NASCAR Seri Piala musim 2020

NASCAR Seri Piala musim 2020 adalah musim ke-72 untuk balap mobil stok profesional NASCAR di Amerika Serikat dan musim ke-49 untuk Seri Piala era modern. Musim dimulai di Daytona International Speedway dengan Busch Clash,^[1] balapan kualifikasi Bluegreen Vacation Duel, dan putaran ke-62 Daytona 500. Musim reguler dijadwalkan berakhir dengan Coke Zero Sugar 400 di Daytona pada 29 Agustus. Playoff NASCAR dijadwalkan berakhir dengan balapan di Phoenix Raceway pada 8 November.

Chase Elliott, juara musim NASCAR Seri Piala 2020.

Ini adalah musim pertama di bawah model sponsor berjenjang baru NASCAR setelah menolak tawaran Monster Energy untuk memperpanjang sponsor utama.^[2][3] Pada 5 Desember 2019, NASCAR mengumumkan Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO, dan Xfinity sebagai Mitra Utama Seri Piala NASCAR, menggantikan satu-satunya sponsor judul Monster Energy.^[4]

Musim ini dijadwalkan menjadi tahun terakhir untuk mobil Gen-6, dengan mobil Next Gen (sebelumnya mobil Gen-7) memulai debutnya pada tahun 2021.^[5] Namun, ketika pandemi coronavirus menunda semua balap NASCAR (dan karenanya, pengujian) hingga Pada bulan Mei, badan sanksi mengumumkan bahwa debut mobil akan didorong kembali setahun ke 2022.^[6]

Diumumkan bahwa 2020 akan menjadi musim penuh waktu terakhir untuk juara seri tujuh kali Jimmie Johnson^[7][8] serta untuk paruh waktu Brendan Gaughan.^[9] Ini juga merupakan musim Seri Piala pertama tanpa Jamie McMurray sejak 2001 dan Paul Menard sejak 2004.

Di akhir musim, pembalap Hendrick Motorsports Chase Elliott tampil sebagai juara. Ini menjadi gelar Seri Piala pertama dalam karier Elliott.^[10]

Skuat tim dan pembalap

Tim charter

Pabrikan	Tim	No.	Pembalap	Kepala kru
Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	Kurt Busch	Matt McCall
		42	Kyle Larson 4	Chad Johnston 20 Phil Surgen 16
			Matt Kenseth 32[11]
	Germain Racing	13	Ty Dillon	Matt Borland
	Hendrick Motorsports	9	Chase Elliott	Alan Gustafson
		24	William Byron	Chad Knaus 35 Keith Rodden 1
		48	Jimmie Johnson 35	Cliff Daniels
			Justin Allgaier 1[12]
		88	Alex Bowman	Greg Ives
	JTG Daugherty Racing	37	Ryan Preece	Trent Owens 35 Brian Burns 1[13]
		47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Brian Pattie 35 Eddie Pardue 1[13]
	Premium Motorsports	15	Brennan Poole (R) 35	Pat Tryson
			J. J. Yeley 1
	Richard Childress Racing	3	Austin Dillon 35[14]	Justin Alexander
			Kaz Grala 1
		8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Randall Burnett
	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Bubba Wallace	Jerry Baxter 35 Joey Forgette 1
	Spire Motorsports	77	Ross Chastain 5[N 1]	Tommy Baldwin Jr. 1 Peter Sospenzo 33 James Pohlman 1 Thomas Tucker 1
			Reed Sorenson 12
			J. J. Yeley 6[N 2]
			Garrett Smithley 5[N 2]
			B. J. McLeod 2[N 2][15]
			James Davison 2[16][N 3]
			Josh Bilicki 2[N 2]
			Stanton Barrett 1[N 2]
			Justin Haley 1
	StarCom Racing	00	Quin Houff (R)	George Church
Ford	Front Row Motorsports	34	Michael McDowell	Drew Blickensderfer
		38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Seth Barbour
	Go Fas Racing	32	Corey LaJoie	Ryan Sparks 35 Roy Gangdal 1[17]
	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Ryan Newman 33[18]	Scott Graves
			Ross Chastain 3[19]
		17	Chris Buescher	Luke Lambert
	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	Kevin Harvick	Rodney Childers
		10	Aric Almirola	Mike Bugarewicz
		14	Clint Bowyer	Johnny Klausmeier 34 Greg Zipadelli 2
		41	Cole Custer (R)	Mike Shiplett
	Team Penske	2	Brad Keselowski	Jeremy Bullins
		12	Ryan Blaney	Todd Gordon 35 Travis Geisler 1[20]
		22	Joey Logano	Paul Wolfe
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Greg Erwin
Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Denny Hamlin	Chris Gabehart 32 Sam McAulay 4[21]
		18	Kyle Busch	Adam Stevens 35 Jacob Canter 1
		19	Martin Truex Jr.	James Small 35 Blake Harris 1[22]
		20	Erik Jones	Chris Gayle 35 Seth Chavka 1
	Leavine Family Racing	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Jason Ratcliff
Chevrolet 7 Ford 29	Petty Ware Racing[N 4]	51	Joey Gase 28	Lee Leslie 8 Jason Houghtaling 20 Tommy Baldwin Jr. 1 Jason Miller 2 Todd Parrott 3 Mike Hillman Sr. 2
			Garrett Smithley 3
			James Davison 4
			Josh Bilicki 1
Ford 31 Chevrolet 5	Rick Ware Racing	27	B. J. McLeod 1	Jason Houghtaling 1 Mike Hillman Sr. 33 Todd Parrott 2
			J. J. Yeley 24
			Gray Gaulding 9[23]
			Josh Bilicki 1[24]
			Cody Ware 1
Ford 11 Chevrolet 25		53	David Ragan 1[N 5][25]	Derrick Finley
			Joey Gase 4	Lee Leslie 5 Jason Houghtaling 15 Todd Parrott 14 Ken Evans 1
			Garrett Smithley 13
			Bayley Currey 1[26]
			David Starr 1
			Josh Bilicki 6
			J. J. Yeley 1
			James Davison 9[27]

Tim bukan charter

Penuh musim

Pabrikan	Tim	No.	Pembalap	Kepala kru
Toyota	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96	Daniel Suárez[28]	Dave Winston
Ford 2 Toyota 34	MBM Motorsports	66	Timmy Hill[N 6][29]	Steve Idol 4 Clinton Cram 32

Paruh waktu

Pabrikan	Tim	No.	Pembalap	Kepala kru	Lomba
Chevrolet	Beard Motorsports	62	Brendan Gaughan	Darren Shaw	5[9]
	Kaulig Racing	16	Justin Haley	Billy Scott	1[30]
	Premium Motorsports	27	Reed Sorenson	Peter Sospenzo	1
	Tommy Baldwin Racing	7	Josh Bilicki	Tommy Baldwin Jr. 18 Peter Sospenzo 1 Patrick Donahue 3	12[31]
			J. J. Yeley[N 2]		2
			Reed Sorenson		4
			Joey Gase[N 2]		1
			Garrett Smithley		3
Ford	Rick Ware Racing	54	J. J. Yeley	Mike Hillman Sr.	1
Toyota	MBM Motorsports	49	Chad Finchum	Doug Richert 1 Ryan Bell 3	4
Chevrolet 12 Ford 3	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	78	B. J. McLeod	Todd Parrott 10 Ken Evans 5	13[32]
			Garrett Smithley		2

Catatan

1. Chastain turun di Daytona 500 dan Coca-Cola 600) dengan kolaborasi bersama tim Chip Ganassi Racing.
2. Kolaborasi bersama tim Rick Ware Racing.
3. Kolaborasi antara tim Jonathan Byrd's Racing dan Hayward Motorsports.
4. Mobil nomor #51 resminya atas nama Petty Ware Racing karena kerjasama kolaborasi antara dua tim yaitu Rick Ware Racing dan Richard Petty Motorsports. Tetapi tim RPM tidak terlibat dalam operasional maupun bantuan teknis lainnya.
5. Ragan's entry was fielded in a collaboration with Front Row Motorsports.
6. Entry at Talladega was fielded in a collaboration with Go Fas Racing

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