{"id":439032,"date":"2026-01-28T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439032\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:04:08","slug":"nascar-shifts-owner-points-for-several-teams-ahead-of-2026-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439032\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR shifts owner points for several teams ahead of 2026 opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several changes have occurred in the owner points standings ahead of the 2026 NASCAR season<\/a> as new entries have prepared to make their debuts.<\/p>\n

According to information provided by NASCAR, teams across all three national NASCAR series have swapped owner points. Though the reasons vary based on the situation. For example, RFK Racing<\/a> had to swap owner points with Rick Ware Racing as part of a charter lease agreement<\/a>. Trackhouse Racing had to make some changes while updating car numbers.<\/p>\n

The owner points updated in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series after one organization, Kaulig Racing,<\/a> left and multiple others joined. Similar situations also occurred in the Craftsman Truck Series.<\/p>\n

Cup Series owner points changes<\/p>\n

The No. 88 Trackhouse Racing points moved to the No. 97 as Shane van Gisbergen changed numbers<\/a>
\nThe No. 60 RFK Racing points moved to the No. 51 of Rick Ware Racing as part of a charter lease deal
\nThe No. 99 Trackhouse Racing points moved to the No. 88 as Connor Zilisch moved to a new number and Daniel Suarez moved to Spire Motorsports
\nThe No. 51 Rick Ware Racing points moved to the No. 60 of RFK Racing as part of a charter lease deal
\nThe No. 87 Trackhouse Racing points moved to the No. 99 Trackhouse Racing entry
\nThe No. 199 of RFK Racing became a new entry. This will be the No. 99 used in the Daytona 500 by Corey Lajoie.<\/p>\n

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series owner points changes<\/p>\n

The No. 2 Richard Childress Racing entry sold its points to the No. 30 Barrett-Cope Racing entry
\nThe No. 25 AM Racing points moved to the No. 76 Sigma Performance Services entry as part of an acquisition
\nThe No. 16 Kaulig Racing points moved to the No. 02 of Young’s Motorsports
\nThe No. 11 Kaulig Racing points moved to the No. 42 of Young’s Motorsports
\nThe No. 10 Kaulig Racing points moved to the No. 24 of Sam Hunt Racing
\nThe No. 4 Alpha Prime Racing points moved to the No. 45 of Alpha Prime Racing
\nThe No. 42 Young’s Motorsports points moved to the No. 35 of Joey Gase Motorsports
\nThe No. 71 DGM Racing X JIM points moved to the No. 92 of DGM Racing X JIM
\nThe No. 70 Cope Family Racing points moved to the No. 5 of Hettinger Racing
\nThe No. 45 Alpha Prime Racing points moved to the No. 96 of Viking Motorsports
\nThe No. 24 Sam Hunt Racing points moved to the No. 53 of Joey Gase Motorsports
\nThe No. 53 Joey Gase Motorsports points moved to the No. 55 of Joey Gase Motorsports
\nThe No. 5 Alpha Prime Racing points moved to the No. 4 of Alpha Prime Racing
\nThe No. 92 DGM Racing X JIM points moved to the No. 71 of DGM Racing X JIM
\nThe No. 76 AM Racing points moved to the No. 25 of Sigma Performance Services
\nThe No. 189 Peterson Racing Group entry became the No. 89 of Peterson Racing Group
\nThe No. 43 of Alpha Prime Racing became a new entry
\nThe No. 84 of Sam Hunt Racing became a new entry
\nThe No. 93 of Viking Motorsports became a new entry
\nThe No. 23 of Jordan Anderson Racing became a new entry
\nThe No. 11 of Joe Gibbs Racing became a new entry
\nThe No. 80 of PK+K Racing became a new entry
\nThe No. 15 of Hettinger Racing became a new entry<\/p>\n

Craftsman Truck Series owner points changes<\/p>\n

The No. 02 Young’s Motorsports points moved to the No. 10 of Kaulig Racing
\nThe No. 20 Young’s Motorsports points moved to the No. 14 of Kaulig Racing
\nThe No. 177 Spire Motorsports points moved to the No. 12 of Kaulig Racing
\nThe No. 16 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing points moved to the No. 16 of Kaulig Racing
\nThe No. 41 Niece Motorsports points moved to the No. 4 of Niece Motorsports
\nThe No. 22 Reaume Brothers Racing points moved to the No. 2 of Reaume Brothers Racing
\nThe No. 98 ThorSport Racing points moved to the No. 88 of ThorSport Racing<\/a>
\nThe No. 13 ThorSport Racing points moved to the No. 98 of ThorSport Racing
\nThe No. 88 ThorSport Racing points moved to the No. 13 of ThorSport Racing
\nThe No. 52 Halmar Friesen Racing entry and the No. 62 Halmar Friesen Racing entry swapped points
\nThe No. 03 of Affarano Motorsports became a new entry
\nThe No. 20 of McAnally Hilgemann Racing became a new entry
\nThe No. 25 of Kaulig Racing became a new entry
\nThe No. 51 of Halmar Friesen Racing became a new entry
\nThe No. 84 of Cooks Technologies became a new entry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo credit: Getty Images Several changes have occurred in the owner points standings ahead of the 2026 NASCAR…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,718,634,8354,7576,82],"class_list":["post-439032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-craftsman-truck-series","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-nascar-xfinity-series","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}