National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. ||| Nascar.com ||| That's Racin ||| Jayski ||| Topix ||| Yahoo ||| ESPN Nascar ||| Front Stretch ||| Sport News ||| Kickin the Tires ||| Race 36 of 36 Cup   Until Phoenix Sunday November 5, 2023 ---3:00pm On NBC --- 1/00 track Race Weather Cup   2023 Cup Schedule             track laps miles   2/5 Clash Sun 8:00 Fox         2/16 Duel's Thur 7:00 FS1 2.50 60 150 1 2/19 Daytona500 Sun 2:30 Fox 2.50 200 500 2 2/26 Fontana Sun 3:30 Fox   200 400 3 3/5 Las Vegas Sun 3:30 Fox 1.50 267 400 4 3/12 Phoenix Sun 3:30 Fox 1.00 312 312 5 3/19 Atlanta Sun 3:00 Fox 1.54 325 500 6 3/26 Circuit Am Sun 3:30 Fox 3.14     7 4/2 Richmond Sun 3:30 FS1 .750 400 300 8 4/9 Bristol Dirt Sun 7:00 Fox .533 500 266 9 4/16 Martinsville Sun 3:00 FS1 .526 500 263 10 4/24 Talladega Sun 3:00 Fox 2.66 188 500 11 4/30 Dover Sun 2:00 FS1 1.00 400 400 12 5/7 Kansas Sun 3:00 FS1 1.50 267 400 13 5/14 Darlington Sun 3:30 FS1 1.36 367 500   5/21 All Star Sun 8:00 FS1 1.50 50 75 14 5/28 Charlotte Sun 6:00 Fox 1.50 400 600 15 6/4 WorldTech Sun 3:30 FS1 1.25     16 6/11 Sonoma Rd Sun 3:30 Fox 1.99 110 224   6/19 Fathers Day             17 6/25 Nashville Sun 7:00 NBC 1.33     18 7/2 Chicago Rd Sun 5:30 NBC 2.20 100 220 19 7/9 Atlanta Sun 7:00 USA 1.54 325 500 20 7/16 Loudon Sun 2:30 USA 1.05 301 318 21 7/23 Pocono Sun 2:30 USA 2.50 140 350 22 7/30 Richmond Sun 3:00 USA .750 400 300 23 8/6 Michigan Sun 2:30 USA 2.00 200 400 24 8/13 Indy (road) Sun 2:30 NBC 2.43     25 8/20 W/Glen Rd Sun 3:00 USA 2.45 90 220 26 8/26 Daytona Sat 7:00 NBC 2.50 160 400     Start Playoff             Round of 16 27 9/3 Darlington Sun 6:00 USA 1.36 367 500 28 9/10 Kansas Sun 3:00 USA 1.50 267 400 29 9/16 Bristol Sat 7:00 USA .533 500 266 Round of 12 30 9/24 Texas Sun 3:30 USA 1.50 334 500 31 10/1 Talladega Sun 2:00 NBC 2.66 188 500 32 10/8 Char Roval Sun 2:00 NBC 2.32 109 400 Round of 8 33 10/15 Las Vegas Sun 2:30 NBC 1.50 267 400 34 10/22 Homestead Sun 2:30 NBC 1.50 267 400 35 10/29 Martinsville Sun 2:00 NBC .526 500 263 Championship Round of 4 36 11/5 Phoenix Sun 3:00 NBC 1.00 312 312 2023 xfinity Series             track laps miles 1 2/18 Daytona Sat 5:00 FS1 2.50 120 300 2 2/25 Fontana Sat 5:00 FS1 3.61 52 188 3 3/4 Las Vegas Sat 4:30 FS1 1.50 200 300 4 3/11 Phoenix Sat 4:30 FS1 1.00 200 200 5 3/18 Atlanta Sat 5:00 FS1 1.54 195 300 6 3/25 Circuit Am Sat 5:00 FS1 3.14     7 4/1 Richmond Sat 1:00 FS1 0.75 250 188   4/8 Off Week             8 4/15 Martinsville Fri 7:30 FS1 0.526     9 4/22 Talladega Sat 4:00 FS1 2.66     10 4/29 Dover Sat :1:30 FS1 1.00 200 200   5/5 Off Week             11 5/13 Darlington Sat 1:30 Fox 1.36 147 200   5/20 Off Week             12 5/27 Charlotte Sat 1:00 FS1 1.50 200 300 13 6/3 Portland Sat 4:30 FS1       14 6/10 Sonoma Rd Sat 8:00 FS1 1.99 110 224   6/17 Off Week             15 6/24 Nashville Sat 3:30 USA 1.33     16 7/1 Chicago Rd Sat 5:00 USA       17 7/8 Atlanta Sat 8:00 USA 1.54 195 300 18 7/15 Loudon Sat 3:00 USA 1.05 197 200 19 7/22 Pocono Sat 5:30 USA 2.50     20 7/29 Road Amer Sat 3:00 NBC 3.00 50 150 21 8/5 Michigan Sat 3:30 NBC 2.00 125 250 22 8/12 Indy Road Sat 5:30 USA       23 8/19 watkinsglen Sat 3:30 USA 2.45 82 200 24 8/25 Daytona Fri 7:30 USA 2.50 100 250 25 9/2 Darlington Sat 3:30 USA 1.36 147 200 26 9/9 Kansas Sat 3:00 NBC 1.50 200 300     Start Playoff             Round of 12 Begins 27 9/15 Bristol Fri 7:30 USA .533 250 133 28 9/23 Texas Sat 3:30 USA 1.50 200 300   9/30 Off Week             29 10/7 Char Roval Sat 3:30 USA     400 Round of 8 Begins 30 10/14 Las Vegas Sat 3:30 USA 1.50 200 300 31 10/21 Homestead Sat 3:00 NBC 1.50 200 300 32 10/28 Martinsville Sat 3:30 USA 0.526     Championship Round of 4 33 11/4 Phoenix Sat 7:00 USA 1.00 200 200

2024 Who Drives What Who Drives What ??? Hendrick Motorsports   9 - Chase Elliott   5 - Kyle Larson 24 - William Byron 48 - Alex Bowman Trackhouse Racing (Chip Ganassi)   1 - Ross Chastian 99 - Daniel Suarez 91 - Kim Raikkonen 91 - Shane van Gisbergen Richard Childress Racing   3 - Austin Dillon   8 - Kyle Busch 33 - Austin Hll -- ??? JTG Daughty Racing 37 - Ricky Stenhouse Spire Motorsports 7 - Cory Lajoie 77 - Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing 16 - A.J. Allmendinger 31 - Daniel Hamric Live Fast Motorsports 78 - BJ McLeod / Josh Bilick Who Drives What ??? Roush/Fenway/Kes   6 - Brad Keselowski 17 - Chris Buesher Front Row Motorsports 34 - Michael McDowell 38 - Todd Gilliland Penske Racing   2 - Austin Cendric 12 - Ryan Blaney 22 - Joey Logano Stewart/Haas Racing   4 - Kevin Harvick 10 - Aric Almirola 14 - Chase Briscoe 41 - Ryan Preece Wood Brothers 21 - Harrison Burton Rick Ware Racing 51 - Cody Ware 15 - Justin Haley Who Drives What ??? Joe Gibbs Racing 11 - Denny Hamlin 19 - Martin Truex Jr. 54 - Ty Gibbs Legacy Motor Club (was Richard Petty) 42 - John Hunter Nemechek 43 - Erik Jones 84 - Jimmy Johnson 23xi Racing 23 - Bubba Wallace 45 - Tyler Reddick Who Drives What ???

Getting In The Playoffs A race win during the regular season pretty well means a place in the playoffs of 16 drivers. If there are not 16 drivers with wins, they will go by points to fill the 16. Race winners must also be in the top 30 of the point standings to make the playoffs. 2023 Regular Season Race Winners and will be in the playoffs starting in September    (1) Ricky Stenhouse 1 win    (2)  Kyle Busch 3 wins    (3)  William Byron 4 wins    (4)  Joey Logano 1 win    (5)  Tyler Reddick 1 win    (6)  Kyle Larson 2 wins    (7)  Christopher Bell 1 win    (8)  Denny Hamlin 3 wins    (9)  Ryan Blaney 1 win    (10)  Martin Truex Jr. 1 win    (11)  Ross Chastain 1 win    (--)  Shane van Gisbergen 1 win    (12)  Chris Buscher 1 win    (13)  Michael McDowell 1 win Getting In The Clash 20 Drivers Minimum Last Year's 16 Chase Drivers, Last Year's Pole Winners, Former Daytona 500 Pole Winners, Former Daytona 500 Winners Former Clash Winners, Any Remaining Spots Filled By Last Year Points. Starting order is determined by a random drawing Getting In The Daytona 500 Top 2 drivers from qualifications The remaining field is set by the Duels Duel 1 results set the inside row of the starting line up Duel 2 results set the outside row of the starting line up 36 Charter teams are guaranteed a spot in the line up Non Charter teams compete for the final 4 spots

Stage Racing     (Started in 2017) The race is broken down in 3 stages, each ending with a checkered flag and a caution period. The next stage will begin like a normal green flag restart. Stage 1       1st. will receive 10 points, 2nd place 9 points, down to 1 point for 10th.place. First place will also receive one playoff point. Stage 2      1st. will receive 10 points, 2nd place 9 points, down to 1 point for 10th.place. First place will also receive one playoff point. Stage 3       The winner receives 40 points. Second place receives 35 points, third place receives 34 points, fourth place receives 33 points ... down to one point for drivers who finish 36th-40th. The winner also receives 5 playoff points. The race is official at the conclusion of stage 2. Regular Season End       The driver highest in points at the end of the regular season will be the regular season champion and receive 15 playoff points. second place earns 10 playoff points; third place, 8; fourth place, 7; fifth place, 6; sixth place, 5; seventh place, 4; eighth place, 3; ninth place, 2; 10th place, 1. ------Regular season race winners are locked into the playoffs. ------Points will be reset to 2,000 , with each driver's playoff points tacked on. Playoff Format     (started in 2017) The 16 drivers that make the playoffs will compete in 4 rounds of eliminations. Challenger Round       (3 races) The 16 drivers going for 12 spots in the next round. Winners advance. The rest of the field of 12 will be determined by points scored in these three races. Points are reset to 3,000. Contender Round       (3 races) The 12 drivers going for 8 spots in the next round. Winners advance. The rest of the field of 8 will be determined by points scored in these three races. Points are reset to 4,000. Eliminator Round       (3 races) The 8 drivers going for 4 spots in the next round. Winners advance. The rest of the field of 4 will be determined by points scored in these three races. Points are reset to 5,000. Championship Round       (1 race) The highest finisher in this round will be the NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion.

16 Drivers in the 2022 Playoffs Round of 16 Round of 12 Round of 8 Championship Race Champion 9/4 Darlington 9/11 Kansas 9/17 Bristol 16 Drivers in this round. 4 lowest are eliminated 1) Chase Elliott 2) Joey Logano 3) Ross Chastain 4) Kyle Larson 5) William Byron 6) Denny Hamlin 7) Christopher Bell 8) Ryan Blaney 9) Chase Briscoe 10) Alex Bowman 11) Daniel Suarez 12) Austin Cindric 13)Tyler Reddick 14)Kyle Busch 15)Austin Dillon 16)Kevin Harvick 9/25 Texas 10/2 Talladega 10/9 Charlotte Roval 12 Drivers in this round. 4 lowest are eliminated 1) Chase Elliott 2) Joey Logano 3) Ross Chastain 4) Christopher Bell 5) William Byron 6) Ryan Blaney 7) Denny Hamlin 8) Chase Briscoe 9) Kyle Larson 10) Alex Bowman 11) Daniel Suarez 12) Austin Cindric 10/16 Las Vegas 10/23 Homestead 10/30 Martinsville 8 Drivers in this round. 4 lowest are eliminated 1) Joey Logano 2) Christopher Bell 3) Ross Chastain 4) Chase Elliott 5) Denny Hamlin 6) William Byron 7) Ryan Blaney 8) Chase Briscoe 11/6 Phoenix 4 Drivers in this round. Highest is the Champion 1) Joey Logano 2) Christopher Bell 3) Ross Chastain 4) Chase Elliott              Note:   Advanced to the next round --- Eliminated from Playoffs

16 Drivers in the 2023 Playoffs Round of 16 Round of 12 Round of 8 Championship Race Champion 9/3 Darlington 9/10 Kansas 9/16 Bristol 16 Drivers in this round. 4 lowest are eliminated 1) William Byron 2) Martin Truex Jr. 3) Denny Hamlin 4) Kyle Larson 5) Chris Buscher 6) Kyle Busch 7) Christopher Bell 8) Tyler Reddic 9) Brad Keselowski 10) Ross Chastain 11) Ryan Blaney 12) Bubba Wallace 13)Joey Logano 14)Kevin Harvick 15)Ricky Stenhouse 16)Michael McDowell 9/24 Texaa 10/1 Tallediga 10/8 Charlotte Roval 12 Drivers in this round. 4 lowest are eliminated 1) William Byron 2) Martin Truex Jr. 3) Denny Hamlin 4) Kyle Larson 5) Chris Buscher 6) Tyler Reddic 7) Christopher Bell 8) Ryan Blaney 9) Ross Chastain 10) Bubba Wallace 11) Brad Keselowski 12) Kyle Busch 10/15 Las Vegas 10/22 Homestead 10/29 Martinsville 8 Drivers in this round. 4 lowest are eliminated 1) Christopher Bell 2) Kyle Larson 3) Ryan Blaney 4) William Byron 5) Denny Hamlin 6) Martin Truex Jr 7) Tyler Reddic 8) Chris Buscher 11/5 Phoenix 4 Drivers in this round. Highest is the Champion 1) Christopher Bell 2) Kyle Larson 3) Ryan Blaney 4) William Byron              Note:   Advanced to the next round --- Eliminated from Playoffs

Links Drivers Bowyer (Clint) Busch (Kurt) Busch (Kyle) Dillon (Austin) Earnhardt Jr. (Dale) Elliott (Bill) Elliott (Chase) Franchitti (Dario) Gordon (Jeff) Hamlin (Denny) Harvick (Kevin) Johnson (Jimmie) Kahne (Kasey) Kenseth (Matt) Keselowski (Brad) Labonte (Bobby) Logano (Joey) McMurray (Jamie) Montoya(Juan Pablo) Nemechek (Joe) Newman (Ryan) Patrick (Danica) Ragan (David) Smith (Regan) Stewart (Tony) Truex Jr. (Martin) Villeneuve (Jacques) Teams Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt Inc. Ganassi Racing Joe Gibbs Racing Hendrick Motorsports Leavine Family Racing Richard Petty Motorsports Penske Racing Roush Fenway Stewart/Haas Racing Tommy Baldwin Racing Wood Brothers Racing Tracks Talladega Speedway ------Talladega, Alabama Circuit of the Americas ------Austin, Texas Daytona International ------Daytona, Florida Pocono Raceway ------Pocono, Penn Indianapolis Motor Spdwy ------Indianapolis, Indiana Michigan International ------Brooklin, Michigan California Speedway ------Fontana, California Atlanta Motor Speedway ------Hampton, Georgia Texas Motor Speedway ------Fort Worth, Texas Charlotte Motor Speedway ------Charlotte, N.C. Darlington Raceway ------Darlington, S.C ChicagoLand Speedway ------Joliet, Illinios Las Vegas Motor Speedway ------ Las Vegas, Nevada Kansas Speedway ------Kansas City, Kansas Phoenix International ------Phoenix, Arizona Bristol Motor Speedway ------Bristol, Tennessee Richmond International ------Richmond, Virginia Martinsville Speedway ------Martinsville, Virginia Nashville Speedway ------Lebonon, Tennessee Homestead Miami Spdwy ------Homestead, Florida New Hampshire Speedway ------Loudon N Hampshire Watkins Glen International ------Watkins Glen, NY Dover International ------Dover, Delaware Infineon Raceway ------Sonoma, Calif Kentucky Speedway ------Sparta, Kentucky Nationwide and Truck's Road America -Elkart Lake, Wisconsin Memphis Motorsports ------Memphis, Tennessee Mansfield Speedway ------Mansfield, Ohio Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit ------Montreal, Canada Gateway International ------St.Louis, Missouri O'Reilly Raceway Park ------Indianapolis, Indiana Evergreen Speedway ------Evergreen, Wash Mesa Marin Raceway ------Bakersfield, Calif Milwaukee Mile ------Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nazareth Speedway ------Nazareth, Penn Pikes Peak International ------Fountain, Colorado South Boston Speedway ------S.Boston, Virginia Nascar On TV TNT Sports ESPN Nascar ESPN Motor Sports NBC Sports FOX Sports Speed Channel Jeff Hammond Larry McReynolds All Waltrip Raceline Places To Visit Nascar Hall of Fame ------Charlotte, NC Joe Gibbs Facility ------Huntersville, N.C Hendrick Motorsports ------Charlotte, N.C RCR Complex ------Welcome, N.C Int Mtrspts Hall Of Fame ------Talladega, Alabama NASCAR Speedpark ------Myrtle Beach, S.C. Nascar Schools Nascar Technical Institute Pit Crew Training Fast Track Driving School Petty Driving Experience Jeff Gordon Racing School Nascar Racing Experience Dale Jarrett Race Adventure SpeedTech Driving School CrewSchool Buck Baker Racing School Magazines Racing Thunder USA Today (motorsports) Nascar Merchandise Sam Bass "Nascar Artist" DW Store Nascar Collectibles Tony Stewart Store Team Caliber Joe Gibbs Products Fathead Sponsors Best Buy Racing Coca Cola Racing Family Jack Daniels Racing Menards Racing M&M's Motorsports Miller Lite Fed Ex Racing UPS Racing Dish Network Racing Cheerios Racing Verizon Racing Manufacturers Ford Racing GM Racing Chevy Racing Dodge Motorsports Toyota Motorsports Fantasy Auto Racing Fox Fantasy

The chase format began in 2004

The Championship Top 5 Drivers    Since the chase format started in 2004
Starting in 2015, the top 4 that advanced to the "Championship Round" and raced for the championship.
2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kurt Busch Jimmy Johnson Jeff Gordon Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Tony Stewart Greg Biffle Carl Edwards Mark Martin Jimmy Johnson	Jimmy Johnson Matt Kenseth Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Jimmy Johnson Jeff Gordon Clint Bowyer Mat Kenseth Kyle Busch	Jimmy Johnson Carl Edwards Greg Biffle Kevin Harvick Clint Bowyer	Jimmy Johnson Mark Martin Jeff Gordon Kert Busch Denny Hamlin	Jimmy Johnson Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Carl Edwards Mat Kenseth	Tony Stewart Carl Edwards Kevin Harvick Matt Kenseth Brab Keselowski
2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Brad Keselowski Clint Bowyer Jimmy Johnson Kasey Kahne Greg Biffle	Jimmy Johnson Matt Kenseth Kevin Harvick Kyle Busch Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Kevin Harvick Ryan Newman Denny Hamlin Joey Logano Brad Keselowski	Kyle Busch Kevin Harvick Jeff Gordon Martin Truex Jr.	Joey Logano Jimmy Johnson Carl Edwards Kyle Busch	Martin Truex Jr. Kyle Busch Brad Keselowski Kevin Harvick	Joey Logano Kyle Busch Martin Truex Jr. Kevin Harvick	Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Martin Truex Jr. Kyle Busch

The Nascar Hall of Fame inductees     (Hall of Fame opened May 11, 2010)
Five inductees are selected by a voting panel consisting of:------ Nascar industry leaders, manufacturer representatives, former competitors, the media and fans. The main criteria for nomination and induction:------ NASCAR accomplishments and contributions to the sport
2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Bill France Richard Petty Bill France Jr. Junior Johnson Dale Earnhardt	David Pearson Bobby Allison Lee Petty Ned Jarrett Bud Moore	Cale Yarborough Darrell Waltrup Dale Inman Richie Evans Glen Wood	Herb Thomas Leonard Wood Rusty Wallace Cotton Owens Buck Baker	Dale Jarrett Maurice Petty Tim Flock Jack Ingram Fireball Roberts	Bill Elliott Fred Lorenzen Wendell Scott Joe Weatherly Rex White	Jerry Cook Bobby Isaac Terry Labonte Bruton Smith Curtis Turner	Rick Hendrick Richard Childress Mark Martin Benny Parsons Raymond Parks
2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Robert Yates Red Byron Ray Evernham Ken Squier Ron Hornaday Jr.	Jeff Gordon Jack Roush Roger Penske Davy Allison Alan Kulwicki	Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Bobby Labonte Buddy Baker Waddell Wilson	Dale Earnhard Jr Red Farmer Mike Stefanik	Matt Kenseth Kirk Shelmerdine Hershel McGriff
2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033

Other Racing Links

Other Racing Series Craftsman Truck Series USAC Racing ARCA Racing Grand Am All Star Sprint (Stewart)

Other Race Tracks Eldora Speedway I55 Raceway Lorain County Speedway Myrtle Beach Speedway

Foundations Victory Junction Camp Jeff Gordon Foundation Tony Stewart Foundation Ryan Newman Foundation Dale Jr. Foundation MartinTruexJr Foundation Jim Johnson Foundation Eliott Sadler Foundation Kyle Busch Foundation BobbyLabonteFoundation JoeyLoganoFoundation

Miscellaneous Petty Garage John Force Racing Mario Andretti Marco Andretti Ken Schrader Racing Team Red Bull Speed 51

Did You Know ??: You know about the SAFER barrier, but did you know what SAFER stands for ??    (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) You know Darlington is known an "The lady in black", but do you know why??     It was the first track to be paved.     Paved with black top.     So it was called the lady in black. Tony Stewart is the only driver to complete both the Indianapolis 500 and the Charlotte 600 in the same day. A total of 1100 miles. He did it in 2001 and finished 6th. at Indy and 3rd. at Charlotte.