But with their seventh-generation Cup car, NASCAR is both making a major leap back towards the days when stock cars were stock and forward into new possibilities as to what they can be. A lot has changed since then, and the cars used at NASCAR's highest level have gone from strictly stock car to strictly race car.

William Byron is set to continue driving the #24 Chevrolet while Chase Elliott is set to continue driving the #9 Chevrolet.When NASCAR racing began in 1949, what is now known as the Cup Series was referred to as the 'Strictly Stock' division - stock cars ready to race right off the showroom floor. So Larson is set to drive the #5 Chevrolet and Bowman is set to drive the #48 Chevrolet. Jones used the number 88 for a race at Watkins Glen International driving for Jasper Motorsports. The 1995 season, when Ernie Irvan used the number 88 for three races for the team, is the most recent season during which the number was not used full-time. In 2007, it was Ricky Rudd who used the number 88 driving for Yates Racing after Dale Jarrett spent 11 years using the number driving for the same team. behind the wheel of the #88 Chevrolet after Earnhardt retired following the 2017 season.īefore Earnhardt began using the number 88 in 2008, he used the number 8. There hasn’t not been a #88 car in a Cup Series season since 1993.īowman replaced Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Larson, however, is set to pilot the #5 Chevrolet, which hasn’t been used since the 2017 season when Kasey Kahne drove it. The team had already confirmed that Alex Bowman, who has competed for the team since the 2018 season, is set to move to the #48 Ally Financial Chevrolet to replace Johnson after he retires, but Larson effectively becomes Johnson’s true “replacement” in terms of Rick Hendrick’s driver lineup.īut Bowman had driven the #88 Chevrolet. With the addition of Kyle Larson to Hendrick Motorsports’ driver lineup for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, there is no more #88 Chevrolet.Īs has been speculated for several weeks, Hendrick Motorsports confirmed that Kyle Larson is set to join the team as their fourth driver for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season with seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson set to retire.

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