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Ross Chastain, the current points leader.

The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series is the 75th season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 52nd season for the modern-era Cup Series. The season started with the Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on February 5.[1] That race was followed by the Daytona Duel qualifying races and the 65th running of the Daytona 500 (the first points race of the season) on February 19, both at Daytona International Speedway.[2] The season will end with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway[3] on November 5.[4]

This will be the final season for 2014 champion and Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kevin Harvick, who announced his plans to retire at the end of the season on January 12, 2023.[5]

2023 is also the first season since the inception of the NASCAR Cup Series charter system in 2016 that there were no charters that were sold or leased by teams for the season. All 36 charters are with the same cars that had them in 2022, although one of them was renumbered.

Teams and drivers

Chartered teams

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 Kyle Larson[6] Cliff Daniels
9 Chase Elliott[7] Alan Gustafson
24 William Byron[8] Rudy Fugle
48 Alex Bowman[9] Blake Harris
JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.[10] Mike Kelley
Kaulig Racing 16 A. J. Allmendinger Matt Swiderski[11]
31 Justin Haley Trent Owens
Legacy Motor Club 42 Noah Gragson (R) Luke Lambert[12]
43 Erik Jones[13] Dave Elenz[12][14]
Live Fast Motorsports 78 B. J. McLeod 3 George Ingram[15][16]
TBA 32
Josh Bilicki 1
Richard Childress Racing 3 Austin Dillon[17] Keith Rodden[18]
8 Kyle Busch[19][20] Randall Burnett[19]
Spire Motorsports 7 Corey LaJoie[21] Ryan Sparks[22]
77 Ty Dillon[21] Kevin Bellicourt[22]
Trackhouse Racing Team 1 Ross Chastain[23] Phil Surgen
99 Daniel Suárez[24] Travis Mack
Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 Michael McDowell[25] Travis Peterson[26]
38 Todd Gilliland 30[25] Ryan Bergenty[26]
Zane Smith 6[27]
RFK Racing 6 Brad Keselowski[28] Matt McCall
17 Chris Buescher[29] Scott Graves
Rick Ware Racing 15 Riley Herbst 2[30] Billy Plourde[16]
J. J. Yeley 2[31]
Todd Gilliland 5[32]
TBA 27
51 Cody Ware[33] Jerry Kelley[16]
Stewart-Haas Racing 4 Kevin Harvick[34] Rodney Childers[35]
10 Aric Almirola Drew Blickensderfer[36]
14 Chase Briscoe Johnny Klausmeier[36]
41 Ryan Preece Chad Johnston[36]
Team Penske 2 Austin Cindric[37] Jeremy Bullins
12 Ryan Blaney[38] Jonathan Hassler
22 Joey Logano[39] Paul Wolfe
Wood Brothers Racing 21 Harrison Burton Brian Wilson
Toyota 23XI Racing 23 Bubba Wallace[40] Bootie Barker
45 Tyler Reddick[20] Billy Scott
Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Denny Hamlin[41] Chris Gabehart
19 Martin Truex Jr.[42][43] James Small
20 Christopher Bell[44][45] Adam Stevens
54 Ty Gibbs (R)[46] Chris Gayle[46]

Non-chartered teams and changes

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet 3F Racing[47] 30 TBA TBA TBA
Beard Motorsports 62 Austin Hill[48] Darren Shaw[48] 6[48]
Kaulig Racing 13 Chandler Smith Eddie Pardue 4
Legacy Motor Club 84 Jimmie Johnson[49] Todd Gordon[14] TBA[49]
The Money Team Racing 50 Conor Daly[50] Tony Eury Jr.[50] 7[50]
Trackhouse Racing Team[51] 91 TBA TBA TBA[52][51]
Ford Finishline Motorsports Marketing 80 J. J. Yeley[53] Josh Reaume 1[54]
Front Row Motorsports 36 Zane Smith[55] Chris Lawson[56] 1
Toyota 23XI Racing 67 Travis Pastrana[57] Eric Phillips[58] 1[59]

Season news and updates

Confirmed changes

Teams

  • On August 3, 2022, 3F Racing, which will be the first team from Germany to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series, announced plans to run part-time in 2022 starting at the Charlotte Roval.[60][61] However, team owner Dennis Hirtz announced that the team's debut would be delayed to 2023, where they plan to attempt 10 races before running full-time in 2024.[62] The team's driver(s), sponsors and crew chief have all yet to be announced.
  • On August 25, 2022, Front Row Motorsports announced that Zane Smith will drive a part-time third car for the team in select races including the Daytona 500.[55]
  • Bubba Wallace will move back to the No. 23 car in 2023 after driving the No. 45 car during the 2022 playoffs to compete for the owners' championship after Kurt Busch's concussion sidelined him for the rest of the 2022 season.[63]
  • On November 4, 2022, seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson purchased an ownership stake in Petty GMS, which later rebranded to Legacy Motor Club. He will run select races in 2023, including an attempt to make the 2023 Daytona 500.[49]
  • On December 12, 2022, Brett Griffin, who was the spotter for Justin Haley's No. 31 car full-time in 2022, announced on his podcast, Door, Bumper, Clear, that he would not spot full-time in 2023 but would remain with Kaulig Racing to spot for them in select races in 2023 including the Daytona 500, essentially revealing that the team would field a third part-time car in that race. Kaulig has yet to officially announce that they will be fielding a part-time third car in the Cup Series in 2023.[64][65] On January 10, 2023, Kaulig tweeted an image of the No. 13 in their number font, signaling that the number of their part-time third Cup Series car would be the No. 13. MBM Motorsports uses the No. 13 in the Xfinity Series, the only other series Kaulig fields entries in, and the No. 13 is not being used in the Cup Series.[66] On January 18, Kaulig announced that Chandler Smith will attempt to make his Cup Series debut in the 2023 Daytona 500, driving the No. 13 car. He will also run four additional races, which includes the NASCAR All-Star Race.[67]
  • On January 13, 2023, 23XI revealed in a tweet that they would be fielding a third car at the Daytona 500. Later that day, Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic reported that Travis Pastrana would be the driver of that car.[57] On January 17, it was announced that Pastrana would drive the No. 67 car with sponsorship from Black Rifle Coffee Company. Eric Phillips will be the crew chief.[58][59]
  • On February 11, 2023, Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports reported that a new team called Finishline Motorsports Marketing would enter the No. 80 driven by J. J. Yeley at the Daytona 500. Later that day, Reaume Brothers Racing clarified that Finishline was not entering the Daytona 500 and will make an official announcement on their debut.[54]
  • On February 18, 2023, MBM Motorsports announced it will not participate in the 2023 season. The team's last Cup appearance was in 2022, when the No. 55 driven by J. J. Yeley finished 25th at Talladega.[68]

Drivers

  • On July 15, 2022, Petty GMS Motorsports announced that Ty Dillon would not return to the No. 42 in 2023.[69] On August 10, Noah Gragson was announced to replace Dillon.[70]
  • After suffering a concussion in qualifying for the 2022 race at Pocono, Kurt Busch announced on October 15 that he would not run full-time in 2023. Tyler Reddick, who was set to join the team in 2024,[71] will move over from Richard Childress Racing a year earlier and replace Busch in the No. 45. After his move to 23XI for 2024 was announced, Reddick was going to return to RCR for one more year[72][73][74] but was bought out of his last year of his contract in order to replace Busch in the No. 45 in 2023.[20] (Busch has a multi-year deal with 23XI[75] and will stay with the team in an advisory role and could drive part-time for the team once he gets cleared to race again.)[76]
  • On August 26, 2022, although Aric Almirola announced he would retire from driving full-time after the 2022 season, he announced that he has signed a multi-year deal with Stewart-Haas Racing, delaying his retirement.[77]
  • After months of rumors and speculation over his 2023 plans and contract negotiations with Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch announced that he would leave JGR and join Richard Childress Racing beginning in 2023 in a multi-year deal. Busch will replace Tyler Reddick, who was originally announced to drive a third RCR car in 2023 before leaving for 23XI Racing in 2024, but after Kurt Busch's decision to not run full-time after his concussion, Reddick's contract was bought out by 23XI Racing, allowing him to go to 23XI a year early.[19]
  • On November 15, 2022, it was announced that Ty Gibbs would replace Busch and the car would be renumbered to the No. 54, the number Gibbs used in the Xfinity Series. Gibbs' Xfinity Series crew chief, Chris Gayle, will also move up to the Cup Series, replacing Ben Beshore.[46]
  • On October 3, 2022, Beard Motorsports owner Linda Beard told Dustin Albino from Jayski that the team will enter the 2023 Daytona 500. Noah Gragson will not return to this car in 2023 as he will drive the Petty GMS No. 42 car full-time.[78] On October 28, the team announced that Austin Hill, who drives full-time for Richard Childress Racing in the Xfinity Series, would drive the car in six races (both Daytona and both Talladega races, the Chicago Street Course and Michigan) in 2023.[48]
  • On October 3, 2022, Jordan Bianchi from The Athletic reported that A. J. Allmendinger, who has driven this car part-time as well as Kaulig's No. 16 Xfinity Series car full-time, would drive the No. 16 Cup Series car full-time in 2023. It would be his first full season in the Cup Series since 2018.[79] On October 5, Allmendinger was officially announced as the full-time driver of the No. 16.[80] Matt Swiderski will return as crew chief.[11]
  • On November 16, 2022, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Ryan Preece will replace Cole Custer in the No. 41 in 2023 while Custer will move back to the Xfinity Series.[81]
  • On December 12, 2022, Josh Bilicki was announced to drive the No. 78 on a part-time schedule.[82]
  • On January 31, 2023, Rick Ware Racing announced that Riley Herbst had signed to drive the No. 15 at the 2023 Daytona 500.[30]
  • On February 7, 2023, Front Row Motorsports announced that Zane Smith will attempt to make the 2023 Daytona 500 in the No. 36. In addition, Smith will drive the No. 38 at Phoenix, Talladega, Charlotte, Sonoma, Texas, and the Charlotte Roval, sharing the ride with Todd Gilliland.[27]

Crew chiefs

  • On August 26, 2022, Greg Ives, crew chief of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 driven by Alex Bowman, announced that he would be stepping down from the role to spend more time with his family.[83] On October 14, Blake Harris, who was the crew chief of the Front Row Motorsports No. 34 car in 2022, was announced to replace Ives as Bowman's crew chief.[84]
  • On September 2, 2022, Justin Alexander, crew chief of the Richard Childress Racing No. 3 driven by Austin Dillon, announced that he would be stepping down from the role.[85] On October 28, RCR announced that Keith Rodden, who crew chiefed in the Cup Series from 2014 to 2017 for Jamie McMurray at Chip Ganassi Racing and then for Kasey Kahne at Hendrick Motorsports, would be Dillon's new crew chief in 2023.[18]
  • On October 25, 2022, Noah Gragson's Xfinity Series crew chief Luke Lambert was announced to move from JR Motorsports to Petty GMS (later renamed Legacy Motor Club) on their No. 42 car.[12]
  • On November 9, 2022, it was announced that Brian Pattie would leave for Kyle Busch Motorsports to crew chief their No. 51 truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Mike Kelley was announced as the new crew chief of the No. 47.[86]
  • On November 16, 2022, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Chad Johnston would replace Mike Shiplett as the crew chief of their No. 41 car. Johnston was previously the crew chief of the No. 17 truck for David Gilliland Racing (now TRICON Garage) in the Truck Series where he worked with multiple drivers including Preece. Johnston is returning to SHR having previously worked for the team as the crew chief of their No. 14 car in 2014 and 2015 when it was driven by team co-owner Tony Stewart.[36]
  • On November 23, 2022, Front Row Motorsports announced that Travis Peterson, who was the engineer and interim crew chief for the No. 17 RFK car in 2022, will be the new crew chief of the No. 34 car, replacing Blake Harris, who left for Hendrick Motorsports to be the new crew chief of the No. 48 car.[84] Ryan Bergenty, who was the car chief for McDowell, will be the new crew chief for the No. 38 car replacing Seth Barbour, who was the crew chief for that car in 2022, who has been promoted to technical director for FRM.[26]
  • On January 12, 2023, Live Fast Motorsports announced that David (George)[16] Ingram Jr. would be the new crew chief of their No. 78 car in 2023. Ingram moves to LFM from team co-owner B. J. McLeod's Xfinity Series team, B. J. McLeod Motorsports, where he was previously a crew chief for them in that series.[15] Lee Leslie, who was the crew chief of the No. 78 car in 2022, switched teams and series with Ingram and became a crew chief for BJMM in the Xfinity Series in 2023.[87]
  • On January 23, 2023, Legacy Motor Club announced that Todd Gordon would crew chief the No. 84 car for Jimmie Johnson.[14]
  • On January 26, 2023, it was revealed through the release of the Clash entry list that Jerry Kelley would be the new crew chief of Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 car, replacing Billy Plourde, who moved to the team's No. 15 car in 2023, replacing Kevyn Rebolledo.[16]

Manufacturers

Sponsorship

Potential and rumored changes

Teams

  • On October 9, 2021, when it was announced that Team Hezeberg would debut in the Cup Series part-time with the No. 27 car in 2022, the team stated that they hoped to field the car full-time in 2023. As of February 2023, the team has yet to reaffirm this plan.[100]
  • On June 20, 2022, Cody Efaw, the General Manager of Niece Motorsports, stated that the team could expand into the Cup Series in 2023. They would likely field a part-time car. Efaw stated that he would like to have Carson Hocevar, one of the team's full-time Truck Series drivers, drive for the team in the Cup Series.[101]
  • On June 25, 2022, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stated on an episode of The Dale Jr. Download that his Xfinity Series team, JR Motorsports, may expand into the Cup Series.[102] On June 28, JRM co-owner Kelley Earnhardt Miller stated on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that if JRM debuts in the Cup Series, the team would more than likely only field a part-time car in 2023 before running full-time sometime in the future.[103]
  • On October 11, 2022, NFL Hall of Famer Tim Brown revealed on the podcast The Bag with Rashad Jennings and Lindsay McCormick that he has been looking into entering NASCAR as a team owner. He was set to start a team in the 2000s which would have had an alliance with what was then known as Roush Fenway Racing but the deal fell though after the Great Recession.[104]
  • On November 30, 2022, Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal reported that Phyllis Newhouse, the founder of cybersecurity firm Xtreme Solutions, has been looking into entering NASCAR as a team owner. She would become the first African American woman to own a NASCAR team.[105]

Drivers

  • On June 16, 2022, Brodie Kostecki, who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship in Australia and previously drove in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East in 2013 and 2014, expressed interest in returning to NASCAR and making his Cup Series debut in 2023.[106] Kostecki could be a candidate for the Trackhouse No. 91 car as he meets the criteria for the team's Project91 program: being an international driver (Australia) from another racing series (Supercars).[51]
  • On June 18, 2022, after winning the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) race at Five Flags Speedway, Hélio Castroneves stated that Don Hawk, the CEO of the SRX, would try to find him a ride in the Daytona 500 if he won an SRX race. It would be the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner's debut in NASCAR. At that time, the Trackhouse No. 91 car had been seen as the most likely car that Castroneves could drive in the race as he met the criteria for the team's Project91 program: being an international driver (Brazil) from another racing series (IndyCar).[107][51] On September 26, Supercars Championship driver Shane van Gisbergen revealed he was in talks with Trackhouse to make a Cup Series cameo in 2023.[108] On November 22, Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal tweeted that Castroneves was a candidate to drive the Trackhouse No. 91 car and The Money Team Racing No. 50 car in the Daytona 500,[109] and Money Team co-owner Willy Auchmoody confirmed in an interview with TobyChristie.com on December 5 that the team had talked to Castroneves about potentially driving for them in the Daytona 500.[50] On January 26, 2023, Castroneves stated that he would not attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 in 2023.[110]
  • On July 27, 2022, Daniil Kvyat stated that he would like to focus on competing in NASCAR after having made his debut with Team Hezeberg at the 2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard instead of returning to Formula One or other racing series in Europe. (Kvyat is from Russia and came to the United States after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.) He has yet to announce specific plans although he has hinted that he wants to run full-time in the Cup Series or another NASCAR series.[111]
  • On December 5, 2022, The Money Team co-owner Willy Auchmoody revealed to TobyChristie.com that the No. 50 car will run at least six races in 2023 with Conor Daly, who drove for the team at the Charlotte Roval in 2022, returning to drive for the team in at least some of those races. TMT has talked to Hélio Castroneves about potentially driving for the team in the Daytona 500 although a deal has not been finalized.[50] On January 26, 2023, Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal reported that Daly could drive the car in the Daytona 500 after Hélio Castroneves, who was seen as the frontrunner for that car in the race, decided not to enter the race.[112]
  • On January 26, 2023, Casey Mears stated that he would like to return to the Cup Series to reach 500 total starts in the series. He currently has 489 starts and would need to run 11 more races to reach 500. Mears, who ran full-time in the Cup Series from 2003 to 2009 and 2011 to 2016, last ran a NASCAR and Cup Series race in 2019. The Legacy Motor Club No. 84 car is considered a possible ride for Mears if the team, which is co-owned by his former 2007 and 2008 Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson, decides to enter it in more races on top of Johnson's races in the part-time car.[113]

Rule changes

  • NASCAR will debut a "wet weather" package for short tracks in 2023 in response to rain delays. The package will consist of a windshield wiper, flaps behind the wheels, taillights, and rain tires.[114] This was made official on January 31, 2023, when NASCAR announced that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Martinsville Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, North Wilksboro Speedway, Richmond Raceway, and Phoenix Raceway would have wet weather packages.[115]
  • Due to safety concerns from the 2022 season with drivers suffering concussions and feeling sore due to rear-end crashes, NASCAR made changes to the Next Gen’s rear structure for 2023 to create a bigger crumple zone in the hopes that it will prevent the energy from those impacts from affecting the driver. The adjustment also includes slight changes to the center section of the car.[116]
  • NASCAR formally banned drivers from wall-riding (after Ross Chastain's "Hail Melon" stunt at the 2022 Xfinity 500). NASCAR cited previously existing rules that will now be enforced in a manner to ban the move.
  • Loose wheel penalties have been reduced to a two-lap penalty and two-race suspension to crew members (instead of four-race crew chief suspension).
  • The requirement that drivers must be in the top 30 of the standings to be eligible for the playoffs has been removed.
  • Stage break cautions have been eliminated at all road course races. Stage points will still be awarded to drivers on predetermined laps, but no caution will be displayed. This was done in an effort to reduce the time spent under cautions at lengthy tracks and to increase strategy during the race.[115]
  • The choose cone rule, introduced in 2020, was extended to plate/superspeedway races for 2023, as well to dirt races.[117]

Schedule

The 2023 schedule was released on September 14, 2022.[118] The 2023 Daytona 500 will be held on Sunday, February 19.[2] The season finale will be at Phoenix Raceway again in 2023 during the first weekend of November.[3] The Busch Light Clash will return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the second year in a row and the race will be held on February 5, which again is one week before the Super Bowl and two weeks before the Daytona 500.[1] This will be the final season for Auto Club Speedway in its current 2 mile speedway configuration, as the track drops off the schedule to reconfigure as a short track.

No Race title Track Date Time (ET) Channel Radio[clarification needed]
Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California February 5[4] 8pm FOX MRN
Bluegreen Vacations Duel Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida February 16[4] 7pm FS1
1 Daytona 500 February 19[4] 2:30pm FOX
2 Pala Casino 400 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California February 26 3:30pm
3 Pennzoil 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada March 5 PRN
4 United Rentals Work United 500 Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona March 12 MRN
5 Ambetter Health 400 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia March 19 3pm PRN
6 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas March 26 3:30pm
7 Toyota Owners 400 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia April 2 FS1 MRN
8 Food City Dirt Race Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt Course),[119] Bristol, Tennessee April 9[119] 7pm FOX PRN
9 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia April 16 3pm FS1 MRN
10 GEICO 500 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama April 23 FOX
11 Würth 400 Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Delaware April 30 2pm FS1 PRN
12 AdventHealth 400 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas May 7 3pm MRN
13 Goodyear 400 Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina May 14
NASCAR All-Star Race North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina May 21[120] 8pm
14 Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina May 28 6pm FOX PRN
15 Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Illinois[121] June 4 3:30pm FS1 MRN
16 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California June 11 FOX PRN
17 Ally 400 Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee June 25 7pm NBC
18 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Chicago Chicago Street Course, Chicago, Illinois[122] July 2[122] 5:30pm MRN
19 Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia July 9 7pm USA PRN
20 Crayon 301[123] New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 16 2:30pm
21 Pocono 400 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania[124] July 23 MRN
22 Federated Auto Parts 400 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia July 30 3pm
23 FireKeepers Casino 400 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan August 6 2:30pm
24 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course), Speedway, Indiana[125] August 13 NBC IMS
25 Go Bowling at The Glen Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York August 20 3pm USA MRN
26 Coke Zero Sugar 400 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida August 26 7pm NBC
NASCAR Playoffs
Round of 16
27 Cook Out Southern 500 Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina September 3 6pm USA MRN
28 Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas September 10 3pm
29 Bass Pro Shops Night Race Bristol Motor Speedway,[119] Bristol, Tennessee September 16 7:30pm PRN
Round of 12
30 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas September 24 3:30pm USA PRN
31 YellaWood 500 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama October 1 2:30pm NBC MRN
32 Bank of America Roval 400 Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Concord, North Carolina October 8 2pm PRN
Round of 8
33 South Point 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada October 15 2:30pm NBC PRN
34 Dixie Vodka 400 Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida October 22 MRN
35 Xfinity 500 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia October 29 2pm
Championship 4
36 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona November 5[4] 3pm NBC MRN

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

Schedule changes

Chicago Street Course

After NASCAR used a Chicago Street Course track in the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, it was speculated that NASCAR would like to make it a reality and have a street race in Chicago on the Cup Series schedule in the future. On July 7, 2022, Jordan Bianchi from The Athletic reported that an official announcement of this being added to the Cup Series schedule would come on July 19.[126] On June 17, Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal suggested that the Chicago Street Course could replace Road America on the 2023 Cup Series schedule as the street race would likely replace one of the road course races and Road America does not have a contract to have a Cup Series race in 2023.[127] Both the addition of the Chicago street race to the schedule and the fact that it would replace the race at Road America came on July 19.[122]

NASCAR All-Star Race

On June 24, 2022, Adam Stern also reported that Fox Sports, which has the TV rights to the All-Star Race, has been trying to convince NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports to move the NASCAR All-Star Race to a different venue each year as is the case in other sports. After the 2022 All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway, which was widely considered unpopular and controversial by fans and the industry, the track tweeted that they would be hosting the All-Star Race again in 2023. However, the tweet was deleted amidst negative reactions to the announcement, leading to speculation that plans could change.[128] On September 7, it was revealed that the All-Star race will take place on the renovated North Wilkesboro Speedway.[129] It would be the first NASCAR Cup race on the track since 1996, after its dates were replaced by races at Texas Motor Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 1997.

Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400

On January 2, 2023, thespun.com reported that the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway will be reduced to 400 miles. The article states that it is an attempted overall effort by NASCAR to hopefully reduce race times, so that they are closer to 2.5 hours, than the normal 3.5 to 4 hours.[130]

Season summary

Race reports

Exhibition: Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum

Aric Almirola won the pole from the heat races. Ryan Blaney spun and collected Chase Elliott, Ty Gibbs, and Daniel Suarez. Blaney would spin two more times while Bubba Wallace, who led a lot of laps, spun and got into the wall. Martin Truex Jr. would hold off Austin Dillon and Kyle Busch for the win.[131]

Speedweeks 2023

In Daytona 500 qualifying, Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports won the pole and was joined on the front row by teammate Kyle Larson. Jimmie Johnson and Travis Pastrana made the Daytona 500 on speed.[132]

In the first Duel, Bowman started on pole. Joey Logano dominated and won the caution free Duel by holding off Christopher Bell. In the second Duel, Larson started on pole. Kyle Busch spun while leading after contact with Daniel Suarez and collected Riley Herbst, Austin Hill, and Justin Haley. Aric Almirola held off Austin Cindric to win the second Duel. Conor Daly and Zane Smith made the race while Hill and Chandler Smith failed to qualify.[133]

Round 1: Daytona 500

Alex Bowman started on pole. Brad Keselowski won the first stage. Tyler Reddick spun after contact with Kevin Harvick and collected Chase Elliott and Erik Jones. Ross Chastain won the second stage. Ryan Preece spun into the pack and collected Harvick, Michael McDowell, and Martin Truex Jr. Daniel Suarez spun, sending the race to overtime. Austin Dillon spun after contact with William Byron and collected Chastain, Jimmie Johnson, Zane Smith, and Harrison Burton. On the restart, Kyle Larson spun and collected Keselowski, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, and Travis Pastrana as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the race over Joey Logano under caution.[134]

Round 2: Pala Casino 400

Christopher Bell was awarded the pole after qualifying was canceled due to rain. Kyle Larson went to the garage with an electrical issue and returned several laps down. AJ Allmendinger spun after contact with Corey LaJoie. Ross Chastain dominated, winning both stages and leading the most laps. A wreck occurred when the field stacked up on a restart, collecting Bell, Aric Almirola, Tyler Reddick, Justin Haley, Ryan Preece, Todd Gilliland, and Ryan Blaney. Kyle Busch overtook Chastain on the final round of green flag pit stops and pulled away to score his first win with Richard Childress Racing and breaking the tie with Richard Petty for the most consecutive seasons with at least one win with 19 straight seasons.[135]

Results and standings

Race results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer Report
Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Aric Almirola Ryan Preece Martin Truex Jr. Toyota Report
Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 Alex Bowman Ryan Blaney Joey Logano Ford Report
Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 Kyle Larson Kyle Busch Aric Almirola Ford
1 Daytona 500 Alex Bowman Brad Keselowski Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet Report
2 Pala Casino 400 Christopher Bell Ross Chastain Kyle Busch Chevrolet Report

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 3 – Stage 3 winner.[N 1]

Pos. Driver DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRI MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IND GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
1 Ross Chastain 92 3*12 92 30 3
2 Joey Logano 2 10 91 19 –
3 Alex Bowman 5 8 80 12 –
4 Kevin Harvick 12 5 79 17 –
5 Daniel Suárez 7 4 77 14 –
6 Chris Buescher 4 13 74 10 –
7 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1 12 73 8 5
8 Kyle Busch 19 1 67 9 5
9 Denny Hamlin 17 6 64 11 –
10 Brad Keselowski 22*1 7 64 12 1
11 Martin Truex Jr. 15 11 60 9 –
12 Ryan Blaney 8 26 57 9 –
13 Corey LaJoie 16 14 51 1 –
14 Chase Elliott 38 2 49 5 –
15 Christopher Bell 3 32 49 1 –
16 Michael McDowell 28 18 40 6 –
17 Ty Gibbs (R) 25 16 38 5 –
18 Austin Cindric 23 28 38 5 –
19 A. J. Allmendinger 6 36 35 3 –
20 Todd Gilliland 27 17 35 1 –
21 Cody Ware 14 27 33 – –
22 Harrison Burton 26 15 33 – –
23 Austin Dillon 33 9 32 – –
24 Kyle Larson 18 29 32 – –
25 Aric Almirola 21 35 31 3 –
26 Bubba Wallace 20 30 28 – –
27 Noah Gragson (R) 24 22 28 – –
28 Travis Pastrana 11 26 – –
29 William Byron 34 25 25 9 –
30 Justin Haley 32 21 21 – –
31 B. J. McLeod 30 24 20 – –
32 Erik Jones 37 19 19 – –
33 Chase Briscoe 35 20 19 – –
34 Ryan Preece 36 33 15 9 –
35 J. J. Yeley 23 14 – –
36 Jimmie Johnson 31 10 4 –
37 Ty Dillon 40 31 7 – –
38 Tyler Reddick 39 34 4 – –
Ineligible for driver points
Pos. Driver DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRI MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IND GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
Riley Herbst 10
Zane Smith 13
Conor Daly 29
Austin Hill DNQ
Chandler Smith DNQ
Pos. Driver DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRI MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IND GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
Notes
  1. ^ Stage 3 Winner only for Coca-Cola 600 and Daytona 500 qualifying race, but no playoff point at Daytona

Manufacturers' championship

After 2 of 36 races

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 2 80
2 Ford 0 67
3 Toyota 0 65

See also

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