The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series is the 77th season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 54th season for the modern-era Cup Series. The season started with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on February 2 at Bowman Gray Stadium, followed by The Duel at Daytona on February 13, and the 67th running of the Daytona 500 (the first points race of the season) on February 16, both at Daytona International Speedway. The season will end with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on November 2.
The 2025 season is the first year under NASCAR's new TV deal that will last until 2031. FOX will broadcast 12 races, [a] while NBC will broadcast 14 races. Amazon and TNT will broadcast five races each. [1] In addition, the season marks the debut of NASCAR's in-season tournament. [2]
This is the first season without Tony Stewart's ownership of Stewart–Haas Racing. [3] Gene Haas, the other co-owner of SHR, announced he would retain the team and rebrand it as Haas Factory Team for 2025. [4] This is also the first season without 2017 champion Martin Truex Jr. as a full-time driver, as he announced his retirement from full-time racing on June 14, 2024. [5] This is also the first season since 2015 to have more than 40 cars in a race with the new Open Exemption Provisional rule. [6]
The 2025 season is the first under the new charter agreement, which limits teams to a maximum of three charters. Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing, which have four charters each, are grandfathered in the new agreement. [7]
Joey Logano of Team Penske enters the season as the defending 2024 NASCAR Cup Series champion. [8]
Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew Chief | Races | References |
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Chevrolet | Beard Motorsports | 62 | Anthony Alfredo | Darren Shaw | 1 | [84] |
JR Motorsports | 40 | Justin Allgaier | Greg Ives | 1 | [85] | |
Live Fast Motorsports | 78 | B. J. McLeod | David Ingram | 7 | [86] [87] | |
NY Racing Team | 44 | J. J. Yeley | Jay Guy | 2 | [88] | |
Richard Childress Racing | 33 | TBA | Andy Street | TBA | [89] | |
TBA | Will Brown | TBA | 2 | [90] | ||
Spire Motorsports | 07 | TBA | TBA | TBA | [91] | |
Team AmeriVet | 50 | TBA | TBA | TBA | [92] | |
Trackhouse Racing | 87 | Connor Zilisch | TBA | 1 | [93] [94] | |
91 | Hélio Castroneves | Darian Grubb | 1 | [95] [96] [97] | ||
Ford | Garage 66 | 66 | Chandler Smith | Carl Long | 1 | [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [87] |
Rick Ware Racing | 01 | Corey LaJoie | Jerry Kelley | 2 | [103] [87] | |
15 | TBA | TBA | TBA | [61] | ||
Toyota | Legacy Motor Club | 84 | Jimmie Johnson | Chad Johnston | 2 | [104] [105] |
Tricon Garage | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Cole Pearn | 1 | [106] [107] [108] [109] |
Notes
New teams/rebrands
Expansions
Closures
Manufacturers
Sponsorship
Moving teams
Moving between series
Retirement
Rookies
Teams
Drivers
Sponsorship
The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024 and consists of 30 oval races, 5 road course races, one street track race, and 4 non-championship races to be held on ovals. [139] The start times were announced on November 13. [140]
Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2025. For the races where a 2025 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2024 are listed.
Bolded races indicate an event generally known as a Crown Jewel race.
O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course
Exhibition: Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium
Chase Elliott secured the pole position for the 200-lap race featuring a 23-car field with notable drivers such as Austin Dillon, Zane Smith, and Ty Gibbs failing to qualify. Elliott dominated the race, leading 171 laps, winning the race and earning his first career Clash win. [150]
Daytona Speedweeks
In Daytona 500 qualifying, Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing scored the pole and was joined on the front row by Austin Cindric of Team Penske.
In the Duels, Briscoe started on the pole for Duel 1 while Cindric started on the pole for Duel 2. Bubba Wallace won the first duel, and Cindric won the second duel after narrowly beating out Erik Jones. [151]
Round 1: Daytona 500
William Byron overtook pole-sitter Chase Briscoe early before the race was red flagged on lap 11 for a weather delay in the area. After nearly 4 hours under the red flag, involving 2 red flags, the race promptly resumed. Joey Logano won the first stage, but had engine issues that forced him to the back of the pack. Ross Chastain got turned and collected Shane Van Gisbergen, Martin Truex Jr., Josh Berry, and Hélio Castroneves while Ryan Blaney would edge out Austin Cindric and win the second stage. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made contact with Logano and collected Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Noah Gragson, and Todd Gilliland. With 5 laps to go, as the field entered the backstretch, Cole Custer turned Christopher Bell into the wall, resulting in Ryan Preece flipping mid-air, resulting in overtime. On the final lap, Custer made contact with Denny Hamlin and caused a huge wreck as Byron snuck his way through and held off Tyler Reddick and Jimmie Johnson to win his second consecutive Daytona 500, becoming the fifth driver in history to do so. This was the 10th Daytona 500 win for Hendrick Motorsports, surpassing them with Petty Enterprises for the most all-time. [152]
No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Fastest race lap | Winning driver | Manufacturer | Report |
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Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium | Chase Elliott | Chase Elliott | — | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | Report | |
Duel 1 at Daytona | Chase Briscoe | Bubba Wallace | Bubba Wallace | Toyota | Report | ||
Duel 2 at Daytona | Austin Cindric | Erik Jones | Austin Cindric | Ford | |||
1 | Daytona 500 | Chase Briscoe | Austin Cindric | Michael McDowell | William Byron | Chevrolet | Report |
2 | Ambetter Health 400 | Report | |||||
Reference: [153] |
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 3 – Stage 3 winner. [N 2]
After 1 of 36 races
Pos | Manufacturer | Wins | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Chevrolet | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Toyota | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ford | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference: [155] |