2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series explained
thumb|Ty Gibbs won the Rookie of the Year award.thumb|Chevrolet won the manufacturer's championship.The 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 40th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 on February 13.[1] The regular season ended with the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 17. The NASCAR playoffs ended with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on November 6.[2]
Following the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, A. J. Allmendinger of Kaulig Racing clinched the Regular Season Championship.[3] Chevrolet took the Manufacturer Championship following the Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway.[4] At the season finale, Daniel Hemric of Joe Gibbs Racing scored his first career win and claimed the Xfinity Series championship. It was also the first Xfinity Series championship for the Toyota Supra.[5]
Teams and drivers
Complete schedule
Limited schedule
Notes
Changes
Teams
- On September 22, 2020, Kaulig Racing owner Matt Kaulig revealed on reporter Kelly Crandall's podcast that he hoped that his team would expand to three full-time cars plus one part-time car for the 2021 season.[128] The team did end up expanding to three full-time cars, as the No. 16 of A. J. Allmendinger will go from part-time to full-time. In terms of the fourth part-time car, Ross Chastain appears to be a potential driver for it, as he has expressed interest in continuing with the team part-time after he moves to the Cup Series full-time.[129]
- On November 4, 2020, it was announced that Rick Ware Racing would be fielding two full-time Xfinity Series teams. The team returned to the series to attempt two races in late 2020 after about a year and a half away, reviving the No. 17 car.[130] Despite this announcement, it was later revealed on February 6, 2021 that RWR would only be fielding the No. 17, which would have an alliance with SS-Green Light Racing, similar to the partnership they had with them for No. 07 car in 2020.[118] On April 6, 2021, RWR announced that the No. 17 driven by Joey Gase would be renumbered to the No. 28 with a Havoline-inspired paint scheme for the Talladega race to honor the late Davey Allison. Gase would also drive the No. 28 (renumbered from the No. 53) at the spring Talladega Cup race.[131]
- On December 3, 2020, it was revealed that DGM Racing would be fielding a fourth car for the first time, with team owner Mario Gosselin piloting the No. 91 in the season-opener at Daytona for his first Xfinity start as a driver since 2017. The car was also on the entry list the following week at the Daytona Road Course with Preston Pardus, but it was excluded from the field due to lack of owner points with the entry list having over 40 cars, and Pardus replaced Caesar Bacarella in the team's No. 90. It is unclear if the car will attempt additional races later in the season.[8]
- On December 10, 2020, Richard Childress Racing announced the revival of their No. 2 car, which will be driven full-time by Myatt Snider, who drove for them part-time in 2020. It has yet to be announced if RCR's No. 21 will run part-time in, or not run at all 2021.[49]
- On December 11, 2020, Our Motorsports announced that they would be expanding to two full-time cars in the Xfinity Series in 2021. The second car will be driven by multiple drivers, beginning with 2018 and 2019 series champion Tyler Reddick at Daytona,[123] Whelen Modified Tour driver Patrick Emerling,[125] ARCA Menards Series West driver Blaine Perkins, and additional drivers that have yet to be announced. Team owner Chris Our confirmed on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on December 14, 2020 that the number would be the No. 03.[125] After the No. 03 failed to qualify for the races with no practice and qualifying due to owner points with entry lists of over 40 cars, Our Motorsports purchased the points of the No. 23 car from RSS/Reaume Brothers Racing for the remainder of the season starting at Las Vegas in March.[132]
- On January 19, 2021, Big Machine Records founder Scott Borchetta announced that he and the company were starting a full-time Xfinity Series team, Big Machine Racing, which will field the No. 48 Chevrolet. The team bought cars and equipment from RSS Racing/Reaume Brothers Racing's No. 93 car in 2020.[6]
- On January 21, 2021, it was announced that the RSS Racing/Reaume Brothers Racing No. 93 car would be renumbered to the No. 23 for 2021, and that the team would receive newer cars and equipment that were previously used by the RSS No. 39 car, which switches to Ford in 2021. The old No. 93 cars and equipment were sold to Big Machine Racing.[108]
- On January 25, 2021, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that they would be expanding into the Xfinity Series in 2021, fielding the No. 31 car full-time for driver/team owner Jordan Anderson, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. The team used Chevrolets acquired from Richard Childress Racing.[18]
- On February 2, 2021, it was announced that the Bassett brothers, Ronnie and Dillon, would be starting their own Xfinity team for 2021, the No. 77 Chevrolet, which would be fielded full-time with both of them as well as other drivers sharing the car.[121]
- On February 23, 2021, Joe Gibbs Racing revealed that they would be fielding a fifth car, the No. 81, at Road America for Ty Gibbs, which is a race where Kyle Busch will be in the No. 54, the car that Gibbs is running his part-time schedule for the team in.[72]
- On March 5, 2021, it was announced that Whelen Euro Series driver Loris Hezemans, who made his Xfinity debut in 2019 at Road America, would return to the series to make two starts, both on ovals, in the MBM Motorsports No. 13. In those two races, the car will be fielded in a collaboration with Reaume Brothers Racing. MBM owner Carl Long said on Facebook the following day that the deal for RBR to partner with his team for Hezemans' races came as a result of Reaume's own No. 23 car being sold to Our Motorsports.[63]
Drivers
- On September 15, 2020, it was announced that 2019 and 2020 ARCA Menards Series East champion Sam Mayer would move up to the Xfinity Series, driving the JR Motorsports No. 8 car. He will run the second half of the 2021 season after he turns 18 and is eligible to race in the series before running full-time for them in 2022.[133]
- On September 21, 2020, it was announced that Ross Chastain would be moving up to the Cup Series full-time in 2021, driving the No. 42 for Chip Ganassi Racing, therefore vacating the No. 10 for Kaulig Racing, his full-time Xfinity ride in 2020.[134] Chastain then revealed on September 22 that he has plans to return to the team for a part-time schedule,[129] although this did not end up happening.
- On October 22, 2020, it was announced that JR Motorsports CARS Late Model Stock Tour driver and 2020 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series champion Josh Berry would race in the Xfinity Series part-time for JRM, sharing the team's No. 8 car with Mayer. Berry will drive in 12 races during the first half of the season before Mayer's 18th birthday.[26] He drove part-time in the Xfinity Series for the team from 2014 to 2016 as well as one start with Obaika Racing in 2016 and another with NextGen Motorsports in 2017, which was his most recent start in the series.
- On November 12, 2020, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Daniel Hemric would drive their No. 18 full-time in 2021, replacing Riley Herbst. Hemric drove the JR Motorsports No. 8 part-time in 2020.[66] On November 12, 2020, Frontstretch reported that Herbst is expected to go to Stewart Haas Racing to drive their No. 98 full-time in 2021, replacing Chase Briscoe, who moved up to SHR's No. 14 car in the Cup Series, replacing the recently retired Clint Bowyer.[135] [136] The official announcement of Herbst driving the No. 98 came on December 10, 2020.[58]
- On November 16, 2020, Kaulig Racing announced that Jeb Burton would drive their No. 10 full-time in 2020, replacing Ross Chastain, who moved up to the Cup Series full-time in 2021 with Chip Ganassi Racing in the No. 42 car. Burton previously spent a number of years in the series running part-time for various teams, most recently the No. 8 for JR Motorsports in 2019 and 2020.[30]
- On December 1, 2020, Kaulig Racing announced that A. J. Allmendinger would drive the No. 16 full-time in 2021, after driving for the team part-time for the previous two years (in the No. 16 in 2020 and the No. 10 in 2019) with much success.[35]
- On December 3, 2020, it was revealed that Caesar Bacarella would be expanding his part-time schedule with DGM Racing to between 10 and 15 races in 2021, after previously running 6 and 3 races for them in 2020 and 2019, respectively. All of his starts have come in the team's No. 90 car, which will be the entry he drives again in 2021. Bacarella hopes to eventually drive full-time with DGM.[8]
- On December 8, 2020, it was reported that ex-Formula 3 and Formula 2 and current IndyCar Series driver Santino Ferrucci could be coming to NASCAR to run up to 20 Xfinity Series races with Our Motorsports in 2021. On January 8, 2021, it was announced that Ferrucci joined Sam Hunt Racing to drive part-time on mile-and-a-half tracks for the season.[77] Brandon Gdovic and Kris Wright will also make a few starts for Sam Hunt.
- On December 8, 2020, B. J. McLeod Motorsports announced that Jesse Little would drive the No. 78 full-time in 2021. Little drove the No. 4 car for JD Motorsports in 2020.[87]
- On December 10, 2020, it was announced that Myatt Snider would return to Richard Childress Racing in 2021, driving the No. 2 full-time after driving the No. 21 part-time in 2020. This will be his second full season in the Xfinity Series, as he ran the rest of the races in 2020 in the No. 93 for RSS/Reaume Brothers Racing.[49]
- On December 14, 2020, it was announced that Patrick Emerling would return to run another part-time schedule with Our Motorsports, although now in the No. 03 as Brett Moffitt is running full-time in the No. 02 that Emerling drove in his one start in 2020.[125] With Our Motorsports acquiring the No. 23 car from RSS/Reaume Brothers Racing, Emerling drove the No. 23 instead of the No. 03.
- On December 23, 2020, MBM Motorsports owner Carl Long posted on Facebook that the team is looking for a driver who brings sponsorship to run full-time in one of their Xfinity cars.[137] This driver will join Timmy Hill, Chad Finchum and Stephen Leicht, who were previously announced to return to MBM in 2021.[102] On February 11, 2021, it was announced that David Starr would drive the team's No. 13 full-time, although he would not run the season-opener at Daytona. He drove for MBM in three Cup Series races in 2017.[103] When the No. 13 started to fail to qualify for races without practice and qualifying due to being too low in owner points, Starr would instead drive either the No. 61 or No. 66 for MBM.
- On January 11, 2021, it was announced that Miguel Paludo would be returning to NASCAR and would drive the JR Motorsports No. 8 in the road course races at the Daytona RC, COTA, and Mid-Ohio. This was his first time in the Xfinity Series since 2012 and first time in NASCAR since 2013 in the Truck Series. After being unable to find a NASCAR ride for 2014, Paludo returned to his home country of Brazil and has competed in the Porsche GT3 Carrera Cup Series since 2015.[27]
- On January 19, 2021, Jade Buford was announced as the driver of the Big Machine Racing's No. 48 in 2021, running full-time and for Rookie of the Year. Buford drove in the Xfinity Series road course races in 2020 for SS-Green Light Racing with Big Machine Records as his sponsor.[6] He was not approved by NASCAR to race at Daytona to start the season, so his first race will be at the Daytona Road Course the following week. Buford has only competed on road courses in a stock car.[138] On Point Motorsports Truck Series driver Danny Bohn made his Xfinity debut substituting for Buford at Daytona.[7]
- On January 22, 2021, JD Motorsports announced that Landon Cassill would return full-time to the Xfinity Series in the No. 4 Chevrolet, replacing Jesse Little, who left for B. J. McLeod Motorsports. Cassill previously drove for Shepherd Racing Ventures, starting and parking their No. 89 early in the season. When Shepherd's team stopped attempting races after COVID-19, Cassill was without a ride for the rest of 2020. Cassill has driven for JDM in the past, including in 2014 where he finished 12th in the standings.[13]
- On January 25, 2021, it was announced that Ryan Vargas would drive full-time for JD Motorsports in 2021 in the team's No. 6 car and competing for Rookie of the Year honors. Vargas previously drove JDM's No. 15 part-time in 2019 and the Nos. 6 and 15 in 2020.[16]
- On February 5, 2021, RSS Racing and Reaume Brothers Racing announced that Natalie Decker would make her Xfinity debut at the Daytona Road Course, the first of five races she would run in their No. 23.[111] After Our Motorsports partnered with the two teams to operate the No. 23 car for the rest of the season beginning at Las Vegas in March, it was confirmed that Decker would still be in the car for the four remaining races on her schedule. Our had yet to select a driver to be in the No. 03 for all four of those races.[139]
- On March 31, 2021, NASCAR announced that drivers Josh Reaume and Mike Wallace had been reinstated. Both drivers were suspended after making posts on social media in November and September 2020, respectfully, that violated Sections 12.1 and 12.8.1.e (member conduct guidelines) of the NASCAR Rule Book. Reaume competed in two Xfinity Series races in 2020, one for Mike Harmon Racing and the other for his own team, Reaume Brothers Racing (with RSS Racing). Wallace competed in three of the road course races in the series in 2020 for JD Motorsports.[140]
- On May 3, 2021, Our Motorsports announced that Tanner Berryhill would drive the No. 23 at Darlington in May and both Texas races. This is Berryhill's first start in the series since 2014 (although he did have 1 DNQ in both 2015 and 2018), and first start in NASCAR since 2018, when he drove for Obaika Racing in the last two races of the Cup Series season.[113]
- On May 10, 2021, it was revealed through the release of the entry list for the race at Dover that JD Motorsports drivers Landon Cassill (No. 4), and Ryan Vargas (No. 6), would be switching cars for that race. The move was made because the following week's race at Circuit of the Americas will have qualifying and a field of 36 cars instead of 40, and Vargas' No. 6 is low enough in owner points (37th before the race at Dover) that it has a chance of failing to qualify while the No. 4 is high enough (21st) to qualify.[15]
- On May 14, 2021, Kaulig Racing announced that Zane Smith would drive the No. 11 at Dover as a substitute for Justin Haley, who was sidelined in accordance with team and COVID-19 protocols. This will be Smith's first race since he drove the No. 8 part-time for JR Motorsports in 2019.[34]
- On May 21, 2021, 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Champion Jeff Green announced his retirement from both racing and crew chiefing in NASCAR.[141]
- On July 8, Rick Ware Racing announced that Andrew Ranger, their NASCAR Pinty's Series driver, would drive the No. 17 entry at New Hampshire, but the deal fell through and J. J. Yeley drove the car instead of Ranger.[142]
- On July 10, 2021, JR Motorsports announced that Austin Dillon would drive the No. 1 car at Atlanta as a substitute for Michael Annett, who suffered a leg injury while he was exercising a few weeks before.[143] On July 12, Josh Berry was announced as Annett's substitute at New Hampshire. Despite missing the two races, Annett was granted a playoff waiver by NASCAR.[144] After returning at Watkins Glen, Annett's injury worsened when competing in that race and as a result, he did not run the next two races. Annett was replaced by Chase Elliott at the Indy Road Course and Berry at Michigan. Berry again drove the No. 1 at Bristol, Las Vegas (a race which he would win) and Talladega after Annett reinjured his leg while working out.[145] Annett returned from his injury for the race at the Charlotte Roval and would also drive the car at Texas and Kansas.
- On August 31, 2021, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that Austin Dillon would drive the No. 31 at the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 at Darlington.[146]
- On September 4, 2021, Our Motorsports announced that Ty Dillon would drive the No. 02 that day in the race at Darlington as a substitute for Brett Moffitt, who was out for unspecified medical reasons.[48] Dillon would also fill in for Moffitt at the Richmond fall race.[147] On September 22, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that Dillon would drive their No. 31 at Las Vegas.[22]
- On September 10, 2021, JD Motorsports announced that Colby Howard would not be driving their No. 15 car for the remainder of the season starting at Richmond. This came after Howard announced that he would leave the team to drive for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing full-time in the Truck Series in 2022.[98] Bayley Currey would drive the car at Richmond, Las Vegas, Talladega, Texas and Kansas, B. J. McLeod drove it at Bristol, and Kris Wright drove it at the Charlotte Roval.
- On October 20, 2021, NASCAR and SS-Green Light Racing indefinitely suspended Carson Ware after he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a female, simple assault, and injury to personal property. Ware, who was going to drive the SSGLR No. 17 in that weekend's race at Kansas, was replaced by Garrett Smithley.[148]
Crew chiefs
- On November 13, 2020, it was announced that Travis Mack, previously the crew chief for Michael Annett and the No. 1 car for JR Motorsports, would be leaving for the new Trackhouse Racing Team in the Cup Series to crew chief Daniel Suárez's No. 99 car.[149]
- On November 17, 2020, Joe Gibbs Racing announced changes to their crew chief lineup in 2021.[67]
- Chris Gayle, previously the crew chief of JGR's No. 20 Cup Series team, will move to the Xfinity Series and be the crew chief of the No. 54 team, replacing Jacob Canter, who was serving as that team's crew chief in addition to his position as JGR's test team manager.
- Jason Ratcliff, previously the crew chief of the JGR-aligned No. 95 Leavine Family Racing team in the Cup Series, which has closed down, will move back to the Xfinity Series and crew chief the No. 20 of Harrison Burton, replacing Ben Beshore. Ratcliff previously crew chiefed the same car when it was driven by Christopher Bell.
- Ben Beshore will move to the Cup Series and replace Adam Stevens (who moves to the No. 20 JGR Cup team, replacing Gayle) as the crew chief of the No. 18 of Kyle Busch.
- On November 23, 2020, Mark Setzer, previously a JD Motorsports crew chief, tweeted that he would be moving to the Jeremy Clements Racing No. 51 team as its crew chief in 2021.[17] He replaces Andrew Abbott, who moved over to Sam Hunt Racing to crew chief their No. 26 car, replacing Eddie Troconis, who became the crew chief of the Young's Motorsports No. 02 in the Truck Series.
- On December 10, 2020, JR Motorsports announced that Mike Bumgarner, who spent the previous seven years as the team's director of race operations, would serve as the crew chief for the No. 1 of Michael Annett.[24] JRM has yet to announce who will replace Bumgarner as the director of race operations when he returns to crew chiefing.
- On December 14, 2020, JD Motorsports announced that Wayne Carroll Jr. would be Colby Howard's crew chief in 2021 on the No. 15 car. Carroll crew chiefed JDM's No. 6 car in most of the races in 2020. Howard was crew chiefed by Mark Setzer, who left the team for the No. 51 of Jeremy Clements, in all but one of his starts in 2020. (Carroll crew chiefed Howard in the one race where Setzer did not).[97]
- On December 14, 2020, Danny Johnson was announced as the crew chief of Our Motorsports' new second full-time car, the No. 03.[125] He previously was with Martins Motorsports, working as their crew chief during the first half of the 2020 season.
- On January 19, 2021, it was announced that Patrick Donahue would be the crew chief for the new Big Machine Racing and the No. 48 of Jade Buford. Donahue worked for SS-Green Light Racing for the last three years, crew chiefing Joey Gase in 2018, Gray Gaulding in 2019, and Joe Graf Jr. in 2020.[6] On February 5, 2021, first-year crew chief Mike Tyska, who previously worked at Germain Racing, GMS Racing, and Rick Ware Racing during his career, was announced as Graf's new crew chief, replacing Donahue.[51]
- On January 27, 2021, Kaulig Racing announced that Jason Trinchere, who had served as the lead race engineer on the No. 11 car driven by Justin Haley during the 2020 season, would serve as crew chief for the No. 16 driven by A. J. Allmendinger. It was also announced that Matt Swiderski, who was previously the crew chief for Team Penske's part-time No. 12 car in the Xfinity Series, would join Kaulig to serve as crew chief for their part-time Cup team, the No. 16, driven by Kaz Grala, Allmendinger, and other drivers.
- On February 1, 2021, it had been announced that Shannon Rursch would become the full-time crew chief of Josh Williams' No. 92 for DGM Racing. Williams worked with a rotation of 12 different crew chiefs in 2020.[150] However, this did not end up happening, as instead of Rursch, Ryan London was listed as the team's crew chief for the first two races of the season and then Eddie Troconis was for the next two races. All three of them also work for other teams in addition to the No. 92. (Rursch works for Venturini Motorsports in ARCA while London and Troconis work for Young's Motorsports in the Truck Series.) Steven Hazelbaker made his crew chiefing debut at Phoenix in March with Williams and the No. 92.
- On February 2, 2021, it was announced that DGM Racing crew chief Nathan Kennedy would move with the Bassett brothers, who both previously drove part-time for DGM, to their new team in the series, the No. 77.[121]
- On April 1, 2021, it was announced that Mark Hillman, who had joined MBM Motorsports at the start of the season to crew chief Timmy Hill and their No. 66 Xfinity Series car, would be leaving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing to be the crew chief for Derek Kraus in the Truck Series.[151]
- On May 3, 2021, RSS Racing announced that Shane Wilson would rejoin the team as the crew chief for Ryan Sieg's No. 39. He was the crew chief for the same car in 2019. He left for David Gilliland Racing to crew chief Tanner Gray's No. 15 in the Truck Series in 2020. DGR released him on April 30, 2021.[57] On August 18, 2021, NASCAR announced that Wilson would be suspended for four races after the car lost its left rear tire and caused a caution during the Indy Road Course race. Later in the day, RSS Racing announced that Wilson would be completely relieved of his duties, and Kevin Starland returned as Sieg's crew chief starting at Michigan.[56]
Interim crew chiefs
- On June 14, 2021, Dustin Albino from Jayski tweeted that Jason Trinchere, the crew chief of Kaulig Racing's No. 16 car driven by A. J. Allmendinger, would miss the race at Nashville because his wife was expecting a baby.[37] Justin Cox would be the interim crew chief for the team in that race. Cox was one of multiple crew chiefs of the No. 16 in 2020 when Allmedinger ran part-time in the car.
- On September 4, 2021, JR Motorsports announced that engineer Allen Hart would fill in as crew chief for Justin Allgaier and the No. 7 team in that day's race at Darlington, as Jason Burdett was forced to miss the race due to COVID-19 protocols.[152] Jason Ratcliff, the crew chief for Harrison Burton's No. 20, also had to miss the race (Joe Gibbs Racing did not announce why), and engineer Dustin Zacharyasz filled in as crew chief.
- On October 26, 2021, NASCAR suspended Our Motorsports No. 23 crew chief Kenneth Roettger Jr. for four Xfinity points races after the car lost a ballast during the Kansas playoff race.[153] Ronnie Osmer, who crew chiefed the team's No. 03 car when it did not qualify for races due to being too low in owner points, would fill in as the interim crew chief of the No. 23.
Manufacturers
- On January 11, 2021, after over 10 seasons with Chevrolet and ECR Engines, RSS Racing announced its manufacturer switch to Ford, with engines supplied by Roush-Yates Engines.[53] However, this change would only be for the team's No. 39 car, as the No. 23 (previously No. 93) car, fielded jointly with Reaume Brothers Racing and later Our Motorsports, as well as their ARCA car, would still remain Chevrolets.
Sponsorship
- On November 19, 2020, it was announced that Bass Pro Shops, TrueTimber, and Black Rifle Coffee would sponsor Noah Gragson's No. 9 for JR Motorsports in all 33 races in 2021. The three companies sponsored him in 21 races in 2020.[154]
- On December 10, 2020, it was announced that TaxSlayer would continue to sponsor Myatt Snider at Richard Childress Racing in 2021, although this year, it would (along with Snider's schedule) be for all 33 races. This is the first time in the company's time as a NASCAR sponsor that they have been a primary sponsor on a car after many years of sponsoring teams part-time.[49]
- On December 10, 2020, Monster Energy was announced as the primary sponsor of the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 98 team for the majority of the 2021 schedule, moving over with Riley Herbst from the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18.[58]
- On December 21, 2020, it was announced that First Pacific Funding would increase their presence on Jeremy Clements Racing's No. 51 after sponsoring the team twice in 2020.[155] On January 3, 2021, Clements announced that Diecast Kings would also sponsor an increased number of races with his team in 2021, after sponsoring him once in 2020.[156]
- On December 23, 2020, it was revealed that RoofClaim.com, which was the primary sponsor for MBM Motorsports, would not return to the team in 2021 due to lack of airtime on the TV broadcasts and the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the lack of exposure with fans at the track.[157]
- On January 25, 2021, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that Bommarito Automotive Group, one of the most prominent sponsors on their Truck Series No. 3 team, would sponsor the team's new Xfinity Series car, the No. 31, in multiple races.[18]
- On February 8, 2021, Offerpad was announced as the primary sponsor of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 for four races in 2021.[158]
- On March 2, 2021, it was announced that Dogecoin would return as a NASCAR sponsor and would be on Stefan Parsons' No. 99 for B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Las Vegas in March. The cryptocurrency company was previously a sponsor on Stefan's father Phil's former Cup Series team, Phil Parsons Racing, in 2014 with Josh Wise. Its users came together to win Wise the fan vote for the 2014 All-Star Race.[159]
Schedule
Daytona,[1] Phoenix,[160] [161] Texas,[162] and Circuit of the Americas[163] revealed their race dates ahead of the release of the entire schedule, which NASCAR announced on October 30, 2020.[164]
Note: The Dash 4 Cash races (the spring races at Martinsville, Talladega, Darlington and Dover) are listed in bold.[165]
| No | Race title | Track | Date |
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| 1 | Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | February 13 |
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| 2 | Super Start Batteries 188 | Daytona International Speedway (Road Course), Daytona Beach, Florida | February 20[166] |
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| 3 | Contender Boats 250 | Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida | February 27 |
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| 4 | Alsco Uniforms 300 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada | March 6 |
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| 5 | Call 811 Before You Dig 200 | Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona | March 13 |
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| 6 | EchoPark 250 | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia | March 20 |
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| 7 | Cook Out 250 | Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia | April 9–11 |
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| 8 | Ag-Pro 300 | Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama | April 24 |
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| 9 | Steakhouse Elite 200 | Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina | May 8 |
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| 10 | Drydene 200 | Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware | May 15 |
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| 11 | Pit Boss 250 | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | May 22 |
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| 12 | Alsco Uniforms 300 | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | May 29 |
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| 13 | B&L Transport 170 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio | June 5 |
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| 14 | Alsco Uniforms 250 | Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas | June 12 |
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| 15 | Tennessee Lottery 250 | Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee | June 19 |
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| 16 | Pocono Green 225 | Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania | June 27 |
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| 17 | Henry 180 | Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | July 3 |
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| 18 | Credit Karma Money 250 | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia | July 10 |
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| 19 | Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire | July 17 |
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| 20 | Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 200 at The Glen | Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York | August 7 |
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| 21 | Pennzoil 150 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course), Speedway, Indiana | August 14 |
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| 22 | New Holland 250 | Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan | August 21 |
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| 23 | Wawa 250 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | August 27 |
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| 24 | Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 | Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina | September 4 |
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| 25 | Go Bowling 250 | Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia | September 11 |
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| 26 | Food City 300 | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee | September 17 |
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs |
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| Round of 12 |
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| 27 | Alsco Uniforms 302 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada | September 25 |
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| 28 | Sparks 300 | Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama | October 2 |
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| 29 | Drive for the Cure 250
presented by Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina | Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Concord, North Carolina | October 9 |
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| Round of 8 |
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| 30 | Andy's Frozen Custard 335 | Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas | October 16 |
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| 31 | Kansas Lottery 300 | Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas | October 23 |
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| 32 | Dead On Tools 250 | Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia | October 30 |
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| Championship 4 |
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| 33 | NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race | Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona | November 6 | |
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Schedule changes
- Circuit of the Americas (in Austin, Texas) is added for the first time.
- Nashville Superspeedway returns for the first time since 2011.
- Auto Club Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Iowa Speedway and Kentucky Speedway are removed from the schedule.
- Auto Club Speedway was initially on the schedule, but was replaced by an event at the Daytona Road Course due to COVID-19 regulations.
- Atlanta and Martinsville will go from hosting one race to two. This is the first time Atlanta has hosted two races, while Martinsville will host two races for the first time since 1994.
- Bristol and Dover will go from having two races on the schedule to one as the Bristol race will be the paved event. (The Xfinity Series will not race on the Bristol dirt weekend.)
- The Darlington (spring) and Talladega (fall) races added during COVID-19 schedule changes will be kept.
- The fall Texas and Kansas weekends swapped spots, with Texas being the Round of 8 opener and Kansas being the middle race.
Results and standings
Race results
Drivers' championship
See also: List of NASCAR points scoring systems.
(key)
Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.. – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8Owners' championship (Top 15)
(key)
Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.. – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8NOTE: The No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota used an ineligible driver in selected races and could not acquire bonus points for those races.
Manufacturers' Championship
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Godwin . Kelly . NASCAR shakes up schedule for 2021 Daytona Speedweeks, moves Clash to road course . . March 4, 2020 . September 22, 2020.
- Web site: Phoenix to host championship race again in 2021? . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . July 16, 2020 . September 22, 2020.
- Web site: AJ Allmendinger wins after crash at finish line with Austin Cindric at Bristol . Reid . Spencer . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . September 17, 2021 . September 18, 2021.
- Web site: Chevrolet Clinches 2021 Xfinity Series Manufacturer Championship at Martinsville . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . October 30, 2021 . October 31, 2021.
- Web site: Joe Gibbs Racing's Daniel Hemric claims first Xfinity Series championship . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . November 6, 2021 . November 7, 2021.
- News: Music Meets Motorsports With Big Machine's New NASCAR Team . Adam . Stern . . January 19, 2021 . January 19, 2021.
- Web site: Danny Bohn to Make Xfinity Debut at Daytona . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . February 1, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Report: Gosselin, Bacarella Headline Four-Car Lineup for DGM Racing in Season-Opener at Daytona . TobyChristie.com . December 3, 2020.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Alex Labbe Returns to DGM Racing No. 36 for Planned Full-Time Effort in 2021 . TobyChristie.com . January 25, 2021.
- Web site: Davey . Segal . Josh Williams Returning to DGM Racing in 2021 . Frontstretch . October 31, 2020.
- Web site: JD Motorsports Lands Printville Partners as Associate Partner for 2021 Season . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 11, 2020.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Jeffrey Earnhardt Returning to JD Motorsports for Full-Time Xfinity Series Effort . TobyChristie.com . December 21, 2020.
- Web site: Landon Cassill Returning to JD Motorsports Full Time . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 22, 2021.
- Cassill ran the full season for JD Motorsports split between the Nos. 4 and 6.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Landon Cassill, Ryan Vargas Swapping Rides for Saturday's Xfinity Race at Dover . TobyChristie.com . May 10, 2021.
- Web site: JD Motorsports Adds Ryan Vargas Full Time to 2021 Lineup . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 25, 2021.
- Web site: Mark Setzer to serve as crew chief for Jeremy Clements . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . November 27, 2020 . November 27, 2020.
- Web site: Jordan Anderson Running for 2021 Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 25, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Tyler Reddick Driving for Jordan Anderson Racing at Circuit of The Americas . TobyChristie.com . May 13, 2021.
- Web site: Josh Berry Running for Jordan Anderson Racing at Mid-Ohio . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . May 26, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Sage Karam Adding Xfinity Races at Bristol, Charlotte Roval, Truck Race at Martinsville to 2021 NASCAR Schedule . TobyChristie.com . September 10, 2021.
- Web site: Ty Dillon Competing for Jordan Anderson Racing in Xfinity Race at Las Vegas; Sponsored by South Point . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . September 22, 2021 . September 23, 2021.
- Web site: Pilot Flying J, Michael Annett renew with JR Motorsports . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . November 5, 2020 . November 14, 2020.
- Web site: Mike Bumgarner Named Crew Chief for JRM's No. 1 Team . JR Motorsports . December 10, 2020 . December 10, 2020.
- Web site: BRANDT extends sponsorship of Justin Allgaier . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . November 2, 2020 . November 14, 2020.
- Web site: Kevin . Rutherford . Josh Berry Running Part Time for JR Motorsports in Xfinity in 2021 . Frontstretch . October 22, 2020.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . Miguel Paludo to Drive JR Motorsports No. 8 Car in Three Road Course Races in 2021 . TobyChristie.com . January 13, 2021.
- Web site: Dustin . Long . Dale Earnhardt Jr. to run one Xfinity race in 2021 . . October 27, 2020.
- Web site: Noah Gragson announces return to JR Motorsports for 2021 season . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . August 27, 2020 . September 21, 2020.
- Web site: Jeb Burton joins Kaulig Racing for 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . November 16, 2020.
- Web site: Kaulig Racing Announces Personnel and Returning Partners for 2021 Season . Kaulig Racing . January 27, 2021.
- Web site: Dustin . Long . Justin Haley returning to Kaulig Racing in 2021 . . October 19, 2020.
- Web site: Kaulig Racing Announces Personnel and Returning Partners for 2021 Season . Kaulig Racing . January 27, 2021.
- Web site: Justin Haley out at Dover due to COVID-19 protocols; Zane Smith to drive Xfinity race; Josh Berry in Cup . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . May 14, 2021.
- Web site: AJ Allmendinger to return to Kaulig Racing in 2021 UPDATE . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . December 1, 2020 . December 1, 2020.
- Web site: Kaulig Racing Announces Personnel and Returning Partners for 2021 Season . Kaulig Racing . January 27, 2021.
- Albino . Dustin . DustinAlbino . 1404528700444622853 . June 14, 2021 . Per @KauligRacing, Justin Cox will crew chief @AJDinger this weekend at Nashville because Jason Trinchere and his wife are on baby watch. #NASCAR . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210614200041/https://twitter.com/DustinAlbino/status/1404528700444622853 . June 14, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Dustin . Albino . Eyes on Xfinity: Tommy Joe Martins Focused on Building Martins Motorsports . Frontstretch . October 21, 2020 . October 22, 2020.
- Albino . Dustin . DustinAlbino . 1348663283683889154 . January 11, 2021 . Buddy Sisco will be @TommyJoeMartins' crew chief for the 2021 @XfinityRacing season. Sisco called 14 races for @TeamMartins last year. #NASCAR . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210111234612/https://twitter.com/DustinAlbino/status/1348663283683889154 . January 11, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Dustin . Albino . Mike Harmon Racing Entering 2 Xfinity Cars Again in 2021 . Frontstretch . November 18, 2020.
- Web site: Mike Harmon Racing Adds Wolfpack Racing as Sponsor for 2021 Season; Kyle Weatherman to Drive . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . January 1, 2020 . January 2, 2020.
- Web site: Bayley Currey to run full-time for Mike Harmon Racing . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . January 2, 2020.
- Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Rick Ware Racing.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . Mike Harmon Making First NASCAR Xfinity Series Start of 2021 This Weekend at Martinsville . TobyChristie.com . October 29, 2021.
- Web site: Fr8Auctions continuing sponsorship of Brett Moffitt, on board with Our Motorsports for four XFINITY races in 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . November 7, 2020.
- Web site: Brett Moffitt to compete with Our Motorsports XFINITY team full time in 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . November 12, 2020.
- Spencer . Lee . CandiceSpencer . 1410644401991344137 . July 1, 2021 . Just confirmed @OurMotorsports will have two new crew chiefs on the pit box this weekend at @roadamerica Kevin "Bono" Manion will oversee the No. 2 team & @Brett_Moffitt Jonathan Stewart will lead the No. 23 team & @NatalieRacing Been told this is a temporary arrangement #NASCAR . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709195532/https://twitter.com/CandiceSpencer/status/1410644401991344137 . July 9, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Ty Dillon Replacing Brett Moffitt in Saturday's Xfinity Race at Darlington . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . September 4, 2021 . September 5, 2021.
- Web site: RCR, TaxSlayer extend partnership with 2021 Xfinity Series championship contender Myatt Snider . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . December 10, 2020.
- Web site: Joe Graf Jr. and Bucked Up Energy agree to multi-year deal . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . June 12, 2020 . October 16, 2020.
- Web site: Dustin . Albino . Joe Graf Jr. Returning to SS Green Light Racing in 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . February 5, 2021.
- Web site: Michael . Carey . Ross Chastain Replacing Joe Graf Jr. For Xfinity COTA Race . TobyChristie.com . May 22, 2021.
- Web site: RSS Racing Switches to Ford for 2021 Season . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 11, 2021.
- Web site: CMR returns full-time in 2021 with Ryan Sieg . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . August 28, 2020 . September 21, 2020.
- Ryan Sieg ran the full season for RSS Racing split between the Nos. 38 and 39.
- Web site: Ryan Sieg Racing Parts Ways with Shane Wilson . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . August 18, 2021 . August 20, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Shane Wilson Returning to RSS Racing as Crew Chief on No. 39 . TobyChristie.com . May 3, 2021 . May 4, 2021.
- Web site: SHR taps Riley Herbst for full-season Xfinity campaign in No. 98 Ford . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . December 10, 2020.
- Web site: Matt DiBenedetto returning to Wood Brothers Racing next season; Austin Cindric to drive in 2022 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . October 8, 2020.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . No Changes to Team Penske's Full-Time Crew Chief Lineup Ahead of 2021 NASCAR Season . TobyChristie.com . January 12, 2021.
- [Shigeaki Hattori]
- Web site: Robby Lyons and Motorsports Business Management/HRE Team Up for Xfinity Series Opener at Daytona . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . February 5, 2021.
- Web site: Loris Hezemans Running 2 Xfinity Races for Reaume Brothers Racing . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . March 5, 2021.
- Web site: Zach . Gillispie . Austin Hill Returning to Hattori Racing Enterprises in 2021 . Frontstretch . October 30, 2020.
- Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Reaume Brothers Racing.
- Web site: Daniel Hemric joins Joe Gibbs Racing for 2021 Xfinity Series ride . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . November 12, 2020.
- Web site: Joe Gibbs Racing announces crew chief changes . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . November 17, 2020.
- Web site: Rutherford . Kevin . Brandon Jones Returning to Joe Gibbs Racing in Xfinity in 2021 . Frontstretch . October 13, 2020 . October 13, 2020.
- Web site: Harrison Burton returning to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2021 . . November 13, 2020.
- Web site: Ty Dillon to Run Partial Xfinity Schedule with Joe Gibbs Racing . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . January 27, 2021.
- Web site: Ty Gibbs Will Make Xfinity Debut at Daytona Road Course . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . January 26, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Joe Gibbs Racing Taps Ty Gibbs for 14 Additional NASCAR Xfinity Series Races . TobyChristie.com . February 23, 2021.
- Web site: Asher . Fair . NASCAR: Looks like Kyle Busch won't be retiring in 2020 . Beyond the Flag . . May 22, 2020 . November 14, 2020.
- Web site: John Hunter Nemechek Joins Joe Gibbs Racing's Xfinity Lineup for 3 Races . June 11, 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
- Web site: Brandon Gdovic Joins Sam Hunt Racing with Limited Schedule . January 12, 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Kris Wright Joins Sam Hunt Racing for Road Course Focused Xfinity Series Schedule in 2021 . TobyChristie.com . January 14, 2021.
- Web site: Santino Ferrucci Joins Sam Hunt Racing for Limited Schedule in 2021 . January 8, 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
- Web site: Colin Garrett Returning to Sam Hunt Racing at Talladega . April 14, 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
- Web site: John Hunter Nemechek Joins Sam Hunt Racing for Select Xfinity Races in 2021 . February 17, 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
- Web site: Grant Enfinger Replacing Brandon Gdovic at Charlotte for Sam Hunt Racing . May 29, 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
- Web site: Michael . Carey . Will Rodgers Is Back To Raise Liver Health Awareness With Sam Hunt Racing . TobyChristie.com . June 8, 2021.
- Albino . Dustin . DustinAlbino . 1329838448501469187 . November 20, 2020 . .@bjmcleod78 confirms @TeamBJMcLeod will run three full-time @XfinityRacing teams in 2021. Adds the deal with @teamlivefast is a separate entity from the Xfinity program. #NASCAR . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201120172934/https://twitter.com/DustinAlbino/status/1329838448501469187 . November 20, 2020 . live.
- Web site: Matt Mills Returning to BJ McLeod Motorsports with Anchor Sponsor . . JoeUSA.com Website Builder and Marketing . December 16, 2020.
- Web site: Kevin Harvick adds three Xfinity and one Truck Race to his schedule; Ryan Preece picks up two Truck races . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . March 10, 2021.
- Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Stewart-Haas Racing.
- Web site: Andy Lally Driving Xfinity Race for BJ McLeod Motorsports at Road America . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . June 13, 2021.
- Web site: BJ McLeod Motorsports Taps Jesse Little for No. 78 NASCAR XFINITY . B.J. McLeod Motorsports . December 8, 2020.
- Web site: Stefan Parsons Returning to BJ McLeod Motorsports for Multiple Races in 2021 . . January 11, 2021.
- Web site: Mason Massey Returning to BJ McLeod Motorsports for 12 Races in 2021 . . January 12, 2021.
- Web site: Chris . Knight . Ryan Ellis: 2021 is a second chance . Catchfence . November 1, 2020.
- Web site: Sarah . Handy . Ryan Ellis returning to the driver's seat in 2021 . Kickin' the Tires . November 17, 2020 . November 20, 2020.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . BJ McLeod Motorsports Fielding Four Entries at Charlotte, Briscoe in No. 99, Parsons in No. 76 . TobyChristie.com . May 24, 2021.
- At the Daytona Road Course race, which did not have qualifying, Preston Pardus was initially entered in DGM Racing's No. 91 car, which was excluded due to the team being too low in owner points as there were over 40 cars on the entry list. As a result, he replaced Caesar Bacarella in the No. 90. Tony Furr, who was going to be Pardus's crew chief when he was in the No. 91, made the move with him, replacing Eddie Troconis.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Preston Pardus Returning to NASCAR Xfinity Series, DGM Racing at Daytona's Road Course . TobyChristie.com . February 16, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Dexter Bean Looking Ahead to Las Vegas and Phoenix After Stellar Top-20 Run at Homestead . TobyChristie.com . March 1, 2021.
- Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Bassett Racing.
- Web site: Colby Howard to run full-time for JD Motorsports . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . December 14, 2020.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Colby Howard: "Won't Be in the #15 Anymore," Bayley Currey Driving JD Motorsports' No. 15 at Richmond . TobyChristie.com . September 10, 2021.
- Web site: Gray Gaulding to Drive Full Time for Jimmy Means Racing in 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 26, 2021.
- Web site: Joey Gase Running Xfinity Race at Pocono for Jimmy Means Racing . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . June 16, 2021.
- Web site: (Twitter post) . . Joseph Srigley . September 6, 2021 . September 7, 2021 . "NEWS: According to NASCAR's Roster Portal, @AkinoriOgata will join @MeansRacing52 for his second career Xfinity Series start in Saturday's Go Bowling 250 at @RichmondRaceway.".
- Web site: Timmy Hill, Chad Finchum join 2021 Daytona 500 grid for MBM Motorsports, to continue Xfinity slate alongside Stephen Leicht . The Checkered Flag . Justin . Nguyen . December 19, 2020.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . David Starr to Run 32 Xfinity Races With MBM Motorsports Beginning With Daytona Road Course . TobyChristie.com . February 11, 2021.
- Web site: Justin . Nguyen . Matt Jaskol making NASCAR Xfinity debut for MBM Motorsports on 4-race deal . The Checkered Flag . March 17, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Jason White, A-Game Joining MBM Motorsports for Talladega . TobyChristie.com . April 17, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Timmy Hill Running for Xfinity Points, Maintaining Part-Time Schedules in Cup and Trucks for 2021 . TobyChristie.com . December 29, 2020 . December 30, 2020.
- Albino . Dustin . DustinAlbino . 1352691603853467648 . January 22, 2021 . Some Xfinity Series crew chief news for the 2021 season: Josh Williams will have Shannon Rursch (six races together last year). Bayley Currey will have Teddy Brown -- same as 2020. Timmy Hill will have Clinton Cram at Daytona and then Mark Hillman for the rest of 2021. . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122185643/https://twitter.com/DustinAlbino/status/1352691603853467648 . January 22, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . RSS Racing Continues Partnership With Reaume Brothers Racing For No. 23 NASCAR Xfinity Series Team . TobyChristie.com . January 21, 2021.
- Web site: Jason White Will Pilot RSS Racing Ford at Daytona . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . February 4, 2021.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . Ty Dillon Piloting Our Motorsports No. 23 at Charlotte Motor Speedway . TobyChristie.com . May 24, 2021.
- Web site: Kevin . Rutherford . Natalie Decker Making Xfinity Debut in 2021 . Frontstretch . February 5, 2021.
- Web site: Blaine Perkins to Run Partial Xfinity Schedule with Our Motorsports . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 18, 2021.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . Tanner Berryhill Returns to NASCAR Xfinity Series For Three-Race Deal With Our Motorsports . TobyChristie.com . May 3, 2021.
- Web site: JJ Yeley Joins Our Motorsports for 2 Races . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . May 11, 2021.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . Accomplished Road Racing Veteran Andy Lally to Run Our Motorsports No. 23 Car at COTA . TobyChristie.com . May 17, 2021.
- Albino . Dustin . DustinAlbino . 1354123547048816640 . January 26, 2021 . Rick Ware told me his No. 17 @RickWareRacing Xfinity team this year will run a mix of Chevys and Fords -- just like its Cup program. Cody Ware will be the driver on the Daytona road course; @jjyeley1 will drive at Homestead. #NASCAR . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126211353/https://twitter.com/DustinAlbino/status/1354123547048816640 . January 26, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Trophy Tractor, Rick Ware Racing Team Up to Raise Money for Texas in Las Vegas . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . March 3, 2021.
- Web site: Dustin . Albino . Rick Ware Racing, SS Green Light Racing Aligning to Field Xfinity Car for 2021 Season . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . February 6, 2021.
- Web site: Cole Custer Running Xfinity Race at COTA for Rick Ware Racing . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . May 11, 2021.
- Web site: Chris Cockrum to Run Xfinity Race at Daytona, Hoping for More in 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . January 15, 2021.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . Bassett Brothers to Share No. 77 Bassett Racing Chevy as Team Aims to Run Full 2021 Xfinity Schedule . TobyChristie.com . February 2, 2021.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . Austin Dillon Attempting to Run Xfinity Race at COTA in Bassett Racing No. 77 Entry . TobyChristie.com . May 16, 2021 . May 17, 2021.
- Web site: Our Motorsports expanding to two car effort; Tyler Reddick driving at Daytona . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . December 11, 2020 . December 11, 2020.
- At the Homestead–Miami Speedway race, which did not have qualifying, Tyler Reddick was initially entered in the No. 03 car for Our Motorsports, which was excluded due to the team being too low in owner points as there were over 40 cars on the entry list. As a result, Our partnered with RSS/Reaume Brothers Racing, and Reddick moved to that team's No. 23 car, which had previously been TBA on the entry list. After that, Our purchased RSS/Reaume Brothers Racing's owner points and would field the No. 23 car for the rest of the season.
- Talking In Circles . TalkingNCircles . 1338648561865658368 . December 14, 2020 . Chris Our from @OurMotorsports was on @SiriusXMNASCAR tonight and said that the second entry the team will field for @TylerReddick at Daytona will be No. 03 and Danny Johnson will be the crew chief. The team will utilize ECR engines. . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510054639/https://twitter.com/talkingncircles/status/1338648561865658368 . May 10, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Andy Lally to Drive for Our Motorsports at Daytona Road Course . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 27, 2021.
- At the Daytona Road Course race, which did not have qualifying, Andy Lally was initially entered in the No. 03 car for Our Motorsports, which was excluded due to the team being too low in owner points as there were over 40 cars on the entry list. As a result, Our partnered with B. J. McLeod Motorsports, and Lally moved to that team's No. 99 car, replacing Josh Bilicki, who was originally scheduled to drive it in that race.
- Crandall . Kelly . KellyCrandall . 1308119009980813314 . September 21, 2020 . "I would imagine that we would have three cars running next year in the Xfinity Series, that's what we want to do. We want to have three full-time teams in the Xfinity Series next year with a fourth car ... as a part-time car." https://t.co/lOHwL2H7nk . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200921190229/https://twitter.com/KellyCrandall/status/1308119009980813314 . September 21, 2020 . live.
- Trotta . Danielle . Danielle Trotta . DanielleTrotta . 1308451900430393344 . September 22, 2020 . Interesting @RossChastain telling us next year he'll still drive some Xfinity races for Kaulig they are not done together. He will be full time in Cup for Gnassi. He's like a Kyle Busch wants to race as often as he can!! . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210127031528/https://twitter.com/DanielleTrotta/status/1308451900430393344 . January 27, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Rick Ware Racing to run two full-time XFINITY teams in 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . November 4, 2020 . November 6, 2020.
- Web site: Joey Gase to honor Davey Allison by driving No. 28 in Cup and Xfinity races at Talladega . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . April 6, 2021 . April 8, 2021.
- Web site: Our Motorsports Purchases Points from Reaume Brothers Racing . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . March 4, 2021 . March 6, 2021.
- Web site: Sam Mayer reunites with JR Motorsports for Xfinity Series debut . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . September 15, 2020 . September 21, 2020.
- Web site: Ross Chastain to take Cup ride with Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 team in 2021 . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . September 21, 2020.
- Web site: Riley Herbst Moving to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2021 . Dustin . Albino . Frontstretch . November 12, 2020 . November 12, 2020.
- Web site: Stewart-Haas Racing chooses Chase Briscoe for Cup Series ride in 2021 . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . October 20, 2020 . November 14, 2020.
- Web site: Carl . Long . (Facebook post) . . December 23, 2020 . December 24, 2020 . "We need 1 more full time driver in Xfinity to complete our line up. You will be going to all Xfinity races. (...) I need a person who has money, willing to listen / learn and hopefully do well enough to attract more $ so we can afford to go faster.".
- Knight . Chris . Knighter01 . 1352019930292641792 . January 20, 2021 . Patrick Donahue, crew chief for the new Big Machine Racing team confirmed on @SiriusXMNASCAR with Moody that driver @buforjm is not approved for @DAYTONA oval and is looking for driver for No. 48 Chevrolet. Buford approved for Daytona RC and rest of '21 #NASCAR Xfinity season. . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125165040/https://twitter.com/Knighter01/status/1352019930292641792 . January 25, 2021 . live.
- Knight . Chris . Knighter01 . 1367556666628005889 . March 4, 2021 . I've been told by both teams that Natalie Decker will still compete in her other four races with Our. #NASCAR https://t.co/vLblW1ssA0 . en . July 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427232423/https://twitter.com/Knighter01/status/1367556666628005889 . April 27, 2021 . live.
- Web site: NASCAR reinstates Josh Reaume, Mike Wallace . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . March 31, 2021.
- Web site: Jeff Green Officially Retired from NASCAR . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . May 21, 2021 . May 23, 2021.
- Web site: Andrew Ranger Running Xfinity Race at New Hampshire for Rick Ware Racing; Full Pinty's Series Schedule . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . July 8, 2021.
- Web site: Austin Dillon Replacing Michael Annett at Atlanta . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . July 10, 2021 . July 11, 2021.
- Web site: Josh Berry Replacing Michael Annett at New Hampshire; Annett Gets Playoff Waiver: UPDATE . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . July 12, 2021 . July 13, 2021.
- Web site: Josh Berry to Fill In for Injured Michael Annett in JRM's No. 1 Car at Bristol . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . September 17, 2021 . September 18, 2021.
- Web site: Austin Dillon Competing for Jordan Anderson Racing at Darlington . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . August 31, 2021 . September 1, 2021.
- Web site: Ty Dillon Subbing for Brett Moffitt at Richmond . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . September 8, 2021 . September 11, 2021.
- Web site: Carson Ware Suspended by NASCAR and SS Green Light Racing After Being Arrested . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . October 20, 2021 . October 21, 2021.
- Web site: Travis Mack to serve as crew chief at Trackhouse Racing . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . November 13, 2020 . November 14, 2020.
- Web site: Josh Williams Adds Shannon Rursch as Full Time Crew Chief . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . February 1, 2021 . March 8, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Mark Hillman Replacing Matt Noyce as Crew Chief for Derek Kraus . TobyChristie.com . April 1, 2021 . April 2, 2021.
- Web site: Justin Allgaier crew chief Jason Burdett to miss Darlington due to COVID-19 protocols . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . September 4, 2021 . September 5, 2021.
- Web site: Kansas post-race penalties announced . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . October 26, 2021 . October 27, 2021.
- Web site: Toby . Christie . Noah Gragson Has Full Season of Sponsorship From Bass Pro Shops, True Timber and Black Rifle Coffee in 2021 . TobyChristie.com . November 19, 2020 . March 8, 2021.
- Web site: First Pacific Funding Returning as Multi-Race Primary Sponsor for Jeremy Clements Racing in 2021 . TobyChristie.com . December 21, 2020 . March 8, 2021.
- Web site: DieCast Kings to Serve as Primary Sponsor for Jeremy Clements in Multiple Races in 2021 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . January 3, 2021 . March 8, 2021.
- Web site: Joseph . Srigley . RoofClaim.com Not Returning to MBM Motorsports as Primary Sponsor in 2021 . TobyChristie.com . December 23, 2020 . December 26, 2020.
- Web site: Offerpad joins Joe Gibbs Racing . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . February 8, 2021 . February 9, 2021.
- Web site: Jared . Haas . Much Wow: Dogecoin Returns to NASCAR on Stefan Parsons' Car . Frontstretch . March 2, 2021 . March 8, 2021.
- Web site: 2021 NASCAR Weekend: March 12-14, 2021 . . . October 25, 2020 . October 25, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201025044929/https://www.phoenixraceway.com/Events/Spring-Race-Weekend.aspx . dead .
- Web site: Phoenix to host championship race again in 2021? . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . July 16, 2020 . September 22, 2020.
- Web site: Texas Motor Speedway Announces Full Season of Changes Across 2021 NASCAR / INDYCAR Schedule . . . October 1, 2020 . October 21, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021112313/https://www.texasmotorspeedway.com/media/news/posts/2020/september/texas-motor-speedway-announces-full-season-of-changes-across-2021-nascar-indycar-schedule/ . dead .
- Web site: James . Gilboy . COTA Will Host NASCAR Tripleheader of Cup, Xfinity, and Trucks Series in May 2021 . The Drive . September 30, 2020 . October 24, 2020.
- Web site: Road courses, new venues highlight 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . October 30, 2020.
- Web site: Schedules set for Dash 4 Cash, Triple Truck Challenge in 2021 . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . December 17, 2020.
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