On March 6, 2005, the series held its first race outside the United States, the Telcel-Motorola 200. During the 2020 season, fields were temporarily increased to 40 cars to accommodate part-time teams that were otherwise unable to qualify due to such sessions being canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The field was further reduced in 20 to 38 and 36, respectively. Prior to 2013, the grid size resembled its Cup counterpart with 43 cars per race that year, it shrank to 40 maximum cars. Xfinity race fields have varied in the number of drivers. In 2016, NASCAR implemented a seven-race Chase system similar to the one used in the NASCAR Cup Series. On September 3, 2014, it was announced that Comcast would become the new title sponsor of the series via its cable television and internet brand Xfinity, renaming it the Xfinity Series. The sponsorship reportedly carried a $10 million commitment for 2008, with 6% annual escalations thereafter. The Nationwide sponsorship was a seven-year contract, and did not include the banking and mortgage departments of Nationwide. Anheuser-Busch dropped the sponsorship in 2007 Nationwide Insurance took over the sponsorship for the 2008 season, renaming it the Nationwide Series. Grand National was dropped from the series' title in 2003 as part of NASCAR's brand identity (the Grand National name was later used for the Busch East and Winston West series as part of a nationwide standardization of rules for NASCAR's regional racing both series are now run under ARCA Menards Series banner after NASCAR purchased the organization in 2018). It was renamed in 1986 to the Busch Grand National Series. The series switched sponsorship to Busch in. The modern-day Xfinity Series was formed in 1982, when Anheuser-Busch sponsored a newly reformed late-model sportsman series with its Budweiser brand. ![]() Drivers used smaller current year models featuring V6 motors. Short track cars with relatively small 300 cubic inch V-8 motors were used. Drivers used obsolete Grand National cars on larger tracks but by the inception of the touring format in 1982, the series used older compact cars. It became the Late Model Sportsman Series in 1968, and soon featured races on larger tracks such as Daytona International Speedway. The sportsman cars were not current model cars and could be modified more, but not as much as Modified series cars. It was NASCAR's fourth series (after the Modified and Roadster series in 1948 and Strictly Stock Series in 1949). The series emerged from NASCAR's Sportsman division, which had been formed in 1950 as NASCAR's short track race division. Justin Allgaier and Michael Annett in 2019 Since 2015, it is sponsored by Comcast via its consumer cable and wireless brand Xfinity. ![]() The series was previously called the Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series in 19, the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series from 1984 through 2002, the NASCAR Busch Series from 2003 through 2007, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series from 2008 through 2014. ![]() NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a Cup Series event scheduled for that weekend. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. The NASCAR Xfinity Series ( NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR.
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