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  • • NASCAR: Austin Cindric lands 2021 Daytona 500 ride
    Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Austin Cindric is set to attempt to make his Cup Series debut in the 2021 season-opening Daytona 500. Team Penske have confirmed that they will field a fourth entry in the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway for reigning Xfinity Series champion Austin Cindric, who […] NASCAR: Austin Cindric lands 2021 Day...2021
  • • Austin Cindric to drive fourth Penske entry, bidding for Cup Series debut in Daytona 500
    Austin Cindric’s plans to graduate to the NASCAR Cup Series received a dose of Wednesday morning clarity, with Team Penske announcing a fourth Daytona 500 entry reserved for the reigning Xfinity Series champion. Cindric is set to drive Penske’s No. 33 Ford in an attempt to qualify for The Great American Race (Feb. 14, 2:30 […]...2021
  • • Austin Cindric to Make Cup Series Debut with Daytona 500 Attempt
    Defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Austin Cindric will attempt to make his Cup Series debut in the Daytona 500, Team Penske announced Wednesday (Jan. 20) morning. Cindric, 22, will pilot the No. 33 Ford for Team Penske at Daytona International Speedway with crew chief Miles Stanley atop the pit box. “There is a lot to …...2021
  • Austin Cindric to attempt Daytona 500
    • Austin Cindric to attempt Daytona 500
    Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion Austin Cindric will look to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut next month in “The Great American Race.” Cindric will drive the No. 33 Ford Mustang for Team Penske as he attempts to qualify for the 63rd Daytona 500. Miles Stanley, who has worked as race engineer for Team Penske‘s […]...2021
  • • H2H: Who is primed for a sophomore season jump in the Cup Series?
    Last year’s class of freshmen NASCAR Cup Series drivers led by Christopher Bell, Cole Custer and two-time Xfinity Series champion Tyler Reddick was one of the most buzzed about rookie crops in recent years. Bell had an up-and-down season peaking with a third-place run in the third-to-last race of the year at Texas Motor Speedway, […]...2021
  • • 2020 NASCAR Team Reviews: Richard Childress Racing
    Richard Childress Racing had a renewed sense of purpose for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. After enduring a down year, the organization looked to gain more success with the 2015 Daytona 500 champion and the 2018-19 Xfinity Series champion. One of the moves the team made to turn things around was with its crew …...2020
  • • NASCAR pays tribute to champions, other honorees in 2020 Awards special
    It may have lacked the red carpet and some of the trappings of a full-fledged toast with a Nashville twang, but NASCAR cheered its champions and other honorees in style Wednesday evening with a new-look 2020 NASCAR Awards celebration. Cup Series champion Chase Elliott was the final guest of honor, joining Xfinity Series champion Austin […]...2020
  • • NASCAR honors national series' champions
    It may have lacked the red carpet and some of the trappings of a full-fledged toast with a Nashville twang, but NASCAR cheered its champions and other honorees in style Wednesday evening with a new-look 2020 NASCAR Awards celebration. Cup Series champion Chase Elliott was the final guest of honor, joining Xfinity Series champion Austin […]...2020
  • • Austin Cindric honored as 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion
    Austin Cindric is recognized as the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion after a hard-fought season that yielded six wins....2020
  • • Cindric Defied Father, Won Title
    AVONDALE, Ariz. – When 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Austin Cindric informed his parents at age 10 that he wanted to be a race car driver they were not pleased with his decision. Both were quite ......2020

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Xfinity Series Champion injury and suspension

  • • Elliott To Drive For GMS In Five Races
    GMS racing announced on Monday that Dawsonville, GA native Chase Elliott will pilot the #23 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Xfinity Series this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hooters Restaurants will join the team as primary sponsor. The announcement comes on the heals of the indefinite suspension of the team’s driver Spencer Gallagher, for testing positive under NASCAR’s stringent substance abuse p...2018
  • • Denny Hamlin’s Short Track Showdown preview
    Tonight will mark the 8th year that NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin, the Denny Hamlin Foundation and sponsor FedEx will present their showcase of late model racing to benefit Cystic Fibrosis research and treatment at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, VA. The event is one that puts late model drivers from the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series against top NASCAR talent. Drivers suc...2015
  • • Elliott, Ragan, and Peters Highlight NASCAR Drivers Committed Early to Race Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown
    2014 NASCAR XFINITY Series Champion Chase Elliott joins NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David Ragan and Virginia’s own Timothy Peters as early headliners to race against host Denny Hamlin in the eighth-annual Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown at South Boston Speedway on April 23. This 200-lap charity Late Model race showcases the best Late Model racers in the region against NASCAR counterparts wit...2015

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Xfinity Series Champion trade, contract, salary rumors

  • • Hamlin gets contract extension from Gibbs and sponsor FedEx
    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Denny Hamlin has signed a contract extension with both Joe Gibbs Racing and longtime sponsor FedEx. The reigning Daytona 500 winner had the extension announced Thursday as FedEx honored him with a highlight video of the victory, the closest finish in race history. FedEx has been with JGR since 2005, and the only primary sponsor Hamlin has had at NASCAR's top level. Ham...2017
  • • AP Sources: Edwards walking away from final year with Gibbs
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) In a stunning decision, NASCAR driver Carl Edwards is walking away from the final year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing less than two months after nearly winning his first Cup championship, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Joe Gibbs Racing scheduled a pair of news conferences Wednesday in which Edwards is expected to annou...2017
  • • NSCS: Biffle Leaves RFR; Buescher to JTG Daughtery
    In a move that didn’t take many by surprise, Greg Biffle decided that his reign at Roush-Fenway Racing needed to end. However, the move that is taking fans by storm is the decision for RFR to “lend” Chris Buescher to JTG Daughtery Racing in 2017, a rival manufacturer and organization. Buescher was tabbed to drive the newly-created second team at JTG Daughtery Racing in 2017. It is expected that Ro...2016

Xfinity Series Champion stats and results

  • • 2019 Cup Series Season Preview: Chase Elliott
    Editor’s note: Motorsports Tribune will be previewing the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season for the full-time drivers in the series leading into February’s 61st annual running of the Daytona 500. Age: 23 Years in Cup: 3 Career Wins: Three Biggest Accomplishment: 2014 Xfinity Series champion NASCAR fans alike have been anticipating Chase Elliott to have a true breakthrough season, where he fi...2019
  • • 2019 Cup Series Season Preview: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
    Editor’s note: Motorsports Tribune will be previewing the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season for the full-time drivers in the series leading into February’s 61st annual running of the Daytona 500. Age: 31 Years in Cup: Six Career Wins: Two Biggest Accomplishment: 2011-12 Xfinity Series champion After scoring two superspeedway victories in 2017, it was a rather polarizing 2018 campaign for Ric...2019
  • • NASCAR Xfinity: Austin Dillon in second Kaulig Racing car for Indianapolis
    Kaulig Racing will be a two-car team for Saturday’s Lilly Diabetes 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Dillon will drive the No. 10 Chevrolet for the team at Indy as teammate to Ryan Truex, Kaulig Racing’s regular driver of the No. 11 Chevrolet. “This is a big step for Kaulig Racing,” Kaulig Racing team owner Matt Kaulig sai...2018
  • • 2018 Cup Series Season Preview: Chris Buescher
    By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer * Editor’s note: Motorsports Tribune will be previewing the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season for the top-30 drivers in the series leading into next month’s 60th running of the Daytona 500. Age: 25 Years in Cup: Three Career Wins: One Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Victory, 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion For the first time since 2015, Chris Buescher will n...2018
  • • Breaking down the NASCAR Xfinity Championship 4: Sadler and Allgaier
    There will be a new Xfinity Series champion this  weekend in Homestead. Will it be one of the two veterans or one of the two rookies? This article is courtesy of NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications. Justin Allgaier, William Byron, Daniel Hemric and Elliott Sadler are the Championship 4 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Let’s take a closer look at Elliott Sadler and Justin Allgaier and how they...2017
  • • Carl Edwards: 'I'm stepping away from full-time driving in the Cup Series'
    Carl Edwards on Wednesday made official what FOXSports.com first reported a day earlier: He is leaving Joe Gibbs Racing and will not compete in NASCAR in 2017.Appearing at a press conference at JGR’s headquarters in Huntersville, N.C., Edwards said, “I’m stepping away from full-time driving in the Cup Series.”Daniel Suarez, the reigning NASCAR XFINITY Series champion, will take over for Edwards be...2017
  • • Chasing the Championship – Buescher Hoping That Lightning Strikes Twice in 2016
    ©2016, Matthew T. ThackerNKP By Steven Taranto – Follow at @STaranto92 October 1, 2016 When the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season began, few if any observers would have had rookie driver Chris Buescher making the field for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. But after a miraculous, fog-aided win at Pocono and a valiant effort to climb into the Top 30 in points, the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series champio...2016
  • • NXS: Ty Dillon Expects to be Full-Time Cup Driver in 2017
    NEWTON, Iowa – Ty Dillon is in his third full-time season of competition in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and is ready to make the next step in his racing career. Dillon finished fifth in the championship standings in 2014 and improved two positions to third in the championship in 2015. While Dillon would love to add XFINITY Series champion to his resume, the 24-year-old driver was clear regarding his...2016
  • • Stewart-Haas Racing Names Brian Vickers Interim Driver for No. 14 Team During Speedweeks at Daytona
    HHP/Andrew Coppley Posted By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86 February 12, 2016 Courtesy of Stewart-Haas Racing DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Stewart-Haas Racing has named Brian Vickers interim driver of its No. 14 Chevrolet SS for all the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events during Speedweeks Feb. 12-21 at Daytona International Speedway. Vickers will begin driving the No. 14 Mobil 1 Chevrolet today as h...2016
  • • Christie: Front Row Motorsports Is Gaining Strength
    Going into 2016, Front Row Motorsports is a team that has just one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series trophy on their mantle. However with the changes they keep making this offseason, they are moving closer to being an up and coming contender in the sport. Chris Buescher, the 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series champion will drive the No. 34 Ford Fusion. Love’s Travel Stops who had sponsored David Gilliland the last...2016

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  • • Cindric Defied Father, Won Title
    2020
  • • Column: Stenhouse can make a name for himself post-Patrick
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a two-time Xfinity Series champion who is coming off the best season of his NASCAR career. He won his first two Cup races last year and made the playoffs for the first time in five seasons of racing in NASCAR’s big leagues. Building on that momentum will be his goal this year, and likely what he focuses on when he faces reporters during NASCAR’s annual...2018
  • • Previewing 2017: Austin Dillon
    By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor *Editor’s note: Motorsports Tribune will be previewing the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Season for 24 drivers. We will release one driver preview per day over a 24-day stretch. Age: 26 Years in Cup: 3 Career Wins: 0 Biggest Accomplishment: 2013 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion In 2016, Austin Dillon emerged as a driver to watch as a possible championship contende...2017
  • • Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scores big USAC Midget win over Bryan Clauson
    The 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was not too kind to Roush Fenway Racing's Ricky Stenhouse Jr., but the former XFINITY Series champion was able to celebrate a victory before the end of the calendar year.While other drivers are enjoying downtime during the NASCAR offseason, Stenhouse went back to his roots to compete in the Junior Knepper 55 USAC Midget event at the Southern Illinois Center...2015
  • • Sponsor moves from Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Chase Elliott
    Team owner Rick Hendrick (left) spends a moment with Chase Elliott. Todd Warshaw Getty Images North AmericaChase Elliott's sponsor roster is filling up.Elliott, the 2014 XFINITY Series champion and successor to Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy, will campaign primary sponsorship from Kelley Blue Book in two races for both his rookie Sprint Cup season of 2016 and the 2017 season...2015
  • • Wife of renowned engine builder Ernie Elliott remains in custody
    Sheila Elliott, the wife of NASCAR engine builder Ernie Elliott and aunt of 2014 NASCAR XFINITY Series champion Chase Elliott, remained in jail Thursday morning....2015
  • • Chase Elliott to start first NASCAR Sprint Cup race on 'weird weekend'
    There's nothing unusual about Chase Elliott being at a race track. The reigning NASCAR XFINITY Series champion is a full-time racer at age 19. But coming to the track to start a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday-now that's another matter. For Elliott, Sundays at the track have always meant watching his father, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, but that will change this Sunday when Chase Ell...2015

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  • • Chase Elliott holds off Kyle Busch, others to win XFINITY race at RIR
    Defending XFINITY Series champion Chase Elliott holds off Kyle Busch and the rest of the field for his first win of the season at Richmond International Raceway. Busch finishes second....2015
  • • Wife of renowned engine builder Ernie Elliott remains in custody
    2015
  • • Second time's a charm: Chase Elliott impresses with solid run in Richmond
    Defending XFINITY Series champion Chase Elliott's trek to the Sprint Cup Series took another positive step after Sunday's Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Making just his second Sprint Cup start, Elliott stayed out of trouble and finished the day where he started, 16th....2015
  • • Press release: Elliott to unveil Sprint Cup paint scheme on Race Hub
    Defending XFINITY Series champion Chase Elliott, who makes the jump to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next season, is set to unveil his 2016 No. 24 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet SS paint scheme. Check out the unveiling on NASCAR Race Hub on FS1 this Monday at 6 p.m. ET....2015
  • • Sponsor moves from Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Chase Elliott
    2015
  • • Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scores big USAC Midget win over Bryan Clauson
    2015
  • • Chase Elliott wins Snowball Derby after Christopher Bell DQ'd
    Kyle Busch Motorsports' Christopher Bell took the checkered flag during Sunday's 48th annual Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, but when his car failed post-race technical inspection 2014 XFINITY Series champion Chase Elliott was declared the winner of the prestigious late model short track race....2015
  • • Year in review: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s 2015 stats
    In his third full-time season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ended the year 25th in the driver points. The driver of the No. 17 Ford ended the 2015 season with one top five and three top 10s, leading just three laps.Much like the entire Sprint Cup Series arm of the Roush Fenway Racing organization, Stenhouse didn't have the kind of season he hoped for at the outset.After a ro...2015
  • • XFINITY champ Chris Buescher to race full time in Sprint Cup
    Newly crowned NASCAR XFINITY Series champion Chris Buescher is headed for a full-time Sprint Cup Series ride in 2016....2015
  • • NASCAR remembers short-track legend Sam Ard
    Sam Ard, the 1983-84 XFINITY Series champion passed away at 78....2017
  • • XFINITY Series title contenders Ty Dillon, Regan Smith, Chris Buescher discuss 2016 plans
    Ty Dillon (left) and Regan Smith are both still trying to work out their 2016 schedules. Jerry Markland Getty Images North AmericaSeparated by no more than 24 points, Chris Buescher, Chase Elliott, Ty Dillon and Regan Smith all have a mathematical shot at becoming the 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series champion in Saturday afternoon's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.At least something is certai...2015
  • • Champ in waiting? Get to know Roush Fenway Racing's Chris Buescher
    Chris Buescher is poised to become the 2015 XFINITY Series champion, but it's not a done deal yet. Chris Buescher has led the NASCAR XFINITY Series standings almost the entire year, won two races and is in position to claim the title in just over a month at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Particularly impressive is that Buescher has done it all in a year when the organization for which he competes -- Rou...2015
  • • NASCAR star Carl Edwards won't drive in 2017, report says
    2017
  • • NASCAR: Out of a ride, what’s next for Daniel Suarez?
    Having lost his NASCAR Cup Series ride with Stewart-Haas Racing after just one season, what is next for former Xfinity Series champion Daniel Suarez? Before the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season ended, Daniel Suarez felt confident about his odds of remaining behind the wheel of the #41 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing in the 2020 season. […] NASCAR: Out of a ride, what’s next for Daniel Suarez...2019

Xfinity Series Champion schedule, game

  • • NASCAR Cup: Gaunt Brothers Racing makes Daniel Suarez’s hiring official
    After multiple published reports putting Daniel Suarez in the No. 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota for the full 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, the race team made the news official Tuesday. The 2020 season will be Gaunt Brothers Racing’s first full season of Cup Series competition after running partial schedules since 2017, last season with Parker Kligerman as driver. “It’s great to be back with Toy...2020
  • • NASCAR: Out of a ride, what’s next for Daniel Suarez?
    2019
  • • 2019 Cup Series Season Preview: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
    2019
  • • Elliott To Drive For GMS In Five Races
    2018
  • • Column: Stenhouse can make a name for himself post-Patrick
    2018
  • • Hamlin gets contract extension from Gibbs and sponsor FedEx
    2017
  • • Previewing 2017: Austin Dillon
    2017
  • • Carl Edwards Press Conference: NASCAR Star Expected To Step Away For 2017
    Carl Edwards is climbing out of the driver’s seat. The NASCAR star is expected to announce his departure as a driver from Joe Gibbs Racing in a press conference Wednesday. The 37-year-old will not compete in 2017, FOX Sports reported Tuesday, and it’s unclear if he’s done driving for good. Daniel Suarez, the reigning Xfinity Series champion, reportedly will replace Edwards in the No. 19 Toyota....2017
  • • AP Sources: Edwards walking away from final year with Gibbs
    2017
  • • AP Sources: Carl Edwards retiring from NASCAR
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Two people with knowledge of the situation tell The Associated Press that NASCAR driver Carl Edwards is retiring. Joe Gibbs Racing has scheduled a pair of news conferences Wednesday in which Edwards is expected to announce he is giving up the sport immediately. The two people spoke to AP on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the team and Edwards have not announced the...2017

Xfinity Series Champion rumors, scandals, hoax

  • • H2H: Who is primed for a sophomore season jump in the Cup Series?
    2021
  • • Darrell Waltrip finds timing of Carl Edwards news 'beyond shocking'
    FOX NASCAR television analyst Darrell Waltrip admits he was “beyond” shocked by the recent news of Carl Edwards announcing he will not return to compete full-time in the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Monster Energy Cup Series.Waltrip and fellow FOX NASACAR analysts Larry McReynolds and Jeff Hammond also wonder exactly what the unexpected departure of Edwards will mean, at least in the ...2017
  • • AP Sources: Edwards walking away from final year with Gibbs
    2017
  • • Daniel Suarez has all the tools to take advantage of huge Cup opportunity
    As Carl Edwards is shockingly set to retire from NASCAR racing, an opportunity of a lifetime awaits 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series champion Daniel Suarez.Suarez is expected take over the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, as Edwards will pursue other opportunities outside of the sport.It was only a matter of time before the Monterrey, Mexico native was...2017

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