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2021 NASCAR Cup Series

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The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series was the 73rd season for NASCAR Cup Series. The season began on February 14, 2021 at the Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway. The weekend began with the Busch Clash non-points event. It was the first year that the race was run on the road course, and the second year on the tracks road course layout. The race was followed by the Bluegreen Vacations Duel qualifying races, and the 63rd running of the Daytona 500.

Team and drivers[]

see 2021 Cup Series team chart


Changes[]

Teams[]

  • On July 23, 2020, it was reported that Leavine Family Racing owner Bob Leavine solicited bids for the team due to the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On August 4, Leavine confirmed that his team has been sold and would cease operations at the end of the 2020 season.[2] On August 11, the team's charter was officially sold to Spire Motorsports, which would be used to field a second full-time car in 2021 (which would end up being the No. 7 of Corey LaJoie).[3][4] With its purchase of Leavine Family Racing's assets, Spire Motorsports will expand into a two-car operation in 2021. On August 24, the team announced that they would be looking for two full-time drivers for the season.[5]
  • On September 1, 2020, it was reported that Germain Racing owner Bob Germain was exploring conversations for a potential sale of the team due to lack of sponsorship, as their contract with primary sponsor GEICO expired at the end of the 2020 season and it was confirmed four days later that they would not return for the 2021 season.[6] Their charter was later put up for bid, and was purchased on September 21, and as a result, Germain ceased operations at the end of the 2020 season.[7][4]
  • On September 21, 2020, retired NBA player and Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan announced that he and Denny Hamlin would be forming 23XI Racing with Bubba Wallace as the driver after purchasing the charter from Germain Racing, which closed down after the 2020 season.[7][4]
  • On October 7, 2020, Trackhouse Racing Team, owned by Justin Marks, announced its entry into the Cup Series, fielding one full-time car, the No. 99, for Daniel Suárez in 2021. The team will run Chevrolets in a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.[8] The team has leased the charter from the No. 77 Spire Motorsports car for this season.[9][4] On January 15, 2021, it was announced that musician Pitbull would co-own the team with Marks.[10]
  • On October 8, 2020, it was revealed that Spire Motorsports bought a third charter, which they will use for the No. 77 in 2021 after the team leased the original charter for the No. 77 to Trackhouse for 2021.[9] Upon further reports on December 30, it was revealed that this third charter for Spire came from JTG Daugherty Racing for the No. 37, which will now be non-chartered in 2021.[11][4]
  • On October 22, 2020, Go Fas Racing owner Archie St. Hilaire announced that the team would scale down to a part-time schedule in 2021. Joe Falk will continue to own half of the team's charter while St. Hilaire transfers his half to Falk's new business partner.[12] The following day, it was announced that B. J. McLeod and Matt Tifft had purchased Go Fas Racing's ownership stake in the charter, and it would be moved from the No. 32 to McLeod's No. 78, meaning that car will run full-time with a charter in 2021.[13] On November 20, McLeod and Tifft announced the team's name as Live Fast Motorsports, with a technical alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing.[14]
  • On October 28, 2020, Hendrick Motorsports announced that the No. 88 team would be renumbered to the No. 5 in 2021.[15]
  • On November 20, 2020, Kaulig Racing announced they would run a partial schedule in 2021, with the intention of entering all superspeedway and road course races and the goal of running full-time in 2022, hoping to purchase a charter by then.[16]
  • On December 2, 2020, NY Racing Team teased a potential return to Cup competition after posting the No. 44 with "2021" on their Instagram account,[17] as well as updating their website, which stated that they would attempt to qualify for the 2021 Daytona 500.[18] On January 5, 2021, team owner John Cohen announced that NYRT will compete full-time as an open team.[17] The team last competed in the series in 2018 with J. J. Yeley running part-time in partnerships with Premium Motorsports and BK Racing as well as one race by themselves in the 2018 Coca-Cola 600.
  • On December 28, 2020, The Money Team Racing, which is co-owned by Floyd Mayweather Jr., was reported to be negotiating a partnership with Spire Motorsports in 2021. The deal will reportedly have TMTR co-brand one of Spire's two cars before leasing the latter team's second charter to run full-time in 2022.[19]
  • On December 30, 2020, Bob Pockrass reported that Wood Brothers Racing purchased the charter they had leased from Go Fas Racing since 2017.[20][4]
  • On February 3, 2021, MBM Motorsports announced that NASCAR approved its number change from No. 49 to No. 13, which it had requested after the demise of Germain Racing.[21][22]
  • On February 9, 2021, Tommy Baldwin Racing announced that the No. 7 team would be renumbered to the No. 71, a number the team previously used in 2019.[22]

Drivers[]

  • On August 6, 2020, Erik Jones and Joe Gibbs Racing announced that they would mutually part ways at the end of the 2020 season.[23] On October 21, Jones officially joined Richard Petty Motorsports as the driver of the organization's No. 43 entry.[24]
  • On August 21, 2020, Corey LaJoie and Go Fas Racing announced that they would mutually part ways at the end of the 2020 season.[25] On November 12, Sports Business JournalTemplate:'s Adam Stern reported that LaJoie was a leading candidate for one of the Spire Motorsports teams in 2021.[26] On November 30, Spire announced that LaJoie would drive the team's new second car, the No. 7, full-time.[27]
  • On September 9, 2020, Matt Kenseth mentioned on Sirius XM's Late Shift that he would more than likely not return to the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 team in 2021.[28] On September 21, 2020, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that Ross Chastain would replace Kenseth in 2021.[29]
  • On September 10, 2020, Bubba Wallace announced that he would not be back in the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 in 2021.[30] On September 21, it was made official that he will be the driver of the 23XI Racing No. 23 car.[7]
  • On September 15, 2020, Daniel Suárez announced that he would not be back in the Gaunt Brothers Racing No. 96 in 2021.[31] On October 7, 2020, Suárez joined Trackhouse Racing Team full-time for the 2021 season.[8]
  • On October 6, 2020, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Alex Bowman will move from the No. 88 to the No. 48 team in 2021.[32]
  • On October 8, 2020, Team Penske announced that Austin Cindric will drive the No. 33 Ford in select Cup Series races while competing full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2021. He would then transition to the Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 team in 2022.[33][34][35]
  • On October 8, 2020, Clint Bowyer announced he would retire from full-time driving at the end of the 2020 season and work as a NASCAR on Fox commentator in 2021.[36] His replacement in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 will be Chase Briscoe.[37][38]
  • On October 19, 2020, NASCAR reinstated Kyle Larson six months after he was suspended from the sport and fired by Chip Ganassi Racing for using a racial slur during an iRacing event. He will be cleared to resume all NASCAR activities on January 1, 2021.[39] On October 28, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Larson will drive the No. 5 (renumbered from the No. 88) for the team, replacing Alex Bowman, who moved over to the No. 48 to replace Jimmie Johnson.[15]
  • On November 8, 2020, Ryan Ellis announced that if sponsorship could be found, he would drive the now-part-time No. 32 for Go Fas Racing in 2021, including at the Daytona 500. Ellis has worked for the team as their public relations director since 2017.[40] The team has yet to make an official announcement.
  • On November 16, 2020, John Hunter Nemechek announced he would not return to Front Row Motorsports in 2021.[41] On November 23, it was announced that Nemechek would return to the Camping World Truck Series to drive full-time for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2021.[42]
  • On December 19, 2020, MBM Motorsports announced that Timmy Hill, Chad Finchum, and Stephen Leicht (who drives for the team's Xfinity Series program) will return to the team in 2021, with Hill and Finchum attempting to run the 2021 Daytona 500.[43]
  • On December 22, 2020, Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal reported that Anthony Alfredo was in talks with Front Row Motorsports to drive the No. 38 in 2021. On January 6, 2021, FRM confirmed that Alfredo will drive the No. 38 for the Rookie of the Year honors.[44]
  • On December 23, 2020, Chris Knight of Catchfence reported that JR Motorsports Xfinity Series driver and 2020 Daytona 300 winner Noah Gragson would attempt to qualify for the 2021 Daytona 500 in the No. 62 for Beard Motorsports. Since 2017, Brendan Gaughan, who retired after the 2020 season, drove this car at each of the restrictor plate races (as well as the Daytona Road Course in 2020).[45] The team would officially announce this on January 14, 2021.
  • On January 6, 2021, Front Row Motorsports announced that David Ragan would return to the No. 36 for the 2021 Daytona 500.[44]
  • On January 15, 2021, Jim Utter of Motorsport.com reported that Ty Dillon was likely to drive the No. 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing car in the Daytona 500 as well as the Daytona Road Course race the following week. It is unclear if he will run any additional races for the team beyond that.[46] On February 3, 23XI Racing announced that Dillon would drive the No. 23 at the 2021 Busch Clash, as he was eligible after winning a stage in 2020 while regular driver Bubba Wallace was not.[47]
  • On January 19, 2021, Spire Motorsports announced that Jamie McMurray would drive the No. 77 at the 2021 Daytona 500.[48]
  • On January 19, 2021, Rick Ware Racing announced that Derrike Cope would make his final Daytona 500 start in the No. 15.[49]
  • On January 21, 2021, Kaulig Racing announced that A. J. Allmendinger would drive the No. 16 at the Daytona road course, making his first start in the Cup Series since the end of the 2018 season.[50]

Crew chiefs[]

  • On September 29, 2020, it was announced that the crew chiefing career of Hendrick Motorsports' seven-time championship winning crew chief Chad Knaus would end after the 2020 season, as he would be promoted to Vice President of Competition for the team starting in 2021. On October 26, 2020, it was announced that Knaus' replacement on the No. 24 car of William Byron will be Rudy Fugle, a decorated Truck Series crew chief for Kyle Busch Motorsports, who worked with Byron in 2016, winning seven races together. Fugle has won 28 races, two drivers' championships and five owners' championships with KBM.[51]
  • On October 6, 2020, Hendrick Motorsports announced that crew chief Greg Ives will join Alex Bowman in moving from the No. 88 to the No. 48 team in 2021.[32]
  • On October 28, 2020, Cliff Daniels, formerly the crew chief for Jimmie Johnson on the No. 48, was announced to be crew chief for Kyle Larson in Hendrick Motorsports' No. 5 (formerly No. 88) car, switching teams with Ives.[15]
  • On October 30, 2020, 23XI Racing announced that Mike Wheeler will be the crew chief of the No. 23 with Bubba Wallace in 2021.[52]
  • On November 13, 2020, Trackhouse Racing Team announced that Travis Mack will be the crew chief for Daniel Suárez in the No. 99. Mack previously served as crew chief for Michael Annett in the JR Motorsports No. 1 team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series from 2019 to 2020.[53]
  • On November 17, 2020, Joe Gibbs Racing announced changes to their crew chief lineup in 2021.[54]
    • Adam Stevens, previously the crew chief of Kyle Busch's No. 18, will move to the No. 20 JGR Cup team, now driven by Christopher Bell, replacing Chris Gayle.
    • Chris Gayle will now be the crew chief of JGR's No. 54 team in the Xfinity Series, replacing Jacob Canter, JGR's test team manager.
    • Jason Ratcliff, previously the crew chief of the JGR-aligned No. 95 Leavine Family Racing team, which has closed down, will move back to the Xfinity Series and crew chief the No. 20 of Harrison Burton, replacing Ben Beshore.
    • Ben Beshore will move to the Cup Series and replace Stevens as the crew chief of the No. 18 of Kyle Busch.
  • On December 10, 2020, Spire Motorsports announced their 2021 crew chief lineup.[55]
    • Ryan Sparks will be the crew chief for Corey LaJoie's No. 7, after previously working with LaJoie at Go Fas Racing in 2020. On February 24, 2021, it was announced that Steve Letarte would fill in for Sparks at Homestead due to COVID-19 protocols.[56]
    • Kevin Bellicourt, previously the crew chief for Derek Kraus at McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in the Truck Series, will be the No. 77 crew chief, replacing Peter Sospenzo.
  • On January 20, 2021, Team Penske announced that race engineer Miles Stanley was announced as the crew chief for Austin Cindric in the No. 33 during the team's part-time schedule.[34]
  • On January 27, 2021, Kaulig Racing revealed their crew chief lineups for the 2021 season; Matt Swiderski, who was previously the crew chief for Team Penske's part-time No. 12 car in the Xfinity Series, will serve as crew chief for Kaulig's part-time Cup Series team.[57]
  • On January 28, 2021, it was announced that Frank Kerr would be the crew chief for the No. 78 of B. J. McLeod and his Live Fast Motorsports team in 2021.[58] In 2020, Kerr spent part of the season with Niece Motorsports and part of the season with Martins Motorsports. The last time he was a Cup Series crew chief was in 2018 when he crew chiefed the TriStar Motorsports No. 72 of Corey LaJoie and Cole Whitt.

Manufactures[]

Sponsorship[]

  • On September 5, 2020, it was revealed that GEICO would not return to sponsor the Germain Racing No. 13 team in 2021, although they would remain a premier partner of the NASCAR Cup Series.[6]
  • On October 20, 2020, HighPoint Technology was announced to join Chase Briscoe in moving from Stewart-Haas Racing's No. 98 Xfinity Series car to their No. 14 Cup Series car in 2021.[37]
  • On December 2, 2020, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals announced their Nurtec ODT brand will be the primary sponsor of the Rick Ware Racing No. 51 team throughout the whole 2021 season.[61]
  • On December 10, 2020, Keen Parts/CorvetteParts.net announced they will sponsor the Live Fast Motorsports No. 78 team in 2021. The online Chevrolet Corvette parts store previously sponsored Go Fas Racing from 2016 to 2020.[62]
  • On December 14, 2020, 23XI Racing announced that DoorDash, McDonald's, Columbia Sportswear, Dr Pepper, and Root Insurance Company would be the sponsors of Bubba Wallace's No. 23 car in 2021.[63] This is Dr Pepper's first sponsorship in NASCAR since their sponsorship of the former No. 23 BK Racing car. The other four companies moved over with Wallace from Richard Petty Motorsports. Also, with Dr Pepper being a competitor to Coca-Cola, Bubba Wallace will also no longer be a Coca-Cola Racing Family driver.[64]
  • On December 15, 2020, it was announced that Llumar would switch teams at Hendrick Motorsports and would now sponsor Chase Elliott's No. 9 (at Circuit of the Americas as well as the Busch Clash). The window film company had previously sponsored Alex Bowman's No. 88 car for the last two seasons. Llumar is likely to replace Mountain Dew as a sponsor for Elliott, as although the team has yet to make an official announcement on their departure, it was reported that their contract with Hendrick Motorsports expired after the 2020 season and was unlikely to be renewed.[65] This ends PepsiCo's 24-year sponsorship of Hendrick (dating back to 1997), which included Pepsi's sponsorship of Jeff Gordon, AMP Energy's sponsorship of Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Mountain Dew's sponsorship of Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne, and Elliott.[66] On January 12, 2021, HMS announced that energy drink Adrenaline Shoc, which is distributed in the U.S. by Keurig Dr Pepper, would join the No. 9 in 2021 as a primary sponsor for two races and an associate sponsor for the rest of the season.[67]
  • On December 16, 2020, Rheem was announced to join Christopher Bell in moving from the closed No. 95 Leavine Family Racing car to the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 car in 2021.[68]
  • On December 23, 2020, it was revealed that RoofClaim.com, which was the primary sponsor of the No. 66 of Timmy Hill for MBM Motorsports, would not return to the team in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the lack of exposure with fans and TV broadcasts.[69]
  • On January 19, 2021, Dixie Vodka was announced as the sponsor of the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 for two races.[70]
  • On January 19, 2021, Bass Pro Shops and Black Rifle Coffee Company were announced as the sponsors of the Gaunt Brothers Racing No. 96 for the 2021 Daytona 500.[71]
  • On January 20, 2021, Schlüter Systems North America was announced as the primary sponsor of the Spire Motorsports No. 7 for seven races and an associate sponsor for the rest of the 2021 season.[72] On January 26, Youtheory Ashwagandha dietary supplement was announced as the sponsor of the No. 7 at the 2021 Daytona 500.[73]
  • On January 28, 2021, NationsGuard, a subsidiary of the Hendrick Automotive Group, was announced as the primary sponsor of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 for the 2021 Daytona 500, as well as the Daytona Road Course and Homestead races.[74] On February 4, Cincinnati Inc. and Freightliner Trucks were announced as primary sponsors of the No. 5 for two races each and associate sponsors for the rest of the season.[75] On February 8, HendrickCars.com was announced as the primary sponsor for select races starting with the spring Las Vegas race.[76]
  • On January 28, 2021, Molson Coors Beverage Company announced its brand switch from Miller Lite to Keystone Light as a sponsor of the Team Penske No. 2 in 2021, being the primary sponsor at the 2021 Coca-Cola 600 and an associate sponsor for several races.[77]
  • On February 8, 2021, Offerpad was announced as the primary sponsor of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 for two races in 2021.[78]
  • On February 19, 2021, Richard Petty Motorsports announced Tide and Food City as the sponsors of the No. 43 for the Bristol Dirt Race.[79] On February 22, it was revealed that World Wide Technology ended its sponsorship deal with RPM.[80]

Schedule[]

The official 2021 schedule was released on September 30, 2020.[81]

No Race title Track Date
Busch Clash Daytona International Speedway (Road Course), Daytona Beach, Florida February 9
Bluegreen Vacations Duel Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida February 11
1 Daytona 500 February 14–15
2 O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course), Daytona Beach, Florida February 21[82]
3 Dixie Vodka 400 Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida February 28[83]
4 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada March 7
5 Instacart 500 Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona March 14[84]
6 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia March 21[85]
7 Food City Dirt Race Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt Course), Bristol, Tennessee March 28
8 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia April 10[86]
9 Toyota Owners 400 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia April 18[87]
10 GEICO 500 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama April 25[88]
11 Buschy McBusch Race 400 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas May 2
12 Goodyear 400 Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina May 9
13 Drydene 400 Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware May 16
14 EchoPark Texas Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas May 23
15 Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina May 30
16 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California June 6
NASCAR All Star Open Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas June 13
NASCAR All-Star Race
17 Ally 400 Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee June 20[89]
18 Pocono Organics 325 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 26
19 Explore the Pocono Mountains 350 June 27
20 Jockey Made in America 250 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 4
21 Quaker State 400 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia July 11[85]
22 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 18
23 Go Bowling at The Glen Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York August 8
24 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course), Speedway, Indiana August 15
25 FireKeepers Casino 400[90] Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan August 22
26 Coke Zero Sugar 400 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida August 28
NASCAR Cup Championship Playoffs
Round of 16
27 Cook Out Southern 500 Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina September 5
28 Federated Auto Parts 400 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia September 11
29 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee September 18
Round of 12
30 South Point 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada September 26
31 YellaWood 500 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama October 3
32 Bank of America Roval 400 Charlotte Motor Speedway (Road Course), Concord, North Carolina October 10
Round of 8
33 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas October 17
34 Hollywood Casino 400 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas October 24
35 Xfinity 500 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia October 31
Championship 4
36 Season Finale 500 Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona November 7[84]

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

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