10-27-22 roundup: Pro basketball and football, High school football, girls tennis, volleyball, soccer and golf, College football and cross country, Middle school soccer and volleyball, Auto racing
By Richard Walker
Two of the biggest rivalries in Gaston County history will highlight a schedule that ends the 2022 regular season.
And part of why they’re such huge rivalries is that they are huge even when a league title isn’t on the line.
Bessemer City against Cherryville is the oldest of the two rivalries – dating to 1930. This season, their meeting won’t determine a league champion but will help determine their split Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference’s guaranteed Class 1A state playoff berth.
The other rivalry is youthful since it only started in 1962 but the ferocity and excitement of the Ashbrook-Huss rivalry can be seen every time the winning school charges the field to surround the “Victory Bell” that goes to the victor.
This season at Cherryville’s Rudisill Stadium, the winner gets bragging rights and both possibly will be included in the 1A state playoff field that will be revealed on Saturday.
Bessemer City and Cherryville first met in Football in 1930 in the early years of each program. They’ll be meeting for the 72nd time on Friday with Cherryville holding a 35-34-2 all time series advantage gained by consecutive victories and four wins in the last five meetings.
The series was a non-conference matchup from 1930 to 1966 before the schools have been conference rivals every year since 1973. After many years of the game moving all over each team’s schedule, it’s been the regular season finale every year since 2013.
Cherryville got the best of the early years, taking a 12-0-2 advantage in the meetings played from 1930 to 1952 and the Ironmen also dominated the first league matchups with seven straight victories from 1973 to 1979.
But with winning streaks of five games from 1987 to 1991 and eight games from 2001 to 2006 when they played twice in two of those seasons, Bessemer City caught up and even took a series advantage before Cherryville’s recent surge.
This season at Ashbrook Stadium and Bill Eccles field, bragging rights may all that’s at stake since both teams are unlikely to be included in the 3A state tournament field.
For this rivalry, that’s always been more than enough.
Huss and Ashbrook were natural rivals since it initially pitted Huss from the Gaston County Schools system against Ashley of the old Gastonia City Schools system.
Since Huss was a startup school, the first two meetings actually were Huss’ varsity team against Ashley’s junior varsity team in 1962 and 1963.
In 1964, the varsity teams would play each other and Ashley started a winning streak in the rivalry that would become seven games – and the first two Ashbrook-Huss matchups after Ashbrook opened in 1969.
That fast start has helped Ashbrook hold a 35-23 all time series lead that has grown closer and closer ever since Huss took its first win in the series in 1971.
Starting in 1975, the rivalry has been the regular season finale for both teams each year. And starting in 1986, the “Victory Bell” was added as the trophy for the victor.
The height of the rivalry came in the mid 1980s when crowds of 10,000 or more attended each game from 1986 to 1988 – highlighted by as estimated 1987 at Huss – when the schools were playing for the Southwestern 4A Conference title.
But even when the teams aren’t playing for a championship, emotions run high in a rivalry in which many families have attended both schools and transfers from one school to the other have been fairlly common.
You want more interesting trivia about the rivalry?
In 1976, when the teams played with a league title (Western 4A) on the line for the first time, they didn’t even play the game in Gaston County.
Since the old Ashley Stadium seated only 3,000, Ashbrook moved the game to Kings Mountain’s 7,000-seat John Gamble Stadium in Kings Mountain for what became a 14-12 Huss victory that saw traffic backed up on U.S. 74 and I-85 for miles before and after the game. It also led Ashbrook officials to more aggressively pursue the building of the on-campus Ashbrook Stadium that opened in 1977.
Ashbrook’s current two-game winning streak came after Huss’ series-long four-game winning streak from 2016 to 2019.
Here’s a look at Friday’s other regular season finales, including five other longtime rivalry matchups:
Cramer at Forestview: Forestview leads 7-1 all time, including a 28-8 win last season.
Highland Tech at East Gaston: East Gaston won 58-0 in their first meeting last season.
Kings Mountain at Crest: Crest leads 31-15-2 all time in a series that started in 1968, including a 42-20 win last season.
Mountain Island Charter at Lake Norman Charter: Mountain Island Charter won 34-29 in their first meeting last season.
North Lincoln at East Lincoln: East Lincoln leads 14-6 all time in a series that started in 2003, but North Lincoln won 37-14 last season.
Shelby at Burns: Shelby leads 41-15 all time in a series that started in 1968, including a 16-14 win last season for Shelby’s fourth straight victory.
South Point at North Gaston: South Point leads 43-6 all time in a series that started in 1927 as Belmont against Dallas. South Point won 49-14 last season and has won 11 straight games in the series.
West Lincoln at Lincolnton: Lincolnton leads 38-10 all time in a series that started in 1974, but West Lincoln won 21-18 last season for its series-record fourth straight victory.
Here are the area standings through Oct. 21 with conference records followed by overall records:
(Big South 3A)
Kings Mountain 6-0, 9-0
South Point 5-1, 8-1
Crest 5-1, 7-2
Cramer 2-4, 4-5
Ashbrook 2-4, 3-6
Forestview 2-4, 3-6
Huss 2-4, 3-6
North Gaston 0-6, 0-9
(Southern Piedmont 1A/2A)
Burns 5-0, 8-1
Shelby 5-0, 6-3
East Gaston 3-2, 5-4
Bessemer City 2-3, 2-7
Thomas Jefferson 2-4, 2-7
Cherryville 1-4, 3-6
Highland Tech 0-5, 0-9
(Western Foothills 3A)
East Lincoln 6-0, 9-0
Hickory 5-1, 7-2
Statesville 5-1, 6-3
North Lincoln 4-2, 4-5
St. Stephens 2-4, 3-6
North Iredell 1-5, 1-8
West Iredell 1-5, 1-8
Foard 0-6, 0-9
(Catawba Valley 2A)
Maiden 6-0, 8-1
Bunker Hill 5-1, 8-1
West Lincoln 4-2, 7-2
Lincolnton 4-2, 5-4
Bandys 3-3, 4-5
Newton-Conover 2-4, 3-6
East Burke 0-6, 2-7
West Caldwell 0-6, 0-9
(Queen City 3A/4A)
Mallard Creek 5-0, 7-2
Chambers 4-1, 7-2
Hough 4-1, 7-2
North Meck 2-3, 5-4
West Charlotte 2-3, 4-5
West Meck 1-5, 5-5
Hopewell 0-5, 1-8
(Southern Meck 4A)
Olympic 5-0, 9-0
Kell 4-1, 7-2
South Meck 3-2, 4-5
Myers Park 3-2, 3-6
Harding 2-3, 3-6
Berry Academy 1-4, 2-7
Palisades 0-6, 1-8
(Southwestern 4A)
Butler 5-0, 8-1
Catholic 5-1, 7-2
Independence 4-1, 8-1
Providence 2-3, 4-5
East Meck 1-4, 2-7
Rocky River 1-4, 2-7
Garinger 0-5, 0-9
(Conference A 1A)
Pine Lake Prep 5-0, 9-0
Comm Sch Davidson 5-0, 8-1
Christ the King 3-2, 7-2
W-S Prep 2-3, 3-5
Mtn Isl Charter 2-4, 4-4
W-S Carver 1-4, 2-7
Bish McGuinness 0-5, 1-8
(Mountain Foothills 2A)
Chase 5-0, 9-0
Hendersonville 4-1, 7-2
Polk County 3-2, 5-4
Brevard 3-2, 4-5
R-S Central 2-3, 4-5
Patton 1-4, 1-8
East Rutherford 0-6, 1-9
(Others)
Lk Nor Charter none, 4-5
(This week’s other area games:)
Foard at St. Stephens
Statesville at Hickory
North Iredell at West Iredell
Bunker Hill at Bandys
West Caldwell at East Burke
Maiden at Newton-Conover
Chambers at Mallard Creek
Hough at Hopewell
West Charlotte at North Meck
Berry Academy at Kell
Harding at South Meck
Olympic at Myers Park
Charlotte Catholic at Palisades
Butler at Independence
East Meck at Providence
Rocky River at Garinger
Chase at R-S Central
Rock Hill, S.C. at Clover, S.C.
(Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln team offensive statistical leaders)
All with 1000 or more yards
Total yards
Crest 3943
West Lincoln 3925
Burns 3670
Shelby 3565
East Lincoln 3398
Cramer 3196
Kings Mountain 3174
South Point 3134
East Gaston 3063
North Lincoln 2754
Mtn Isl Charter 2458
Lincolnton 2367
Bessemer City 1800
Forestview 1724
Cherryville 1499
North Gaston 1302
Rushing yards
West Lincoln 3566
South Point 2642
North Lincoln 2202
East Gaston 2088
East Lincoln 1690
Crest 1582
Kings Mountain 1526
Burns 1409
Mtn Isl Charter 1285
Lincolnton 1274
Shelby 1163
Passing yards
Shelby 2402
Crest 2361
Burns 2261
Cramer 2201
East Lincoln 1708
Kings Mountain 1648
Mtn Isl Charter 1173
Bessemer City 1123
Lincolnton 1093
(Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln individual statistical leaders)
All with 300 or more yards
Passing
Daylin Lee, Shelby 2309
Ny’Tavious Huskey, Crest 2274
Ben Mauney, Burns 2143
Justin Rocquemore, Cramer 1960
Tyler Mizzell, East Lincoln 1717
Lamont Littlejohn, Kings Mtn 1639
Jameer Holmes, Bessemer City 1092
Andre Bost, Lincolnton 1000
Trent Sherrill, East Gaston 975
Jaxson Hill, Forestview 862
Chase Miller, Cherryville 635
Conner Carson, North Lincoln 530
Dwayne Fields, Mtn Isl Charter 525
Patrick Blee, South Point 377
Tiger Coffin, Mtn Isl Charter 345
J.J. Belton, North Gaston 340
Jordan Truesdale, West Lincoln 311
Rushing
Mason Avery, West Lincoln 2084
Cam Medlock, South Point 1179
Cody Morse, North Lincoln 1069
Sirr Stovall, East Gaston 1032
Christopher Daley, East Lincoln 958
Jeremiah Norris, Burns 826
Jaylin Winnex, West Lincoln 813
Patrick Blee, South Point 801
Khamoni Heath, Lincolnton 682
Teddy Jeffries, Kings Mountain 672
Aiden Carson, Crest 644
Nate Eaton, Mtn Isl Charter 618
Ny’Tavious Huskey, Crest 560
J.J. Gordon, North Gaston 542
Bricen Kee, Shelby 514
Justin Rocquemore, Cramer 487
Chase Johnson, East Gaston 470
Terrance Smith, Bessemer City 425
Caleb Holland, Kings Mountain 403
Tyler Mizzell, East Lincoln 389
Mark O’Dell, Cramer 370
Connor Carson, North Lincoln 365
Christian Holland, Forestview 357
Chase Miller, Cherryville 343
Ben Summey, East Gaston 316
Receiving
Javarius Green, Crest 1076
Izay Bridges, Shelby 924
Ja’Keith Hamilton, Shelby 698
Isaiah Johnson, Cramer 644
Markel Clark, East Lincoln 638
Ryan Thompson, Burns 590
Kahari Surratt, Burns 571
Tyler Ward, Cramer 567
Keandre Walker, East Lincoln 552
Nathan Aguilar, Forestview 530
Andrew Phelps, Lincolnton 470
Malachi Addison, Crest 447
Jvontre Duff, Bessemer City 414
JaQualyn Sanders, Kings Mountain 411
Randall Pettus, Bessemer City 377
Eli Falls, Shelby 376
A.J. Adams, Crest 374
Hunter Dye, Cramer 359
L.J. Allen, Burns 332
Seth McEachern, Mtn Isl Charter 330
Jake Lloyd, Kings Mountain 316
Reggie Daniel, Mtn Isl Charter 314
Sirr Stovall, East Gaston 300
College football
(This weekend’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:)
-Thursday
N.C. State 22, Virginia Tech 21
-Friday
East Carolina at BYU, 8 p.m.
-Saturday
South Carolina State at Morgan State, noon
Presbyterian at Marist, noon
Charleston Southern at Kennesaw State, 1 p.m.
Campbell at North Carolina A&T, 1 p.m.
East Tennesee State at Wofford, 1:30 p.m.
Bryant at Gardner-Webb, 1:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Rice, 2 p.m.
North Carolina Central at Delaware State, 2 p.m.
Chattanooga at Furman, 2 p.m.
Samford at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
Wake Forest at Louisville, 3:30 p.m.
Robert Morris at Appalachian State, 3:30 p.m.
Delaware at Elon, 3:30 p.m.
Missouri at South Carolina, 4 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Marshall, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at North Carolina, 8 p.m.
College cross country
Gastonia’s Victoria Perez and her Gaston College teammates will set school history on Saturday.
A Highland Tech graduate, Perez has been individual team medalist eight times in all eight of the Rhinos’ meets since the program restarted in 2021. This weekend, Perez and the Rhinos participate Saturday morning in the Region 10 championships in Spartanburg, S.C.; It’s first national competition for Gaston College since the school resumed its athletic program last year.
Rhinos coach Kody Kubbs, who was hired as the program’s second mentor earlier this year, calls Perez a stabilizing force for the school’s cross country program.
“Victoria is the only one with high school experience, and she has been instrumental in helping to build this program,” said Kubbs, a former South Point High cross country coach who remains that school’s boys basketball head coach. “She understands cross country, and she has done a good job of communicating to the other runners. She has a work ethic that sets her apart. When you combine talent and hard work, that is the model for success.”
High school boys soccer
Forestview 2, Cramer 1: Christian Tyler and Alex Velasquez scored goals as the Jaguars won the Big South 3A Conference title for the third time in four years. On Friday, the Jaguars will be given their 24th straight state playoff appearance when the N.C. High School Athletic Association announces its 2022 pairings.
Here are the area standings through Oct. 27 with conference records followed by overall records:
(Big South 3A)
Forestview 13-1, 17-1
South Point 12-2, 14-4-2
North Gaston 8-4-2, 12-6-2
Cramer 8-5-1, 11-8-2
Huss 5-8-1, 7-10-2
Ashbrook 4-9-1, 7-13-1
Kings Mountain 3-10-1, 3-14-2
Crest 0-14, 0-22
(Southern Piedmont 1A/2A)
Shelby 12-0, 16-3-2
Thomas Jefferson 9-3, 10-5-2
Highland Tech 7-4-1, 8-7-4
Burns 5-6-1, 7-11-2
Cherryville 4-8, 8-10
East Gaston 4-8, 6-13-1
Bessemer City 0-12, 0-18
(Western Foothills 3A)
East Lincoln 12-1-1, 15-4-3
Hickory 12-1-1, 16-2-3
St. Stephens 9-4-1, 13-4-1
North Iredell 6-8, 10-11
North Lincoln 5-8-1, 9-10-2
Foard 4-8-2, 8-10-3
West Iredell 3-9-2, 6-11-2
Statesville 1-13, 6-15
(Catawba Valley 2A)
Newton-Conover 14-0, 16-3-1
Bandys 11-3, 17-3
West Caldwell 10-4, 11-8-1
Lincolnton 9-5, 10-11-1
Maiden 5-9, 9-12
East Burke 5-9, 6-15-1
Bunker Hill 2-12, 4-16
West Lincoln 0-14, 3-19
(Others)
Lincoln Charter 4-7-1, 9-9-3
Mtn Isl Charter 1-10-1, 3-15-1
Piedmont CC 6-2, 7-7-2
High school volleyball
Here are Thursday’s third round results:
(Class 1A)
No. 4 Highland Tech def. No. 5 Uwharrie Charter 3-2
No. 2 Mountain Island Charter def. No. 26 South Stokes 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 19-25, 30-28)
(Class 3A)
No. 4 North Henderson def. No. 12 Forestview 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-11)
No. 3 Kings Mountain def. No. 11 West Henderson 3-1 (25-16, 22-25, 25-23, 25-19): Meile Songaila (9 service points, 20 serve receptions, 21 digs, 18 kills), Myracle Davis (23 kills, 5 blocks, 2 digs), Camden Pasour (12 service points, 24 assists, 8 digs, 3 kills), Paige Bagwell (6 service points, 24 assists, 19 digs, 12 kills) and Caroline Barber (6 service points, 29 service points, 27 digs) led Kings Mountain.
Here are Saturday’s fourth round pairings:
(Class 1A)
No. 4 Highland Tech at No. 1 Union Academy
No. 3 Bishop McGuinness at No. 2 Mountain Island Charter
(Class 3A)
No. 10 Foard at No. 3 Kings Mountain
High school girls golf
East Lincoln was the Western Foothills 3A champion behind league coach of the year Jon Hancock and all-league selections Kyla Callahan, Maddie Reynolds and Aspen Greene.
North Lincoln’s Samantha Klein also was named all-conference with Hickory’s Lillian Bowman named player of the year.
High school girls tennis
DUAL TEAM PLAYOFFS:
Oct. 31 third round pairings:
(Class 1A)
No. 4 Highland Tech (12-3) at No. 1 Mount Airy (18-1)
(Class 2A)
No. 7 West Lincoln (17-2) at No. 6 Hendersonville (14-1)
(Class 3A)
No. 11 East Lincoln (14-2) at No. 2 Franklin (16-0)
Middle School boys soccer
GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
(Thursday’s games)
Belmont def. Bessemer City 4-2: Tyler Cunningham scored three goals and Owen Bene had one goal and two assists for Belmont.
Chavis at York Chester
Cramerton def. Stanley 9-0
W.C. Friday at Southwest
Grier at Mount Holly
Middle School volleyball
GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
(Thursday’s games)
Belmont def. Bessemer City 3-0: Carsyn Redmond, Charlotte Weeks, Emmy Hameed, Stella Absher and Saundra Fann led Belmont.
Chavis def. York Chester 3-0: Kate Mulvey, Landry Beam, Maddie Avery, Sophia Williams, Ella Blake and Isabelle Robinson led Chavis.
Cramerton def. Stanley: Josie Searby, Ava Cabe and Madeline Helton led the offensive attack at the net, Reagan Bowie, Maddie Potter, Hazel Ritter, Grace Kuvera and Brooke DeYoung led at the service line and defensively and Winsley Crotts.and Mackenzie Blackledge also contributed for the Eagles.
W.C. Friday at Southwest
Grier at Mount Holly
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets announced Thursday that they had exercised their fourth-year contract option on LaMelo Ball and their third-year options on guard James Bouknight and forward-center Kai Jones.
Ball, the third overall selection in the 2020 NBA Draft, has averaged 18.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 126 games (106 starts) in his career.
Just last season he averaged 20.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and 7.6 assists to become the third player in NBA history to average 20-6-7 at 20 years old to join LeBron James and Luka Doncic. He also earned his first All-Star selection to become the fourth-youngest All-Star in league history (20 years, 182 days) behind only Kobe Bryant, James and Magic Johnson.
Here is the 2022-23 Charlotte Hornets schedule:
(2-2 record)
October
19 at San Antonio (W 129-102)
21 New Orleans (L 112-124)
23 at Atlanta (W 126-109)
26 at New York (L 131-134, OT)
28 at Orlando, 7 p.m.
29 Golden State 7 p.m.
31 Sacramento, 7 p.m.
November
2 at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
4 at Memphis, 8 p.m.
5 Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
7 Washington, 7 p.m.
9 Portland, 7 p.m.
10 at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
12 at Miami, 8 p.m.
14 at Orlando, 7 p.m.
16 Indiana, 7 p.m.
18 at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
20 at Washington, 6 p.m.
23 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
25 Minnesota, 5 p.m.
28 at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
December
2 Washington, 7 p.m.
3 Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
5 L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
7 at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
9 New York, 7 p.m.
11 at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
14 Detroit, 7 p.m.
16 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
18 at Denver, 8 p.m.
19 at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
21 at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
23 at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
26 at Portland, 10 p.m.
27 at Golden State, 10 p.m.
29 Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
31 Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
January
2 L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
4 Memphis, 7 p.m.
6 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
8 at Indiana, 5 p.m.
10 at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
12 at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
14 Boston, 7 p.m.
16 Boston, 1 p.m.
18 at Houston, 8 p.m.
21 at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
23 at Utah, 9 p.m.
24 at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
26 Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
29 Miami, 1 p.m.
31 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
February
2 at Chicago, 8 p.m.
3 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
5 Orlando, 1 p.m.
8 at Washington, 7 p.m.
10 at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
11 Denver, 7 p.m.
13 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
15 San Antonio, 7 p.m.
24 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
25 Miami, 7 p.m.
27 Detroit, 7 p.m.
March
1 Phoenix, 7 p.m.
3 Orlando, 7 p.m.
5 at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
7 at New York, 7:30 p.m.
9 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
11 Utah, 7 p.m.
12 Cleveland, 5 p.m.
14 Cleveland, 7 p.m.
17 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
20 Indiana, 7 p.m.
23 at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
24 at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
26 Dallas, 1 p.m.
28 at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
31 Chicago, 7 p.m.
April
2 Toronto, 1 p.m.
4 Toronto, 7 p.m.
7 Houston, 7 p.m.
9 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Pro football
Here’s the full Carolina Panthers schedule for the 2022 season:
Week 1, Sept. 11, Cleveland (L 24-26)
Week 2, Sept. 18, at N.Y. Giants (L 16-19)
Week 3, Sept. 25, New Orleans (W 22-14)
Week 4, Oct. 2, Arizona (L 16-26)
Week 5, Oct. 9, San Francisco (L 15-37)
Week 6, Oct. 16, at L.A. Rams (L 10-24)
Week 7, Oct. 23, Tampa Bay (W 21-3)
Week 8, Oct. 30, at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Week 9, Nov. 6, at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Week 10, Nov. 10, Atlanta, 8:15 p.m.
Week 11, Nov. 20, at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Week 12, Nov. 27, Denver, 1 p.m.
Week 13, Dec. 4, BYE
Week 14, Dec. 11, at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
Week 15, Dec. 18, Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Week 16, Dec. 24, Detroit, 1 p.m.
Week 17, Jan. 1, at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Week 18, Jan. 7 or 8, at New Orleans, TBD
Auto racing
The 2022 NASCAR cup schedule (with winners):
Feb. 6 Busch Light Clash (Joey Logano)
Feb. 17 Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 (Brad Keselowski)
Feb. 17 Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 (Chris Buescher)
Feb. 20 Daytona 500 (Austin Cindric)
Feb. 27 Wise Power 400 (Kyle Larson)
Mar. 6 Pennzoil 400 (Alex Bowman)
Mar. 13 Ruoff Mortgage (Chase Briscoe)
Mar. 20 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (William Byron)
Mar. 27 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (Ross Chastain)
Apr. 3 Toyota Owners (Denny Hamlin)
Apr. 9 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 (William Byron-2)
Apr. 17 Food City Dirt Race (Kyle Busch)
Apr. 24 Geico 500 (Ross Chastain-2)
May 2 DuraMAX Drydene 400 (Chase Elliott)
May 8 Goodyear 400 (Joey Logano-2)
May 15 AdventHealth 400 (Kurt Busch)
May 22 NASCAR All-Star Open (Daniel Suarez)
May 22 NASCAR All-Star (Ryan Blaney)
May 29 Coca-Cola 600 (Denny Hamlin-2)
June 5 Enjoy Illinois 300 (Joey Logano-3)
June 12 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Daniel Suarez)
June 26 Ally 400 (Chase Elliott-2)
July 3 Kwik Trip 250 (Tyler Reddick)
July 10 Quaker State 400 (Chase Elliott-3)
July 17 Ambetter 301 (Christopher Bell)
July 24 NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono (Chase Elliott-4)
July 31 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Tyler Reddick-2)
Aug. 7 FireKeepers Casino 400 (Kevin Harvick)
Aug. 14 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Kevin Harvick-2)
Aug. 21 Go Bowling at The Glen (Kyle Larson-2)
Aug. 27-28 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Austin Dillon)
Sept. 4 Cook Out Southern 500 (Erik Jones)
Sept. 11 Hollywood Casino 400 (Bubba Wallace)
Sept. 17 Bass Pro Shops Night Race (Chris Buescher)
Sept. 25 AutoTraderEchoPark Automotive 500 (Tyler Reddick-3)
Oct. 2 YellaWood 500 (Chase Elliott-5)
Oct. 9 Bank of America ROVAL 400 (Christopher Bell)
Oct. 16 South Point 400 (Joey Logano-4)
Oct. 23 Dixie Vodka 400 (Kyle Larson-3)
Oct. 30 Xfinity 500
Nov. 6 NASCAR Cup Series Championship