2024 NASCAR Cup Series

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Ryan Blaney, the current points leader.

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series is the 76th season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 53rd season for the modern-era Cup Series. The pre-season started with the Busch Light Clash on February 3 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Clash would then be followed by the Bluegreen Vacations Duel qualifying races on February 15. The season would then officially kick off with the 66th running of the Daytona 500 (the first points race of the season) on February 19, both at Daytona International Speedway. The season will end with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on November 10.

This will be the first season without Kevin Harvick since 2000, as he retired after the 2023 season and joined the NASCAR on Fox broadcast booth in 2024,[1] and the first season since 2011 without Aric Almirola, who stepped away from racing full-time after the 2023 season. In addition, this will be the last season for NASCAR's current TV rights deal, which began in 2015.[2]

Ryan Blaney of Team Penske enters the season as the defending 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion.[3]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Chartered teams[edit]

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 Kyle Larson[4] Cliff Daniels
9 Chase Elliott[5] Alan Gustafson
24 William Byron[6] Rudy Fugle
48 Alex Bowman[7] Blake Harris
JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.[8] Mike Kelley[9]
Kaulig Racing 16 A. J. Allmendinger 2[10] Travis Mack[11]
Josh Williams 1 [12]
Derek Kraus 6[13]
Shane van Gisbergen 8[14][15]
TBA 20
31 Daniel Hemric[16][17] Trent Owens[11]
Richard Childress Racing 3 Austin Dillon[18] Keith Rodden[9]
8 Kyle Busch[19] Randall Burnett
Spire Motorsports 7 Corey LaJoie[20] Ryan Sparks[21]
71 Zane Smith (R)[22][23] Stephen Doran[24]
77 Carson Hocevar (R)[25][26] Luke Lambert[24]
Trackhouse Racing 1 Ross Chastain[27] Phil Surgen[9]
99 Daniel Suárez[28] Matt Swiderski[29]
Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 Michael McDowell[30] Travis Peterson
38 Todd Gilliland[30] Ryan Bergenty[9]
RFK Racing 6 Brad Keselowski[31] Matt McCall[9]
17 Chris Buescher[32] Scott Graves[9]
Rick Ware Racing 15 Riley Herbst 1[33] Billy Plourde[34]
Kaz Grala (R) 25[34]
Cody Ware 10[35]
51 Justin Haley[36][37] Chris Lawson[38]
Stewart–Haas Racing 4 Josh Berry (R)[39] Rodney Childers
10 Noah Gragson[40] Drew Blickensderfer
14 Chase Briscoe[41] Richard Boswell[9]
41 Ryan Preece[42] Chad Johnston[9]
Team Penske 2 Austin Cindric[43] Brian Wilson[44]
12 Ryan Blaney[45] Jonathan Hassler[9]
22 Joey Logano[46] Paul Wolfe[9]
Wood Brothers Racing 21 Harrison Burton[47] Jeremy Bullins[44]
Toyota 23XI Racing 23 Bubba Wallace[48] Bootie Barker[9]
45 Tyler Reddick Billy Scott[9]
Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Denny Hamlin[49] Chris Gabehart[9]
19 Martin Truex Jr.[50] James Small[9]
20 Christopher Bell[51][52] Adam Stevens[9]
54 Ty Gibbs[53] Chris Gayle[9]
Legacy Motor Club 42 John Hunter Nemechek[54] Ben Beshore[55]
43 Erik Jones[56] Dave Elenz [57]

Non-chartered teams[edit]

Limited schedule[edit]

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races
Chevrolet Beard Motorsports 62 Anthony Alfredo[58] Darren Shaw 2
TBA 2
Live Fast Motorsports 78 B. J. McLeod[59] David Ingram 2
TBA[59] 4
NY Racing Team 44 J. J. Yeley[60][61] Jay Guy 2[62][63]
The Money Team Racing 50 TBA TBA TBA[64]
Trackhouse Racing 91 TBA[65] TBA TBA
Ford Front Row Motorsports 36 Kaz Grala (R)[66] Seth Barbour 1
RFK Racing 60 David Ragan[67] Derrick Finley 1
TBA TBA[67]
Toyota Legacy Motor Club 84 Jimmie Johnson[68] Jason Burdett [69] 9[70]

Notes

Confirmed changes[edit]

Teams[edit]

Manufacturers[edit]

Sponsorship[edit]

Other potential and rumored changes[edit]

Teams[edit]

  • In 2022, 3F Racing announced that they hope to run the full season with their No. 30 car in the Cup Series in 2024 after debuting in the series part-time in 2023. The team ultimately did not enter any Cup Series races in 2023.[92] On July 18, 2023, the team announced that Xfinity and Truck Series driver Ryan Vargas would be their Director of Team and Driver Development as well as a reserve driver for them when they debut in the Cup Series.[93] On November 5, Frontstretch reporter Jared Haas spoke to the team's owners at the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race and they indicated that 3F could debut in the Cup Series in 2024 and run eight to ten races if they are able to find sponsorship.[94] The team did make their debut in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in 2023.[95]
  • David Wilson, Toyota Racing Development president, has teased the possibility of the 23XI Racing No. 67 returning for select events in 2024.[96]
  • In 2023, it was announced that Erebus Motorsport planned to enter the Cup Series for five races in 2024, including an oval race with Brodie Kostecki in collaboration with Richard Childress Racing.[97][98] Due to ongoing contract controversy between Erebus and Kostecki, it is unknown whether or not Erebus Motorsport will still race in the Cup Series or with a different driver.[99]

Drivers[edit]

Rule changes[edit]

  • Cup Series cars will run a new aero package at all road courses and tracks measuring one mile or shorter (except Bristol Motor Speedway and Dover Motor Speedway). The package consists of a three-inch spoiler, a simplified diffuser and diffuser strakes, the 2023-spec short track/road course splitter stuffers, and no engine panel strakes.[101]
  • All road/street courses in 2024 will have stage-break cautions.[102]

Schedule[edit]

The 2024 schedule was released on October 4, 2023 and consists of 31 oval races, 4 road course races, one street track race, and 4 non-championship races to be held on ovals.[103]

Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2024. For the races where a 2024 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2023 are listed.

No Race name Track Location Date Time (ET) Stage Laps[citation needed] TV[citation needed] Radio[citation needed]
Regular Season
Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum  O  Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California February 3[N 1] 8pm 150 FS1 MRN
Bluegreen Vacations Duel  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 15 7pm None
1 Daytona 500 February 19[N 2] 4pm 65/130/200 Fox
2 Ambetter Health 400  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 25 3pm 60/160/260 PRN
3 Pennzoil 400  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 3 3:30pm 80/165/267
4 Shriners Children's 500[106]  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 10 60/185/312 MRN
5 Food City 500  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee March 17 125/250/500 PRN
6 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 24 15/30/68
7 Toyota Owners 400  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia March 31 7pm 70/230/400 MRN
8 Cook Out 400[107]  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia April 7 3pm 80/180/400 FS1
9 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas April 14 3:30pm 80/165/267 PRN
10 GEICO 500  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 21 3pm 60/120/188 Fox MRN
11 Würth 400  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware April 28 2pm 120/250/400 FS1 PRN
12 AdventHealth 400  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas May 5 3pm 80/165/267 MRN
13 Goodyear 400  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina May 12 90/185/293
NASCAR All Star Open  O  North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, North Carolina May 19 6pm TBA
NASCAR All-Star Race 8pm TBA
14 Coca-Cola 600  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 26 6pm 100/200/300/400 Fox
15 Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois June 2 3:30pm 45/140/240 FS1
16 Toyota/Save Mart 350  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 9 25/55/110 Fox PRN
17 Iowa Corn 350  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 16 7pm 70/210/350 USA MRN
18 Crayon 301  O  New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire June 23 2:30pm 70/185/301 PRN
19 Ally 400  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee June 30 3:30pm 90/185/300 NBC MRN
20 Grant Park 165  S  Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 7 4:30pm 20/45/75
21 HighPoint.com 400  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania July 14 2:30pm 30/95/160 USA
22 Brickyard 400  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 21 50/100/160 NBC IMS
23 Cook Out 400  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia August 11 6:30pm 70/230/400 USA MRN
24 FireKeepers Casino 400  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan August 18 3pm 45/120/200
25 Coke Zero Sugar 400  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 24 7:30pm 35/95/160 NBC
26 Cook Out Southern 500  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina September 1 6pm 115/230/367 USA
NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Round of 16
27 Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia September 8 3pm 60/160/260 USA PRN
28 Go Bowling at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York September 15 20/40/90 MRN
29 Bass Pro Shops Night Race  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 21 7:30pm 125/250/500 PRN
Round of 12
30 Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 29 3pm 80/165/267 USA MRN
31 YellaWood 500  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 6 2pm 60/120/188 NBC
32 Bank of America Roval 400  R  Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Concord, North Carolina October 13 25/50/109 PRN
Round of 8
33 South Point 400  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 20 2:30pm 80/165/267 NBC PRN
34 Dixie Vodka 400  O  Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida October 27 MRN
35 Xfinity 500  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia November 3 2pm 130/260/500
Championship 4
36 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 10 3pm 60/185/312 NBC MRN

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum was brought forward from Sunday, February 4 to Saturday, February 3 due to anticipated severe weather.[104] Television broadcasting of the race was switched from Fox to FS1 due to this rescheduling.[103]
  2. ^ The Daytona 500 was postponed from Sunday, February 18 to Monday, February 19 due to rain.[105]

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

 O  Oval track
 R  Road course
 S  Street course

Confirmed schedule changes[edit]

  • On November 6, 2022, it was confirmed that 2023 would be the last race on Auto Club Speedway's 2-mile configuration.[108] The track is scheduled to be reconfigured into a short track in the coming years and will not be on the 2024 schedule while it is under construction.
  • On September 15, 2023, Bristol Motor Speedway announced that the spring Bristol race would return to being run on concrete, after the race taken place of dirt the prior three seasons. In the same press release, it was confirmed that Bristol will continue having two race dates.[109]
  • On September 28, 2023, Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced that the Cup Series will return to the oval layout in 2024, in time to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Brickyard 400. The track hosted NASCAR since 1994 and used the oval layout until 2020. From 2021 to 2023, the Cup Series used the grand prix circuit layout.[110]
  • On October 2, 2023, Fox Sports and The Athletic reported that Iowa Speedway was expected to receive a NASCAR Cup Series race in 2024, replacing the race at Auto Club Speedway.[111] A press conference by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds was held on October 3, where she and NASCAR officially announced the inaugural Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway on June 16.[112]
  • The Cup Series will take a two-week hiatus between the Brickyard 400 and the Cook Out 400, as NBC will cover the 2024 Summer Olympics.[103]

Rumored schedule changes[edit]

  • NASCAR was rumored to potentially return to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, with the track hosting a Cup Series race for the first time in 2024. The race would have been the first international Cup Series race since the 1958 season.[113] On October 2, 2023, it was reported by Fox Sports and The Athletic that this deal fell through.[111]

Season summary[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Exhibition: Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum[edit]

The Busch Clash was moved from Sunday, February 4 to Saturday, February 3 in advance of the February 2024 California atmospheric rivers. This resulted in the cancellation of scheduled heat races, as the event was condensed into a one-day practice, qualifying, and race event. Denny Hamlin took the pole for the 23-car field, with notable drivers such as Daniel Suárez, Austin Dillon, Austin Cindric, and Christopher Bell failing to qualify for the 150-lap event. Hamlin led most of the first 50 laps before yielding the lead to Ty Gibbs on lap 50. Gibbs led 84 of the next 91 laps, as Justin Haley, Chase Elliott, and Todd Gilliland all failed to finish due to mechanical issues. Hamlin reclaimed the lead on a restart with ten laps remaining as Gibbs fell back through the field. Gibbs spun with two laps remaining, ultimately finishing 18th. Hamlin held off on the final restart to win.[114]

Round 1: Daytona 500[edit]

The Daytona 500 was moved from Sunday to Monday due to rain. On lap 6, John Hunter Nemechek would bump into Harrison Burton, collecting Carson Hocevar, Kaz Grala, Austin Dillon, Ryan Preece, and Jimmie Johnson in the tri-oval. From the ensuing restart until lap 191, the race would be incident-free as Chase Elliott won the first stage and Ryan Blaney won the second stage. On lap 191, as the field was entering turn 3, William Byron would turn Brad Keselowski into the wall, collecting Blaney, Logano, Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher, Daniel Hemric, Todd Gilliland, Tyler Reddick and others, which resulted in a red flag. At the white flag, Ross Chastain got turned when Corey LaJoie made contact with Austin Cindric and brought out the caution. Byron was ahead of teammate Alex Bowman when the caution came out and was awarded the victory. This the 9th Daytona 500 win for Hendrick Motorsports, tying them with Petty Enterprises for the most all-time.[115]

Round 2: Ambetter Health 400[edit]

Michael McDowell started on the pole. On Lap 2, Austin Dillon got turned and collected Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, Noah Gragson, Josh Williams, Harrison Burton, Daniel Hemric, John Hunter Nemechek, and others. McDowell won the first stage and Austin Cindric won the second stage as Joey Logano got into the wall along with Chris Buescher and Denny Hamlin. Todd Gilliland impressed with a good performance and led the most laps. Chase Elliott spun after contact with Ross Chastain. Brad Keselowski got into the wall along with Kyle Larson and Corey LaJoie. Chase Briscoe slammed into the wall with Hamlin, which brought out the red flag. On the restart, Josh Berry got into the wall with Elliott and Carson Hocevar. Coming to the finish line, Daniel Suárez edged Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch in a three-wide finish for the third closest finish in NASCAR history and for his second career win.[116]

Round 3: Pennzoil 400[edit]

Joey Logano started on the pole. Christopher Bell and Chris Buescher both got into the wall after a flat tire with Buescher exiting the race due to the wheel coming off the car. Kyle Larson dominated the race by leading the most laps. Larson also won both stages and won the race by holding off a charging Tyler Reddick.[117]

Round 4: Shriners Children's 500[edit]

Results and standings[edit]

Race results[edit]

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer Report
Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Denny Hamlin Ty Gibbs Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 Joey Logano Kyle Larson Tyler Reddick Toyota Report
Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 Michael McDowell Bubba Wallace Christopher Bell Toyota
1 Daytona 500 Joey Logano Joey Logano William Byron Chevrolet Report
2 Ambetter Health 400 Michael McDowell Todd Gilliland Daniel Suárez Chevrolet Report
3 Pennzoil 400 Joey Logano Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Chevrolet Report
4 Shriners Children's 500 Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin
Tyler Reddick[N 1] 		Christopher Bell Toyota Report
5 Food City 500 Report
Reference: [118]
  1. ^ Hamlin and Reddick both led 68 laps.

Drivers' championship[edit]

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 ATL LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
1 Ryan Blaney 302 2 3 5 151 43 1
2 Kyle Larson 11 32 1*12 14 141 45 7
3 Martin Truex Jr. 15 12 7 7 141 34 –
4 William Byron 1 17 10 18 134 25 5
5 Tyler Reddick 29 30 2 10*1 130 43 1
6 Ty Gibbs 17 10 5 3 130 14 –
7 Ross Chastain 21 7 4 6 129 19 –
8 Denny Hamlin 19 23 8 11* 129 34 –
9 Chase Elliott 141 15 12 19 123 26 1
10 Daniel Suárez 34 1 11 13 114 16 5
11 Kyle Busch 12 3 26 22 110 25 –
12 Christopher Bell 3 34 33 12 102 11 6
13 Alex Bowman 2 27 18 20 99 10 –
14 Bubba Wallace 5 5 35 16 97 10 –
15 Austin Cindric 22 42 29 36 87 21 1
16 Chris Buescher 18 9 37 2 86 2 –
17 Michael McDowell 36 81 25 8 84 13 1
18 Erik Jones 8 25 14 31 84 8 –
19 Chase Briscoe 10 31 21 9 83 4 –
20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 31 6 17 21 80 7 –
21 John Hunter Nemechek 7 21 22 25 80 – –
22 Brad Keselowski 33 33 13 4 75 6 –
23 Carson Hocevar (R) 40 19 15 15 70 – –
24 Corey LaJoie 4 13 32 33 70 4 –
25 Daniel Hemric 16 18 19 28 67 – –
26 Noah Gragson 9 36 6 12 53 3 –
27 Harrison Burton 39 11 30 27 53 3 –
28 Todd Gilliland 35 26* 24 17 52 6 –
29 Justin Haley 26 20 27 24 52 – –
30 Joey Logano 32* 28 9 34 51 2 –
31 Josh Berry (R) 25 29 20 26 48 – –
32 Austin Dillon 37 22 16 32 46 4 –
33 Zane Smith (R) 13 35 36 29 40 – –
34 Kaz Grala (R) 38 14 31 30 37 – –
35 Ryan Preece 23 16 23 23 28 – –
36 David Ragan 20 17 – –
37 Derek Kraus 28 35 11 – –
38 Jimmie Johnson 28 9 – –
Ineligible for driver points
Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
A. J. Allmendinger 6
Riley Herbst 24
B. J. McLeod DNQ 24
Anthony Alfredo 27
J. J. Yeley DNQ 34
Josh Williams 37
Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV 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[edit]

After 4 of 36 races

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 3 151
2 Toyota 1 141
3 Ford 0 132

See also[edit]

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