2021 NASCAR Touring Series

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The 2021 NASCAR Little Caesars Touring Series was the twenty-fourth season of the NASCAR Touring Series, a national touring-level stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began on February 10 at Daytona Raceway Park with the Daytona 250 presented by Lucas Oil, and concluded on October 2 with the Championship Race at New Smyrna Speedway.
2021 marks the first full season with Little Caesars as the entitlement sponsor, after joining as a presenting sponsor for part of the 2020 season. It also marks the final season with the current cars before the debut of the ICR NextGen composite body racecars.
Teams and driversComplete schedule
Manufacturer	Team 	No	Driver 	Races	Contract
Chevrolet 	BlackStorm Motorsports 	5 	Alicia Oehler 	23 	signed through 2022
Chevrolet 	BlackStorm Motorsports 	5 	Everett Scott (R) 	1 	signed for 2021 only
Chevrolet 	BlackStorm Motorsports 	28	Brandon Walker 	All 	signed indefinetly
Chevrolet 	BlackStorm Motorsports 	52	Brittney Zamora (R) 	All 	signed through 2022
Chevrolet 	Diamond Motorsports 	00	Richard Collins (R) 	All 	signed through 2025
Chevrolet 	JR Motorsports 	1 	Douglas Green 	All 	signed through 2021
Chevrolet 	JR Motorsports 	3 	Dennis Stewart, Jr. 	All 	signed through 2023
Chevrolet 	JR Motorsports 	8 	Ryan Henderson 	All 	signed through 2022
Chevrolet 	JR Motorsports 	9 	Chris Wood 	All 	signed through 2021
Chevrolet 	Whitestar Racing 	33	Marie Washington 	All 	signed for 2021 only
Chevrolet 	Whitestar Racing 	34	Richard Mason 	All 	signed through 2021
Chevrolet 	Whitestar Racing 	43	Russell Ward 	All 	signed through 2023
Dodge 	Ramsay Racing 	37	Dave Ramsay 	All 	signed indefinetly
Ford 	Miller Family Racing 	17	Chris Miller, Jr. 	All 	signed indefinetly
Ford 	Miller Family Racing 	71	Gary Wilson 	All 	signed through 2022
Ford 	Star Championship Motorsports	04	Riley Evans 	All 	signed through 2022
Ford 	Star Championship Motorsports	44	Joseph Strickland (R)	All 	signed through 2024
Ford 	Team Penske Racing 	2 	Earl Richardson 	All 	signed through 2024
Ford 	Team Penske Racing 	12	Ryan White 	All 	signed through 2021
Ford 	Team Penske Racing 	22	Kyle Little 	All 	signed through 2024
Toyota 	Dillon McKinney Racing 	10	Dillon McKinney 	23 	signed indefinetly
Toyota 	Dillon McKinney Racing 	10	Oliver Lawson 	1 	signed for 2021 only
Toyota 	Freedom Motorsports 	36	Matthew James (R) 	All 	signed through 2022
Toyota 	Freedom Motorsports 	50	Jack Anderson 	All 	signed through 2023
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	11	James Butler 	All 	signed through 2021
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	18	Corey Haim 	23 	signed through 2022
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	18	Bobby Labonte (R) 	1 	signed for 2021 only
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	19	Johnathan Powell 	All 	signed through 2022
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	20	Scott Wilson 	All 	signed through 2021
Toyota 	Lightning Storm Motorsports 	59	Steve Barnes 	All 	signed through 2021
Toyota 	Lightning Storm Motorsports 	95	Robert Cooper 	All 	signed through 2022
Limited schedule
Manufacturer	Team 	No	Driver 	Races
Chevrolet 	BlackStorm Motorsports 	25	Kyle Walker 	~10
Chevrolet 	BlackStorm Motorsports 	82	Raven Vega (R) 	10
Chevrolet 	Diamond Motorsports 	0 	Susan Anderson (R) 	5
Chevrolet 	Diamond Motorsports 	0 	Jeff "Lucky" Scott 	1
Chevrolet 	JR Motorsports 	7 	Nicole Diaz (R) 	~10
Chevrolet 	JR Motorsports 	7 	Arthur Washington (R) 	~7
Chevrolet 	JR Motorsports 	7 	Josh Carter (R) 	~7
Dodge 	Dautrieve Racing 	64	Robert Dautrieve 	~10
Ford 	Star Championship Motorsports	4 	Hailee Deegan (R) 	~5
Ford 	Star Championship Motorsports	45	Rebecca Smith (R) 	~5
Ford 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	14	Tony Stewart (R) 	1
Ford 	Team Penske Racing 	21	Kevin Thompson 	~10-12
Toyota 	Freedom Motorsports 	30	Charles Woods (R) 	~5
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	54	Katherine Thompson (R)	~5
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	54	Sean Turner (R) 	~5
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	54	Steve Watson (R) 	~5
Toyota 	Rev Racing 	6 	Ernie Francis Jr. (R) 	1
Team changes
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Driver changes
ScheduleThe schedule for the 2021 season was released on October 1, 2020. It features numerous new tracks while maintaining a 24-race season.
No. 	Race title 	Track 	Date
NASCAR SpeedWeeks	NASCAR SpeedWeeks 	NASCAR SpeedWeeks 	NASCAR SpeedWeeks
1 	Daytona 250 Presented by Lucas Oil 	Daytona Raceway Park (Daytona Beach, FL) 	Feb. 10
Spring Half 	Spring Half 	Spring Half 	Spring Half
2 	Arizona Lottery 100 	Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, AZ) 	Mar 13
3 	Memphis 150 Presented by Chevrolet 	Memphis International Raceway (Memphis, TN) 	Mar 27
4 	Harrison's Workwear 150 	Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, SC) 	Apr 11 [a]
5 	Menards 200 at the Bullring 	The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Paradise, NV)	Apr 17 [b]
6 	Utah Twin 55s 	Utah Motorsports Campus (Grantsville, UT) 	May 1
7 	Utah Twin 55s 	Utah Motorsports Campus (Grantsville, UT) 	May 2
8 	Thompson 150 	Thompson Speedway (Thompson, CT) 	May 15
Exhibition Races 	Exhibition Races 	Exhibition Races 	Exhibition Races
 	Sugarlands Shine Bristol Dirt Invitational 	Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, TN) 	Mar 24
 	NTS Canadian Grand Prix 	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Montreal, QC) 	May 29 [d]
 	NTS All-Star Race Delivered by Little Caesars	Daytona Raceway Park (Daytona Beach, FL) 	May 29 [e]
Summer Half 	Summer Half 	Summer Half 	Summer Half
9 	New Jersey 125 	New Jersey Motorsports Park (Millville, NJ) 	Jun 5
10 	Camping World 100 	Stafford Motor Speedway (Stafford Springs, CT) 	Jun 12
11 	Truist Financial 150 	Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC) 	Jun 19 [c]
12 	Camping World Dirt Race at Eldora 	Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH) 	Jun 25
13 	Coke Zero Sugar Independence Day Showdown 200	Daytona Raceway Park (Daytona Beach, FL) 	Jul 3
14 	Elko 175 presented by Target 	Elko Speedwayy (Elko, MN) 	Jul 9
15 	Rackley Roofing 150 	Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway (Nashville, TN) 	Jul 17
16 	Lakewood 125 	Lakewood Fairgrounds Speedway (North Lakewood, OR) 	Jul 24
17 	Southern Oregon 125 	Lakewood Fairgrounds Speedway (North Lakewood, OR) 	Jul 25
 	TBA 	Alaska Raceway Park (Palmer, AK) 	Jul 31 [f]
Round of 8 	Round of 8 	Round of 8 	Round of 8
18 	I ❤ NY 100 at The Glen 	Watkins Glen International (Watkins Glen, NY) 	Aug 6
19 	King Cadillac GMC Throwback 200 	Thompson Speedway (Thompson, CT) 	Aug 14
20 	Colorado 200 presented by Longmont Dairy 	Colorado National Speedway (Dacono, CO) 	Aug 21
Round of 6 	Round of 6 	Round of 6 	Round of 6
21 	Iowa 100 	Iowa Speedway (Newton, IA) 	Aug 29
22 	Dodge 200 	Rapid City Raceway Park (Rapid City, WA) 	Sept 4
23 	Portland 125K 	Portland International Raceway (Portland, OR) 	Sept 10
Championship 4 	Championship 4 	Championship 4 	Championship 4
24 	Championship Race at New Smyrna 	New Smyrna Speedway (New Smyrna Beach, FL) 	Oct 2
Calendar changes
NASCAR announced that the 2021 calendar would feature a number of new tracks and would add an additional exhibition race to be run at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Canada. Twenty-four points paying races and two exhibition races are currently scheduled.
*Las Vegas Motor Speedway will now host the spring half opener with a race to be held on the track's 0.375 mi Bullring. The race will be held at night.
*Phoenix Raceway will no longer host two races with the Arizona 150 being cancelled. The Lucas Oil 200 will fill the spring date while the fall date will be replaced with a race in Portland.
*Redwood International Raceway in California will no longer host a race in 2021 with the Memphis 150 taking over its race date. It moves from its traditional May date in an attempt to cut down the length of the West coast swing.
*New Hampshire will no longer host a race with Stafford Motor Speedway taking over its date.
*San Marino will no longer host a race with Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway taking over its date.
*The Lakewood 150 at Fairgrounds Speedway moves from its early-April race date to late July. The Whelen 150 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway takes over the original date.
*Dodge Raceway Park in Washington state will no longer host two races with the spring Burger Zone 150 being replaced with a race at Bowman Gray Stadium.
*Utah Motorsports Campus will host a race on May 1.
*Elko Speedway will host a race on July 9.
*Eldora Raceway will host a race on June 25.
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Further changes to the calendar are planned following the disruption of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic:
*[a] The April 10 race at Greenville-Pickens was delayed until April 11 due to rain.
*[b] The Mar 5 race at Las Vegas was postponed to April 17 where it will replace the race at Bowman Gray.
*[c] The April 17 race at Bowman Gray was postponed on March 24 to an undetermined date.
**It was later rescheduled for June 19.
*[d] NASCAR announced changes to their 2021 calendar on March 31 based on new information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the cancellation of the May 29 exhibition race in Montreal.
*[e] The NASCAR Touring Series All-Star Race, which was removed from the 2020 calendar, will make its return in 2021. It was originally scheduled to be held at Makahiki Raceway in Hawaii (the planned 2020 host) before being moved to the Belle Isle Street Circuit in Detroit and finally to Daytona Raceway Park.
**The race was pushed up three weeks from June 19 to May 29 in mid-April.
*[f] The July 31 race scheduled for Alaska Raceway Park, which was removed from the 2020 calendar, was cancelled by race promoters on May 28. The race was to make its debut in 2020 before being removed from the schedule. Its race date will be given to the Lakewood Fairgrounds for a double header.
Results and standings
Races
# 	Race 	Pole position 	Most laps led 	Winning driver 	Manufacturer	No.	Winning team
1 	Daytona 250 	Chris Wood 	Dennis Stewart, Jr.	James Butler 	Toyota 	11 	Joe Gibbs Racing
2 	Menards 200 	Riley Evans 	Corey Haim 	Corey Haim 	Toyota 	18 	Joe Gibbs Racing
3 	Lucas Oil 100 	Chris Wood 	Joseph Strickland 	Brandon Walker 	Chevrolet 	28 	BlackStorm Motorsports
4 	Memphis 150 	Dave Ramsay 	Brandon Walker 	Brandon Walker 	Chevrolet 	28 	BlackStorm Motorsports
5 	Wheln 150 	Chris Wood 	Brittney Zamora 	Earl Richardson	Ford 	2 	Team Penske Racing
6 	Utah 100 	Corey Haim 	Douglas Green 	Douglas Green 	Chevrolet 	1 	JR Motorsports
7 	Tampa Bay 100 	Richard Mason 	Dave Ramsay 	Earl Richardson	Ford 	2 	Team Penske Racing
8 	Thompson 150 	Robert Cooper 	Brandon Walker 	Kevin Thompson 	Ford 	21 	Team Penske Racing
9 	New Jersey 125 	Brandon Walker	Brandon Walker 	Brandon Walker 	Chevrolet 	28 	BlackStorm Motorsports
10	Truist Financial 150	Scott Wilson 	James Butler 	James Butler 	Toyota 	11 	Joe Gibbs Racing
Driver's championship
Pos	Driver 	Wins	Pts
1 	Brandon Walker 	3 	498
2 	Dave Ramsay 	3 	494
3 	James Butler 	3 	466
T4 	Corey Haim 	1 	450
T4 	Brittney Zamora (R) 	1 	450
6 	Kyle Little 	0 	436
7 	Douglas Green 	1 	432
8 	Johnathan Powell 	1 	431
9 	Ryan Henderson 	1 	416
10 	Chris Wood 	0 	392
11 	Jack Anderson 	0 	390
12 	Marie Washington 	1 	385
13 	Russell Ward 	0 	382
14 	Riley Evans 	2 	380
T15	Earl Richardson 	2 	379
T15	Dennis Stewart, Jr. 	0 	379
17 	Dillon McKinney 	1 	368
18 	Ryan White 	0 	357
19 	Joseph Strickland (R) 	0 	350
20 	Richard Mason 	0 	348
21 	Chris Miller, Jr. 	0 	347
22 	Scott Wilson 	0 	339
23 	Steve Barnes 	0 	322
24 	Robert Cooper 	0 	317
25 	Richard Collins (R) 	1 	312
26 	Matthew James (R) 	0 	284
27 	Alicia Oehler 	0 	243
28 	Gary Wilson 	0 	231
29 	Kyle Walker 	0 	173
30 	Katherine Thompson (R)	1 	148
31 	Kevin Thompson 	1 	128
32 	Raven Ray (R) 	0 	118
33 	Nicole Diaz (R) 	0 	117
34 	Robert Dauterive 	0 	111
35 	Sean Turner (R) 	0 	111
36 	Rebecca Smith (R) 	0 	99
37 	Arthur Washington (R) 	0 	94
38 	Hailee Deegan (R) 	0 	91
39 	Josh Carter (R) 	0 	54
40 	Charles Woods (R) 	0 	38
41 	Steve Watson (R) 	0 	37
42 	Ernie Francis Jr. (R) 	0 	30
43 	Alfonso Alvarado 	0 	21
44 	Everett Scott (R) 	0 	18
45 	Tony Stewart (R) 	0 	16
46 	Greg Biffle (R) 	0 	14
T47	Bobby Labonte (R) 	0 	0
T47	Bill Elliott (R) 	0 	0
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
Playoff standingsFor the purposes of playoff seeding only, drivers are awarded a 100-point bonus for winning a race that will be added to their playoff total. In order to be eligible for the playoffs a driver must simply attempt to qualify for all 24 points-paying races. A race win automatically locks a driver into the playoffs (provided there are eight or fewer different winners). If more than eight eligible drivers win a race, the playoffs will consist of the top eight in playoff points among those winners. For example, a driver with 2 wins would make the playoffs over a driver with 1 win. Once the playoffs begin, point totals reset to a base of 500 + 25 bonus points for every win in the regular season. Playoff points are then awarded in each race with 1st place earning 20 pts, 2nd place earns 15, 3rd place earns 10, 4th place earns 5, 5th through 8th receive 4-1 pts.
Pos	Driver 	Wins	Playoff pts	Notes
1 	Dave Ramsay 	3 	96 	Locked in
2 	James Butler 	3 	55 	Locked in
3 	Ryan Henderson 	1 	59 	
4 	Earl Richardson	2 	41 	
Owner's championship
Pos	Team 	Pts
1 	JR Motorsports 	938
2 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	946
3 	BlackStorm Motorsports 	862
4 	Team Penske Racing 	707
5 	Whitestar Racing 	506
6 	Star Championship Motorsports	429
7 	Freedom Motorsports 	408
8 	Lightning Storm Motorsports 	315
9 	Miller Family Racing 	239
10 	Ramsay Racing 	205
11 	Dillon McKinney Racing 	195
12 	Diamond Motorsports 	110
13 	Dauterive Racing 	32
14 	Rev Racing 	30
Manufacturer's championship
Pos	Team 	Pts
1 	Chevrolet	2,416
2 	Toyota 	1,894
3 	Ford 	1,375
4 	Dodge 	237
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