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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 modern-era Cup series season. The season will begin at Daytona International Speedway with the Sprint Unlimited, the Can-Am Duel and the Daytona 500. The season will end with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The series will have a new title sponsor since Sprint Nextel will not renew their contract after the 2016 season. The season also marks the third season of a new television contract. During the season, races will be broadcast in the United States by Fox Sports and NBC Sports.

Signed teams and drivers

Chartered teams

Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 1 TBA TBA
42 Kyle Larson TBA
Germain Racing 13 Casey Mears TBA
Hendrick Motorsports 5 Kasey Kahne TBA
24 Chase Elliott TBA
48 Jimmie Johnson Chad Knaus
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. TBA
HScott Motorsports 15 TBA TBA
46 TBA TBA
JTG Daugherty Racing 47 A. J. Allmendinger TBA
Circle Sport
Leavine Family Racing 		95 TBA TBA
Richard Childress Racing 3 Austin Dillon Slugger Labbe
27 TBA TBA
31 TBA TBA
Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 TBA Tommy Baldwin, Jr.
Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 TBA TBA
38 TBA TBA
Go FAS Racing 32 TBA TBA
Richard Petty Motorsports 43 TBA TBA
44 TBA TBA
Roush Fenway Racing 6 Trevor Bayne TBA
16 TBA TBA
17 TBA TBA
Stewart-Haas Racing 4 Kevin Harvick TBA
10 Danica Patrick TBA
14 Clint Bowyer TBA
41 Kurt Busch TBA
Team Penske 2 Brad Keselowski Paul Wolfe
22 Joey Logano TBA
Toyota BK Racing 23 TBA TBA
83 TBA TBA
Furniture Row Racing 78 TBA TBA
Joe Gibbs Racing 11 TBA TBA
18 Kyle Busch TBA
19 Carl Edwards TBA
20 TBA TBA
Source: [1]

Changes

Driver changes

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.[2]

Manufacturer changes

  • Stewart-Haas Racing will switch to Ford from Chevrolet. As part of the transition, Roush-Yates will provide engines to the team.[3]

Schedule

The final calendar – comprising 36 races, as well as exhibition races, which are the Sprint Unlimited, Can-Am Duel qualifying duel races for the Daytona 500 and the Sprint All-Star Race – was released on May 5, 2016.[4]

Key changes from 2016 include:

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Team / Driver Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Jensen, Tom (September 30, 2015). "Stewart to retire from Cup after '16, Bowyer named replacement". Fox Sports. Kannapolis, North Carolina: Fox Sports Interactive Media. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. ^ James, Brant (February 24, 2016). "Stewart-Haas Racing leaving Chevrolet for Ford in 2017". USA Today. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Announces 2017 National Series Schedules". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.


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