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NASCAR 2020 Cup Series Paint Schemes In this week’s episode of Out of the Groove, host and creator Eric Estepp takes a look at all the paint schemes that have been revealed so far for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.

These liveries are inseparable from the drivers, and now we have our first look at which schemes will be making memories in 2020.

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be returning this year, along with an alternate color pallette that will certainly be turning heads. But it seems a lot of other teams took inspiration and added flames to their own paint schemes. Some styles will be more successful than others.

Erik Jones will finally be rocking his own exclusive DeWalt scheme this year, and spoiler alert: Eric Estepp might be in love! But how will they stack up in Eric’s top 3 list for 2020?

You’ll have to watch the episode and find out!

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things to watch a look ahead No one can predict the future. That’s especially true in the wildly unpredictable world of NASCAR, where it’s impossible to know what’s going to happen from one season to the next.

Then again, it’s fun to speculate! In fact, at least 20 things are almost certain to be major topics of discussion during the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series campaign. Following is a countdown to what will likely be the biggest story of the season to come.

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Talk about Trimming the NASCAR Schedule

hanks to Pocono Raceway taking the unconventional step of hosting two NASCAR Cup Series races on the same weekend, the 2020 season will feature one less travel weekend for drivers and teams. This is certainly a welcomed change for just about everyone in the sport – especially the men and women responsible for driving the big rigs that transport the race cars to and from tracks. If Pocono’s twin bill is deemed successful, look for more tracks to experiment with hosting two NASCAR Cup Series races in the same weekend. The twin-bill concept would save teams a lot of travel time and money, with the only potential downside being its adverse economic impact on the tracks that move from two race weekends a year to only one.

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Buzz About Additional Night Races

fter years of planning and anticipation, Martinsville Speedway will host its first NASCAR Cup Series night race on May 9. The race, which will be run under the lights on the Saturday night of Mother’s Day weekend, has been a longtime coming for the Virginia short track, which for years has widely been considered an ideal place for a Saturday night showdown. Now the question becomes whether other tracks that have lights – but that don’t currently host a Saturday night race – will follow suit. Texas Motor Speedway, ISM Raceway and Kansas Speedway have all hosted night races in the past but won’t this season. As much as drivers and fans enjoy Saturday night racing, perhaps it’s time that every track with lights actually utilizes them.

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An Aging Cast of Team Owners

ook around the NASCAR Cup Series garage and one thing becomes quickly obvious: NASCAR’s most accomplished and well-known team owners are getting up in years. Rick Hendrick is 71, Richard Childress is 74, Jack Roush is 77, Joe Gibbs is 79 and Roger Penske is 82. All of these men are NASCAR Hall of Famers, but it would be shortsighted to assume any of them will still be in their current roles in another five to 10 years. What happens then to their respective organizations?

Hendrick Motorsports is in good hands with Hendrick’s son-in-law, team president Marshall Carlson, ready to assume the reins. Hendrick has also stated that he envisions Jeff Gordon someday running Hendrick Motorsports. But what about the other teams? For them, the succession plan is a bit murkier.

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Chatter about Midweek Races

or the past several years, the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series schedule has featured two midweek races – one at Bristol Motor Speedway and another at Eldora Speedway, the popular half-mile dirt oval in Rossburg, Ohio. By all accounts, both races – Eldora, in particular – have been quite successful. So, is it plausible for the NASCAR Cup Series to add a midweek race or two in the foreseeable future? Back in the earliest days of the sport, midweek races were common. But as the sport grew bigger and travel became more complicated and expensive, a move to explicitly weekend events became inevitable. But now that Bristol and Eldora have proven they can be successful at hosting a midweek truck race, what’s to stop some tracks from considering a midweek NASCAR Cup Series race?

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Anticipation Surrounding the Arrival of the Gen-7

or the past seven years, NASCAR Cup Series drivers have raced a style of car commonly known as the Gen-6. That will change in 2021, however, when NASCAR rolls out its next generation of race car – the appropriately dubbed Gen-7 – for the sport’s premier series. While the Gen-7 won’t turn an official lap until the opening race of the 2021 season, initial reviews and shakedowns of the new model have been overwhelmingly positive. The most encouraging news of all is that it’s believed the Gen-7 will help alleviate the passing difficulties that have plagued the sport’s top series on and off now for several years and that were particularly problematic with the move to a highdownforce 2019 aero package that will remain in place for 2020.

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Manufacturer Games

ast year, “teamwork” at the sport’s two superspeedways – Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway – went to a whole new level and took on a broader definition as drivers aligned with the same manufacturer worked together in the draft just as real teammates – drivers who compete for the same organization – have often done in past years. Instead of Hendrick Motorsports cars drafting mainly with Hendrick Motorsports cars, for example, Chevrolets worked with Chevrolets and Fords worked with Fords regardless of their particular team affiliation. This new strategy caused quite the stir and even garnered some criticism. Manufacturer battles have always been a part of NASCAR, so the alliances formed at the superspeedways in 2019 likely won’t suddenly fall by the wayside when the series returns to Daytona and Talladega.

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The Next Wave of Young Guns

ust when it seemed like the drivers in NASCAR’s top series couldn’t get much younger, think again. Looking past the ultra-talented 2020 rookie class for the NASCAR Cup Series, there’s another crop of youngsters already waiting in the wings and looking for their big opportunity to make a splash in NASCAR’s premier series in the years to come. Remember these names: Riley Herbst, Harrison Burton, Christian Eckes, Tyler Ankrum, Todd Gilliland, Austin Hill and Ross Chastain – just to name a few. While most of these drivers are not yet well known to the broader NASCAR world, all of them have displayed enormous potential at NASCAR’s lower levels and look poised to eventually wind up in NASCAR’s premier division in the not-too-distant future.

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The Return of the Fights and Feuds

he 2019 NASCAR season had no shortage of driver feuds, with one of the more memorable ones coming late in the season when championship hopefuls Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano engaged in an all-out fisticuffs on pit road following the Round of 8 playoff race at Martinsville Speedway. As is typical for just about any season, Kyle Busch made his share of enemies along the way, and it felt several times throughout the season as if Ricky Stenhouse Jr. couldn’t get out of his own way, much less anyone else’s. One of the season’s more surprising spats came early on when mild-mannered Michael McDowell came to blows with Daniel Suarez during a qualifying session at ISM Raceway. So, who’s ready to fight in 2020? Stay tuned.

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NASCAR’s Next Female Sensation

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ASCAR’s quest to find its next female superstar looks to be settling down. By all indications, that driver is 18-year-old Hailie Deegan, who has turned heads the past two seasons as a full-time competitor in the ARCA Menards Series West where she’s won three races and commanded quite the following thanks not only to her skills behind the wheel but her outgoing nature and affable personality. As of early December, the Temecula, California, native had more than 532,000 Instagram followers and over 67,000 on Twitter. While Deegan’s 2020 plans had not been finalized as of press time, many in the NASCAR world expect her to quickly move up through the ranks and possibly land a NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series ride as early this year.

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Driver/Team Realignments

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hile the 2020 season will feature its share of fresh faces in NASCAR’s premier series, the season will also showcase a number of familiar faces who have landed in new places. Chief among them are two-time Xfinity Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who moves from Roush Fenway Racing to JTG Daugherty Racing, while 2019 JTG Daugherty driver Chris Buescher takes over Stenhouse’s old ride. Another familiar face in a new place will be Matt DiBenedetto, who assumes driving duties of Wood Brothers Racing’s fabled No. 21 Ford after spending last season at Leavine Family Racing where he enjoyed his best season to date. Meanwhile, Front Row Motorsports will field entries for two yet-to-be named drivers, after losing David Ragan to retirement and parting ways with Matt Tifft, who is taking time away to deal with health issues.

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A Hotly Contested Rookieof-the-Year Battle

his season’s rookie-of-the-year battle figures to be one for the ages as youngsters Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell and Cole Custer engage in what’s almost certain to be a close threeway fight for top rookie honors. Reddick, Bell and Custer collectively ruled the Xfinity Series in 2019, combining to win 21 of 33 races. Reddick ultimately came out on top, capturing his second consecutive championship with a victory in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he raced Bell, Custer and Justin Allgaier straight up for the title. While Custer, who moves to NASCAR’s top series with Stewart-Haas Racing, will likely be the rookie with the best opportunity to win, Reddick (Richard Childress Racing) and Bell (Leavine Family Racing) could also make some noise.

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More First-Time Winners

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hile the 2019 season featured no dearth of compelling storylines, the campaign was largely bereft of first-time race winners. The only full-time driver to score his first career victory in 2019 was Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman, who had been knocking on the door to Victory Lane for a couple of months before smashing it completely in with a commanding triumph at Chicagoland Speedway in late June. One driver who challenged for his first career victory but came up short in 2019 was Bowman’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate, second-year NASCAR Cup Series driver William Byron, along with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Daniel Suarez and Leavine Family Racing’s Matt DiBenedetto. Both Suarez and DiBenedetto have moved on from their 2019 teams, making Byron the most likely among the trio to score a breakthrough win.

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Chase Elliott’s Continued Rise in Popularity

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ince Dale Earnhardt Jr. retired from full-time driving at the end of 2017, no NASCAR Cup Series driver has been as beloved as Chase Elliott, who was voted NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver in 2018 – the first year after Earnhardt called it quits. Listen to the fan reaction during driver intros on any given weekend, and you will realize Elliott – at the young age of 24 – has a massive following. Elliott’s rise in popularity isn’t surprising, of course, when considering that his father, 1988 NASCAR Cup Series champion Bill Elliott, still holds the record for most NASCAR Most Popular Driver Awards with 16. Chase, who has won three races in each of the past two seasons, seems to have successfully won the hearts of his father’s fans and added many of his own supporters, too.

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A New Sponsorship Model for NASCAR’s Premier Series

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hile the particulars of the arrangement were just being revealed (see page 6) at press time, NASCAR is moving to a new sponsorship model this year whereby the sport’s premier series will not have a single entitlement sponsor as it has for several decades. Instead, the newly branded NASCAR Cup Series will rely on numerous sponsors to carry the financial load of what a single entitlement sponsor traditionally would. The new model, while certainly different from what fans of the sport are accustomed, will be good in that it will bring added exposure to sponsors that historically wouldn’t be featured so prominently. As these sponsors benefit from more TV time, they can then invest money back into the sport. The big question is whether fans will need some time to adjust to the new model.

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Denny Hamlin’s Continued Pursuit of a Championship

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efore 2019, Mark Martin was almost universally viewed as the best driver in NASCAR history to never win a NASCAR Cup Series championship. But by the time 2019 ended, Denny Hamlin was making a strong case for that distinction. Despite entering the final race with considerable momentum, Hamlin fell short in his quest to capture his first series championship and finished last among the Championship 4 participants. For Hamlin, who had gone to Victory Lane one week prior, the outcome was a bitter pill to swallow – especially considering this was the third time he had entered the final race with a shot at the championship, only to fall short. For that reason, 2020 will undoubtedly be a year when Hamlin is hungrier than ever to lock down the championship that’s so narrowly eluded him.

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Possible Retirement Announcements

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he NASCAR Cup Series has seemingly experienced more than its driver retirements in recent years, as the likes of Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have all hung it up from full-time driving for one reason or another. This will continue in 2020, which will be seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson’s final season in NASCAR’s top series. Who will be the next big name to announce plans to call it quits? Kevin Harvick, 44, is the second oldest active full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver (Johnson is the first), while Ryan Newman (42) and Kurt Busch (41) aren’t too far behind. Once Harvick, Newman or Busch retires, the other two big names in the 40-and-over crowd likely won’t be too far behind.

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Some Challengers to Joe Gibbs Racing

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oe Gibbs Racing put a good old-fashioned butt-whoopin’ on the competition in 2019, winning 19 of 36 NASCAR Cup Series races and placing three of its four drivers in the Championship 4. Not surprisingly, one of those drivers – Kyle Busch – walked away with the championship hardware after winning the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he raced straight up for the title against teammates Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr., as well as Kevin Harvick. JGR will feature the same driver lineup this year, but will the organization be just as strong? JGR’s most formidable challenges in 2019 came from Team Penske, which got off to a strong start, and StewartHaas Racing, which came on strong late. Expect Team Penske, SHR and Hendrick Motorsports to all give JGR their best shot.

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The Naming of Jimmie Johnson’s Successor

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ho’s going to replace Jimmie Johnson in 2021? That question will be on everyone’s mind until the day team owner Rick Hendrick formally taps someone as Johnson’s successor behind wheel of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Speculation is rampant that Hendrick will go with a relatively young driver to replace 44-year-old Johnson, but who that youngster might be – if it’s a youngster at all – is a mystery. One driver who could get some consideration is soon-to-be second-year NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Noah Gragson, who is competing for the JR Motorsports organization that Hendrick co-owns along with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Or, Hendrick could pluck a more experienced driver from a rival NASCAR Cup Series team or have another young buck in mind. Stay tuned. This is going to get interesting.

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Kyle Busch’s Quest for Championship No. 3

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Jimmie Johnson’s Farewell Tour

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immie Johnson hasn’t won a NASCAR Cup Series race since June 4, 2017, but don’t expect the seven-time champion to go out quietly in 2020 – his final season as a NASCAR driver. Johnson, who announced shortly after the 2019 season that 2020 would be his last, has some unfinished business. His first order will be getting back to Victory Lane and breaking the tie he’s held for twoand-a-half years with NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough as an 83-time premier series winner. With one more victory, Johnson will eclipse Yarborough and move into a tie with Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Allison for fourth on the all-time win list. Johnson’s goals for his final season are clear: Score an 85th victory to move into sole possession of fourth-place in wins and capture a record-breaking eighth series championship.

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The Drive for Diversity Class NASCAR and Rev Racing selected six drivers for this year’s NASCAR Drive for Diversity Driver Development Program.

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Chase Cabre. The 22-year-old from Tampa, Florida, will be with Rev Racing for his fourth season and will compete in the ARCA Menards Series East.

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Rajah Caruth. In just 42 starts, Caruth, 17, of Washington, D.C., has twice won races in the eNASCAR IGNITE Series.

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The 15-year-old Fort Mill, South Carolina, native was honored with the Young Racer award during the 2018 NASCAR Drive for Diversity Awards.

Nicholas Sanchez.

The 18-year-old Miami native returns to Rev Racing for his fourth season after winning at Myrtle Beach and Langley in a Late Model Stock Car in 2019.

Gracie Trotter. The Denver, North Carolina, native, 18, returns to Rev Racing as a 2019 Winter Heat Series champion.

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Perry Patino. The 20-year-old native of Montgomery, Alabama, will join Rev Racing for the first time. He won a Limited Late Model championship in 2018.

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hanks to modern advancements in technology over the past few years, tailgating – at least for many NASCAR fans – has become a hightech, interactive experience that requires significant preparation and far more than a cooler, a canopy and a charcoal grill to be successful.

“Technology, the products, the ease of products, the mobility of products has all changed even in the last three to five years,” said Tailgater Magazine

publisher Craig Renfro, who has attended and observed numerous tailgates at NASCAR tracks over the past two-and-ahalf decades.

“And you throw in the technology of Wi-Fi. They have these pellet grills now that you can control through an app on your phone that will turn it on, turn it off, set the temperature, give you an alert if you need to go check on your pellet.

Unlike back in the old days where you had to stand there and watch the fire and make sure everything’s going smooth with it, you can sit there and visit with your friends and have a couple of cocktails and be watching the game on your satellite TV or whatever and get an alert on your phone that makes you go, ‘Oh, I’m getting an alert on my phone. I need to go add pellets, because my brisket’s been cooking for about seven hours and it still shows we’ve got a couple hours to go but we’re running low on fuel here.’ That is one thing that has been very big as far as how the technology has come along with tailgating.”

While some old-school fans still prefer to keep their

What makes NASCAR tailgating unique is it gives you the ability to kind of camp out there on the premises and literally make it like a three- or four-day vacation. That is not conducive for the other sports where tailgating occurs.” - Craig Renfro

tailgating simple, Renfro has found that the vast majority of NASCAR fans now prefer to utilize the most up-to-date technological innovations in their tailgating experience. Take, for example, the satellite TV. “I know that it’s been around for a few years now but the affordability of some of these products has changed,” Renfro said.

“DISH just came out with a product called, ‘The Tailgater,’ and it is your basic affordable satellite TV dish that you can take and go anywhere as long as you’ve got the DISH equipment with it.

They actually have a plan called your ‘Tailgater RV Pay as You Go.’ You can say, ‘Hey, we’re going to be out at the race track for the weekend and we know the race is Sunday, but we want to have the college games on Saturday and whatever else we want to be watching the rest of the time out there.’ You just call DISH up, get it set up, they plug you in and you’re set for 30 days. And then when you’re ready to cancel it, you say, ‘I don’t need it for the next 30 days,’ and it sits there dormant until you’re ready to reactivate it.”

Renfro calls such modern-day tailgating amenities “your basic creature comforts.”

“It’s like taking your backyard to the parking lot, because with the mobility of these products, these pellet grills that weigh 40 or 50 pounds that you can put in the back of your truck or your RV or whatever, technology sets it up where you really just plug and play and you don’t have to pay any attention to it,” Renfro explained.

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■■ NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton, ARCA President Ron Drager, and John Menard pose for a photo at the 61st Annual Daytona 500.

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he start of the 2020 racing season marks the dawn of a new era in NASCAR racing as the sanctioning body continues three historic regional series and introduces a new fourth championship, all under the ARCA Menards Series banner.

The revamped structure was finalized after NASCAR completed its purchase of ARCA, a Midwest sanctioning body that has organized a variety of racing series since it was founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum.

The four series provide an integral developmental step for young drivers who aspire to move up to one of NASCAR’s three national series, and they also offer a highly competitive professional level for short-track veterans. The four 2020 championships are:

ARCA Menards Series East and West: These two series continue the traditions established by the Busch North Series (founded in 1987) and Pacific Coast Late Model Series/Winston West (1954). They were most recently known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West. Each series will feature an annual schedule of six to eight races and crown separate regional champions.

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ARCA Menards Series: The 20-race ARCA Menards Series offers a mix of nationalseries combination events at venues such as Daytona International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as short tracks like Madison International Speedway in Wisconsin and the Illinois and DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt tracks.

ARCA Racing Series Showdown: Ten races within the larger ARCA Menards Series will showcase the best of the three series coming together to crown a Showdown champion.

“We cannot be more excited about 2020,” said Brandon Thompson, managing director, NASCAR Touring Series. “Both NASCAR and ARCA have worked extremely hard over the last year to provide a rules package and schedule that will serve as the foundation for the preeminent series for racing at this level. It was important for us to move the series forward while creating an environment inclusive for both the current long-term owners and drivers

in the series as well as aspiring competitors.”

“What first started as a friendship between Bill France Sr. and John Marcum nearly 70 years ago took a momentous step forward today,” said ARCA President Ron Drager.

“The amount of history and tradition these series are bringing together to form four elite championships for drivers is an amazing testament to the strength of this sport.”

NASCAR also announced if an East, West or current ARCA Menards Series car owner has a car that meets the 2019 rulebook, there will be a rules package that will allow them to compete this season.

In addition, ARCA and MAVTV have extended their telecast rights agreement for select ARCA Menards Series races.

This partnership, together with events covered by FOX Sports, ensures all 20 ARCA Menards Series races will be available live, including the 10-race Showdown. NBCSN will continue to carry the ARCA Menards Series East and West races as part of its extensive NASCAR coverage.

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season will begin on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Daytona Int’l Speedway with the Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire. It will mark the 57th annual ARCA visit to the legendary 2.5-mile Daytona track.

The Showdown will take the green flag with ARCA’s inaugural visit to ISM Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., on March 6 as part of the national series’ event weekend, while the West will kick off the Las Vegas weekend with a return to the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

West dates also include traditional races at Irwindale Speedway, Sonoma Raceway and All-American Speedway in Roseville, Calif., and the series will crown its champion at ISM Raceway in November.

The East will race at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla., as well as Toledo Speedway, Watkins Glen International, and again be part of New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s annual Full Throttle Fall Weekend. The East season will culminate with the championship race at Dover International Speedway.

In addition to Daytona and Charlotte, the ARCA Menards Series schedule will include Talladega Superspeedway, Michigan International Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway and Pocono Raceway, and the season will conclude Oct. 16 at Kansas Speedway.

The 10-race Showdown schedule features Indiana’s historic Salem Speedway, Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Minnesota’s Elko Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway and World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, and will crown its first Showdown champion at Memphis International Raceway on Sept. 26.

■■ Vice Chairman Mike Helton, ARCA President Ron Drager, and John Menard

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Two rookies will win at least one race. Although it’s quite rare these days for a rookie driver to go to Victory Lane in NASCAR’s top series, the 2020 rookie class is a rare breed. This year’s rookies – Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell and Cole Custer – combined to win a whopping 21 races last season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. They’re all so accustomed to winning that continuing down this path in year one as NASCAR Cup Series drivers won’t be a problem.

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■■ 2019 Xfinity Series Champion Tyler Reddick

More tracks will announce plans to host night races. It’s no secret that just about everyone in NASCAR loves racing on Saturday night – for multiple reasons – and there are multiple tracks that have lights, but for whatever reason, continue to host all daytime events.

Texas, Atlanta, ISM Raceway, Kansas and Homestead all have lights, so there’s no reason those tracks couldn’t host a night race in the near future – even if it necessitated a little schedule shuffling.

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■■ From left, Kyle Busch, Erik Jones, Martin Truex, Jr., and Denny Hamlin

Joe Gibbs Racing won’t dominate like it did in 2019. Last year, the organization placed all four of its drivers in the playoffs, made up three-fourths of the Championship 4 and won the title with Kyle Busch. JGR drivers Busch, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and Erik Jones combined to win an astonishing 19 of 36 races. While JGR will remain one of NASCAR’s top-performing organizations in 2020, it’s unrealistic to expect the company to replicate its 2019 dominance.

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Jimmie Johnson will enjoy a resurgence in his final season.

While the seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion has gone more than two-and-ahalf seasons without a win and is coming off arguably his worst season ever, anyone who knows Johnson knows he’s going to stop at nothing to end his legendary career on a positive note. Look for Johnson to not only return to Victory Lane but to win multiple times and be a serious threat for a record-breaking eighth series championship.

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■■ Jimmie Johnson will look to rebound after two sub-par seasons.

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Tony Stewart

Known for his blue-collar, hard-nosed style of competition, Tony Stewart won his first Cup Series championship in 2002 driving for Joe Gibbs Racing and answered that quickly in 2005. His versatility was on display throughout his 17-year NASCAR career.

He tallied 49 victories in the Cup Series – winning on every style of track. In 2009, Stewart became a team owner, partnering with Gene Haas. He won 16 times as a driver/owner, including one of the most memorable championship pursuits in history in 2011 when he won five of the 10 playoff races.

Joe Gibbs

Joe Gibbs has won throughout his life.

The three-time Super Bowl champion football coach started Joe Gibbs Racing in 1992 and has led the organization to five NASCAR Cup Series championships and five Xfinity Series titles. Gibbs’ biggest career wins include three Daytona 500 victories and five Brickyard 400 triumphs. His Cup Series titles have come with three different drivers: Bobby Labonte (2000), Tony Stewart (2002 and ’05) and Kyle Busch (2015 and ‘19). Referred to in NASCAR circles simply as “Coach,” Gibbs was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

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Buddy Baker In 1980, Charlotte, North Carolina native won the Daytona 500 with an average race speed of 177.602 mph – a track record that still stands. That same year, Baker became the first NASCAR driver to eclipse the 200-mph mark on a closed course. He won 19 races in the Cup Series, including a victory in the 1970 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Bobby Labonte got his first break as a full-time Cup Series driver at 28 years old in 1993. His persistence paid off with a career highlighted by 21 trips to Victory Lane and the 2000 Cup Series title. A winner in all three of NASCAR’s national series, Labonte was the first of four drivers to win both Cup and Xfinity Series championships.

Waddell Wilson Waddell Wilson powered and guided cars to some of the biggest victories in NASCAR history. As an engine builder, he supplied the power that helped David Pearson (1968 and ’69) and Benny Parsons (1973) to Cup Series titles. Wilson guided three cars to Victory Lane in the Daytona 500 as a crew chief, winning with Buddy Baker (1980) and Cale Yarborough (1983 and ’84).

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