NASCAR: 2021 season starts Feb. 14; [2020 Cup Series/XFINITY Series/Gander RV/Outdoors Truck Series]

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unfortunately, Chase Elliott did not make the field for the annual Snowball Derby event and had to run a LCQ race to start

 

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NASCAR Media departures so far:

NBC loses Krista Voda as lead host for NASCAR America;

Fox released both Alan Cavanna and Matt Yocum from pit road duties in all 3 series

 

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2021 Daytona 500 will not be sold out due to Pandemic

 

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Snowball Derby update from Five Flags Speedway:

former XFINITY/Truck driver Ty Majeski, a part-time competitor, wins Snowball Derby;

Cup Champion Chase Elliott third; 2 X Cup Champion Kyle Busch 7th;

Truck competitors Chandler Smith 4th; Grant Enfinger 8th; Derek Kraus 15th;

XFINITY Driver Ryan Sieg finished 22nd

 

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GO Fas Racing to drop to an 8-10 race Cup Schedule and Ryan Ellis to drive the 32 pending sponsorship

 

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DGM Racing enters #91; owner Mario Gosselin to race XFINITY @ Speedweeks 2021 after 4 years out of drivers' seat

 

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Chandler Smith full-time in the 18 for KBM-CWTS

 

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HOT Rumor: Santino Ferrucci close to joining Our Motorsports XFINITY organization in a 2nd entry for 20 races;

https:/www.racer.com

 

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no Auto Club Speedway race in 2021; date will be reassigned to the Daytona Road Course and Homestead will slide into the AC Race weekend; no word if the 2021 cancellation impacts the conversion of the track from a 2 mile speedway to a short track (which was set to be done following the 2021 weekend

 

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KBM Update:

Eric Phillips to crew chief the 4 of John Hunter Nemechek; Danny Stockman to the 18 of Chandler Smith; Marty Lindley to the 51;

BJ McLeod Motorsports hires Jesse Little for the 78 XFINITY entry

 

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former Cup Driver for CGR/42 Juan Pablo Montoya to run for Arrow McLaren SP in the Indianapolis 500 in 2021

 

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no Busch Clash appearance despite eligibility for Jimmie Johnson

 

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for those not aware: the Domino's national ad campaign may feature the FedEx Toyota in the ad, but it is a personal services contract with Denny Hamlin, and not affiliated with either JGR or 23XI Racing

this ad began running on 11/2/2020

 

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Auto Club Speedway delays transformation from Superspeedway to short track by a calendar year, short-track configuration should be in place by 2023

 

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Steve Letarte expanding NASCAR involvement as he will assist Spire Motorsports in transitioning to 2 full-time Cup efforts in addition to his role as resident crew chief analysis for NBC's coverage;

Spire will run the #7/77 teams one to be driven by Corey LaJoie in 2021

 

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Ryan Sparks (7)/ Kevin Bellicourt (77) named crew chiefs for Spire Motorsports efforts in 2021

 

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RCR Confirms Myatt Snider as full time driver for XFINITY returns the #2 to active status(last driven by to successive Series Championships by Tyler Reddick);

courtesy NBC Sports/NASCAR

 

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JR Motorsports names Mike Bumgarner crew chief for Pilot/Flying J Racing # 1 of Michael Annett

 

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Corvette Parts joining the new 78 Live Fast Motorsports team with BJ McLeod/Matt Tifft entry that bought the charter and interest of Go Fas Racing and Maine native Archie St. Hilaire.

 

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OFFICIAL: Stewart-Haas confirms Monster Energy and Riley Herbst to the XFINITY 98 in 2021

 

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2021 Natiional Series schedule for broadcast now out for all 3 series

 

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Throwback weekend to shift to FOX Sports at Darlington Raceway due to the Olympics instead of Labor Day on NBC.

 

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2021 COTA Layout for race weekend unveiled it's the 3.41 m. track configuration

 

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Our Motorsports will expand to a 2 car entry in XFINITY for 2021; which lends credence to the Santino Ferrucci rumor; Tyler Reddick will be in the 2nd entry for Speedweeks

 

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looks like World Wide Technology reviewing team and/or track title sponsorship as they are the presenting sponsor @ Gateway. unlikely to return to RPM or joining another team and likely not following Darrell Wallace to 23XI Racing