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With Monster Energy's title sponsorship, NASCAR also abandoned "The Chase" name and now refers to the last 10 races simply as "the playoffs" similar to most other sports. After the 2019 season, NASCAR declined an offer from Monster Energy to remain the title sponsor of the top series. [30] On December 5, NASCAR revealed their new sponsorship model.
The teams in the top 35 of owner points (resulting in alternate nickname of "Top 35 Rule") during the previous season would be eligible to run in the Daytona 500, regardless of qualifying speed. [13] The qualifying races now determine the relative starting position for these 35 drivers plus the starting positions for an additional seven to ...
The NASCAR playoffs, formerly officially known as the Chase for the Nextel/Sprint Cup ( Nextel from 2004-2007, Sprint from 2008-2016), is a championship playoff system used in NASCAR 's three national series. The system was founded as 'The Chase for the Championship' [ 1] on January 21, 2004, and was used exclusively in the NASCAR Cup Series ...
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States . The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, when the series began leasing its ...
The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in NASCAR Cup Series competition. The list recognizes Cup Series victories under the following auspices: Strictly Stock (1949) Grand National Series (1950–1970) Winston Cup Series (1971–2003) Nextel Cup Series (2004–2007)
List of NASCAR teams. NASCAR teams compete in all three national NASCAR series: the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series, as well as in all the regional touring series. A team is limited to four cars in each of the NASCAR series. The team often shares a single manufacturer for all of the team's cars, but each car has an ...
Person Image Role Notes Dale Earnhardt: Driver and owner: 7-time Cup drivers champion, 76 race wins, 281 top 5s, 428 top 10s, 22 poles, 1998 Daytona 500 winner, 3-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, 1995 Brickyard 400 winner, 3-time Southern 500 winner, 3-time All-Star Race winner, leads drivers in wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway (9) and Talladega Superspeedway (10), 1979 Rookie of the Year, founder of ...
Track still active; closed briefly in 2018 but reopened in 2019. Some National Series teams still use for testing, host to several NASCAR feeder series and weekly events, formerly known as New River Valley Speedway. Myrtle Beach Speedway: 0.538-mile paved oval Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Carolina Pride 250 (NNS, 1988–2000) 1988–2000 (Xfinity)