Why is chief not on americas list 2023

The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series will be the 75th season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 52nd season for the modern-era Cup Series. The season will start with the Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on February 5.[1] That race will be followed by the Daytona Duel qualifying races and the 65th running of the Daytona 500 (the first points race of the season) on February 19, both at Daytona International Speedway.[2] The season will end with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway[3] on November 5.[4]

Teams and drivers

Chartered teams

There are 36 chartered teams in the Cup Series. However, there are 37 teams listed as Richard Childress Racing has announced intentions to have a third charter for its new third full-time car driven by Tyler Reddick, which they would need to purchase or lease from another team.[5]

Manufacturer Team No.Driver Notes
ChevroletHendrick Motorsports 5 Kyle Larson He is signed through 2026.[6]
9 Chase Elliott He is signed through 2027.[7]
24 William Byron He is signed through 2025.[8]
48 Alex Bowman He is signed through 2023.[9] Bowman will have a new crew chief in 2023 as Greg Ives announced that he would be stepping down from the role to spend more time with his family.[10]
JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He signed a multi-year extension with JTGD in 2022.[11]
Kaulig Racing 16 TBA Team owner Matt Kaulig stated that he is undecided on whether this car will continue to have multiple drivers sharing it in 2023 or only one full-time driver. Either option is possible.[12] Noah Gragson will not return to this car in 2023 as he will drive the Petty GMS No. 42 car full-time.[13]
31 Justin Haley Haley is unlikely to be replaced and is expected to return.[14]
Petty GMS Motorsports 42 Noah Gragson (R) Ty Dillon will not return to the No. 42 in 2023.[15] Gragson was announced to replace Dillon.[13]
43 Erik Jones He signed a multi-year extension with Petty GMS in 2022. Dave Elenz will return as crew chief.[16]
Richard Childress Racing 3 Austin Dillon Dillon will have a new crew chief in 2023 as Justin Alexander announced that he would be stepping down from the role.[17] RCR confirmed that Dillon would remain in the No. 3 in 2023 after the announcement of Kyle Busch joining the team to drive the No. 8 car.[5] Dillon also revealed then that he is signed through 2025.[18]
8 Kyle Busch After months of rumors and speculation over his 2023 plans and contract negotiations with Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch announced that he would leave JGR and join Richard Childress Racing beginning in 2023 in a multi-year deal. The team will expand to three full-time Cup Series cars in 2023 and he will drive the No. 8 car with Tyler Reddick moving to the new third RCR car (which the number for has yet to be announced). Randall Burnett will remain the crew chief of the No. 8 car and Reddick will have a new crew chief.[5]
TBA Tyler Reddick Reddick will return after RCR picked up the option in his contract for 2023.[19][20][21] This will be Reddick's last year with RCR as he will drive for 23XI Racing in 2024.[22] With Kyle Busch having been announced to drive the No. 8, Reddick will move to a new third RCR car. The car number has yet to be announced. Randall Burnett will stay at the No. 8 car as the crew chief for Kyle Busch in 2023, so Reddick will have a new crew chief. RCR has announced intentions for this car to have a charter in 2023, whether it be purchased or leased from another team.[5]
Spire Motorsports 7 TBA Spire has yet to announce any 2023 plans for its two cars.[14]
77 TBA
Trackhouse Racing Team 1 Ross Chastain Chastain will return.[23]
99 Daniel Suárez Suárez will return.[24]
FordFront Row Motorsports 34 TBA FRM has yet to announce any 2023 plans for its two cars. The team may not make their driver announcements until the offseason as has been the case in past years.[14]
38 TBA
Live Fast Motorsports 78 TBA LFM has yet to announce any 2023 plans.[14]
RFK Racing 6 Brad Keselowski Keselowski will return as he is a co-owner of the team.[25]
17 Chris Buescher He is signed through 2024.[26]
Rick Ware Racing 15 TBA RWR has yet to announce any 2023 plans for its two cars.[14] Cody Ware will likely return as he is the son of RWR team owner Rick Ware although he could choose to only run part-time in NASCAR and part-time in other racing series that RWR competes in as he has done in previous years.
51 TBA
Stewart-Haas Racing 4 Kevin Harvick He is signed through 2023.[27] Additionally, Rodney Childers signed a multi-year contract extension with SHR in 2021 and will return as Harvick's crew chief.[28]
10 Aric Almirola Although Almirola announced he would retire from driving full-time after the 2022 season, he announced that he has signed a multi-year deal with SHR, delaying his retirement.[29]
14 Chase Briscoe Briscoe is unlikely to be replaced and is expected to return.[14]
41 Cole Custer Custer will more than likely return as he is the son of SHR team executive Joe Custer.
Team Penske 2 Austin Cindric He signed a multi-year deal with Penske and is the son of Team Penske President Tim Cindric.[30]
12 Ryan Blaney He signed a multi-year extension with Penske in 2022.[31]
22 Joey Logano He signed a multi-year extension with Penske in 2022.[32]
Wood Brothers Racing 21 Harrison Burton Burton is unlikely to be replaced and is expected to return.[14]
Toyota23XI Racing 23 Bubba Wallace He signed a multi-year extension with 23XI in 2022.[33] Wallace will move back to the No. 23 car in 2023 after driving the No. 45 car during the 2022 playoffs to compete for the owners' championship after Kurt Busch's concussion.[34]
45 Kurt Busch He has a multi-year deal with 23XI.[35] Although there have been rumors and speculation about Kurt Busch potentially retiring after his concussion, team owner Denny Hamlin stated that he is expected to recover and return to the No. 45 car by the start of 2023.[34]
Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Denny Hamlin He signed a multi-year deal with JGR in 2021.[36]
18 TBA After months of rumors and speculation over his 2023 plans, Kyle Busch left JGR for Richard Childress Racing after primary sponsor M&M's and parent company Mars, Incorporated announced they would not return in 2023[37] and JGR was unable to find a replacement sponsor.[38] (A deal with Oracle Corporation fell through.)[39] Ty Gibbs, the grandson of JGR team owner Joe Gibbs, is widely considered the most likely replacement. He drives full-time in the Xfinity Series for JGR and has filled in for Kurt Busch at JGR-aligned 23XI Racing during his concussion.[40]
19 Martin Truex Jr. Truex will return after previously hinting that he was considering retiring.[41][42]
20 Christopher Bell Bell is unlikely to be replaced and is expected to return.

Non-chartered teams

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No.Notes
Chevrolet3F Racing[43] 30 The team plans on running 10–12 races in 2023. No drivers have been announced.
Trackhouse Racing Team[44] 91 The car will be fielded in six to eight races in 2023 after making its debut at Watkins Glen in 2022 with retired Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen driving it.[45] Drivers have to be from a country other than the United States and compete in a different racing series.[44] This has led to speculation that Brodie Kostecki and Hélio Castroneves, who have both expressed interest in racing in NASCAR,[46][47] could be candidates to drive this car in 2023. The only exception to the international criteria could be for Jimmie Johnson if he attempts the Memorial Day Double as Trackhouse owner Justin Marks stated on Reddit that he would be open to having him in the car for the Coca-Cola 600.[48] On September 26, 2022, Supercars Championship driver Shane van Gisbergen revealed he was in talks with Trackhouse to make a Cup Series cameo in 2023.[49]
FordFront Row Motorsports TBA Zane Smith will drive the car for the team in a partial schedule including the Daytona 500.[50]

Potential and rumored changes

  • On October 9, 2021, when it was announced that Team Hezeberg would debut in the Cup Series part-time with the No. 27 car in 2022, the team stated that they hoped to field the car full-time in 2023. As of July 2022, the team has yet to reaffirm this plan.[51]
  • On May 26, 2022, seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, who now races full-time in IndyCar, stated that he would be open to attempting the Memorial Day Double (racing in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day) in the future.[52] Due to Johnson's former Cup Series team, Hendrick Motorsports, having four full-time cars (the maximum they can field as per NASCAR rules) with four full-time drivers, he would need to drive for another team in the Coca-Cola 600. The Trackhouse No. 91 car is seen as the most likely option, and despite the team's criteria for drivers of that car being from international countries, team owner Justin Marks stated on Reddit that he would be willing to have Johnson drive the car.[48]
  • On June 16, 2022, Brodie Kostecki, who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship in Australia and previously drove in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East in 2013 and 2014, expressed interest in returning to NASCAR and making his Cup Series debut in 2023.[46] Kostecki could be a candidate for the Trackhouse No. 91 car as he meets the criteria for the team's Project91 program: being an international driver (Australia) from another racing series (Supercars).[44]
  • On June 18, 2022, after winning the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) race at Five Flags Speedway, Hélio Castroneves stated that Don Hawk, the CEO of the SRX, would try to find him a ride in the Daytona 500 if he won an SRX race. It would be the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner's debut in NASCAR. The Trackhouse No. 91 car is seen as the most likely car that Castroneves could drive in the race if he does as he meets the criteria for the team's Project91 program: being an international driver (Brazil) from another racing series (IndyCar).[47][44]
  • On June 20, 2022, Cody Efaw, the General Manager of Niece Motorsports, stated that the team could expand into the Cup Series in 2023. They would likely field a part-time car. Efaw stated that he would like to have Carson Hocevar, one of the team's full-time Truck Series drivers, drive for the team in the Cup Series.[53]
  • On June 25, 2022, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stated on an episode of The Dale Jr. Download that his Xfinity Series team, JR Motorsports, may expand into the Cup Series.[54] On June 28, JRM co-owner Kelley Earnhardt Miller stated on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that if JRM debuts in the Cup Series, the team would more than likely only field a part-time car in 2023 before running full-time sometime in the future.[55]
  • On July 18, 2022, a new team, 3F Racing, announced plans to debut in the NASCAR Cup Series, fielding the No. 30 Chevrolet. If they attempt a race, the team will be the first team from Germany to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series.[56] The team was not widely known about until a NASCAR Reddit user discovered the team on August 3.[57] The team has not specified whether they plan to debut in 2022 or 2023, if they will run full-time or part-time, and who their driver(s) and crew chief will be.
  • On July 27, 2022, Daniil Kvyat stated that he would like to focus on competing in NASCAR after having made his debut with Team Hezeberg at the 2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard instead of returning to Formula One or other racing series in Europe. (Kvyat is from Russia and came to the United States after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.) He has yet to announce specific plans although he has hinted that he wants to run full-time in the Cup Series or another NASCAR series.[58]

Schedule

The 2023 schedule was released on September 14, 2022.[59] The 2023 Daytona 500 will be held on Sunday, February 19.[2] The season finale will be at Phoenix Raceway again in 2023 during the first weekend of November.[3] The Busch Light Clash will return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the second year in a row and the race will be held on February 5, which again is one week before the Super Bowl and two weeks before the Daytona 500.[1]

No Race title TrackDate
Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California February 5[4]
Daytona Duel Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida February 16[4]
1 Daytona 500 February 19[4]
2 WISE Power 400 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California February 26
3 Pennzoil 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada March 5
4 Ruoff Mortgage 500 Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona March 12
5 Ambetter Health 400 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia March 19
6 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas March 26
7 Toyota Owners 400 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia April 2
8 Food City Dirt Race Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt Course),[60] Bristol, Tennessee April 9[60]
9 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia April 16
10 GEICO 500 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama April 23
11 DuraMAX Drydene 400 Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Delaware April 30
12 AdventHealth 400 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas May 7
13 Goodyear 400 Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina May 14
NASCAR All-Star Race North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina May 21[61]
14 Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina May 28
15 Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Illinois[62] June 4
16 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California June 11
17 Ally 400 Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee June 25
18 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Chicago Chicago Street Course, Chicago, Illinois[63] July 2[63]
19 Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia July 9
20 Crayon 301[64] New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 16
21 TBA Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania[65] July 23
22 Federated Auto Parts 400 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia July 30
23 FireKeepers Casino 400 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan August 6
24 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course), Speedway, Indiana[66] August 13
25 Go Bowling at The Glen Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York August 20
26 Coke Zero Sugar 400 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida August 26
NASCAR Playoffs
Round of 16
27 Cook Out Southern 500 Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina September 3
28 Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas September 10
29 Bass Pro Shops Night Race Bristol Motor Speedway,[60] Bristol, Tennessee September 16
Round of 12
30 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas September 24
31 YellaWood 500 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama October 1
32 Bank of America Roval 400 Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Concord, North Carolina October 8
Round of 8
33 South Point 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada October 15
34 Dixie Vodka 400 Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida October 22
35 Xfinity 500 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia October 29
Championship 4
36 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona November 5[4]

Bolded races indicate a NASCAR Major, also known as a Crown Jewel race.

Confirmed changes

Chicago Street Course

After NASCAR used a Chicago Street Course track in the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, it was speculated that NASCAR would like to make it a reality and have a street race in Chicago on the Cup Series schedule in the future. On July 7, 2022, Jordan Bianchi from The Athletic reported that an official announcement of this being added to the Cup Series schedule would come on July 19.[67] On June 17, Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal suggested that the Chicago Street Course could replace Road America on the 2023 Cup Series schedule as the street race would likely replace one of the road course races and Road America does not have a contract to have a Cup Series race in 2023.[68] Both the addition of the Chicago street race to the schedule and the fact that it would replace the race at Road America came on July 19.[63]

NASCAR All-Star Race

On June 24, 2022, Adam Stern also reported that Fox Sports, which has the TV rights to the All-Star Race, has been trying to convince NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports to move the NASCAR All-Star Race to a different venue each year as is the case in other sports. After the 2022 All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway, which was widely considered unpopular and controversial by fans and the industry, the track tweeted that they would be hosting the All-Star Race again in 2023. However, the tweet was deleted amidst negative reactions to the announcement, leading to speculation that plans could change.[69] On September 7, it was revealed that the All-Star race will take place on the renovated North Wilkesboro Speedway.[70] It would be the first NASCAR Cup race on the track since 1996, after its date was replaced by a race at Texas Motor Speedway in 1997.

See also

  • 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series
  • 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

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Why is chief not on America list anymore?

In the past, he has stepped away from the show to focus on himself and his family, so it's possible he decided to do that again for Season 4, which would explain his absence. It's uncertain whether or not Big Chief will resolve his issues with the show's production.

Why isn't chief on Street Outlaws America's list?

Big Chief from Street Outlaws: America's List is believed to have left due to conflict with fellow cast member, Precious Cooper, which contradicts his own official statement.

Is Big Chief on Americas list?

Street Outlaws icon Justin “Big Chief” Shearer says that he was unpleasantly surprised when he went to film America's List season 2.

Why is chief not on Street Outlaws anymore?

It appears as though the real reason why Big Chief is not on Street Outlaws has to do with production company rules, and he seemed to specifically take issue with the company's "race your way in" policy. This policy dictates that the winners of select preseason races would then be tapped to take part in Street Outlaws.