The NASCAR Cup Series’ road course and short track events will see changes to their downforce package for the 2020 season, NASCAR announced Tuesday, Jan. 14. The reduced-downforce package is designed to attempt to promote enhanced competition at these tracks, per NASCAR. Bristol Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Phoenix Raceway, …

In his first act post-retirement from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition, David Ragan is returning to the Great American Race. Ragan will drive the No. 36 in the season-opening Daytona 500 for Rick Ware Racing, he announced Friday, Jan. 10. Ragan will be sponsored by Select Blinds and Speedy Cash …

Two months after the ARCA Menards Series East schedule was revealed to the public, its counterpart West circuit has its 10-race schedule finalized, ARCA announced Monday, Jan. 6. The season will begin Feb. 20 with an event at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and will conclude Nov. 6 …

The first race of AJ Allmendinger’s 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season has been announced. Allmendinger will drive Kaulig Racing’s No. 16 in the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, team president Chris Rice revealed Monday, Dec. 30, in a SiriusXM interview. Allmendinger had already been announced for a part-time schedule …

Tanner Gray is the first announced driver for DGR-Crosley’s 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season. Gray will drive the No. 15 full time for the team next year, the team announced Monday, Dec. 16. “I’m really looking forward to next year,” Gray said in a team release. …

For the first time in his NASCAR career, Ty Majeski has a full-time ride. Majeski will drive the No. 45 for Niece Motorsports in the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020, the team announced Tuesday, Dec. 10. Majeski replaces Ross Chastain, who mostly drove the No. 45 in …

Stewart-Haas Racing doesn’t just have a new driver joining its ranks in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020 — the team’s crew chief lineup will also look slightly different come February. The organization announced Wednesday, Dec. 4, that Mike Shiplett will follow Cole Custer to the Cup Series, acting as …

Halmar Friesen Racing will remain in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Series in 2020, though the team will have a slightly different look. The No. 52 will move from Chevrolet to Toyota in 2020, the team announced Tuesday, Dec. 3. Stewart Friesen remains the driver of the No. 52 …

As the 2019 NASCAR season comes to a close, it’s time to run back through the NASCAR 101 columns from 2019 and see if there are any updates to be had, as we did in 2018 and 2017. This year, it comes after the true end of the season rather than …

In what’s become an annual segment on NASCAR 101 (wait, this is year five? Time is a flat circle), this week takes a look at the drivers who didn’t return to NASCAR in 2019. Now, that phrase sounds a bit more absolute than it actually ends up being. Each year, we …