A.J. Allmendinger will run his first NASCAR Cup race since 2018 when he enters the Daytona road course event for Kaulig Racing.
Vinnie Miller, Ryan Ellis join Stefan Parsons, Mason Massey as among B.J. McLeod's #99 Xfinity drivers
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B.J. McLeod Motorsports’ #99 Xfintiy car will be shared by Stefan Parsons, Mason Massey, Ryan Ellis, and Vinnie Miller in 2021.
Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Austin Cindric will make his Cup Series début in the season-opening Daytona 500, driving a newly-opened #33 car for Team Penske.
Music label Big Machine Records head Scott Borchetta has formed his own NASCAR Xfinity team, Big Machine Racing, that will field the #48 for Jade Buford on a full-time basis in 2021.
Former Daytona 500 winner-turned-NASCAR announcer Jamie McMurray will return to the driver’s seat for the 2021 race, once again driving for Spire Motorsports.
Josh Bilicki to run full 2021 Cup season for Rick Ware Racing, Derrike Cope tabbed for Daytona 500
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Rick Ware Racing has added Josh Bilicki for a full-time Cup campaign in the #52, while 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope returns to the race in the team’s #15.
Ty Dillon will drive a Toyota for the first time in his career as he joins Gaunt Brothers Racing for the Daytona 500.
2020 ARCA West runner-up Blaine Perkins joins Our Motorsports, to make NASCAR Xfinity debut at Martinsville
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Blaine Perkins, who finished second in last year’s ARCA Menards Series West championship, will run at least 6 NASCAR Xfinity races for Our Motorsports starting at Martinsville in April.
After three seasons with the Blue Oval, ThorSport Racing will switch from Ford to a yet-to-be-named manufacturer for the 2021 NASCAR Truck Series. It is rumoured that they will return to Toyota.
Cody Ware, who has raced sporadically in NASCAR’s national series since 2013, will run the full 2021 Cup Series schedule for his family team Rick Ware Racing.
19-year-old Kody Vanderwal, who ran all but three NASCAR Xfinity races as a rookie for Jimmy Means Racing in 2020, will not return to the team in 2021 due to sponsorship issues.
Grammy-winning musician Pitbull has thrown his hat into the NASCAR team ownership ring as he becomes one of the owners of the newly-formed Trackhouse Racing Cup team. The team will début in February’s Daytona 500 with Daniel Suárez.
NASCAR might be known for left turns, but Sam Hunt Racing will have some right-turn guys too. IMSA champ/British F3 driver Kris Wright and Lamborghini Super Trofeo champ Brandon Gdovic will join IndyCar’s Santino Ferrucci in SHR’s #26 Toyota for the 2021 Xfinity Series.
ARCA champion Bret Holmes expands team into Truck Series, adds Sam Mayer for part-time effort
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Bret Holmes, the reigning ARCA Menards Series champion, will expand his Bret Holmes Racing team into the NASCAR Truck Series on a limited basis. He and Sam Mayer will drive the #32 truck.
Noah Gragson will make his NASCAR Cup Series début in the 2021 Daytona 500 with Beard Motorsports.
Kaz Grala has joined Kaulig Racing for his Daytona 500 debut in February. He will also run various other races for the team, which hopes to attempt the Cup road course and superspeedways.
Miguel Paludo joins JR Motorsports for 3 Xfinity road races, first NASCAR action since 2013
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Four-time Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil champion Miguel Paludo, who raced in NASCAR from 2010 to 2013, will return to American stock cars on a three-race Xfinity schedule with JR Motorsports at the Daytona road course, COTA, and Mid-Ohio.
