2022 PASCAR Cup Series

The 2022 PASCAR Cup Series will be the upcoming 33rd season for PASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States. The race will begin at the Los Pingüinos Colisseum (temporary rebuilt as a track since it is a football stadium) with the Bushberry Juice Clash, and soon being followed by the first race of the season, the Baytona 500.

News & updates

 * On April 30th, 2021, Prince Water Racing announced that they could run at least one car of their team in the Cup Series. That turned out to be true as Prince Water Racing driver Caesar Monroy would come back into the Cup Series, driving the no. 71 Swift for the team. Monroy, a veteran, would run most of the races with the team, as he was now competing full time in the Semi-Pro Series, where Prince Water Racing competes. On August 1st, it was announced that their driver for the no. 71 full-time in the Semi-Pro Series, Roy Orescallop, would run full-time in the Cup Series. After the season was over, it was speculated that he would drive the no. 71 full time in the Cup Series, but after a change with drivers Kris Hammer and Quint Dankson (who both compete full-time in the Semi-Pro Series), Orescallop would be driving the newly revealed no. 31 Pengvrolet, as 2021 would be the final year for Swift.
 * On May 18th, Reid Salmon, owner of the ROOM SHOPS store brand and his team based on his furniture chain, ROOM SHOPS Racing, could release several of his charters. On October 29th, it was revealed that ROOM SHOPS Racing and Stu-Wart Paas Racing announced a technical alliance between the two, shifting ROOM SHOPS Racing to change from mostly Pengvrolets to Pords, and later on as the year of 2022 came along, that the no. 51 and 15 would be the primary cars for the team. On January 16th, it was announced that driver Cody Glenn would come back and primarily drive the no. 51, along with drivers James Enton and Adonis Knight sharing the no. 15, as both drivers drove for the 2021 season for Front Step Motorsports and Rookie-Win Racing respectively, had their teams let them off. On February 1st, it was announced that Pord Development driver Ryan Mason will race several races in the no. 15 for the 2022 season.
 * On June 9th, Wellos & Allos Racing owners Kevin Wellos and David Allos hinted that they could expand to a two-car team for 2022. On August 17th, fellow PASCAR Reported Bobby Pickgrass noted that Wellos & Allos Racing was in talks with team charters with fellow team Front Step Motorsports on a deal. Later on as more reports of other PASCAR things came up, it was revealed that the deal between Wellos & Allos Racing and Front Step Motorsports fell out. On August 30th, Jason Rodger, who had drive for the now defunct Chippity Chip Racing team, would be the main driver for the no. 42. On the same day, a video was dropped for the reveal, also showed that the team switched from Pengvrolets to Pengyotas, and also in the video, it basically confirmed that Steve Miller would return and with a new paint scheme, as talks of his supposed one year stay with the team was supposedly eminent.
 * On June 13th, Mercury Racing Team, who participated part-time for the 2021 season, hinted that they could compete full-time if with enough funds. On June 23rd, it was announced that Mercury Racing Team would participate full-time, with Ben Sharp being the main driver of the no. 91 Pengvrolet. Three days later on the 26th, Nick Ducer was revealed as the driver for the newly revealed no. 1 Pengvrolet, after his previous team, Chippity Chip Racing, went defunct.
 * On June 20th, it was hinted that competing Truck Series team ESP Racing, could dabble on making a full-time team for the Cup Series in 2022. On October 15th, it was announced that Chuck Worthwood would make his grandiose return into the Cup Series, driving the no. 95 Pengvrolet. On December 8th, ESP Racing and Ricky Betty Motorsports had a deal settled, resulting in the team being re-named to Betty-ESP Motorsports, with Lucy Coghlan competing full time in the no. 43, and Chuck Worthwood driving the returning no. 47, both driving Pengvrolets.