2020 NASCAR Panasonic Cup Series (Johnsonverse)

The 2020 NASCAR Panasonic Cup Series will be the 72nd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 49th season for the modern era Cup Series. The season will begin with the Harley-Davidson 250 at Road America, followed by the events leading into the Daytona 500, and close with the Pepsi 400, also at Daytona International Speedway.

Chevrolet

 * Hendrick Motorsports (Camaro)
 * 5 Justin Allgaier
 * 9 Chase Elliott
 * 24 William Byron
 * 25 Alex Bowman
 * 48 Jimmie Johnson
 * JTG Daugherty Racing (Malibu)
 * 37 TBA
 * 47 Ryan Reed
 * Richard Childress Racing (Malibu)
 * 3 Austin Dillon
 * 29 TBA
 * 31 Ty Dillon
 * 33 Tyler Reddick (R)
 * Dale Earnhardt Inc. (Camaro)
 * 8 Jeffrey Earnhardt
 * 15 Macy Waltrip

Ford

 * Front Row Motorsports (Mustang)
 * 34 Michael McDowell
 * 36 Lorne Roth
 * 38 David Ragan
 * Go Fas Racing (TBA)
 * 32 TBA
 * Roush Fenway Racing (Roush Mustang)
 * 06 Trevor Bayne
 * 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
 * 17 Chris Buescher
 * 60 Kaz Grala (R)
 * 97 Carl Edwards
 * Wood Brothers Racing (Shelby GT500)
 * 21 Paul Menard

Toyota

 * Joe Gibbs Racing (Camry)
 * 11 Denny Hamlin
 * 18 Christopher Bell
 * 19 Daniel Suárez
 * 20 Erik Jones
 * Kyle Busch Motorsports (Avalon)
 * 51 Jesse Clemons
 * 54 Kyle Busch
 * 78 Kurt Busch
 * 87 Matt Tifft

Dodge

 * Team Penske (Charger)
 * 02 Ryan Blaney
 * 2 Brad Keselowski
 * 22 Joey Logano
 * 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
 * Evernham Motorsports (Charger)
 * 93 Kasey Kahne
 * Chip Ganassi Racing (Challenger)
 * 01 Martin Truex Jr.
 * 1 David Stremme
 * 39 Bryan Clauson
 * 42 Kyle Larson

Honda

 * Doug Yates Racing (Civic)
 * 28 Elliott Sadler
 * 88 Vinnie Miller
 * Leavine Family Racing (Accord)
 * 95 Ryan Reed

Pontiac (RETURNING)

 * Stewart-Haas Racing (Grand Prix)
 * 00 Cole Custer
 * 4 Kevin Harvick
 * 10 Aric Almirola
 * 14 Tony Stewart
 * 41 Jeb Burton

Plymouth (RETURNING)

 * Richard Petty Motorsports (Roadrunner/Superbird)
 * 43 Darrell Wallace Jr.
 * 44 David Starr (R)
 * 45 James Buescher

Oldsmobile (RETURNING)

 * Morgan-McClure Motorsports (Cutlass)
 * 04 Jimmy Weller III (R)

Schedule
The schedule for the 2020 season was released in April 2019.

Changes
The 2020 schedule for the NASCAR Panasonic Cup Series will undergo a series of significant changes.


 * The PrimeStar Rebel 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway will no longer serve as the final race of the season as it was in 2019, instead being the penultimate race.
 * After 21 years of being NASCAR's Fourth of July weekend event (and 60 of 61 years overall), the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway will become the final race of the season. Tim Johnson explained he wanted the season to have a "perfect bookend".
 * The STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway will be run under the lights for the first time on May 9, Mother's Day Weekend.
 * The Tyson Holly Farms 400, will move to May 31, 2020, after the Coca-Cola 600.
 * Both events at Tokyo Superspeedway will be run on consecutive days the weekend of July 4-5, marking the first time a Cup Series race has been run on Independence Day since 2009. As a result, the Daytona Late Model Classic will return to Tokyo.
 * The Geyser/Save Mart 350 will move one week earlier than 2018.
 * There will be two off weeks between Loudon and Michigan so WBC won't have to compete with the NBC networks' coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympics, meaning the off week for the U.S. Open Golf Championships that Fox instituted will be removed. WBC will instead run the Circuit City Summer Showdown during this period.