To the surprise of not many, Chase Elliott is your 2019 NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver. It is his second straight MPD award.
NASCAR Cup Series
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NASCAR has revealed the logo for the Cup Series starting in 2020. Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO, and Xfinity will all serve as premier sponsors of the series.
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Corey LaJoie will return to Go Fas Racing for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.
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After it was discovered that the three conspired to manipulate the results of the 2019 NASCAR Cup owners’ championship during the season finale to better one of their cars’ positions for a better payout, Spire Motorsports, Premium Motorsports, and Rick Ware Racing have received penalties. In addition to fines and indefinite suspensions, they have received points deductions.
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Quin Houff has signed a two-year contract with StarCom Racing, enabling him to race full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020 and 2021.
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After over 18 seasons of Cup racing, seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson is giving it one last shot to win his eighth. He has announced he will retire after 2020.
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After a dominating final stage, Kyle Busch is your 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion.
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As speculation surrounding Cole Custer moving up to Stewart-Haas Racing’s NASCAR Cup Series team becomes all but official, Daniel Suárez has confirmed he will not return to the team’s #41 for the 2020 season.
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J.J. Yeley will race full-time in the Cup Series for the first time since 2015 as he will contest the 2020 schedule with Rick Ware Racing.
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With Toyota Racing Development (TRD) celebrating its 40th anniversary, Gaunt Brothers Racing will field the #96 for TRD test driver Drew Herring at Homestead. It will be Herring’s first career Cup race.
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With a win in the Bluegreen Vacations 500, Denny Hamlin punches his ticket to the Championship Round, joined by Joe Gibbs Racing team-mates Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr., and Kevin Harvick.
For the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, JTG Daugherty Racing will field the #37 for Ryan Preece and the #47 for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Trent Owens will lead Preece as his crew chief, while Brian Pattie joins Stenhouse from Roush.
Joey Logano may not have won the 2019 NASCAR Cup championship, but he has something that’s pretty cool in its own way: he’s now a Guinness World Record holder for the world’s longest Hot Wheels track.
Cole Custer will race for Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020.
As Matt Tifft continues to recover from his season-ending seizures, he will not return to Front Row Motorsports for the 2020 NASCAR Cup season.
Darrell Wallace Jr.’s spin late in last Sunday’s Texas race has resulted in a 50-point penalty and a fine.