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The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series will be the 77th season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 54th season for the modern-era Cup Series. The season will start with the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on February 2 at Bowman Gray Stadium, followed by the Bluegreen Vacations Duel on February 13, and the 67th running of the Daytona 500 (the first points race of the season) on February 16, both at Daytona International Speedway. The season will end with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on November 2.

The 2025 season will be the first year under NASCAR's new TV deal that will take place until 2031. FOX will broadcast 12 races,[a] while NBC will broadcast 14 races. Amazon and TNT will broadcast five races each.[1] In addition, the season will mark the debut of NASCAR's in-season tournament.[2]

This will be the first season without Tony Stewart's ownership of Stewart–Haas Racing,[3] Gene Haas, the other co-owner of SHR, announced he would retain the team and rebrand it as Haas Factory Team for 2025.[4] This will also be the first season without 2017 champion Martin Truex Jr. as a full-time driver, as he announced his retirement from full-time racing on June 14, 2024.[5] This will also be the first season with 32 chartered cars; the previous number was 36 chartered cars since 2016. The number was reduced due to a lawsuit filed by 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports against NASCAR over the updated charter agreement. 23XI and FRM have filed an injunction, requesting that NASCAR be compelled to allow them to race as chartered entries but it was denied by the judge.[6][7]

Teams and drivers

Chartered teams

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief References
Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 Kyle Larson TBA [8]
9 Chase Elliott TBA [9]
24 William Byron TBA [10]
48 Alex Bowman TBA [11]
JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. TBA [12]
Kaulig Racing 10 Ty Dillon TBA [13]
16 A. J. Allmendinger TBA [14][15]
Richard Childress Racing 3 Austin Dillon TBA [16]
8 Kyle Busch TBA [17][18]
Spire Motorsports 7 Justin Haley Rodney Childers [19][20]
71 Michael McDowell Travis Peterson [21][22]
77 Carson Hocevar TBA [23]
Trackhouse Racing 1 Ross Chastain TBA [24]
88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Stephen Doran [25][26][27]
99 Daniel Suárez TBA [28][29]
Ford Haas Factory Team 41 Cole Custer Aaron Kramer [4][30][31]
RFK Racing 6 Brad Keselowski TBA [32][33]
17 Chris Buescher TBA [16]
Rick Ware Racing 15 TBA TBA
51 TBA TBA [20]
Team Penske 2 Austin Cindric TBA [16]
12 Ryan Blaney TBA [34]
22 Joey Logano TBA [35][16]
Wood Brothers Racing 21 Josh Berry Miles Stanley [36][37]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Denny Hamlin TBA [38]
19 Chase Briscoe James Small [5][39][40][41]
20 Christopher Bell TBA [42][43]
54 Ty Gibbs TBA [16]
Legacy Motor Club 42 John Hunter Nemechek TBA [16]
43 Erik Jones TBA [44]

Non-chartered teams

Complete schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief References
Ford Front Row Motorsports 38 Todd Gilliland TBA [45]
TBA Noah Gragson TBA [21][46][47]
TBA TBA TBA [21][46]

On October 2, 2024, it was announced that 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR over the terms of the updated charter agreement, as well as anti-competitive practices committed by the France family. The teams filed an injunction requesting NASCAR be ordered to allow them to compete as chartered teams.[48][49] The preliminary injunction was denied by the judge.[7]

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races References
Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 78 B. J. McLeod TBA TBA [50]
Team AmeriVet 50 TBA TBA TBA [51]
Toyota TBA TBA Martin Truex Jr. Cole Pearn 1 [52][53]

TBD

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief References
Toyota 23XI Racing 23 Bubba Wallace Charles Denike [54][55][56]
45 TBA TBA [16][57]
TBA TBA TBA [49]

Team changes

New teams

Expansions

Closures

  • Stewart–Haas Racing shut down its operations at the conclusion of the 2024 season.[58]

Driver changes

Moving teams

Moving between series

Retirement

Rookies

See also: NASCAR Rookie of the Year § Cup Series

Other potential and rumored changes

Teams

Drivers

Sponsorship

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024 and consists of 30 oval races, 5 road course races, one street track race, and 4 non-championship races to be held on ovals.[67]

Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2025. For the races where a 2025 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2024 are listed.

No Race name Track Location Date
Regular Season
Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium  O  Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina February 2
Bluegreen Vacations Duel  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 13
1 Daytona 500 February 16
2 Ambetter Health 400  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 23
3 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 2
4 Shriners Children's 500  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 9
5 Pennzoil 400  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 16
6 Straight Talk Wireless 400  O  Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida March 23
7 Cook Out 400  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia March 30
8 Goodyear 400  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina April 6
9 Food City 500  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee April 13
10 Jack Link's 500[68]  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 27
11 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas May 4
12 AdventHealth 400  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas May 11
NASCAR All Star Open  O  North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, North Carolina May 18
NASCAR All-Star Race
13 Coca-Cola 600  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 25
14 Ally 400  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee June 1
15 FireKeepers Casino 400  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan June 8
16 NASCAR Cup Series at Mexico City  R  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico June 15
17 The Great American Getaway 400  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 22
NASCAR in-season tournament[2]
18 Quaker State 400  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia June 28
19 Grant Park 165  S  Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 6
20 Toyota/Save Mart 350  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California July 13
21 Würth 400  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware July 20
22 Brickyard 400 presented by PPG  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 27
Regular Season
23 Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa August 3
24 Go Bowling at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 10
25 Cook Out 400  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia August 16
26 Coke Zero Sugar 400  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 23
NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Round of 16
27 Cook Out Southern 500  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina August 31
28 Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois September 7
29 Bass Pro Shops Night Race  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 13
Round of 12
30 USA Today 301  O  New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire September 21
31 Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN BET  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 28
32 Bank of America Roval 400  R  Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Concord, North Carolina October 5
Round of 8
33 South Point 400  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 12
34 YellaWood 500  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 19
35 Xfinity 500  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia October 26
Championship 4
36 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 2

Notes

Bolded races indicate an event generally known as a Crown Jewel race.

 O  Oval track
 R  Road course
 S  Street course

Confirmed schedule changes

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Including the Clash, Daytona Duels, and All-Star Race

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