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Every Open NASCAR Cup Series Seat in 2025 Silly Season

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What’s Happening?

NASCAR Silly Season is in full swing, and fans and pundits are searching high and low for clues to all the unanswered questions. For Silly Season to exist, there have to be rides available for drivers to slot into, and these are all of the open seats in the 2025 NASCAR Silly Season.

For information on all seats filled during Silly Season, check out the article below.

  • For this list, we will include every seat where it is either announced or reasonably expected that the current driver may not return in 2025. We will also include brand-new teams entering into the Cup Series.
  • Just because a driver’s contract is expiring does not mean they expect to move on. We want to keep the focus on the seats that are the most likely to change in 2025.
  • Fans watch Silly Season like a hawk, especially as the season moves into its’ later stages. It can feel like musical chairs as drivers search for the few seats open for 2025.

No. 15 AND No. 51 (?) – Rick Ware Racing

Rick Ware Racing is a bit of a mystery, with one All-Star Car competing alongside Justin Haley in 2024. Haley’s name has popped up occasionally for other rides, but he has publicly declared he is committed to Rick Ware Racing, at least for now. The second RWR seat could be interesting to watch for someone with funding who could gain a full-time ride.

UPDATE: The team brought on Corey Lajoie in September, swapping out Haley. However, RWR made it clear this is just for this year. They will analyze their work with Lajoie and see about 2025.

UPDATE 11/19: RWR leased one charter to RFK Racing for their No. 60 entry. However, it is unknown whether or not this was the No. 15 or 51. While this does calm rumors that Ware might sell the team, it only raises further questions about their driver in 2025.

No. 4, 36 OR No. 38 – Front Row Motorsports

This new car is up in the air as the team’s ongoing lawsuit with NASCAR might cancel the team’s planned expansion. However, rumors still swirl that Trackhouse driver and FRM Truck Series standout Zane Smith might drive this car.

**This article will be updated as Silly Season rolls on**

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