The Drivers Advisory Council has formed as a drivers’ line of communication to NASCAR. Jeff Burton is director while Kurt Busch, Austin Dillon, Denny Hamlin, Corey LaJoie, Joey Logano, Kyle Petty and Daniel Suárez are boardmembers.
In a historic exhibition race that proved to be a marketing hit by NASCAR and a bit chaotic as a super short track, Joey Logano held off Kyle Busch to win the Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Justin Haley, and Joey Logano will lead the fields to green in the four heat races ahead of the Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
J.J. Yeley will hope to make his first Daytona 500 since 2015 as he will drive the #55 for MBM Motorsports.
The Money Team Racing, a NASCAR Cup Series team formed by boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr., hopes to début at the Daytona 500 with Kaz Grala in the #50 Chevrolet.
For the first time since 1956, a NASCAR Cup race at Martinsville will be 400 laps as the spring round has been shortened from its original 500-lap distance.
IMSA veteran and Ford Performance driver Joey Hand will run all six NASCAR Cup Series road courses for Rick Ware Racing.
NASCAR hosted the final Next Gen car organisational test over Tuesday and Wednesday at Phoenix Raceway.
With the Cup Series set to roll out the Next Gen car, NASCAR is taking penalties up a notch. The worst offenders can face disqualification from the playoffs entirely.
Kaulig Racing’s #16 Cup car will be driven by A.J. Allmendinger in 16 races including the Clash and All-Star, Noah Gragson in 14, and Daniel Hemric in 9 including the Daytona Duel and 500.
With Jeff Gordon’s departure, FOX NASCAR has hired Tony Stewart as a third commentator for the Busch Light Clash and Daytona 500. The slot is expected to be filled by multiple names in 2022.
The first of the three who will pilot Kaulig Racing’s all-star #16 car is Daniel Hemric. The reigning Xfinity champion will run the Daytona 500 in his first Cup start since 2019.
Cody Ware, NASCAR’s resident anime fan, is back for another dance in the Cup Series as he will run the full 2022 season in the #51 Ford for Rick Ware Racing.
In the closest thing to bringing back Preseason Thunder, which was last held in 2014, the NASCAR Cup Series conducted a two-day Next Gen car test at Daytona on Tuesday and Wednesday.
With Rick Ware Racing having a new alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing and Ryan Preece now a Stewart-Haas Racing member, it only makes sense for the two to join up. Preece will run the Busch Light Clash and other races in RWR’s #15.
Jacques Villeneuve hopes to join Mario Andretti as Formula One World Champions with experience in the NASCAR Cup Series’ legendary Daytona 500. He will race for upstart Dutch outfit Team Hezeberg.
David Ragan, a NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway ace who has exclusively run the Daytona 500 since his retirement, will add more races to his plate in 2022 with Rick Ware Racing.
