Jeb Burton will run the full 2021 NASCAR Xfinity schedule with Kaulig Racing.
After running a part-time slate in 2020, Chase Purdy will make the jump to a full-time Truck Series schedule in 2021 with GMS Racing.
After falling short of the 2020 Truck Series title, Brett Moffitt will race full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2021 with Our Motorsports.
Daniel Hemric will return to a full-time Xfinity Series schedule for the first time since 2018 as he replaces Riley Herbst in the #18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Truck Series driver Josh Reaume has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for a reportedly anti-Semitic social media post. Reaume has since issued a statement.
Chase Elliott did not let starting last stop him as he climbed through the field to win the NASCAR Cup Series finale and his first championship.
For the second time in as many races, the NASCAR Championship Weekend came down to an overtime sprint. When the dust settled, Austin Cindric was an Xfinity Series champion for the first time.
Sheldon Creed made the right move at the right time in overtime to win the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series championship.
Various drivers will make their final starts for their respective teams in the season finale before moving to greener pastures. Others like the great Jimmie Johnson will run their final races as full-time drivers.
Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, and Brad Keselowski descend on Phoenix Raceway looking for the 2020 NASCAR Cup championship. While Logano and Keselowski seek title #2, Elliott and Hamlin are in the hunt for #1.
Rick Ware Racing, which previously affirmed its intention to race full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, will do so with two cars.
Of the 8 NASCAR Xfinity and Truck drivers fighting for championships this weekend, 3—Sheldon Creed, Zane Smith, and Brett Moffit—have driven a Stadium Super Truck. Creed and Xfinity regular season champ Austin Cindric have also won X Games off-road medals.
Chase Elliott wins Xfinity 500 for Championship Round trip, Kevin Harvick eliminated despite strong year
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This will surely cause some controversy: Kevin Harvick, who won a Cup Series-high nine races in 2020, was eliminated in the penultimate race of the season. Chase Elliott dominated the final laps to lock himself in for the title battle.
The 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is now out. Closely following the Cup slate, dates at Iowa, Kentucky, and Chicagoland have been removed, while Mid-Ohio is the only Xfinity track that does not have a Cup round.
It probably comes with little surprise, but Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing team will race with support from Toyota Racing Development and Joe Gibbs Racing.
It took a rain delay that lasted three days, but Kyle Busch finally made it to Victory Lane in 2020.
It’s official: Kyle Larson will join Hendrick Motorsports’ #5 car in 2021.
