^abRyan Sieg ran the full season forRSS Racing split between the Nos. 38 and 39.
^Shigeaki Hattori was the listed owner of the No. 61 in each race, although the team only fielded the car ifAustin Hill orBubba Wallace was the driver.MBM Motorsports fielded it in all other races using Hattori's owner points and car number.
^Kyle Tilley was initially entered in the car and drove it in practice, but was replaced by Davison for qualifying and the race due to a shoulder injury.
^abAt theDaytona Road Course race, which did not have qualifying,Andy Lally was initially entered in the No. 03 car forOur Motorsports, which was excluded due to the team being too low in owner points as there were over 40 cars on the entry list. As a result, Our partnered withB. J. McLeod Motorsports, and Lally moved to that team's No. 99 car, replacingJosh Bilicki, who was originally scheduled to drive it in that race.
^abcdAt theDaytona Road Course race, which did not have qualifying,Preston Pardus was initially entered inDGM Racing's No. 91 car, which was excluded due to the team being too low in owner points as there were over 40 cars on the entry list. As a result, he replacedCaesar Bacarella in the No. 90. Tony Furr, who was going to be Pardus's crew chief when he was in the No. 91, made the move with him, replacingEddie Troconis.
^At Homestead-Miami, B. J. Tucker was listed on the entry list as crew chief. However, the team stated that Pardus was the actual crew chief.[86]
^Entry was fielded in a collaboration withRSS Racing.
^abAt theHomestead–Miami Speedway race, which did not have qualifying,Tyler Reddick was initially entered in the No. 03 car forOur Motorsports, which was excluded due to the team being too low in owner points as there were over 40 cars on the entry list. As a result, Our partnered with RSS/Reaume Brothers Racing, and Reddick moved to that team's No. 23 car, which had previously been TBA on the entry list. After that, Our purchased RSS/Reaume Brothers Racing's owner points and would field the No. 23 car for the rest of the season.
On September 22, 2020,Kaulig Racing owner Matt Kaulig revealed on reporter Kelly Crandall's podcast that he hoped that his team would expand to three full-time cars plus one part-time car for the 2021 season.[120] The team did end up expanding to three full-time cars, as the No. 16 ofA. J. Allmendinger will go from part-time to full-time. In terms of the fourth part-time car,Ross Chastain appears to be a potential driver for it, as he has expressed interest in continuing with the team part-time after he moves to the Cup Series full-time.[121]
On November 4, 2020, it was announced thatRick Ware Racing would be fielding two full-time Xfinity Series teams. The team returned to the series to attempt two races in late 2020 after about a year and a half away, reviving the No. 17 car.[122] Despite this announcement, it was later revealed on February 6, 2021 that RWR would only be fielding the No. 17, which would have an alliance with SS-Green Light Racing, similar to the partnership they had with them for No. 07 car in 2020.[113] On April 6, 2021, RWR announced that the No. 17 driven byJoey Gase would be renumbered to the No. 28 with aHavoline-inspired paint scheme for theTalladega race to honor the lateDavey Allison. Gase would also drive the No. 28 (renumbered from the No. 53) at thespring Talladega Cup race.[123]
On December 3, 2020, it was revealed thatDGM Racing would be fielding a fourth car for the first time, with team ownerMario Gosselin piloting the No. 91 in the season-opener at Daytona for his first Xfinity start as a driver since2017. The car was also on the entry list the following week at the Daytona Road Course withPreston Pardus, but it was excluded from the field due to lack of owner points with the entry list having over 40 cars, and Pardus replacedCaesar Bacarella in the team's No. 90. It is unclear if the car will attempt additional races later in the season.[8]
On December 10, 2020, Richard Childress Racing announced the revival of their No. 2 car, which will be driven full-time byMyatt Snider, who drove for them part-time in 2020. It has yet to be announced if RCR's No. 21 will run part-time in, or not run at all 2021.[46]
On December 11, 2020,Our Motorsports announced that they would be expanding to two full-time cars in the Xfinity Series in 2021. The second car will be driven by multiple drivers, beginning with 2018 and 2019 series championTyler Reddick at Daytona,[118]Whelen Modified Tour driverPatrick Emerling,[110]ARCA Menards Series West driverBlaine Perkins, and additional drivers that have yet to be announced. Team owner Chris Our confirmed onSiriusXM NASCAR Radio on December 14, 2020 that the number would be the No. 03.[110] After the No. 03 failed to qualify for the races with no practice and qualifying due to owner points with entry lists of over 40 cars, Our Motorsports purchased the points of the No. 23 car fromRSS/Reaume Brothers Racing for the remainder of the season starting at Las Vegas in March.[124]
On January 19, 2021,Big Machine Records founderScott Borchetta announced that he and the company were starting a full-time Xfinity Series team, Big Machine Racing, which will field the No. 48 Chevrolet. The team bought cars and equipment fromRSS Racing/Reaume Brothers Racing's No. 93 car in 2020.[6]
On January 21, 2021, it was announced that the RSS Racing/Reaume Brothers Racing No. 93 car would be renumbered to the No. 23 for 2021, and that the team would receive newer cars and equipment that were previously used by the RSS No. 39 car, which switches to Ford in 2021. The old No. 93 cars and equipment were sold to Big Machine Racing.[102]
On January 25, 2021,Jordan Anderson Racing announced that they would be expanding into the Xfinity Series in 2021, fielding the No. 31 car full-time for driver/team ownerJordan Anderson, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. The team used Chevrolets acquired fromRichard Childress Racing.[17]
On February 2, 2021, it was announced that the Bassett brothers,Ronnie andDillon, would be starting their own Xfinity team for 2021, the No. 77 Chevrolet, which would be fielded full-time with both of them as well as other drivers sharing the car.[116]
On February 23, 2021,Joe Gibbs Racing revealed that they would be fielding a fifth car, the No. 81, atRoad America forTy Gibbs, which is a race whereKyle Busch will be in the No. 54, the car that Gibbs is running his part-time schedule for the team in.[66]
On March 5, 2021, it was announced thatWhelen Euro Series driverLoris Hezemans, who made his Xfinity debut in 2019 at Road America, would return to the series to make two starts, both on ovals, in theMBM Motorsports No. 13. In those two races, the car will be fielded in a collaboration withReaume Brothers Racing. MBM ownerCarl Long said on Facebook the following day that the deal for RBR to partner with his team for Hezemans' races came as a result of Reaume's own No. 23 car being sold toOur Motorsports.[58]
On September 15, 2020, it was announced that2019 and2020ARCA Menards Series East championSam Mayer would move up to the Xfinity Series, driving theJR Motorsports No. 8 car. He will run the second half of the 2021 season after he turns 18 and is eligible to race in the series before running full-time for them in 2022.[27]
On September 21, 2020, it was announced thatRoss Chastain would be moving up to the Cup Series full-time in 2021, driving the No. 42 forChip Ganassi Racing, therefore vacating the No. 10 forKaulig Racing, his full-time Xfinity ride in 2020.[125] Chastain then revealed on September 22 that he has plans to return to the team for a part-time schedule,[121] although this did not end up happening.
On October 22, 2020, it was announced that JR MotorsportsCARS Late Model Stock Tour driver and 2020NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series championJosh Berry would race in the Xfinity Series part-time for JRM, sharing the team's No. 8 car with Mayer. Berry will drive in 12 races during the first half of the season before Mayer's 18th birthday.[25] He drove part-time in the Xfinity Series for the team from2014 to2016 as well as one start withObaika Racing in 2016 and another withNextGen Motorsports in2017, which was his most recent start in the series.
On November 12, 2020,Joe Gibbs Racing announced thatDaniel Hemric would drive their No. 18 full-time in 2021, replacingRiley Herbst. Hemric drove the JR Motorsports No. 8 part-time in 2020.[60] On November 12, 2020, Frontstretch reported that Herbst is expected to go toStewart Haas Racing to drive their No. 98 full-time in 2021, replacingChase Briscoe, who moved up to SHR's No. 14 car in the Cup Series, replacing the recently retiredClint Bowyer.[126][127] The official announcement of Herbst driving the No. 98 came on December 10, 2020.[54]
On November 16, 2020, Kaulig Racing announced thatJeb Burton would drive their No. 10 full-time in 2020, replacing Ross Chastain, who moved up to the Cup Series full-time in 2021 with Chip Ganassi Racing in the No. 42 car. Burton previously spent a number of years in the series running part-time for various teams, most recently the No. 8 for JR Motorsports in 2019 and 2020.[30]
On December 1, 2020, Kaulig Racing announced thatA. J. Allmendinger would drive the No. 16 full-time in 2021, after driving for the team part-time for the previous two years (in the No. 16 in 2020 and the No. 10 in 2019) with much success.[34]
On December 3, 2020, it was revealed thatCaesar Bacarella would be expanding his part-time schedule with DGM Racing to between 10 and 15 races in 2021, after previously running 6 and 3 races for them in 2020 and 2019, respectively. All of his starts have come in the team's No. 90 car, which will be the entry he drives again in 2021. Bacarella hopes to eventually drive full-time with DGM.[8]
On December 10, 2020, it was announced thatMyatt Snider would return toRichard Childress Racing in 2021, driving the No. 2 full-time after driving the No. 21 part-time in 2020. This will be his second full season in the Xfinity Series, as he ran the rest of the races in 2020 in the No. 93 forRSS/Reaume Brothers Racing.[46]
On December 14, 2020, it was announced thatPatrick Emerling would return to run another part-time schedule with Our Motorsports, although now in the No. 03 asBrett Moffitt is running full-time in the No. 02 that Emerling drove in his one start in 2020.[110] With Our Motorsports acquiring the No. 23 car from RSS/Reaume Brothers Racing, Emerling drove the No. 23 instead of the No. 03.
On December 23, 2020,MBM Motorsports ownerCarl Long posted on Facebook that the team is looking for a driver who brings sponsorship to run full-time in one of their Xfinity cars.[128] This driver will joinTimmy Hill,Chad Finchum andStephen Leicht, who were previously announced to return to MBM in 2021.[96] On February 11, 2021, it was announced thatDavid Starr would drive the team's No. 13 full-time, although he would not run the season-opener at Daytona. He drove for MBM in three Cup Series races in2017.[97] When the No. 13 started to fail to qualify for races without practice and qualifying due to being too low in owner points, Starr would instead drive either the No. 61 or No. 66 for MBM.
On January 11, 2021, it was announced thatMiguel Paludo would be returning to NASCAR and would drive the JR Motorsports No. 8 in the road course races at the Daytona RC, COTA, and Mid-Ohio. This was his first time in the Xfinity Series since2012 and first time in NASCAR since2013 in the Truck Series. After being unable to find a NASCAR ride for 2014, Paludo returned to his home country of Brazil and has competed in thePorsche GT3 Carrera Cup Series since 2015.[26]
On January 19, 2021,Jade Buford was announced as the driver of the Big Machine Racing's No. 48 in 2021, running full-time and for Rookie of the Year. Buford drove in the Xfinity Series road course races in 2020 forSS-Green Light Racing with Big Machine Records as his sponsor.[6] He was not approved by NASCAR to race at Daytona to start the season, so his first race will be at the Daytona Road Course the following week. Buford has only competed on road courses in a stock car.[129]On Point Motorsports Truck Series driverDanny Bohn made his Xfinity debut substituting for Buford at Daytona.[7]
On January 22, 2021, JD Motorsports announced thatLandon Cassill would return full-time to the Xfinity Series in the No. 4 Chevrolet, replacingJesse Little, who left forB. J. McLeod Motorsports. Cassill previously drove forShepherd Racing Ventures, starting and parking their No. 89 early in the season. When Shepherd's team stopped attempting races after COVID-19, Cassill was without a ride for the rest of 2020. Cassill has driven for JDM in the past, including in2014 where he finished 12th in the standings.[13]
On January 25, 2021, it was announced thatRyan Vargas would drive full-time for JD Motorsports in 2021 in the team's No. 6 car and competing for Rookie of the Year honors. Vargas previously drove JDM's No. 15 part-time in 2019 and the Nos. 6 and 15 in 2020.[15]
On February 5, 2021, RSS Racing and Reaume Brothers Racing announced thatNatalie Decker would make her Xfinity debut at the Daytona Road Course, the first of five races she would run in their No. 23.[105] After Our Motorsports partnered with the two teams to operate the No. 23 car for the rest of the season beginning at Las Vegas in March, it was confirmed that Decker would still be in the car for the four remaining races on her schedule. Our had yet to select a driver to be in the No. 03 for all four of those races.[130]
On March 31, 2021, NASCAR announced that driversJosh Reaume andMike Wallace had been reinstated. Both drivers were suspended after making posts on social media in November and September 2020, respectfully, that violated Sections 12.1 and 12.8.1.e (member conduct guidelines) of the NASCAR Rule Book. Reaume competed in two Xfinity Series races in 2020, one for Mike Harmon Racing and the other for his own team, Reaume Brothers Racing (with RSS Racing). Wallace competed in three of the road course races in the series in 2020 for JD Motorsports.[131]
On May 3, 2021, Our Motorsports announced thatTanner Berryhill would drive the No. 23 at Darlington in May and both Texas races. This is Berryhill's first start in the series since2014 (although he did have 1 DNQ in both2015 and2018), and first start in NASCAR since2018, when he drove forObaika Racing in the last two races of the Cup Series season.[107]
On May 10, 2021, it was revealed through the release of the entry list for the race at Dover that JD Motorsports drivers Landon Cassill (No. 4), and Ryan Vargas (No. 6), would be switching cars for that race. The move was made because the following week's race atCircuit of the Americas will have qualifying and a field of 36 cars instead of 40, and Vargas' No. 6 is low enough in owner points (37th before the race at Dover) that it has a chance of failing to qualify while the No. 4 is high enough (21st) to qualify.[14]
On May 14, 2021, Kaulig Racing announced thatZane Smith would drive the No. 11 atDover as a substitute forJustin Haley, who was sidelined in accordance with team and COVID-19 protocols. This will be Smith's first race since he drove the No. 8 part-time for JR Motorsports in 2019.[33]
On July 10, 2021, JR Motorsports announced thatAustin Dillon would drive the No. 1 car atAtlanta as a substitute forMichael Annett, who suffered a leg injury while he was exercising a few weeks before.[134] On July 12, Josh Berry was announced as Annett's substitute atNew Hampshire. Despite missing the two races, Annett was granted a playoff waiver by NASCAR.[135] After returning at Watkins Glen, Annett's injury worsened when competing in that race and as a result, he did not run the next two races. Annett was replaced byChase Elliott at the Indy Road Course and Berry at Michigan. Berry again drove the No. 1 at Bristol, Las Vegas (a race which he would win) and Talladega after Annett reinjured his leg while working out.[136] Annett returned from his injury for the race at the Charlotte Roval and would also drive the car at Texas and Kansas.
On September 4, 2021, Our Motorsports announced thatTy Dillon would drive the No. 02 that day in the race at Darlington as a substitute for Brett Moffitt, who was out for unspecified medical reasons.[45] Dillon would also fill in for Moffitt at theRichmond fall race.[138] On September 22, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that Dillon would drive their No. 31 at Las Vegas.[21]
On September 10, 2021, JD Motorsports announced thatColby Howard would not be driving their No. 15 car for the remainder of the season starting at Richmond. This came after Howard announced that he would leave the team to drive forMcAnally-Hilgemann Racing full-time in theTruck Series in 2022.[90]Bayley Currey would drive the car at Richmond, Las Vegas, Talladega, Texas and Kansas,B. J. McLeod drove it at Bristol, andKris Wright drove it at the Charlotte Roval.
On October 20, 2021, NASCAR and SS-Green Light Racing indefinitely suspendedCarson Ware after he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a female, simple assault, and injury to personal property. Ware, who was going to drive the SSGLR No. 17 in that weekend's race at Kansas, was replaced byGarrett Smithley.[139]
On November 17, 2020,Joe Gibbs Racing announced changes to their crew chief lineup in 2021.[61]
Chris Gayle, previously the crew chief of JGR's No. 20 Cup Series team, will move to the Xfinity Series and be the crew chief of the No. 54 team, replacing Jacob Canter, who was serving as that team's crew chief in addition to his position as JGR's test team manager.
Jason Ratcliff, previously the crew chief of the JGR-aligned No. 95Leavine Family Racing team in the Cup Series, which has closed down, will move back to the Xfinity Series and crew chief the No. 20 ofHarrison Burton, replacing Ben Beshore. Ratcliff previously crew chiefed the same car when it was driven byChristopher Bell.
Ben Beshore will move to the Cup Series and replaceAdam Stevens (who moves to the No. 20 JGR Cup team, replacing Gayle) as the crew chief of the No. 18 of Kyle Busch.
On November 23, 2020, Mark Setzer, previously aJD Motorsports crew chief, tweeted that he would be moving to theJeremy Clements Racing No. 51 team as its crew chief in 2021.[16] He replaces Andrew Abbott, who moved over toSam Hunt Racing to crew chief their No. 26 car, replacingEddie Troconis, who became the crew chief of theYoung's Motorsports No. 02 in the Truck Series.
On December 10, 2020,JR Motorsports announced that Mike Bumgarner, who spent the previous seven years as the team's director of race operations, would serve as the crew chief for the No. 1 ofMichael Annett.[23] JRM has yet to announce who will replace Bumgarner as the director of race operations when he returns to crew chiefing.
On December 14, 2020, JD Motorsports announced that Wayne Carroll Jr. would be Colby Howard's crew chief in 2021 on the No. 15 car. Carroll crew chiefed JDM's No. 6 car in most of the races in 2020. Howard was crew chiefed by Mark Setzer, who left the team for the No. 51 ofJeremy Clements, in all but one of his starts in 2020. (Carroll crew chiefed Howard in the one race where Setzer did not).[89]
On December 14, 2020, Danny Johnson was announced as the crew chief of Our Motorsports' new second full-time car, the No. 03.[110] He previously was withMartins Motorsports, working as their crew chief during the first half of the 2020 season.
On January 19, 2021, it was announced that Patrick Donahue would be the crew chief for the new Big Machine Racing and the No. 48 of Jade Buford. Donahue worked for SS-Green Light Racing for the last three years, crew chiefingJoey Gase in 2018,Gray Gaulding in 2019, andJoe Graf Jr. in 2020.[6] On February 5, 2021, first-year crew chief Mike Tyska, who previously worked atGermain Racing,GMS Racing, andRick Ware Racing during his career, was announced as Graf's new crew chief, replacing Donahue.[48]
On January 27, 2021,Kaulig Racing announced that Jason Trinchere, who had served as the lead race engineer on the No. 11 car driven byJustin Haley during the 2020 season, would serve as crew chief for the No. 16 driven by A. J. Allmendinger. It was also announced that Matt Swiderski, who was previously the crew chief forTeam Penske's part-time No. 12 car in the Xfinity Series, would join Kaulig to serve as crew chief for their part-time Cup team, the No. 16, driven byKaz Grala, Allmendinger, and other drivers.
On February 1, 2021, it had been announced that Shannon Rursch would become the full-time crew chief ofJosh Williams' No. 92 for DGM Racing. Williams worked with a rotation of 12 different crew chiefs in 2020.[141] However, this did not end up happening, as instead of Rursch, Ryan London was listed as the team's crew chief for the first two races of the season and thenEddie Troconis was for the next two races. All three of them also work for other teams in addition to the No. 92. (Rursch works forVenturini Motorsports in ARCA while London and Troconis work forYoung's Motorsports in the Truck Series.) Steven Hazelbaker made his crew chiefing debut at Phoenix in March with Williams and the No. 92.
On February 2, 2021, it was announced that DGM Racing crew chief Nathan Kennedy would move with the Bassett brothers, who both previously drove part-time for DGM, to their new team in the series, the No. 77.[116]
On April 1, 2021, it was announced that Mark Hillman, who had joined MBM Motorsports at the start of the season to crew chiefTimmy Hill and their No. 66 Xfinity Series car, would be leaving forMcAnally-Hilgemann Racing to be the crew chief forDerek Kraus in the Truck Series.[142]
On May 3, 2021, RSS Racing announced thatShane Wilson would rejoin the team as the crew chief for Ryan Sieg's No. 39. He was the crew chief for the same car in 2019. He left forDavid Gilliland Racing to crew chiefTanner Gray's No. 15 in the Truck Series in 2020. DGR released him on April 30, 2021.[53] On August 18, 2021, NASCAR announced that Wilson would be suspended for four races after the car lost its left rear tire and caused a caution during theIndy Road Course race. Later in the day, RSS Racing announced that Wilson would be completely relieved of his duties, and Kevin Starland returned as Sieg's crew chief starting atMichigan.[52]
On June 14, 2021, Dustin Albino fromJayski tweeted that Jason Trinchere, the crew chief ofKaulig Racing's No. 16 car driven byA. J. Allmendinger, would missthe race at Nashville because his wife was expecting a baby.[35] Justin Cox would be the interim crew chief for the team in that race. Cox was one of multiple crew chiefs of the No. 16 in 2020 when Allmedinger ran part-time in the car.
On September 4, 2021,JR Motorsports announced that engineer Allen Hart would fill in as crew chief forJustin Allgaier and the No. 7 team in that day'srace at Darlington, as Jason Burdett was forced to miss the race due to COVID-19 protocols.[143]Jason Ratcliff, the crew chief forHarrison Burton's No. 20, also had to miss the race (Joe Gibbs Racing did not announce why), and engineer Dustin Zacharyasz filled in as crew chief.
On October 26, 2021, NASCAR suspendedOur Motorsports No. 23 crew chief Kenneth Roettger Jr. for four Xfinity points races after the car lost a ballast during theKansas playoff race.[144] Ronnie Osmer, who crew chiefed the team's No. 03 car when it did not qualify for races due to being too low in owner points, would fill in as the interim crew chief of the No. 23.
On January 11, 2021, after over 10 seasons withChevrolet andECR Engines,RSS Racing announced its manufacturer switch toFord, with engines supplied byRoush-Yates Engines.[50] However, this change would only be for the team's No. 39 car, as the No. 23 (previously No. 93) car, fielded jointly with Reaume Brothers Racing and later Our Motorsports, as well as their ARCA car, would still remain Chevrolets.
On November 19, 2020, it was announced thatBass Pro Shops, TrueTimber, andBlack Rifle Coffee would sponsor Noah Gragson's No. 9 for JR Motorsports in all 33 races in 2021. The three companies sponsored him in 21 races in 2020.[145]
On December 10, 2020, it was announced thatTaxSlayer would continue to sponsorMyatt Snider atRichard Childress Racing in 2021, although this year, it would (along with Snider's schedule) be for all 33 races. This is the first time in the company's time as a NASCAR sponsor that they have been a primary sponsor on a car after many years of sponsoring teams part-time.[46]
On December 10, 2020,Monster Energy was announced as the primary sponsor of theStewart-Haas Racing No. 98 team for the majority of the 2021 schedule, moving over withRiley Herbst from the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18.[54]
On December 21, 2020, it was announced that First Pacific Funding would increase their presence onJeremy Clements Racing's No. 51 after sponsoring the team twice in 2020.[146] On January 3, 2021, Clements announced that Diecast Kings would also sponsor an increased number of races with his team in 2021, after sponsoring him once in 2020.[147]
On December 23, 2020, it was revealed that RoofClaim.com, which was the primary sponsor for MBM Motorsports, would not return to the team in 2021 due to lack of airtime on the TV broadcasts and the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the lack of exposure with fans at the track.[148]
On January 25, 2021,Jordan Anderson Racing announced that Bommarito Automotive Group, one of the most prominent sponsors on their Truck Series No. 3 team, would sponsor the team's new Xfinity Series car, the No. 31, in multiple races.[17]
On February 8, 2021, Offerpad was announced as the primary sponsor of theJoe Gibbs Racing No. 20 for four races in 2021.[149]
On March 2, 2021, it was announced thatDogecoin would return as a NASCAR sponsor and would be onStefan Parsons' No. 99 for B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Las Vegas in March. The cryptocurrency company was previously a sponsor on Stefan's fatherPhil's former Cup Series team,Phil Parsons Racing, in2014 withJosh Wise. Its users came together to win Wise the fan vote for the2014 All-Star Race.[150]
The Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway in September
Daytona,[1] Phoenix,[151][152] Texas,[153] and Circuit of the Americas[154] revealed their race dates ahead of the release of the entire schedule, which NASCAR announced on October 30, 2020.[155]
Circuit of the Americas (in Austin, Texas) is added for the first time.
Nashville Superspeedway returns for the first time since2011.
Auto Club Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Iowa Speedway and Kentucky Speedway are removed from the schedule.
Auto Club Speedway was initially on the schedule, but was replaced by an event at the Daytona Road Course due to COVID-19 regulations.
Atlanta and Martinsville will go from hosting one race to two. This is the first time Atlanta has hosted two races, while Martinsville will host two races for the first time since 1994.
Bristol and Dover will go from having two races on the schedule to one as the Bristol race will be the paved event. (The Xfinity Series will not race on the Bristol dirt weekend.)
The Darlington (spring) and Talladega (fall) races added during COVID-19 schedule changes will be kept.
The fall Texas and Kansas weekends swapped spots, with Texas being the Round of 8 opener and Kansas being the middle race.
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led.1 – Stage 1 winner.2 – Stage 2 winner1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8
† –Cody Ware started receiving points at the Daytona Road Course. ‡ –Brett Moffitt started receiving points at Talladega in April.[158] ± –C. J. McLaughlin was replaced byDavid Starr during the race due to the former suffering from heat exhaustion. Since McLaughlin started the race, he is officially credited with 37th place. ¶ –Josh Bilicki started receiving points at the Charlotte Roval in October.
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led.1 – Stage 1 winner.2 – Stage 2 winner1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8
^"(Twitter post)".Twitter. Joseph Srigley. September 6, 2021. RetrievedSeptember 7, 2021.NEWS: According to NASCAR's Roster Portal, @AkinoriOgata will join @MeansRacing52 for his second career Xfinity Series start in Saturday's Go Bowling 250 at @RichmondRaceway.
^Long, Carl (December 23, 2020)."(Facebook post)".Facebook. RetrievedDecember 24, 2020.We need 1 more full time driver in Xfinity to complete our line up. You will be going to all Xfinity races. (...) I need a person who has money, willing to listen / learn and hopefully do well enough to attract more $ so we can afford to go faster.
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