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] Show Teams and driversChartered teamsThere 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]
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Potential and rumored changes
ScheduleThe 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]
Bolded races indicate a NASCAR Major, also known as a Crown Jewel race. Confirmed changesChicago Street CourseAfter 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 RaceOn 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
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