The 2024 NASCAR season is approaching, and drivers are gearing up to pursue wins, playoff berths, and championships.
This season will see a number of drivers debut with new teams across the Xfinity Series and Cup Series. This also includes Shane van Gisbergen. Who will play full-time? Coming to Kaulig Racing’s Xfinity.
Here are the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity lineups for the opening weekend at Daytona:
cup series
No. 1: Ross Chastain returns to Trackhouse Racing for his third season after winning two races last season.
No. 2: Austin Cindric returns to Team Penske for his third season in Cup competition.
3rd place: Austin Dillon returns to Richard Childress Racing.
4th: Josh Berry will be his successor. No. 4 after Kevin Harvick retired.
No. 5: Kyle Larson enters his third season with Hendrick Motorsports after finishing second in the championship standings.
6th place: Brad Keselowski will return as owner-driver for RFK Racing after making the playoffs.
7th place: Corey Lajoie Multi-year contract extension.
No. 8: Kyle Busch returns to Richard Childress Racing after winning three races in his first season with the team.
No. 9: Chase Elliott returns to Hendrick Motorsports long term contract It will last until 2027.
No. 10: Noah Gragson will drive the following No. 10. Sign a multi-year contract Partnered with Stewart-Haas Racing.
No. 11: Denny Hamlin returns to Joe Gibbs Racing after signing an extension.
No. 12: Reigning Cup champion Ryan Blaney returns to Team Penske.
14th: Chase Brisco returns to Stewart-Haas Racing he takes on a leadership role.
No. 16: AJ Allmendinger will make multiple starts in the No. 16 while running full-time in Xfinity. Kaulig Racing has not named any other drivers as potential entries.
No. 17: Chris Buescher returns to RFK after a successful 2023 season where he won three games.
No. 19: Martin Truex Jr. returns to Joe Gibbs Racing after winning the regular season championship and three races.
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No. 20: Christopher Bell returns to JGR after reaching Championship 4 for the second consecutive season.
21st: Harrison Burton returns for his third season at Wood Brothers Ford.
No. 22: Joey Logano will remain with Team Penske after signing a long-term extension in 2022.
No. 23: Bubba Wallace returns to 23XI Racing for his fourth season with the team.
No. 24: William Byron will remain with Hendrick Motorsports after leading the Cup Series with six wins.
31st place: Daniel Hemric returns to cup competition He will wear number 31 in place of Justin Haley.
34th place: Michael McDowell leads The Front Row Motorsports lineup is back.
No. 38: Todd Gilliland returns to Front Row Motorsports for his third Cup season.
No. 41: Ryan Preece returns to Stewart-Haas Racing for another season in the No. 41.
42nd place: John Hunter Nemechek Due to Legacy Motor Club’s transfer to Toyota, he returns to Cup and takes over number 42.
No. 43: Erik Jones returns to Toyota to lead the Legacy MC lineup.
No. 45: Tyler Reddick returns to 23XI Racing after winning two races and advancing to the Round of 8.
No. 47: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will return to JTG Daugherty Racing after signing a multi-year extension in 2022.
No.48: Alex Bowman returns to Hendrick Motorsports he is trying to recover This is due to missing multiple races due to a back injury.
No. 54: Ty Gibbs won Rookie of the Year and returned to No. 54.
No.62: Anthony Alfredo will race in the Daytona 500 And the spring Talladega race. Beard Motorsports has not named any other drivers for the Daytona or Talladega races.
71st: Zane Smith will be promoted to the next cup competition. Sign a multi-year contract With Trackhouse Racing. His rookie season will be spent with Spire Motorsports, which purchased the charter from LiveFast Motorsports.
No.77: Carson Josevar promoted to cup competition Join Spire Motorsports.
No. 99: Daniel Suarez returns to Trackhouse Racing for a fourth season.
Justin Haley joins Rick Ware Racing After signing a multi-year contract. The team has not released his jersey number.
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Xfinity series
No. 00: Cole Custer returns to Stewart-Haas Racing after winning the Xfinity Championship.
No. 1: Sam Mayer returns to JR Motorsports after reaching Championship 4.
2nd place: ARCA Champion Jesse Love promoted to Xfinity He will replace Sheldon Creed at Richard Childress Racing.
Number 2: Dawson Crum will be a full-time driver for JD Motorsports.
5th place: Anthony Alfredo joins motorsport For the entire Xfinity season.
7th place: Justin Allgaier returns to JR Motorsports with second place in the championship standings.
8th place: Sammy Smith joins JR Motorsports After spending his rookie season with Joe Gibbs Racing.
No. 9: Brandon Jones returns to JR Motorsports.
No. 10: Kaulig Racing has not announced anything about the No. 10, which featured multiple drivers during the regular season.
11th place: Josh Williams joins Kaulig Racing And he takes over number 11.
15th place: Hayley Deegan moves up to the Xfinity Series and joins AM Racing.
16th place: AJ Allmendinger returns Became full-time at Xfinity in 2024.
18th place: Sheldon Creed moves to Joe Gibbs Racing For the entire Xfinity season.
19th: Ryan Truex, Joe Graf Jr., William Sawalich and Taylor Gray will share the 19th spot in 2024.
20th place: John Hunter Nemechek and Aric Almirola will share 20th place in 2024.
No. 21: Austin Hill returns to Richard Childress Racing Sign a multi-year extension.
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27th: Jeb Burton returns to Jordan Anderson Racing after winning at Talladega and making the playoffs.
No. 31: Parker Retzlaff will return to Jordan Anderson Racing for another full season.
No. 39: Ryan Sieg will be returning to RSS Racing for another season.
43rd place: Ryan Ellis returns to Alpha Prime Racing And for the first time, he will be working a full-time schedule.
44th place: Brennan Poole joins Alpha Prime Racing For the full season.
No. 48: Parker Kligerman returns to Big Machine Racing after making the playoffs.
No.51: Jeremy Clements becomes the fifth driver to return to the family team. How to make more than 460 Xfinity starts.
No.78: BJ McLeod Motorsports plans to enter one car in Xfinity. The team has not announced driver lineups or schedules.
No. 81: Chandler Smith will join Joe Gibbs Racing for a full season in Xfinity.
No. 91: Kyle Weatherman will run a full season with DGM Racing.
No. 97: Shane van Gisbergen will race full-time with Kaulig Racing in 2024.
No. 98: Riley Herbst returns to Stewart-Haas Racing Won first National Series race of career.
Blaine Perkins joins RSS Racing The team has not released his jersey number.
Kyle Sieg will take over. his first full Xfinity season RSS Racing has not released his number.