Another NASCAR season has been put to bed, but if you miss it already, don't worry. The dawn will break on a new season before you know it.

The 2025 season will see a few drivers in new places, owing mostly to the shuttering of Stewart-Haas Racing following the '24 season.

The new faces will see some races in new places, including the traditional season-opening exhibition. The Busch Light Clash, after three years at the Los Angeles Coliseum, finds new digs in NASCAR's roots as it moves to historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Four months later, around midseason, NASCAR heads south. Way south, as in south of the border, for the first-ever Cup Series race on the Mexico City road course, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

Let's get a jumpstart on 2025 with a look at race dates and the roster of Cup Series drivers

Key dates between now and February in Daytona

• Nov. 22: NASCAR Awards Banquet in Charlotte, N.C.

• Jan. 17-19: IMSA's Roar Before the Rolex 24, three-day test session at Daytona

• Jan. 25-26: Rolex 24 at Daytona

• Feb. 2: Busch Light Clash, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C.

• Feb. 12: Daytona 500 pole qualifying

• Feb. 13: Daytona Duels, 150-mile qualifying races to set the Daytona 500 lineup

• Feb. 14: NASCAR Truck Series opener at Daytona

• Feb. 15: ARCA-Xfinity Series doubleheader at Daytona

• Feb. 16: 67th Daytona 500

2025 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule

• Feb. 2: Busch Clash at Bowman Gray

• Feb. 13: Daytona Duels

• Feb. 16: Daytona 500

• Feb. 23: Atlanta

• March 2: Austin

• March 9: Phoenix

• March 16: Las Vegas

• March 23: Homestead-Miami

• March 30: Martinsville

• April 6: Darlington

• April 13: Bristol

• April 27: Talladega

• May 4: Texas

• May 11: Kansas

• May 18: North Wilkesboro All Star Race

• May 25: Charlotte

• June 1: Nashville

• June 8: Michigan

• June 15: Mexico City

• June 22: Pocono

• June 28: Atlanta

• July 6: Chicago

• July 13: Sonoma

• July 20: Dover

• July 27: Indianapolis

• Aug. 3: Iowa

• Aug. 10: Watkins Glen

• Aug. 16: Richmond

• Aug. 23: Daytona

Playoffs Round of 16

• Aug. 31: Darlington

• Sept. 7: St. Louis

• Sept. 13: Bristol

Playoffs Round of 12

• Sept. 21: New Hampshire

• Sept. 28: Kansas

• Oct. 5: Charlotte Roval

Playoffs Round of 8

• Oct. 12: Las Vegas

• Oct. 19: Talladega

• Oct. 26: Martinsville

Championship Round

• Nov. 2: Phoenix

2025 Cup Series Driver Lineup

Car number, driver, make

• 1. Ross Chastain, Chevrolet

• 2. Austin Cindric, Ford

• 3. Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

• 5. Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

• 6. Brad Keselowski, Ford

• 7. Justin Haley, Chevrolet

• 8. Kyle Busch, Chevrolet

• 9. Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

• 10. Ty Dillon, Chevrolet

• 11. Denny Hamlin, Toyota

• 12. Ryan Blaney, Ford

• 15. Unknown, Ford

• 16. AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet

• 17. Chris Buescher, Ford

• 19. Chase Briscoe, Toyota

• 20. Christopher Bell, Toyota

• 21. Josh Berry, Ford

• 22. Joey Logano, Ford

• 23. Bubba Wallace, Toyota

• 24. William Byron, Chevrolet

• 34. Noah Gragson, Ford

• 36. Zane Smith, Ford

• 38. Todd Gilliland, Ford

• 41. Cole Custer, Ford

• 42. John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota

• 43. Erik Jones, Toyota

• 45. Tyler Reddick, Toyota

• 47. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet

• 48. Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

• 50. Unknown, Toyota

• 51. Corey LaJoie, Ford

• 54. Ty Gibbs, Toyota

• 60. Ryan Preece, Ford

• 71. Michael McDowell, Chevrolet

• 77. Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet

• 88. Shane van Gisbergen, Chevrolet

• 99. Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR offseason is short. A look ahead to 2025 Cup Series season