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The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series was the 73rd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 50th season for the modern era Cup Series. The season started at Daytona International Speedway with the Busch Clash , where it was the first year that the non-points event was run on the track's road course layout instead of the ...
The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 1949 to Red Byron. [1] The first driver to win multiple Championships was Herb Thomas in 1951 and 1953. The current Drivers' Champion is Joey Logano, who won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2024. [2] The NASCAR points system has undergone several incarnations since its initial ...
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 7, 2021 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 36th and final race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, and was also the last race for the Generation 6 car body, as it was replaced in 2022 by the Next Gen Car.
With the 2021 racing season coming to a close, it’s time to offer special recognition for stock-car racing’s championship performances from all levels of the sport. Recap the stellar seasons ...
Kyle Larson's 2,581 laps led in 2021 are the most in over 25 years.
It’s Kyle Larson’s year. Larson, 29, locked up the NASCAR Cup Series championship on Sunday evening. The Hendrick Motorsports driver finished in first place in the race for the Cup Series. The ...
The NASCAR championship season consists of a series of races, held usually on oval tracks, and in a few cases, road courses. [4] Each season throughout NASCAR history has consisted of between 8 and 62 races. [5] The results of each race are combined to determine two championships in each of the top series, one for drivers and one for manufacturers.
Harry Gant is the oldest winner of a Cup Series race; he was 52 years, 7 months, and 6 days old when he won the 1992 Champion Spark Plug 400. [14] [15] Prior to 1972, Daytona qualifying races were points-paying championship races, and count in the totals below. Since then, the Daytona qualifying races do not count due to the race distance ...