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The 2017 NASCAR Cup Series will be the 69th season of professional stock car racing in the United States, and the 46th season of the modern-era of the NASCAR Cup Series. The season will begin at Daytona International Speedway with the Unlimited, the Can-Am Duel and the Daytona 500. The season will end with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The season also the third season of the current 10-year television contract with Fox Sports and NBC Sports and the second of a five-year race sanctioning agreement with all tracks.

Teams and drivers

Chartered teams

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race driver	Crew chief
Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	Jamie McMurray	Matt McCall
	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Kyle Larson	Chad Johnston
	Circle Sport	TBA	TBA	TBA
	Germain Racing	13	TBA	TBA
	Hendrick Motorsports	5	Kasey Kahne	Keith Rodden
		24	Chase Elliott	Alan Gustafson
		48	Jimmie Johnson	Chad Knaus
		88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Greg Ives
	HScott Motorsports	TBA	TBA	TBA
	JTG Daugherty Racing	47	A. J. Allmendinger	Randall Burnett
	Leavine Family Racing	95	TBA	TBA
	Richard Childress Racing	3	Austin Dillon	Slugger Labbe
		27	Paul Menard	Matt Borland
		31	Ryan Newman	Luke Lambert
Ford	Front Row Motorsports	34	Chris Buescher	Bob Osborne
	Front Row Motorsports	38	TBA	Donnie Wingo
	Go FAS Racing	32	TBA	Wally Rogers
	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Aric Almirola	Drew Blickensderfer
	Richard Petty Motorsports	44	Brian Scott	Chris Heroy
	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Trevor Bayne	Matt Puccia
		16	Greg Biffle	Brian Pattie
		17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Nick Sandler
	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	Kevin Harvick	Rodney Childers
		10	Danica Patrick	Billy Scott
		14	Clint Bowyer	Mike Bugarewicz
		41	Kurt Busch	Tony Gibson
	Team Penske	2	Brad Keselowski	Paul Wolfe
	Team Penske	22	Joey Logano	Todd Gordon
Toyota	BK Racing	23	TBA	TBA
	BK Racing	83	TBA	TBA
	Furniture Row Racing	78	Martin Truex Jr.^[1]	Cole Pearn
	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Denny Hamlin	Mike Wheeler
		18	Kyle Busch	Adam Stevens
		19	Carl Edwards	Dave Rogers
		20	Matt Kenseth	Jason Ratcliff
Chevrolet Toyota	Premium Motorsports	TBA	TBA	TBA
Source:^[2]

Non-chartered teams

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race driver	Crew chief
Chevrolet	HScott Motorsports	TBA	TBA	TBA
	The Motorsports Group	30	TBA	Wayne Carroll
	Tommy Baldwin Racing	7	TBA	TBA
Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ryan Blaney	Jeremy Bullins
Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	77	Erik Jones (R)	Chris Gayle
Chevrolet Toyota	Premium Motorsports	98	TBA	TBA

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race driver	Crew chief	Round(s)
Ford	Front Row Motorsports	35	TBA	TBA	TBA
Toyota	BK Racing	93	TBA	TBA	TBA

Changes

Teams

Furniture Row Racing will expand to a two-car team with the addition of Erik Jones in the No. 77, who was previously with Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20 in the Xfinity Series in 2016. Sponsorship will come from 5-Hour Energy.
Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing will split following the 2016 season, with Circle Sport taking the charter. Leavine Family Racing will purchase the charter from the No. 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing team to continue running the full season in 2017.

Drivers

Clint Bowyer will leave HScott Motorsports to drive for Stewart-Haas Racing in the No. 14 car as Tony Stewart will retire at the conclusion of the 2016 season.^[3]
Michael Annett will leave HScott Motorsports and head back to Xfinity to drive for JR Motorsports starting in 2017. A new driver for 2017 has yet to be announced.

Crew chiefs

Chris Gayle will be the crew chief of the No. 77 Furniture Row Racing Toyota for Erik Jones in 2017. Gayle previously crew chiefed the No. 18 team in the Xfinity Series in 2016.
Matt Borland will take over crew chief duties of the No. 27 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with Paul Menard, replacing Danny Stockman. Borland was the vice president of technology for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2016.^[4]

Manufacturers

Stewart-Haas Racing will switch from Chevrolet to Ford. As part of the transition, Roush-Yates will provide engines to the team.^[5]

Schedule

The final calendar – comprising 36 races, as well as exhibition races, which are the Unlimited, Can-Am Duel qualifying duel races for the Daytona 500 and the All-Star Race – was released on May 5, 2016.^[6]

Key changes from 2016 include:

The Daytona 500 is held one week later.
The O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway will move from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon.
The AAA 400 Drive for Autism will move after the Coca-Cola 600 before the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400.
Bristol and Michigan swap their August race dates, returning to the order that was used through 2015 (the 2016 swap was necessitated by NBC's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics).
Talladega and Kansas swap their October race dates.
The August off week moves back between Bristol and Darlington.
In broadcasting changes, the races at Indianapolis, Bristol (summer), and Talladega (fall) will move from NBCSN to NBC while the races at Darlington, Charlotte (fall), and Kansas (fall) will move from NBC to NBCSN. Watkins Glen will return to NBCSN after the 2016 running aired on USA due to NBC's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[7]

No	Race Title	Track	Date	Time	TV
	The Unlimited	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 18	8:00 p.m.	FS1
	Can-Am Duel		February 23	7:00 p.m.	FS1
1	Daytona 500		February 26	2:00 p.m.	Fox
2	Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton	March 5	2:30 p.m.	Fox
3	Kobalt 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas	March 12	3:30 p.m.	Fox
4	Camping World 500	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	March 19	3:30 p.m.	Fox
5	Auto Club 400	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana	March 26	3:30 p.m.	Fox
6	STP 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway	April 2	2:00 p.m.	FS1
7	O'Reilly Auto Parts 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	April 9	1:30 p.m.	Fox
8	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	April 23	2:00 p.m.	Fox
9	Toyota Owners 400	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	April 30	2:00 p.m.	Fox
10	GEICO 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln	May 7	2:00 p.m.	Fox
11	Go Bowling 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	May 13	7:30 p.m.	FS1
	The Showdown	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	May 19	TBD	FS1
	All-Star Race		May 20	6:00 p.m.	FS1
12	Coca-Cola 600		May 28	6:00 p.m.	Fox
13	AAA 400 Drive for Autism	Dover International Speedway, Dover	June 4	1:00 p.m.	FS1
14	Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	June 11	3:00 p.m.	FS1
15	FireKeepers Casino 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	June 18	3:00 p.m.	FS1
16	Toyota/Save Mart 350	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	June 25	3:00 p.m.	FS1
17	Coke Zero 400	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	July 1	7:30 p.m.	NBC
18	Quaker State 400	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	July 8	7:30 p.m.	NBCSN
19	New Hampshire 301	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	July 16	3:00 p.m.	NBCSN
20	Brickyard 400	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway	July 23	3:00 p.m.	NBC
21	Pennsylvania 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	July 30	3:00 p.m.	NBCSN
22	Watkins Glen 355	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen	August 6	3:00 p.m.	NBCSN
23	Pure Michigan 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	August 13	3:00 p.m.	NBCSN
24	Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	August 19	7:30 p.m.	NBC
25	Bojangles' Southern 500	Darlington Raceway, Darlington	September 3	6:00 p.m.	NBCSN
26	Federated Auto Parts 400	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	September 9	7:30 p.m.	NBCSN
Chase for the Cup
Round of 16
27	Chicagoland 400	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet	September 17	3:00 p.m.	NBCSN
28	New England 300	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	September 24	2:00 p.m.	NBCSN
29	Dover 400	Dover International Speedway, Dover	October 1	2:00 p.m.	NBCSN
Round of 12
30	Bank of America 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	October 7	7:00 p.m.	NBCSN
31	Alabama 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln	October 15	2:00 p.m.	NBC
32	Hollywood Casino 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	October 22	3:00 p.m.	NBCSN
Round of 8
33	Goody's Fast Relief 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway	October 29	1:00 p.m.	NBCSN
34	AAA Texas 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	November 5	2:00 p.m.	NBC
35	Can-Am 500	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	November 12	2:30 p.m.	NBC
Championship 4
36	Ford EcoBoost 400	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead	November 19	2:30 p.m.	NBC

References

^ "Martin Truex Jr. inks two-year extension with Furniture Row Racing". NASCAR.com. Denver: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
^ "2017 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Team / Driver Chart". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^ Jensen, Tom (September 30, 2015). "Stewart to retire from Cup after '16, Bowyer named replacement". Foxsports.com. Kannapolis, North Carolina: Fox Sports Digital Media. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^ Bromberg, Nick (November 2, 2016). "Matt Borland moving from Stewart-Haas to crew chief for Paul Menard in 2017". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
^ James, Brant (February 24, 2016). "Stewart-Haas Racing leaving Chevrolet for Ford in 2017". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^ "NASCAR announces 2017 national series schedules". NASCAR.com. Daytona Beach, Florida: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^ "NASCAR reveals start times for 2017 races". NASCAR.com. Daytona Beach, Florida: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. July 27, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

[1] "Martin Truex Jr. inks two-year extension with Furniture Row Racing". NASCAR.com. Denver: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.

[2] "2017 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Team / Driver Chart". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

[3] Jensen, Tom (September 30, 2015). "Stewart to retire from Cup after '16, Bowyer named replacement". Foxsports.com. Kannapolis, North Carolina: Fox Sports Digital Media. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

[4] Bromberg, Nick (November 2, 2016). "Matt Borland moving from Stewart-Haas to crew chief for Paul Menard in 2017". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

[5] James, Brant (February 24, 2016). "Stewart-Haas Racing leaving Chevrolet for Ford in 2017". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

[6] "NASCAR announces 2017 national series schedules". NASCAR.com. Daytona Beach, Florida: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

[7] "NASCAR reveals start times for 2017 races". NASCAR.com. Daytona Beach, Florida: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. July 27, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

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