Your guide to the 2025 NASCAR season
The 2025 NASCAR season is here and there are plenty of changes to know. Here is a rundown of who is with who and what is new.
NASCAR Cup Series team chart
Bold denotes driver in new ride
- Ross Chastain No. 1 Trackhouse Racing
- Austin Cindric No. 2 Team Penske
- Austin Dillon No. 3 Richard Childress Racing
- Noah Gragson No. 4 Front Row Motorsports
- Gragson was with Stewart-Haas Racing in the No. 10 car
- Kyle Larson No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports
- Brad Keselowski No. 6 RFK Racing
- Justin Haley No. 7 Spire Motorsports
- Was Corey LaJoie for most of 2024
- Kyle Busch No. 8 RCR
- Chase Elliott No. 9 Hendrick
- Ty Dillon No. 10 Kaulig Racing
- Was Daniel Hemric, No. 31
- Denny Hamlin No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing
- New crew chief: Chris Gayle
- Ryan Blaney No. 12 Penske
- Tim Brown, others No. 15 Rick Ware Racing
- Will run as a part-time, unchartered entry
- A.J. Allmendinger No. 16 Kaulig
- Ran with a variety of drivers last season
- Chris Buescher No. 17 RFK
- Chase Briscoe No. 19 JGR
- Was Martin Truex Jr. Truex retired from full-time racing
- Christopher Bell No. 20 JGR
- Josh Berry No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing
- Was Harrison Burton
- New crew chief: Miles Stanley
- Joey Logano No. 22 Penske
- Bubba Wallace No. 23 23XI Racing
- New crew chief: Charles Denike
- William Byron No. 24 Hendrick
- Todd Gilliland No. 34 FRM
- Team renumbered from the 38
- Riley Herbst No. 35 23XI
- New team
- Charter purchased from SHR
- Zane Smith No. 38 FRM
- Was Michael McDowell, renumbered from 34
- Justin Allgaier No. 40 JR Motorsports (Daytona 500 only)
- Cole Custer #41 Haas Factory Team
- Was SHR with Ryan Preece
- John Hunter Nemechek No. 42 Legacy Motor Club
- Erik Jones No. 43 Legacy
- NY Racing Team No. 44 (part-time, JJ Yeley to run Daytona 500)
- Tyler Reddick No. 45 23XI
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. No. 47
- Hyak Motorsports, formerly JTG-Daugherty Racing
- Alex Bowman No. 48 Hendrick
- Team AmeriVet, Burt Myers (Bowman Gray) others No. 50
- Cody Ware No. 51 RWR
- Was Justin Haley for most of 2024
- Ty Gibbs No. 54 JGR
- New crew chief: Tyler Allen
- Martin Truex Jr. No. 56 TRICON Garage (Daytona 500 only)
- Garage 66, Garrett Smithley, others #66 (MBM)
- Michael McDowell No. 71 Spire
- Was Zane Smith
- Crew chief: Travis Peterson
- Carson Hocevar No. 77 Spire
- BJ McLeod No. 78 owner-driver (part-time)
- Jimmie Johnson No. 84 Legacy
- Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600
- Connor Zilisch No. 87 Trackhouse
- COTA
- Shane van Gisbergen #88 Trackhouse
- New team, purchased charter from SHR
- Helio Castroneves (Daytona 500), others No. 91 PROJECT91 Trackhouse
- Daniel Suarez #99
NASCAR Xfinity Series team chart
- Sheldon Creed No. 00 Haas
- Was Cole Custer, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Carson Kvapil No. 1 JR Motorsports
- Andrew Overstreet, crew chief (new)
- Jesse Love No. 2 RCR
- Parker Retzlaff #4 Alpha Prime Racing
- Was Ryan Ellis
- Kris Wright No. 5 Our Motorsports
- Was Anthony Alfredo
- Justin Allgaier No. 7 JRM
- Patrick Emerling, Nick Leitz, Alex Labbe No. 07 SS-Green Light Racing
- Sammy Smith No. 8 JRM
- Ross Chastain, others No. 9
- Crew chief: Cory Shea
- Daniel Dye No. 10 Kaulig
- was No. 97, Shane van Gisbergen
- Josh Williams No. 11 Kaulig
- Garrett Smithley #14 SS-Green Light
- Was variety of drivers
- Christian Eckes No. 16 Kaulig
- Was A.J. Allmendinger
- Hendrick No. 17
- William Sawalich No. 18 JGR
- Was Sheldon Creed
- JGR No. 19
- Brandon Jones No. 20 JGR
- Austin Hill No. 21 RCR
- Sam Hunt Racing No. 24
- Ryan Truex to run Daytona
- Harrison Burton No. 25 AM Racing
- Started 2024 with Hailie Deegan, ended with a variety of drivers
- Dean Thompson No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing (was a variety of drivers)
- Jeb Burton No. 27 Jordan Anderson Racing
- Kyle Sieg No. 28 RSS Racing
- RSS Racing No. 29
- Blaine Perkins No. 31 JAR
- Was Parker Retzlaff
- Austin Green, Jordan Anderson (Daytona) No. 32 JAR
- Kasey Kahne No. 33 RCR
- Scheduled for just Rockingham so far
- Greg Van Alst No. 35 Gase Motorsports (18 races)
- Ryan Sieg No. 39 RSS
- Sam Mayer #41 Haas
- Was SHR No. 98 with Riley Herbst
- Anthony Alfredo No. 42 Young’s Motorsports
- Was Leland Honeyman Jr.
- Brennan Poole No. 44 Alpha Prime Racing
- Ceasar Bacerella, Brad Perez, Mason Massey and Vicente Salas No. 45 Alpha Prime Racing
- Nick Sanchez No. 48 Big Machine Racing
- Was Parker Kligerman
- Jeremy Clements #51
- Gase No. 53
- Taylor Gray No. 54 JGR
- Tyler Tomassi, others No. 66 MBM
- Leland Honeyman Jr., Thomas Annunziata #70 Cope Family Racing
- Ryan Ellis No. 71 DGM Racing
- Was Kyle Weatherman, variety of drivers
- Connor Zilisch No. 88 JRM
- Crew chief: Mardy Lindley (was with Sam Mayer last year)
- Josh Bilicki No. 91 DGM
- Majority of races with Bilicki
- Matt DiBenedetto No. 99 Viking Motorsports (was No. 38)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team chart
- Brent Crews, William Sawalich, Brandon Jones, Lawless Alan No. 1 TRICON Garage
- Reaume No. 2
- Toni Breidinger No. 5 TRICON
- Was Dean Thompson
- Corey Day, others No. 7 Spire
- Grant Enfinger No. 9 CR7 Motorsports
- Corey Heim No. 11 TRICON
- Jake Garcia No. 13 ThorSport Racing
- Tanner Gray No. 15 TRICON
- Gio Ruggiero No. 17
- Was Taylor Gray
- Tyler Ankrum No. 18 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
- Daniel Hemric No. 19 MHR
- Was Christian Eckes
- Dawson Sutton No. 26 Rackley W.A.R.
- Was No. 25, Ty Dillon for most of the season
- Bryan Dauzat No. 28 FDNY Racing (part-time)
- Frankie Muniz No. 33 Reaume Brothers Racing
- Chandler Smith #34 FRM (new team)
- Layne Riggs No. 38 FRM
- Was No. 34, renumbered
- Bayley Currey, others No. 41 Niece Motorsports
- Matt Mills No. 42 Niece
- Christian Rose No. 44 Niece
- Rose was in ARCA Menards Series last season
- Kaden Honeycutt No. 45 Niece
- Was a variety of a drivers, including Honeycutt
- Stewart Friesen No. 52 owner-driver
- Timmy Hill No. 56 owner-driver
- Rajah Caruth No. 71 Spire
- Parker Kligerman No. 75 Henderson Motorsports
- Daytona so far
- Spencer Boyd No. 76
- Andres Perez de Lara No. 77 Spire
- Was Chase Purdy
- Connor Mosack No. 81 MHR
- Was Daniel Dye, No. 43
- Matt Crafton No. 88 ThorSport
- Jack Wood No. 91 MHR
- Was a variety of drivers, including Wood
- Ty Majeski No. 98 ThorSport
- Ben Rhodes No. 99 ThorSport
Top points earners in final 10 NASCAR Cup Series races of 2024:
- Christopher Bell 380
- William Byron 373
- Chase Elliott 328
- Kyle Larson 326
- Ryan Blaney 324
- Denny Hamlin 313
- Alex Bowman 313
- Joey Logano 296
- No. 19 team 253
- Tyler Reddick 242
- Chris Buescher 240
- Austin Cindric 239
- Daniel Suarez 220
- Carson Hocevar 215
- Bubba Wallace 209
- Brad Keselowski 200
- Ryan Preece (SHR) 191
- Ross Chastain 189
- Noah Gragson (SHR) 181
- Kyle Busch 179
- Chase Briscoe (SHR) 179
- Zane Smith (No. 71) 175
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 171
- Ty Gibbs 165
- Michael McDowell (No. 34) 156
- Daniel Hemric (No. 31, now 10) 142
- Justin Haley 137
- Todd Gilliland 130
- Corey LaJoie 126
- Erik Jones 122
- Josh Berry (SHR) 119
- Harrison Burton (No. 21) 117
- Austin Dillon 111
- John Hunter Nemechek 92
Top 10 NASCAR Xfinity Series points earners in final seven races of 2024
- JGR No. 20 293
- JGR No. 81 289
- SHR No. 00 259
- Sheldon Creed (JGR No. 18) 257
- Austin Hill 250
- Justin Allgaier 246
- SHR No. 98 (now No. 41 Haas) 244
- Jesse Love 234
- Kaulig No. 16 234
- Ryan Sieg 208
- Big Machine No. 48 192
- Sam Mayer (JRM No. 1) 188
- Sammy Smith 179
- Brandon Jones (JRM No. 9) 151
- Jeb Burton 146
- Anthony Alfredo (Our No. 5) 127
- Brennan Poole 121
- Matt DiBenedetto 115
- Connor Zilisch 102 (three races)
- Kyle Sieg 100
- Ryan Ellis (Alpha Prime No. 43) 98
- Jeremy Clements 95
- Josh Williams 90
- Parker Retzlaff (JAR No. 31) 81
- Blaine Perkins (Sieg No. 29) 74
- Dylan Lupton (AM Racing, 6 races) 73
- Young’s No. 42 (Leland Honeyman Jr.) 66
Most points earned in final 7 Truck races
- McAnally No. 19 327
- Corey Heim 301
- Ty Majeski 282
- REV No. 2 262
- Layne Riggs 253
- Grant Enfinger 248
- TRICON No. 17 244
- Rajah Caruth 244
- Stewart Friesen 179
- Tyler Ankrum 176
- Kaden Honeycutt 169
- Matt Crafton 159
- Spire No. 77 158
- TRICON No. 5 153
- Ben Rhodes 148
- Tanner Gray 143
- McAnally No. 43 140
- Jake Garcia 135
- TRICON No. 1 (William Sawalich, 6 races) 129
- Bayley Currey (Niece No. 41) 105
- Dawson Sutton (five races) 102
- Spencer Boyd 87
- Timmy Hill (6 races) 86
- Matt Mills 78
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com