2021 NASCAR Cup Series

2021 NASCAR Cup Series
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The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series will be the 73rd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 50th season for the modern era Cup Series. The season will begin at Daytona International Speedway with the Advance Auto Parts Clash, the Gander RV Duel qualifying races, and the 63rd running of the Daytona 500. The regular season will end with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona on August 28. The NASCAR playoffs will end with the race at ISM Raceway on November 7. It will also mark the debut of the Gen-7 car, Ford Performance global director Mark Rushbrook says that he wants the next generation of NASCAR stock cars to be more ‘technically relevant’, with new steering and suspension systems. He also wants hybrid power to be on the cars when the package makes its debut in 2021.

Teams and drivers

Chartered teams

Manufacturers

Drivers

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race driver
Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	Kurt Busch
		42	Ross Chastain
	Germain Racing	13	Ty Dillon
	Hendrick Motorsports	9	Chase Elliott
		24	William Byron
		48	Brad Keselowski
		88	Noah Gragson (R)
	JTG Daugherty Racing	37	Ricky Stenhouse Jr
		47	Ryan Preece
	Premium Motorsports	15	Brennan Poole
	Richard Childress Racing	3	Austin Dillon
		8	Tyler Reddick
		31	Daniel Suarez
	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.
	Spire Motorsports	77	Multiple Drivers
	StarCom Racing	00	Quin Houff
	Kaulig Racing	16	Justin Haley (R)
Ford
	Front Row Motorsports	34	Michael McDowell
		38	John Hunter Nemechek
	Go Fas Racing	32	Corey LaJoie
	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Ryan Newman
		17	Chris Buescher
	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	Kevin Harvick
		10	Aric Almirola
		14	Kyle Larson
		41	Cole Custer
	Team Penske	2	Austin Cindric (R)
		12	Ryan Blaney
		22	Joey Logano
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Matt DiBenedetto
Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Denny Hamlin
		18	Kyle Busch
		19	Martin Truex Jr.
		20	Erik Jones
	Leavine Family Racing	95	Christopher Bell
	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96	Clint Bowyer
TBA	Rick Ware Racing	51	Garrett Smithley
		52	Cody Ware

Limited Schedule

Note:

• Only teams that have officially announced or mentioned that they hope to compete in 2020 are listed.

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Schedule

NASCAR has secretly released the 2021 Cup Series Schedule

NASCAR has told the fans and media that The 2021 Cup schedule will see “drastic changes, with several new tracks joining and a possibility of a street course race”.

Schedule

NASCAR unveiled the 2021 schedule on March 25, 2020.

No	Race Title	Track	Date	Time ET	TV	Radio
	Busch Clash	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	February 7	3:00 PM	NASCAR on FS1	MRN
	Bluegreen Vacation Duel		February 11	7:00 PM
1	Daytona 500		February 14	2:30 PM	NASCAR on Fox
2	Pennzoil 400 Presented by JiffyLube	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada	February 21	3:30 PM		PRN
3	FanShield 500	Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona	February 28			MRN
4	Auto Club 400	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California	March 7
5	Toyota Save/Mart 350	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California	March 14	3:00 p.m.		PRN
6	Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia	March 21	2:00 p.m.		PRN
7	Dixie Vodka 400	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida	March 28	2:00 PM	NASCAR on FS1	MRN PRN
8	O’Reilly Auto Parts 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas	April 11	2:30 PM
9	NAPA Auto Parts 400	Memphis International Raceway, Millington, Tennessee	April 18	1:00 p.m.	NASCAR on Fox	PRN MRN
10	GEICO 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama	April 25	2:00 PM
11	Busch Beer 400	World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Illinois	May 2		NASCAR on FS1
12	BlueEmu 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	May 8	8:00 PM
13	Iowa Corn 400	Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa	May 16	2:00 PM
	NASCAR All-Star Open	Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Concord, North Carolina	May 20	7:00 PM
	NASCAR All-Star Race		May 21	9:00 PM
14	Coca-Cola 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina	May 30	6:00 PM	NASCAR on Fox	PRN
15	Kids Free 325	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania	June 5	3:00 p.m.	NASCAR on FS1	MRN
16	Worry-Free Weather Guarantee 350	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania	June 6	3:00 p.m.		MRN
17	Coca-Cola 450	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 13	3:00 p.m.	NASCAR on NBCSN	MRN
18	FireKeepers Casino 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan	June 20	2:30 p.m.
19	Camping World 400	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois	June 27	2:30 p.m.	NASCAR on NBCSN	MRN
20	Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered by Florida Georgia Line	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	July 4	3:30 PM	NASCAR on NBCSN	PRN & IMS Radio Network
21	Quaker State 400 Presented By Walmart	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky	July 11	3:00 p.m.		PRN
22	Foxwoods Resort Casino 301	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire	July 18	3:00 PM
23	Go Bowling at The Glen	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	August 1			MRN
24	Drydene 400	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware	August 8
25	Consumers Energy 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan	August 15
26	Coke Zero Sugar 400	Daytona International Speedway (Roval), Daytona Beach, Florida	August 21	7:30 PM	NASCAR on NBC
Cup Championship Playoffs
Round of 16
27	Federated Auto Parts 400	Richmond Raceway, Richmond Virginia	August 28	7:30 p.m.	NASCAR on NBCSN	MRN
28	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina	September 5	7:30 PM
29	Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	September 11			PRN
Round of 12
30	South Point 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada	September 19	2:00 PM	NASCAR on NBCSN	PRN
31	Bank of America Roval 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Concord, North Carolina	September 26	2:30 p.m.	NASCAR on NBCSN	PRN
32	1000Bulbs.com 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama	October 3	2:30 PM		MRN
Round of 8
33	Hollywood Casino 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas	October 10	2:30 PM	NASCAR on NBC	MRN
34	AAA Texas 500	Texas Motor Speedway. Fort Worth, Texas	October 17	3:00 PM	NASCAR on NBCSN	PRN
35	First Data 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	October 31	2:00 PM	NASCAR on NBC	MRN
Championship 4
36	BlueGreen Vacations 500	Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona	November 7	3:00 PM	NASCAR on NBC	MRN

Bolded races indicate a NASCAR Major also known as Crown Jewel race

Off Weekend added October 24th, 2021

Schedule changes

• The Coca-Cola 600 moves back a week in 2021, to May 30, 2021. This will keep the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day Weekend
• The Toyota/SaveMart 350 at Sonoma Raceway moves up to mid-March and will become the final stop for the NASCAR Goes West Tour.
• The FanShield 500 at Phoenix Raceway moves up a week, while the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway moves back a week.
• Pocono Raceways Double Header will move up to the first week of June in 2021.
• Michigan International Speedways Race dates get moved around in 2021. The FireKeepers Casino 400 will be on June 20 instead of June 6 and the Consumers Energy 400 will be on August 15 instead of August 8.
• The Iowa Corn 400 replaces the Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway. (Iowa has never hosted a NASCAR Cup Series race prior to 2021)
• The Federated Auto Parts 400 moves up at Richmond Raceway moves up two weeks from 2020.
• Road America replaces the Toyota/SaveMart 350 at Sonoma Raceway(which moves up to March). The race will take Sonomas old date which is June 13th. (Road America hasn’t hosted the NASCAR Cup Series since 1956).
• There will be a off week between Texas and Martinsville in the Playoffs.
• The NAPA Auto Parts 400 at Memphis International Raceway will replace the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway(Memphis has never hosted a NASCAR Cup Series race prior to 2021.)
• The Busch Beer 400 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway will replace the Gander RV 400 at Dover International Speedway. (Gateway has never hosted a NASCAR Cup Series race prior to 2021.) This race was announced by a NASCAR representative on December 15, 2019 on Twitter and by track officials on November 4, 2019. This race will be joined by the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.
• The NASCAR All-Star Race will be held on Saturday May 22, with the NASCAR Open being held on Friday May 21. Both races along with the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series will race on Charlotte Motor Speedways ROVAL for the first time in NASCAR history.
• The Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway moves up a week.
• After being bought out by Rodger Penske, owner of Team Penske, Indianapolis Motor Speedway will remain on NASCAR’s schedule for the foreseeable future.
• Daytona International Speedway will debut its infield road course for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 weekend on August 20 and 21st. This will be the first NASCAR Sanctioned event on the Road Course.
• The Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International moves up two weeks from 2020.
• The Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway moves up 3 weeks.
• The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race moves up a week.

See Also

• 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2021 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series