With Daniel Suárez reportedly joining the team, Parker Kligerman is out at Gaunt Brothers Racing.
NASCAR Cup Series
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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.
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Jerry Baxter and Bubba Wallace, who worked together in the Truck Series in 2013 and 2014, are back together in the Cup Series for the 2020 season.
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Team Penske’s trio of drivers have shuffled crew chiefs for 2020. Brad Keselowski will work with Jeremy Bullins who came from Ryan Blaney’s team, while Blaney will have Todd Gordon from Joey Logano, who will now work with Paul Wolfe.
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Junior Johnson, one of the greatest NASCAR team owners and most iconic names in the sport’s history, has passed away. He was 88.
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After two decades of working with Chip Ganassi, Felix Sabates will retire from motorsport ownership in 2020. The two have enjoyed success in NASCAR’s Cup Series and sports cars, from Daytona 500 to 24 Hours of Le Mans victories.
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Brennan Poole, who ran part-time in the NASCAR Gander Trucks in 2019, will race for Cup Series Rookie of the Year in 2020 with Premium Motorsports.
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Joey Logano spent Monday and Tuesday testing NASCAR’s Next Gen car. From a diffuser to improve downforce to a larger wheel to swapping spoiler sizes, the car hopes to be NASCAR’s future in 2021.
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.
A busy Friday for Rick Ware Racing: hours after announcing they would form a team in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship, Joey Gase announced he would join their Cup team for the 2020 season.
As Front Row Motorsports downsizes from three to two cars for 2020, Michael McDowell returns to the #34 while John Hunter Nemechek will compete for Rookie of the Year in the #38.
After a successful five years as Martin Truex Jr.’s crew chief, Cole Pearn will step away from NASCAR in 2020 to spend time with his family. Together, Truex and Pearn enjoyed 24 race wins and a Cup championship in 2017.