2020 NASCAR Cup Series (Start Your Engines!)

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The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series was the 72nd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 49th season for the modern era Cup Series.
== Background ==
This was the first season under NASCAR's new tiered sponsorship model after rejecting Monster Energy's offer to extend its title sponsorship. On December 5, 2019, NASCAR announced Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO, and Xfinity as the Premier Partners of the NASCAR Cup Series, replacing the sole title sponsor of Monster Energy.
This season was the final year for the ME-17-body (and the New Body Program cars in general, having debuted in 2013 with the SC-13 body), with the CU-21 car debuting in 2021.
It was announced that 2020 was the last full-time season for seven-time series champion Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer, as well as for part-time driver Brendan Gaughan. David Ragan, who retired from racing in NASCAR full-time after 2019, returned this season for the Daytona 500 in the Cup Series (driving for Rick Ware Racing in a partnership with his former team, Front Row Motorsports), as well as in a few Truck Series races (driving for DGR-Crosley).
== Teams and drivers ==
=== Complete schedule ===
Manufacturer	Team 	No.	Race driver 	Crew chief 	Model
Chevrolet 	Cale Yarborough Racing 	98 	Shane Hmiel 	 	2020 Chevelle ZL1
Chevrolet 	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	1 	Martin Truex Jr. 	Kevin Manion 	2021 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	3 	Austin Dillon 	Slugger Labbe 	2021 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	8 	Tyler Reddick (R) 	Tony Eury Jr. 	2021 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	30 	Jeffrey Earnhardt 	Luke Lambert 	2021 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	31 	Ty Dillon 	 	2021 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Chad Knaus 	2021 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Hendrick Motorsports 	5 	William Byron 	Cliff Daniels 	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Hendrick Motorsports 	25 	Ricky Hendrick 	Alan Gustafson	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Hendrick Motorsports 	35 	Landon Cassill 	Keith Rodden 	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Hendrick Motorsports 	50 	Brad Keselowski 	Greg Ives 	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Medallion Racing 	09 	Sam Hornish Jr. 	 	2020 Camaro SS
Chevrolet 	PPI Motorsports 	32 	Boston Reid 	 	2020 Chevelle ZL1
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	Ross Chastain 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	Reed Sorenson 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	J.J. Yeley 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	Garrett Smithley 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	B.J. McLeod 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	James Davison 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	Josh Bilicki 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	Stanton Barrett 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	79 	Justin Haley 	Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Peter Sospenzo
James Pohlman
Thomas Tucker	2020 Camaro ZL1 1LE
Dodge 	AK Racing 	7 	James Kulwicki 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Andretti Autosport 	68 	Kasey Kahne 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Bill Davis Racing 	9 	Chase Elliott 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Bill Davis Racing 	23 	Jason Leffler 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Bill Davis Racing 	24 	Scott Wimmer 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	40 	Kurt Busch 	Matt McCall 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	41 	Bryan Clauson 	Chad Johnston 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	42 	Kyle Larson 	Phil Surgen 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Evernham Motorsports 	19 	Casey Elliott 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Evernham Motorsports 	91 	Casey Atwood 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Kelman Racing 	86 	Ryan Kelman 	Scott Searle 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Labonte Racing 	46 	Michael Annett 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Labonte Racing 	51 	Justin Allgaier 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	McDuffie Racing 	170	Crissy Hillsworth 	 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	Moroso-Rudd Racing 	82 	Dakoda Armstrong 	 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Moroso-Rudd Racing 	83 	Noah Howe (R) 	 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Pacific Coast Racing 	60 	Katie Johnson 	Jed Luke 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Pacific Coast Racing 	69 	Kelly Walker 	Barry Baker 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Pacific Coast Racing 	80 	Andy Johnson 	Charlie Davis 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Pacific Coast Racing 	85 	Suki Honda 	Scott Smith 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Petty Enterprises 	07 	Matt DiBenedetto 	 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Petty Enterprises 	42 	Aric Almirola 	 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Petty Enterprises 	43 	Darrell Wallace Jr.	 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Petty Enterprises 	44 	Chad McCumbee 	 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	Petty Enterprises 	45 	Adam Petty 	 	2020 Challenger
Dodge 	 	2 	Blaise Alexander 	Paul Wolfe 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	 	12 	Ryan Blaney 	Todd Gordon 	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	 	22 	Joey Logano 	Jeremy Bullins	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	 	39 	Ryan Newman 	Travis Geisler	2020 Charger SRT
Dodge 	 	39 	Ross Chastain 	Travis Geisler	2020 Charger SRT
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