2020 NASCAR Cup Series (JacksFuture)

The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series is the 72nd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 49th season for the modern era Cup Series. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Busch Clash,[1] the Bluegreen Vacations Duel qualifying races, and the 62nd running of the Daytona 500. The regular season is scheduled to end with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona on August 29. The NASCAR playoffs is scheduled to end with the race at Phoenix Raceway on November 8.

This is the first season under NASCAR's new tiered sponsorship model after rejecting Monster Energy's offer to extend its title sponsorship.[2][3] On December 5, 2019, NASCAR announced Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO, and Xfinity as the Premier Partners of the NASCAR Cup Series, replacing the sole title sponsor of Monster Energy.[4]

This is scheduled to be the final year for the Gen-6 car, as the Next Gen car (formerly the Gen-7 car) is slated for a 2021 debut.[5]

It was announced that 2020 will be the last full-time season for seven-time series champion Jimmie Johnson[6][7] as well as for part-timer Brendan Gaughan.[8] This is also the first Cup Series season without Jamie McMurray and Paul Menard since they began racing during the 2002 and 2003 seasons respectively.

Results and Standings
Bolded races indicate a NASCAR Major also known as Crown Jewel race

Changes

 * Further information: History of NASCAR schedule realignments

The 2020 schedule for the NASCAR Cup Series will undergo a series of significant changes.
 * The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway will move behind the West Coast swing to March 15, 2020, returning to its pre-2010 date of mid-March.
 * The Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead–Miami Speedway will no longer serve as the final race of the season ending a tradition that dated back to 2002 and bringing an end to Ford Championship Weekend. The race date will move to March 22, 2020, following the race at Atlanta. This will be Fox Sports' first time carrying the event.
 * After 21 years of being NASCAR's Fourth of July weekend event (and 60 of 61 years overall), the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway will move to August and become the final race of NASCAR's "regular season". The Brickyard 400, run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, will switch race weekends with Daytona.
 * The STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway will be run under the lights for the first time on May 9, Mother's Day Weekend.
 * Kansas Speedway's spring race, the Digital Ally 400 that has been run under the lights on Mother's Day Weekend will move from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon and be held on May 31, 2020, after the Coca-Cola 600.
 * Both events at Pocono Raceway will be run on consecutive days the weekend of June 27–28.
 * Dover International Speedway's second date moves to late August, marking the first time the race has not been in NASCAR's postseason.
 * The Toyota/Save Mart 350 will move one week earlier than 2018.
 * The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway will be held as the first race of the Playoffs as the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will move to the first race of the Round of 12. Also the race will no longer be sponsored by Bojangles'. [122]
 * The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway will move from mid-August to mid-September, replacing Charlotte and becoming the final race of the Round of 16.
 * The Championship Round of the Playoffs will be conducted at Phoenix Raceway on November 8. This will be the first Phoenix race to close out the season. Due to this and the consolidation of the Pocono doubleheader, the 2020 season will end one week earlier than in the past. Usually, the season finale had been held on third weekend in November, falling sometime between November 16–22.
 * The Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway will become the final race of the Round of 12, replacing Kansas.
 * The Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway will be held one week later than 2019, replacing Martinsville and becoming the first race of the Round of 8.
 * The Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond will move back to Sunday afternoon, similar to 2015–2017 when it was run on a Sunday afternoon. This was done because the two Martinsville Speedway races will be night races in 2020, as both races will start in the day and end at night.
 * There will be two off weeks between Loudon and Michigan to accommodate the NBC networks' coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympics, meaning the off week for the U.S. Open Golf Championships that Fox instituted will be removed. This prevents a conflict that happened at the 2016 Olympics, when NBC moved the Watkins Glen race to their USA Network. NBC's half starts on the weekend of that golf championship.

Drivers' Championship
1.Denny Hamlin

2.Kevin Harvick

3.Martin Truex Jr

4.Brad Keselowski

5.Joey Logano*

6.Chase Elliott*

7.Kyle Larson*

8.Kyle Busch^

9.Ryan Blaney#

10.Aric Almirola*

11.Kurt Busch^

12.Jimmie Johnson#

13.Alex Bowman^

14.William Byron#

15.Clint Bowyer^

16.Matt DiBenedetto#

17.Erik Jones

18.Austin Dillon

19.Tyler Reddick

20.Christopher Bell

21.Cole Custer

22.Chris Buescher

23.Bubba Wallace

24.Ricky Stenhouse Jr

25.Michael McDowell

26.John Hunter Nemechek

27.Ty Dillon

28.Ryan Preece

29.Ryan Newman

30.Corey LaJoie

31.Daniel Suarez

32.Brennan Poole

33.Quin Houff

34.Reed Sorenson

35.Brendan Gaughan

* Means driver made Round of 8

^Means driver made Round of 12


 * 1) Means driver made Round of 16

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems