With their wins in the Bluegreen Vacations Duels, Joey Logano and William Byron will start Sunday’s Daytona 500 in third and fourth, respectively.
NASCAR Cup Series
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The NASCAR Cup Series champion will now receive the Bill France Cup, named in honour of NASCAR’s founder and his son.
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Erik Jones’ car was destroyed by the end of the Busch Clash. But with the help of the corpse that was his team-mate Denny Hamlin’s vehicle, he was able to take the victory.
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Tuesday saw NASCAR announce chances to the Cup Series stage lengths, along with provide updates on the NextGen car and tweaks to the Triple Truck Challenge and revealing the Xfinity Series’ Indianapolis road course layout.
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Daniel Suárez has joined Gaunt Brothers Racing for the full 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.
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MBM Motorsports, who will race in the Cup and Xfinity Series in 2020, has traced out the season plans, including driver lineup with a new addition in Stephen Leicht.
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Front Row Motorsports have signed an extension with Ford Performance, Roush Fenway Racing, and Roush-Yates Engines.
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Erik Jones spent Wednesday and Thursday testing NASCAR’s NextGen car at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Perhaps the most notable feature in his test car is a five/six-speed sequential transmission rather than the traditional four-speed H-shaped pattern.
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NASCAR has lowered downforce at the three road courses and six shorter oval tracks for the 2020 Cup season.
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Although David Ragan has retired from full-time NASCAR Cup racing, he will run the Daytona 500 with Rick Ware Racing.
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Ross Chastain will run the 2020 Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the #77, a partnership between Chip Ganassi Racing and Spire Motorsports.
In his first race with JTG Daugherty Racing, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. puts his car on the pole for the Daytona 500.
Brendan Gaughan’s final season in NASCAR will feature a four-race slate: the two Daytona rounds, including the Daytona 500, and the two Talladega events.
With Daniel Suárez reportedly joining the team, Parker Kligerman is out at Gaunt Brothers Racing.
Justin Haley, who surprised the NASCAR world when he won at Daytona in just his third Cup start, will return to the track at the Daytona 500. Joining him will be his Xfinity team Kaulig Racing, who will make their first Cup start.
Ryan Sparks, a longtime engineer for Richard Childress Racing, has joined Go Fas Racing for the 2020 Cup season as Corey LaJoie’s crew chief.