2021 NASCAR Cup Series (gloatingkitten2503)

== Teams and Drivers ==
=== Chartered Teams ===
Manufacturer 	Team 	No.	Race Driver 	Crew Chief
Chevrolet 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	1 	Kurt Busch 	Matt McCall
Chevrolet 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	42 	Ross Chastain 	Phil Surgen
Chevrolet 	Hendrick Motorsports 	5 	Kyle Larson 	Cliff Daniels
Chevrolet 	Hendrick Motorsports 	9 	Chase Elliott 	Alan Gustafson
Chevrolet 	Hendrick Motorsports 	24 	William Byron 	Rudy Fugle
Chevrolet 	Hendrick Motorsports 	48 	Alex Bowman 	Greg Ives
Chevrolet 	JTG Daugherty Racing 	47 	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	Brian Pattie
Chevrolet 	Richard Childress Racing 	3 	Austin Dillon 	Justin Alexander
Chevrolet 	Richard Childress Racing 	8 	Tyler Reddick 	Randall Burnett
Chevrolet 	Richard Petty Motorsports	43 	Erik Jones 	Jerry Baxter
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	7 	Corey LaJoie 	Ryan Sparks
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	77 	Jamie McMurray 	Kevin Bellicourt
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	77 	Justin Haley 	Kevin Bellicourt
Chevrolet 	Spire Motorsports 	77 	Jeffrey Earnhardt 	Kevin Bellicourt
Chevrolet 	StarCom Racing 	00 	Quin Houff 	George Church
Chevrolet 	Trackhouse Racing Team 	99 	Daniel Suarez 	Travis Mack
Ford 	Front Row Motorsports 	34 	Michael McDowell 	Drew Blickensderfer
Ford 	Front Row Motorsports 	38 	Anthony Alfredo (R) 	Seth Barbour
Ford 	Live Fast Motorsports 	78 	B.J. McLeod 	Frank Kerr
Ford 	Roush Fenway Racing 	6 	Ryan Newman 	Scott Graves
Ford 	Roush Fenway Racing 	17 	Chris Buescher 	Luke Lambert
Ford 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	4 	Kevin Harvick 	Rodney Childers
Ford 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	10 	Aric Almirola 	Mike Bugarewicz
Ford 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	14 	Chase Briscoe (R) 	Johnny Klausmeier
Ford 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	41 	Cole Custer 	Mike Shiplett
Ford 	Team Penske 	2 	Brad Keselowski 	Jeremy Bullins
Ford 	Team Penske 	12 	Ryan Blaney 	Todd Gordon
Ford 	Team Penske 	22 	Joey Logano 	Paul Wolfe
Ford 	Wood Brothers Racing 	21 	Matt DiBenedetto 	Greg Erwin
Toyota 	23XI Racing 	23 	Bubba Wallace 	Mike Wheeler
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	11 	Denny Hamlin 	Chris Gabehart
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Ben Beshore
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	19 	Martin Truex, Jr. 	James Small
Toyota 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	20 	Christopher Bell 	Adam Stevens
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	15 	Derrike Cope 	Pat Tryson
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	15 	Joey Gase 	Pat Tryson
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	15 	Garrett Smithley 	Pat Tryson
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	15 	J.J. Yeley 	Pat Tryson
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	15 	James Davison 	Pat Tryson
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	51 	Cody Ware 	Mike Hillman, Sr.
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	52 	Josh Bilicki 	Peter Sospenzo
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	53 	James Davison 	Billy Plourde
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	53 	Joey Gase 	Billy Plourde
Chevrolet/Ford	Rick Ware Racing 	53 	Garrett Smithley 	Billy Plourde
=== Non-Chartered Teams ===
==== Complete Schedule ====
Manufacturer 	Team 	No.	Race Driver 	Crew Chief
Chevrolet 	JTG Daugherty Racing	37 	Ryan Preece 	Trent Owens
Chevrolet/Ford	NY Racing Team 	44 	Johnny Sauter	Todd Parrott
Chevrolet/Ford	NY Racing Team 	44 	J.J. Yeley 	Todd Parrott
Chevrolet/Ford	NY Racing Team 	44 	Reed Sorenson	Todd Parrott
Chevrolet/Ford	NY Racing Team 	44 	Joey Gase 	Todd Parrott
Ford 
Toyota 	MBM Motorsports 	66 	Timmy Hill 	Clinton Cram
==== Partial Schedule ====
Manufacturer	Team 	No.	Race Driver 	Crew Chief
Chevrolet 	Beard Motorsports 	62 	Noah Gragson 	Darren Shaw
Chevrolet 	Kaulig Racing 	16 	Kaz Grala 	Matt Swiderski
Chevrolet 	Kaulig Racing 	16 	A.J. Allmendinger	Matt Swiderski
Chevrolet 	Tommy Baldwin Racing 	71 	Joey Gase 	Tommy Baldwin, Jr.
Chevrolet 	Tommy Baldwin Racing 	71 	J.J. Yeley 	Tommy Baldwin, Jr.
Chevrolet 	Tommy Baldwin Racing 	71 	Reed Sorenson 	Tommy Baldwin, Jr.
Chevrolet 	Tommy Baldwin Racing 	71 	Garrett Smithley 	Tommy Baldwin, Jr.
Ford 	Front Row Motorsports	36 	David Ragan 	Derrick Finley
Ford 	Go Fas Racing 	32 	Ryan Ellis 	
Ford 	Team Penske 	33 	Austin Cindric 	Miles Stanley
Toyota 	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96 	Ty Dillon 	Dave Winston
Ford 
Toyota	MBM Motorsports 	49 	Chad Finchum 	Ryan Bell
Ford 
Toyota	MBM Motorsports 	49 	Stephen Leicht 	Ryan Bell
== Team and Driver Changes ==
* Kyle Larson has been reinstated by NASCAR and will take over the #5 (formerly #88) Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.
*Alex Bowman will move from the #88 to replace Jimmie Johnson in the #48 Ally Chevrolet.
*Ross Chastain will take over the #42 Chevy for Chip Ganassi Racing.
*Bubba Wallace will drive for a brand-new team co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, it will be called 23XI Racing. He will drive the #23 Toyota will a technical alliance with Joe Gibsb Racing and will have sponsorship form DoorDash, McDonald's, Columbia Sportswear, Dr. Pepper, and Root Insurance.
*Erik Jones will replace Bubba Wallace in the #43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet. World Wide Technology will remain with the team as the primary sponsor as U.S. Air Force and Cash App will also remain with the team. 
*Christopher Bell moves over to the main Joe Gibbs Racing team to replace Erik Jones in the #20 car. Rheem will make the move with Bell and become the primary sponsor of the #20 car. 
*Clint Bowyer retired after the 2020 season to join the NASCAR on Fox commentary team and will be replaced with Rookie of the Year contender Chase Briscoe. HighPoint.com will make the move with Briscoe to be one of the sponsors of the #14 car. 
*Daniel Suarez will drive the #99 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing Team (co-owned by Justin Marks and Pitbull) with a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing. CommScope and Coca-Cola will continue to sponsor Suarez.
*Anthony Alfredo will replace John Hunter Nemechek in the #38 Ford for Front Row Motorsports as Nemechek will return to the Truck Series to drive for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Alfredo will be Chase Briscoe's only challenger for Rookie of the Year.
*Corey LaJoie will drive the #7 Chevrolet full-time for Spire Motorsports.
*The Money Team Racing will have a partnership with Spire Motorsports to use their #77 charter for most of the season. Jeffrey Earnhardt will run all of the races fielded by The Money Team Racing.
*Brendan Gaughan retired after 2020 and hand-picked Noah Gragson to become the new driver of the #62 car for the races at Daytona and Talladega.
*Leavine Family Racing shut down and has sold their charter to Spire Motorsports. Spire then leased that charter to Trackhouse Racing Team.
*JTG Daugherty Racing leased their #37 charter to Spire Motorsports. The charter will be used for the #77 car as the original #77 charter was moved to Corey LaJoie's #7 car.
*Germain Racing shut down and sold their charter to 23XI Racing.
*Go Fas Racing has down-scaled to running part-time and has sold their charter to Live Fast Motorsports which is a new team co-owned by B.J. McLeod, Matt Tifft, and Joe Falk. Live Fast Motorsports will field the #78 Ford full-time with a technical alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing.
No. 	Race Title 	Track 	Date
 	Busch Clash 	Daytona International Speedway (Road Course)	February 9
 	Bluegreen Vacations Duel 	Daytona International Speedway 	February 11
1 	Daytona 500 	Daytona International Speedway 	February 14
2 	Toyota 235 	Daytona International Speedway (Road Course)	February 21
3 	Dixie Vodka 400 	Homestead-Miami Speedway 	February 28
4 	Pennzoil 400 	Las Vegas Motor Speedway 	March 7
5 	FanShield 500 	Phoenix Raceway 	March 14
6 	Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 	Atlanta Motor Speedway 	March 21
7 	Food City Dirt Race 	Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt) 	March 28
8 	Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 	Martinsville Speedway 	April 10
9 	Toyota Owners 400 	Richmond Raceway 	April 18
10 	GEICO 500 	Talladega Superspeedway 	April 25
11 	Super Start Batteries 400 	Kansas Speedway 	May 2
12 	Hooters 400 	Darlington Raceway 	May 9
13 	Drydene 400 	Dover International Speedway 	May 16
14 	O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 	Circuit of the Americas 	May 23
15 	Coca-Cola 600 	Charlotte Motor Speedway 	May 30
16 	Toyota/Save Mart 350 	Sonoma Raceway 	June 6
 	NASCAR All-Star Open 	Texas Motor Speedway 	June 13
 	NASCAR All-Star Race 	Texas Motor Speedway 	June 13
17 	Ally 400 	Nashville Superspeedway 	June 20
18 	Pocono Organics 325 	Pocono Raceway 	June 26
19 	Pocono 350 	Pocono Raceway 	June 27
20 	Alsco Uniforms 200 	Road America 	July 4
21 	Quaker State 400 	Atlanta Motor Speedway 	July 11
22 	Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 	New Hampshire Motor Speedway 	July 18
23 	Go Bowling at the Glen 	Watkins Glen International 	August 8
24 	Big Machine Vodka 200 at the Brickyard	Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course) 	August 15
25 	FireKeepers Casino 400 	Michigan International Speedway 	August 22
26 	Coke Zero Sugar 400 	Daytona International Speedway 	August 28
Cup Championship Playoffs	Cup Championship Playoffs 	Cup Championship Playoffs 	Cup Championship Playoffs
Round of 16 	Round of 16 	Round of 16 	Round of 16
27 	Cook Out Southern 500 	Darlington Raceway 	September 5
28 	Federated Auto Parts 400 	Richmond Raceway 	September 11
29 	Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race 	Bristol Motor Speedway 	September 18
Round of 12 	Round of 12 	Round of 12 	Round of 12
30 	South Point 400 	Las Vegas Motor Speedway 	September 26
31 	YellaWood 500 	Talladega Superspeedway 	October 3
32 	Bank of America Roval 400 	Charlotte Motor Speedway (Road Course) 	October 10
Round of 8 	Round of 8 	Round of 8 	Round of 8
33 	Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 	Texas Motor Speedway 	October 17
34 	Hollywood Casino 400 	Kansas Speedway 	October 24
35 	Xfinity 500 	Martinsville Speedway 	October 31
Championship 4 	Championship 4 	Championship 4 	Championship 4
36 	Season Finale 500 	Phoenix Raceway 	November 7
* Bolded races indicate a NASCAR Major also know as a Crown Jewel raceCategory:Racing
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