2025 NASCAR Cup Series

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The2025 NASCAR Cup Serieswill be the 77th season forNASCARprofessional stock car racing in the United States and the 54th season for the modern-eraCup Series.The season will start with theBusch Clashon February 2 atBowman Gray Stadium,followed by theBluegreen Vacations Duelon February 13, and the 67th running of theDaytona 500(the first points race of the season) on February 16, both atDaytona International Speedway.The season will end with theNASCAR Cup Series Championship RaceatPhoenix Racewayon November 2.

The 2025 season will be the first year under NASCAR's new TV deal that will take place until 2031.FOXwill broadcast 12 races,whileNBCwill broadcast 14 races.AmazonandTNTwill broadcast five races each.In addition, the season will mark the debut of NASCAR'sin-season tournament.

This will be the first season withoutTony Stewart's ownership ofStewart–Haas Racing,Gene Haas,the other co-owner of SHR, announced he would retain the team and rebrand it asHaas Factory Teamfor 2025.This will also be the first season without2017 championMartin Truex Jr.as a full-time driver, as he announced his retirement from full-time racing on June 14, 2024.

Teams and drivers

Chartered teams

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Notes
Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	5	Kyle Larson	TBA	Larson is signed through 2026.
		9	Chase Elliott	TBA	Elliott is signed through 2027.
		24	William Byron	TBA	Byron is signed through 2025.
		48	Alex Bowman	TBA	Bowman is signed through 2026.
	JTG Daugherty Racing	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	TBA	Stenhouse signed a multi-year extension in 2024.
	Kaulig Racing	16	A. J. Allmendinger	TBA	Allmendinger will return to the Cup Series full time after being inthe Xfinity Series the previous year.
		31	TBA	TBA
	Richard Childress Racing	3	Austin Dillon	TBA	Austin Dillon is signed through 2025.
		8	Kyle Busch	TBA	Busch signed a two-year deal in 2022, with an option for 2025.
	Spire Motorsports	7	TBA	Rodney Childers	Corey LaJoieannounced he was parting ways with Spire at the end of the 2024 season.Childers replaces Ryan Sparks as the No. 7 car's crew chief.
		71	Michael McDowell	Travis Peterson	McDowell signed a multi-year deal to drive the No. 71 car, replacingZane Smith.Peterson will join McDowell as well; both driver and crew chief previously worked together at Front Row Motorsports.
		77	Carson Hocevar	TBA	Hocevar signed a multi-year deal in 2023.
	Trackhouse Racing	1	Ross Chastain	TBA	Chastain signed a multi-year extension in 2023.
		88	Shane van Gisbergen(R)	Stephen Doran	Trackhouse acquired a third charter fromStewart–Haas Racingin 2024.Van Gisbergen will drive full time in 2025 after spending the season in the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series.Doran will serve as the crew chief of the No. 88 car.
		99	Daniel Suárez	TBA	Suárez signed a contract extension for 2025.
Ford	Front Row Motorsports	34	TBA	TBA	Michael McDowell left the team at the end of the 2024 season to join Spire Motorsports.
		38	Todd Gilliland	TBA	Gilliland signed a multi-year extension in 2024.
		TBA	Noah Gragson	TBA	FRM purchased a third charter from Stewart–Haas Racing in 2024.Gragson signed a multi-year deal with FRM; his car number and crew chief will be announced at a later date.
	Haas Factory Team	41	Cole Custer	Aaron Kramer	Gene Haasannounced he will be keeping one charter from the former Stewart–Haas Racing, along with his two Xfinity Series teams and the SHR shop.Custer will join the Haas Factory Team and return to the Cup Series after two seasons in the Xfinity Series.Aaron Kramer, the engineer for the RFK Racing No. 17 car in 2024, will be Custer's crew chief in 2025.
	RFK Racing	6	Brad Keselowski	TBA	Keselowski is expected to return as he is a co-owner of the team.
		17	Chris Buescher	TBA	Buescher is signed through 2026.
	Rick Ware Racing	15	TBA	TBA
		51	Justin Haley	TBA	Haley signed a multi-year deal in 2023.
	Team Penske	2	Austin Cindric	TBA	The length of Cindric's contract with Penske is unknown, but he is all but certain to return, as he is the son of team president Tim Cindric.
		12	Ryan Blaney	TBA	Both Blaney and Logano signed multi-year extensions in 2022.
		22	Joey Logano	TBA
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Josh Berry	TBA	Berry signed a multi-year deal to drive the No. 21 car, replacingHarrison Burton.
Toyota	23XI Racing	23	Bubba Wallace	TBA	Wallace's contract extension to continue driving the No. 23 car starting in 2025 has been put on hold until 23XI signs the new charter agreement, but is expected to return.
		45	Tyler Reddick	TBA	Reddick is signed through 2025.
	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Denny Hamlin	TBA	Hamlin signed a multi-year extension in 2023.
		19	Chase Briscoe	James Small	Martin Truex Jr.announced his retirement after the 2024 season.Briscoe signed a multi-year deal to drive the No. 19 car while Small returns as crew chief.
		20	Christopher Bell	TBA	Bell signed a multi-year extension in 2022.
		54	Ty Gibbs	TBA	Gibbs will return, as he is the grandson of team founderJoe Gibbs.
	Legacy Motor Club	42	John Hunter Nemechek	TBA	Nemechek is signed through 2025.
		43	Erik Jones	TBA	Jones signed a multi-year extension in 2024.

Non-chartered teams

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Races	Notes
Toyota	TBA	TBA	Martin Truex Jr.	Cole Pearn	1	Shortly after Truex Jr. announced his retirement from full-time racing,Denny Hamlinsaid23XI Racingwould have a car ready for him to run theDaytona 500or any other races should he pursue a part-time schedule.Truex confirmed on September 4 that he would run the 2025 Daytona 500 with his former crew chiefCole Pearncoming out of retirement to crew chief him in the race.

Other potential and rumored changes

Teams

• Under the proposed terms of the charter agreement between NASCAR and the race teams, a provision would limit the number of charters to three per team. The exception would beHendrick MotorsportsandJoe Gibbs Racing,as each has four charters and would be grandfathered in the proposed deal.In addition, theFrance familywould be allowed to buy charters starting in 2025.
• Andretti Globalhas shown interest in expanding its operations into the Cup Series.

Drivers

• As a result ofStewart–Haas Racing's closure, the career ofRyan Preecehas yet to be determined.
• IndyCardriver and two-timeIndianapolis 500winnerJosef Newgardenhas shown interest in driving in the Cup Series.

Sponsorship

• NASCAR is reportedly looking for a fifth premier partner for the Cup Series alongsideBusch Beer,Coca-Cola,GEICO,andXfinity,in case one of the first four partners does not renew its partnership deal.

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.

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	Time (ET)	Stage Laps	TV	Radio
Regular Season
	Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium	OBowman Gray Stadium	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	February 2			FoxorFS1
	Bluegreen Vacations Duel	ODaytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	February 13
1	Daytona 500			February 16
2	Ambetter Health 400	OAtlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	February 23
3	EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix	RCircuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	March 2
4	Shriners Children's 500	OPhoenix Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	March 9
5	Pennzoil 400	OLas Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	March 16
6	Straight Talk Wireless 400	OHomestead–Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 23
7	Cook Out 400	OMartinsville Speedway	Ridgeway, Virginia	March 30
8	Goodyear 400	ODarlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	April 6
9	Food City 500	OBristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, Tennessee	April 13
10	GEICO 500	OTalladega Superspeedway	Lincoln, Alabama	April 27
11	Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400	OTexas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas	May 4
12	AdventHealth 400	OKansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas	May 11
	NASCAR All Star Open	ONorth Wilkesboro Speedway	North Wilkesboro, North Carolina	May 18
	NASCAR All-Star Race
13	Coca-Cola 600	OCharlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, North Carolina	May 25	6pm		Prime
14	Ally 400	ONashville Superspeedway	Lebanon, Tennessee	June 1
15	FireKeepers Casino 400	OMichigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	June 8
16	NASCAR Cup Series at Mexico City	RAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexico City,Mexico	June 15
17	The Great American Getaway 400	OPocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	June 22
NASCAR in-season tournament
18	Quaker State 400	OAtlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	June 28			TNT
19	Grant Park 165	SChicago Street Course	Chicago, Illinois	July 6
20	Toyota/Save Mart 350	RSonoma Raceway	Sonoma, California	July 13
21	Würth 400	ODover Motor Speedway	Dover, Delaware	July 20
22	Brickyard 400	OIndianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	July 27
Regular Season
23	Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol	OIowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	August 3			NBCorUSA
24	Go Bowling at The Glen	RWatkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 10
25	Cook Out 400	ORichmond Raceway	Richmond, Virginia	August 16
26	Coke Zero Sugar 400	ODaytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	August 23	7pm
NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Round of 16
27	Cook Out Southern 500	ODarlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	August 31			NBC or USA
28	Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter	OWorld Wide Technology Raceway	Madison, Illinois	September 7
29	Bass Pro Shops Night Race	OBristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, Tennessee	September 13	7:30pm
Round of 12
30	USA Today 301	ONew Hampshire Motor Speedway	Loudon, New Hampshire	September 21			NBC or USA
31	Hollywood Casino 400	OKansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas	September 28
32	Bank of America Roval 400	RCharlotte Motor Speedway (Roval)	Concord, North Carolina	October 5
Round of 8
33	South Point 400	OLas Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	October 12			NBC or USA
34	YellaWood 500	OTalladega Superspeedway	Lincoln, Alabama	October 19
35	Xfinity 500	OMartinsville Speedway	Ridgeway, Virginia	October 26
Championship 4
36	NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race	OPhoenix Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	November 2			NBC or USA

Notes

Boldedraces indicate an event generally known as aCrown Jewel race.

OOval track
RRoad course
SStreet course

Confirmed schedule changes

• TheQuaker State 400atAtlanta Motor Speedwaywill be the opening race for the newNASCAR in-season tournament.
• TheBusch Clashwill move toBowman Gray Stadiumin 2025, replacing theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum.It will be the first NASCAR Cup Series race held at the track since1971.
• Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguezwill host apoints paying race,becoming the first points paying Cup race outside the US since 1958.Richmond Racewaywill lose a date to accommodate this change.
• The races atGateway Motorsports Park,New Hampshire Motor Speedway,and theSouthern 500atDarlington Raceway,will be added to the playoff schedule. As part of this schedule change,Watkins Glen International,Homestead–Miami Speedway,and theQuaker State 400atAtlanta Motor Speedway,will move to the regular season.

See also

• 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series