NASCAR: 2019 Monster Energy Cup/XFINITY/Gander Outdoors Truck Series thread

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Justin Marks exploring potential team ownership by 2021 as driving career ends; story @ RACER ;

XFINITY and GOTS held their dual banquets last night; will be shown on tape delay on NBCSN 12/1 @ 9 PM

GoFas Racing driver Corey LaJoie/GROTS Driver/owner Jordan Anderson among 53 entered to race Snowball Derby @ Five Flags Speedway(12/8)

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Affarano Motorsports comes out of hiatus to announce Tim Viens has been hired to drive the 03 entry at the GROTS Season opener in Daytona in February, 2020; team also hints at a either a full or limited schedule announcement within a few days to detail plans for 2020

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Joe Williams out at Starcom Racing (00) AFTER serving as crew chief for Landon Cassill; no word on future plans yet.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

the DC Solar ghost run vs. NASCAR/ISC continues in Florida legal court over solar generators worth 46M.... Suntrust Lease wants NASCAR(WHO merged earlier this year with ISC)....

FULL Article @ Home - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site, click on 2nd headline

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Starcom Racing (00) releases Landon Cassill and replaces him with Quin Houff, who had split time between the 27/15/77 for Premium Motorsports; Houff's deal is through 2022

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Another race manipulation happened at Miami:

Suspended: Scott Eggelston and Kenneth Davis for their involvement in manipulating the results at Miami to get the 27 entry the final points position for a non-charter team;

the 15 and 27 teams run by Jay Robinson/Premium Motorsports were docked 50 owner points, and fined 50K; IT gives Gaunt Brothers Racing (the 96) the final points position for a non-chartered team;

the Spire Motorsports 77, and Rick Ware Racing's 52 ALSO were docked 50 points and fined for their involvement in the manipulation of the race results;

full story @ TobyChristie.com - NASCAR News, Team Charts, PDFs, Paint Schemes and more!

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

2019 XFINITY Series Most Popular Driver: 7-Justin Allgaier

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

reminder: the taped 2019 XFINITY/GOTS Awards Banquet is tonight on NBCSN (9 PM)

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Ed Clark to retire, following the Atlanta race in 2020;

and the famed UPS Truck is up for auction, no bids yet

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

JTG Daugherty update:

Brian Pattie/Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. to the 47; Trent Owens/Ryan Preece to the 37

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

XFINITY/GROTS News:

David Starr retained by 52-Means Motorsports;

Halmar-Friesen Racing ends alliance with GMS; aligns with TRD/KBM;

Corey LaJoie retained by Go-Fas Racing (#32);

Anthony Alfredo promoted to RCR XFINITY team (21) from KBM; add in Austin Dillon for a minimum of 2 races; Reddick could run some as well as Kaz Grala; still waiting on Suarez to see whether he takes over the Championship car from this past season(2)

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

not NASCAR BUT:

Chip Ganassi Racing ends involvement in IMSA, will not field an entry for the annual Rolex 24 @ Daytona;

Darius Rucker named pre-Daytona 500 concert

 

[Preds Partisan]

not NASCAR BUT:

Chip Ganassi Racing ends involvement in IMSA, will not field an entry for the annual Rolex 24 @ Daytona;

Darius Rucker named pre-Daytona 500 concert

Ford killing the factory GT program did Chip in it looks like. It's a loss for that series, not having Chip, regardless of everyone's opinion on the guy.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

SHR Alignment for 2020 revealed:

no changes on the 4 of Harvick/Childers;

Klausmeier from the 10-Almirola to the 14-Bowyer; Bugarawicz, to the 10 from the 14;

Shiplett/Custer retained from the XFINITY 00 to the Haas controlled 41;

still no word on whether SHR will be in the XFINITY series in 2020

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Allgaier named 2019 XFINITY Series Most Popular Driver; Chastain wins Truck Series Most Popular Driver; Cup version will be announced tomorrow night on NBCSN

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Thanks to Monster Energy for its sponsorship over the last several seasons for the Cup Series; however as part of Champions' Week in Nashville, the new modern day NASCAR will roar into the 2nd decade of the 21st century as simply the NASCAR Cup Series BEGINNING in 2020, WITH rotation partners GEICO, Anheuser Busch In Bev, through its Busch branding; Comcast/XFINITY AND Coca-Cola;

existing sponsorships that the above 4 "Premiere Partners" have will continue uninterrupted(don't precisely know how AB In Bev WILL treat SHR going forward as Busch is a team sponsor) but Busch is expected to sponsor a race TBD; Coca Cola will be the title sponsor of the Regular Season Championship trophy and Comcast/XFINITY takes a foray into track/race sponsorship with Martinsville in November

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

also tonight: the annual Snowball Derby @ 5 Flags Speedway

 

[Elvis P]

Thanks to Monster Energy for its sponsorship over the last several seasons for the Cup Series; however as part of Champions' Week in Nashville, the new modern day NASCAR will roar into the 2nd decade of the 21st century as simply the NASCAR Cup Series BEGINNING in 2020, WITH rotation partners GEICO, Anheuser Busch In Bev, through its Busch branding; Comcast/XFINITY AND Coca-Cola; Existing sponsorships that the above 4 "Premiere Partners" have will continue uninterrupted(don't precisely know how AB In Bev WILL treat SHR going forward as Busch is a team sponsor) but Busch is expected to sponsor a race TBD; Coca Cola will be the title sponsor of the Regular Season Championship trophy and Comcast/XFINITY takes a foray into track/race sponsorship with Martinsville in November

Here's another article about this: https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/...r-signs-4-premier-partners-sponsor-cup-series

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Here's another article about this: https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/...r-signs-4-premier-partners-sponsor-cup-series

I use a different site, btw, since ESPN isn't relied upon as much.....

it's usually NASCAR's own site or Jayski's hence why ESPN should be discredited as a reference after the way they treated that site causing it to be embroiled in a legal fight over intellectual property and the site itself

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

ALSO, a heads up as we head toward 2020;

the All Star Race, held annually in Charlotte, except for Atlanta in its 2nd year, will not have a title sponsor, in keeping with the theme of the day, after originally being known as the Winston

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Billy Scott from SHR to RCR

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

serious injury to Justin Bonnett (broken tibia/fibula/burns) during the Snowball 100 Modified race at 5 flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL; Snowball Derby cancelled to Monday (weather)

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

serious injury to Justin Bonnett (broken tibia/fibula/burns) during the Snowball 100 Modified race at 5 flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL; Snowball Derby cancelled to Monday (weather)

More info here.

Video: Neil Bonnett's grandson injured in fiery race crash in Florida

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Tommy Joe Martins/MBM Motorsports mutually terminate contract

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Snowball Derby set for 4 pm