2022 NASCAR Panasonic Cup Series (Johnsonverse)

The 2022 NASCAR Panasonic Cup Series will be the 74th season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 51st season for the modern era Panasonic Cup Series. The season will start at Riverside International Raceway with the Budweiser 400. That race will be followed by the Busch Clash exhibition event, the Gatorade Twin 125's qualifying races, and the 64th running of the Daytona 500. The season will end with the Pepsi 400 at Daytona on November 6. This season will mark the debut of the Strictly Stock Car II, as well as the Panasonic Cup Series' return to Riverside and Ontario Motor Speedway for the first time since 1988 and 1980, respectively.

New Car
A new car, titled the Strictly Stock Car II, will make its debut for the 2022 season. The goal of the car is to make it even more accurate to showroom models than its predecessor. In addition, teams are given more leeway in the number placement, the minimum size being the size of the number as it was on the previous car, as well as the requirement being that the number be placed between the wheels.

Broadcasting changes
For 2022, more races will be broadcast on TNN, as well as Freeform, Speed Network (for the first time since being sold to Johnson in 2012), and The NASCAR Network. ESPN will also air select weekend races.