2022 NASCAR Cup Series Silly Season tracker

Driver movement is coming fast and furious, providing a preview of the 2022 landscape that so far includes an Xfinity Series powerhouse wading into the Cup Series full time, a team in its first season purchasing a longtime organization, a championship crew chief stepping down from atop the pit box and plenty more rumors swirling as the season charges on.

Our 2022 Silly Season Tracker is below, listing what we know for full-time Cup Series teams in 2022. We’ll update this page often, as teams finalize their plans for next season. Anything highlighted in red indicates news on that driver and ride for beyond 2021, and clicking on the red line will give you more information on the move and its impact.

No.

Driver

Crew Chief

Team

1

Ross Chastain

Phil Surgen

Trackhouse Racing Team

Chastain lands in the second car at Trackhouse. He had been at Chip Ganassi Racing, which sold its NASCAR operations to Trackhouse in June. Crew chief Phil Surgen will also make the move over and remain teamed with Chastain.

2

Austin Cindric

Jeremy Bullins

Team Penske

Team Penske has announced that Austin Cindric will make the jump to the Cup Series full-time to pilot the No. 2 car in 2022.

3

Austin Dillon

Justin Alexander

Richard Childress Racing

4

Kevin Harvick

Rodney Childers

Stewart-Haas Racing

5

Kyle Larson

Cliff Daniels

Hendrick Motorsports

Kyle Larson signed a contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports that goes through the 2023 season and includes majority sponsorship from HendrickCars.com.

6

Brad Keselowski

Matt McCall

RFK Racing

Roush announced that Brad Keselowski will come on board in 2022 in a driver-ownership role and will drive the No. 6, a seat held by Ryan Newman in 2021. Matt McCall will be the team\"s crew chief.

7

Corey LaJoie

Ryan Sparks

Spire Motorsports

8

Tyler Reddick

Randall Burdett

Richard Childress Racing

9

Chase Elliott

Alan Gustafson

Hendrick Motorsports

10

Aric Almirola

Drew Blickensderfer

Stewart-Haas Racing

The 2022 season will be Aric Almirola\"s final in the Cup ranks as he will retire at the conclusion of the season. Drew Blickensderfer will take the reins atop the pit box for the No. 10 team as Mike Bugarewicz shifts into the performance director role with the organization. Blickensderfer won the Daytona 500 in 2021 with Michael McDowell.

11

Denny Hamlin

Chris Gabehart

Joe Gibbs Racing

12

Ryan Blaney

Jonathan Hassler

Team Penske

Todd Gordon, Blaney\"s crew chief, has announced he will retire from Team Penske at the end of the 2021 season. Jonathan Hassler, who has been the crew chief for the second half of the season on the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford team, will call the shots in \"22.

14

Chase Briscoe

Johnny Klausmeier

Stewart-Haas Racing

16

Assorted drivers

Matt Swiderski

Kaulig Racing

Xfinity Series regulars AJ Allmendinger (14 races plus Busch Light Clash and All-Star Race), Daniel Hemric (8 races plus Daytona Duels) and Noah Gragson (14 races) will split the ride for the season. Allmendinger won Kaulig\"s first Cup race in this ride at the Indianapolis Road Course in 2021.

17

Chris Buescher

Scott Graves

RFK Racing

Graves was the crew chief for the final five races of 2021 for the No. 17 team. He will be in charge of that team for 2022. Buescher and Graves teamed for the 2015 Xfinity Series title.

18

Kyle Busch

Ben Beshore

Joe Gibbs Racing

19

Martin Truex Jr.

James Small