2024 NASCAR Discussion

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Welcome to the 2024 NASCAR thread. Let's do this.

CHARTERED TEAMS
Trackhouse Racing Team (Chevrolet)
1 Ross Chastain
99 Daniel Suarez
Team Penske (Ford)
2 Austin Cindric
12 Ryan Blaney
22 Joey Logano
Richard Childress Racing (Chevrolet)
3 Austin Dillon
8 Kyle Busch
Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)
4 Josh Berry
10 Noah Gragson
14 Chase Briscoe
41 Ryan Preece
Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
5 Kyle Larson
9 Chase Elliott
24 William Byron
48 Alex Bowman
RFK Racing (Ford)
6 Brad Keselowski
17 Chris Buescher
Spire Motorsports (Chevrolet)
7 Corey LaJoie
71 Zane Smith
77 Carson Hocevar
Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
11 Denny Hamlin
19 Martin Truex Jr.
20 Christopher Bell
54 Ty Gibbs
Rick Ware Racing (Ford)
15 Kaz Grala (LA, 2-9, 11, 17-18, 28) / Riley Herbst (1) / Cody Ware (10)
51 Justin Haley
Kaulig Racing (Chevrolet)
16 Josh Williams (LA, 2, 8) / A.J. Allmendinger (1, 5) / Derek Kraus (3-4, 12-13, 15, 36) / Shane Van Gisbergen (6, 10, 14, 20, 25, 28, 31, 33) / Ty Dillon (7, 9)
31 Daniel Hemric
Wood Brothers Racing (Ford)
21 Harrison Burton
23XI Racing (Toyota)
23 Bubba Wallace
45 Tyler Reddick
Front Row Motorsports (Ford)
34 Michael McDowell
38 Todd Gilliland
Legacy Motor Club (Toyota)
42 John Hunter Nemechek
43 Erik Jones (1-10, TBA) / Corey Heim (11-)
JTG Daugherty Racing (Chevrolet)
47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

FULL TIME UNCHARTERED & PART TIME TEAMS
Kaulig Racing (Chevrolet)
13 A.J. Allmendinger (6)
Richard Childress Racing (Chevrolet)
33 Austin Hill (9)
Front Row Motorsports (Ford)
36 Kaz Grala (1)
NY Racing Team (Chevrolet)
44 JJ "Truck Series Champ" Yeley (1, 3)
23XI Racing (Toyota)
50 Kamui Kobayashi (6)
RFK Racing (Ford)
60 David Ragan (1)
Beard Motorsports (Chevrolet)
62 Anthony Alfredo (1, 10) / TBA (25, 31)
MBM Motorsports (Ford)
66 Timmy Hill (6) / David Starr (8)
B.J. McLeod Motorsports (Chevrolet)
78 B.J. McLeod (1-2, 10)
Legacy Motor Club (Toyota)
84 Jimmie Johnson (1, 9, 11, 12, 14, 22, 30, 33, 36)


SCHEDULE
04 February - Los Angeles - Clash at the Colosseum
15 February - Daytona Duels
1. 19 February - Daytona I 🏆 William Byron 🏆
2. 25 February - Atlanta I 🏆 Daniel Suarez 🏆
3. 03 March - Las Vegas I 🏆 Kyle Larson 🏆
4. 10 March - Phoenix I 🏆 Christopher Bell 🏆
5. 17 March - Bristol I 🏆 Denny Hamlin 🏆
6. 24 March - Austin 🏆 William Byron 🏆
7. 31 March - Richmond I 🏆 Denny Hamlin 🏆
8. 07 April - Martinsville I 🏆 William Byron 🏆
9. 14 April - Fort Worth I 🏆 Chase Elliott 🏆
10. 21 April - Talladega I 🏆 Tyler Reddick 🏆
11. 28 April - Dover
12. 05 May - Kansas I
13. 12 May - Darlington I
19 May - North Wilkesboro - All Star Race
14. 26 May - Charlotte
15. 02 June - Gateway
16. 09 June - Sonoma
17. 16 June - Iowa
18. 23 June - Loudon
19. 30 June - Nashville
20. 07 July - Chicago
21. 14 July - Pocono
22. 21 July - Indianapolis
23. 11 August - Richmond II
24. 18 August - Michigan
25. 24 August - Daytona II
26. 01 September - Darlington II
Round of 16
27. 08 September - Atlanta II
28. 15 September - Watkins Glen
29. 21 September - Bristol II
Round of 12
30. 29 September - Kansas II
31. 06 October - Talladega II
32. 13 October - Charlotte (Road)
Round of 8
33. 20 October - Las Vegas II
34. 27 October - Homestead
35. 03 November - Martinsville II
Round of 4
36. 10 November - Phoenix II

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Looks like RCR plans to bring Brodie back for a couple races.

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RFK Racing will be fielding a third car (no.60) at the Daytona 500.

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and that driver is... David Ragan

[DaleJuniorFan]

NASCAR announced their new broadcast agreements for 2025-2031:

FOX Sports - first 14 races of the season; includes non-points races (Clash/Daytona Duels/All-Star Race). 5 races on FOX; rest on FS1.
Amazon Prime - next 5 races following FOX portion; includes all practice/qualifying sessions for first half of season.
TNT - next 5 races following Prime portion; includes all practice/qualifying sessions for second half of season.
NBC Sports - final 14 races of the season. 4 races on NBC; rest on USA.

FOX will continue exclusive rights to the Truck Series. Xfinity will air exclusively on The CW as previously announced.

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New look Toyota shown off by Erik Jones - who has a new sponsor, Advent Health.

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New look Ford shown off by Chris Buescher

[Pugzilla330]

I am so excited for my lucky number to return to Nascar!

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Trackhouse have now released the programme for SVG in 2024......

SVG (or is he now Shanevg97 ) will compete full-time in the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series and contest a further seven Cup Series races, Trackhouse Racing has announced.

Those seven races include several ovals, one of which will be the legendary Talladega Speedway, both times.

Specifically, the Cup programme is:

Circuit of The Americas on March 24
Talladega Superspeedway on April 21 and October 6
Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26
Chicago Street Race on July 7
Watkins Glen International on September 15
Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 20.

As we see from the pic above, In the Xfinity Series, he will drive the #97 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing, which has an alliance with Trackhouse.


Now confirmed SVG wont be available to co-drive in the V8SC Enduros back downunder

Races at Bristol on Friday, September 20 and the Charlotte Roval on Saturday, October 12 preclude him from the 2024 Supercars enduros.

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This is going to be interesting...

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This is going to be interesting...

Aussie takeover of NASCAR !

Waters connected with powerhouse team RFK during a pre-Bathurst 1000 trip to the States back in September.
His Monster sponsorship ties facilitated introductions, with the energy drink giant who are keen to back his switch to NASCAR!

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Couple updates here...

[SBan83]

Wait, why is AJ running the 500 news? Isn't he the full-time driver of the #16 Kaulig Cup car since last season anyway?