1997.
However, The Washington Post and AFP reported that a man named Matthew Metro did attend the school but the person in the video is not him. The Post interviewed Metro, who said he never met Walz.
Hany Farid, a professor at University of California, Berkeley, who specializes in manipulated media, said he believes the video was not created using AI; rather, he believes it is a “cheap fake,” in which a man is impersonating someone else.
A disinformation pattern
The video resembles the work of Storm-1516, Linvill said. The disinformation group previously promoted a false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a hit-and-run incident, according to a report by Microsoft.
“Suggestions of sexual deviance in various forms are a favorite theme of Storm-1516,” said Linvill. “This campaign has recently turned from a focus primarily on the war in Ukraine to more frequent targeting of the Harris-Walz campaign.”
Linvill said versions of the Walz allegations appear to be a Storm-1516 “narrative laundering campaign,” a process of presenting false claims in a way that makes them appear credible. This often includes presenting the claims through a person who claims to be a victim.
CBS News reached out to X and Rumble for comment but has not heard back as of publication.
Georgia’s Supreme Court rejected a Republican-led effort to implement more than half a dozen controversial new election rules before Election Day.
In a brief order issued Tuesday, the court declined to reinstate the seven new rules implemented by the State Election Board, and declined to consider an expedited appeal — effectively ending the effort to get the new rules in place in time for the upcoming election.
A lower level Georgia judge on Oct. 16 declared the rules “illegal, unconstitutional and void.” The rules, which include one that requires ballots to be hand-counted and two related to certification of results, were supported by three of the State Election Board’s five members, all of whom were endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
President Biden defeated Trump in the state in 2020, and Trump has since repeated disproven claims that fraud cost him the election.
The new rules were opposed by not just Democrats, but also state Republican officials who cast doubt on whether they were legal. They said a hand count could delay election results, and argued in court that it was too late to properly train election workers on the new responsibilities.
Other rules passed by the board — include one that would have required county officials “to examine all election related documentation created during the conduct of elections,” a potentially laborious process — and another that would have required them to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying results. That rule did not explain what a “reasonable inquiry” entails.
The Georgia Supreme Court didn’t outright reject the appeal. In the order Tuesday, the court said it is declining to fast forward proceedings.
“When the appeal is docketed in this court, it will proceed in the ordinary course,” the justices wrote.
Georgia’s Supreme Court rejected a Republican-led effort to implement more than half a dozen controversial new election rules before Election Day.
In a brief order issued Tuesday, the court declined to reinstate the seven new rules implemented by the State Election Board, and declined to consider an expedited appeal — effectively ending the effort to get the new rules in place in time for the upcoming election.
A lower level Georgia judge on Oct. 16 declared the rules “illegal, unconstitutional and void.” The rules, which include one that requires ballots to be hand-counted and two related to certification of results, were supported by three of the State Election Board’s five members, all of whom were endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
President Biden defeated Trump in the state in 2020, and Trump has since repeated disproven claims that fraud cost him the election.
The new rules were opposed by not just Democrats, but also state Republican officials who cast doubt on whether they were legal. They said a hand count could delay election results, and argued in court that it was too late to properly train election workers on the new responsibilities.
Other rules passed by the board — include one that would have required county officials “to examine all election related documentation created during the conduct of elections,” a potentially laborious process — and another that would have required them to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying results. That rule did not explain what a “reasonable inquiry” entails.
The Georgia Supreme Court didn’t outright reject the appeal. In the order Tuesday, the court said it is declining to fast forward proceedings.
“When the appeal is docketed in this court, it will proceed in the ordinary course,” the justices wrote.
Russian disinformation groups promoting false claims about Gov. Tim Walz, experts say
Georgia Supreme Court won’t step in to reinstate controversial election rules
Georgia Supreme Court won’t step in to reinstate controversial election rules
Russian disinformation groups promoting false claims about Gov. Tim Walz, experts say
Georgia Supreme Court won’t step in to reinstate controversial election rules