Category: Xfinity

OFFICIAL: 2025 Schedule Announcement

Crown Jewel staff release the official schedule for the 2025 season.

As the end of the 2024 season approaches, we are excited to announce a majority of the 2025 schedule. The 2025 season will see the addition of the franchise system, introducing the Crown Jewel Xfinity Series and adding a “career-mode” feeling to the Crown Jewel Racing League. Team owners will take control of their franchises and drivers will earn their way to the premier Crown Jewel Cup Series while navigating negotiations with team owners, manufacturer alliances, and more – bringing an authentic experience to all members of the league.

2024-2025 Offseason Schedule (Mon. & Wed.)

The 2024-2025 offseason will consist of two separate series – the Crown Jewel Offseason and the 2024 Trans-Am Offseason. The Crown Jewel Offseason will consist of classic oval Crown Jewel events from history. The races will be run at full distance with the same rules package from the era in which it was run. This series will test drivers in all forms of oval racing, while preparing drivers for the 2025 season with longer races. The 2024 Trans-Am Offseason will consist of the full 2024 Trans-Am schedule (available on iRacing) and run the Late Model Stock and Ford Mustang FR500S on road courses in short, 100-mile races. This series will test your H-pattern road racing skills across multiple tracks in a unique multi-class setting. Both of these series will be fixed setup (excluding the Snowball Derby, which will be open setup).

2025 Special Events Schedule

In 2025, we will be taking a smaller and more digestible route in the inclusion of road racing in the Crown Jewel Community. While not a focal point in our community, road racing is an important part of racing’s DNA and should be included in some capacity. In 2025, we will be introducing six special events to the calendar – five road, and one returning oval event. The second annual Frank Pauley Memorial 500 returns by popular demand and will be the third straight year the CJRL runs the Indianapolis 500. In addition to the FPM 500, five major road course events have been added as well. All events will have an entry fee that contributes to a prize pool and broadcasting. Prize pool will be based on participation and announced prior to the race. We hope to see you out on the track and turning left and right in 2025!

2025 Crown Jewel Cup Series Schedule

With NASCAR releasing the 2025 Cup Series Schedule, we are now able to fill in the blank as to what is the 2025 Crown Jewel Cup Series season. With The Clash moving venues and the addition of Mexico City, there are still two question marks on the schedule from an iRacing sense. These will continue to be monitored as those events approach. All decisions will be made with Cup Series team owner and driver input and will be decided no later than 2-weeks before the event. The 2025 schedule has a large mix-up that will surely change the dynamic of the season – and we are excited to be a part of it with the CJCS! All 38 events will be live on the Fireball Talks NASCAR Broadcasting Network – don’t miss a broadcast in 2025!

2025 Crown Jewel Xfinity Series Schedule

Xfinity Series action returns to the Crown Jewel Racing League in 2025! With the introduction of the franchise system, drivers will be fighting for their careers as they try to work their way into the Crown Jewel Cup Series. This steppingstone series will be sure to put on a show week in and week out as drivers battle for a Xfinity Series Championship! The schedule will feature four Dash 4 Cash races, where no Cup drivers will be allowed to enter, and drivers will battle for a cash prize each race. The Xfinity Series Mexico City race will be a mirror of the decision made by the Cup Series – where Xfinity will continue to be the support series for that week. Make your name known in the Crown Jewel Xfinity Series in 2025! All races will be broadcasted by the Cup Series Driver’s Only Broadcast – live on the Crown Jewel Racing Network every week in 2025!

2025 VRS Truck Series Schedule

VRS is set to return in their second season as the title sponsor for the VRS Truck Series. Cut in size to just twenty-five races, the VRS Truck Series just might become the entry-level for the career mode system in 2025. Based on the number of charters being requested by teams, a contingency plan is in place to include the Truck Series in the franchise system to ensure all drivers have the ability to experience the career-mode structure. Decisions regarding its inclusion will be made prior to franchise bidding, and all teams will have the ability to prepare and draft franchises if necessary. The 2025 VRS Truck Series action can be found on High Velocity TV for the entirety of the 2025 season!

2025 Crown Jewel ARCA Schedule

The 2025 ARCA Menards Series schedules have yet to be released. However, community members can expect the Sunday Night ARCA series to continue. The current plan is to combine the East, West, and National schedules into a single schedule and run it in its entirety. When the 2025 ARCA Menards schedules are released, we will announce the series in full via another post – so stay tuned!

Crown Jewel, Fireball Talks NASCAR, & High Velocity TV pen historic media deal

Crown Jewel, Fireball Talks NASCAR, and High Velocity TV have come to terms on a historic media rights deal for the 2025 Crown Jewel season. For the first time in Crown Jewel history, races will be broadcasted by external partners with commentators, live production, and media content.

Crown Jewel officials have finalized a deal for the Crown Jewel Cup Series with Fireball Talks NASCAR for all 36 points races, and 2 exhibition races for the 2025 Crown Jewel Cup Series season. Races will continue to take place on Wednesday nights and will feature the new franchise system announced by the officials yesterday. FTN will be rotating multiple sets of commentators through the booth for the 2025 season, each bringing a unique perspective to the league, while continuing to build on storylines created in the 2024 season. Each broadcast will consist of live production, custom numbers, custom broadcast assets, driver headshots, social media posts, pre-race trailers, and in-race advertising. This will allow the league to expand its social media and marketing efforts while also expanding sponsorship opportunities for the 2025 season and beyond.

READ MORE: 2025 Franchise System Reveal

For the 2025 Crown Jewel Xfinity Series, spectators can expect a twist for the broadcast – welcome to the Crown Jewel Cup Series Drivers Only broadcast! Headed by current broadcasters Nathaniel Campbell and Cory Mott, fans will be treated to a rotating cast of Cup Series talents telling the stories throughout the 33-race schedule. Nobody knows the league storylines quite like the veterans and giving them the opportunity to shine on the Xfinity broadcast will bring nothing but good times and great commentary for the fans of the Xfinity drivers.

For the 2025 VRS Truck Series, has inked an agreement with an up-and-coming broadcasting company – High Velocity TV. High Velocity TV recently filled in during a time of need for the Cup Series, and proved they can be a great asset to the community. HVTV will broadcast all 23 races of the VRS Truck Series season, with HVTV commentator Christian Delgado heading the booth. He will be joined by Crown Jewel community member and current Cup Series commentator Bill “Billy” Martin, who will continue as the “colorful” commentator and league expert for the broadcast.

SEE NOW: OFFICIAL: VRS partners with Crown Jewel as Truck Series title sponsor

League owner, Cory Mott, spoke on the media deal today:

This historic media deal will allow us to reach audiences that otherwise would not have been able to enjoy the exciting atmosphere our league has crafted. Combined with the franchise system, this will allow us to bring an even more authentic racing experience to all league members, their friends and families, and of course – the fans. Increasing fan experience has been a major focus for us for the 2025 season, and this brings us one step closer.

High Velocity TV owner, Christian Delgado, also spoke to the media:

We are happy for the opportunity to broadcast for Crown Jewel. We are fairly new and just getting our foot in the door when it comes to broadcasting, but we look forward to getting to know the drivers and community members throughout our time.

2025 Franchise System Reveal

Crown Jewel officials have released the official 2025 Franchise System transition processes and procedures – let’s discuss. Haven’t seen it yet? You can find it here: 2025 Franchise System.

Before we start talking about the franchise system itself, we need to understand how teams will be classified for the remainder of the 2024 season and transitioned over to the 2025 season. With a system like the franchise system, team owners take a step up into a middle management-type role, where they will be responsible for operating their team and will also be responsible for their drivers. As seen below, it is imperative that any teams planning on participating in franchise bidding over the offseason are registered prior to the 2024 Cup Series playoffs and participate in 20 combined races (2 drivers complete one race means 2 combined races) before the end of the 2024 season.

  • Full Time Team
    • A team that completed a minimum of 20 combined races in the 2024 Cup season.
  • Part Time Team
    • A team that completed less than 20 combined races in the 2024 Cup season.
  • Open Team
    • A team that is registered after the beginning of the 2024 Cup Series playoffs.

Now that we understand the types of teams that will be transitioning over, we can outline the transition procedures:

Transition Procedure Breakdown

  • At the end of the 2024 season, all drivers will become free agents.
League# of FranchisesCost ($)
Crown Jewel Cup Series36$50.00/season ea.
Crown Jewel Xfinity Series24 – 30$20.00/season ea.
  • Full time teams and Tier III Discord supporters that have been subscribed for a minimum of 3 months will have priority access to Cup Series franchise bidding.
  • All teams that do not acquire a Cup Series franchise will have priority access to Xfinity Series franchise bidding.
  • Teams may claim a maximum of 4 franchises in each series.
  • All un-acquired franchises will be auctioned to the community.
  • Full-time Cup Series drivers are ineligible for Xfinity Series drivers points and limited to 8 regular season starts in the Xfinity Series.
  • Full-time Xfinity drivers are ineligible for Cup Series drivers points, but are not limited in Cup Series starts.
  • Crown Jewel will be hosting a media day for all series on January 29, 2025.

Why a franchise/charter system?

Having a system like this will allow all dedicated community members the opportunity to guarantee a place to race at least once per week in our flagship series. With concerns over the skill level in the league rising, this will allow us to cater to dedicated, long-term members while still offering the opportunity for new drivers to join and race.

The franchise system will bring an aspect of teambuilding not seen anywhere else in iRacing community leagues. Team owners will be responsible for putting the most competitive drivers in the Cup Series, while being encouraged to scout and develop talent in the Xfinity Series. Team owners will take a larger role in the community and continue to grow the overall talent pool within the league. Drivers will naturally climb to the ranks of the Cup Series, while others will fall due to poor performance, team orders, etc. This is the start of a greater expansion towards having a fully developed NASCAR career mode eco-system that spans from Cup all the down to ARCA and eventually beyond.

In the event that participation does not reach the levels expected, we have a failsafe plan to remove the Xfinity franchises and open it back up for full participation. In the event that participation is larger than expected, we also have a rapid acceleration plan in place to implement Truck team owners and move forward with a similar system to expand the ecosystem before the 2025 season starts. However, it is the current plan to keep the VRS Truck Series open to all for the 2025 season.

On top of an expanded ecosystem, expanded owner’s standings will be tracked based off the car numbers ran in the Cup and Xfinity series, and team owners can expect prizes at the end of the season based on performance. As well as a more refined incident system that will be announced later in the fall. These are all features that are now possible due to the new franchise system – with more planned on being added moving into 2025, 2026, and beyond!

If you haven’t seen the full breakdown of the 2025 Crown Jewel Franchise transition processes and procedures, you can find them here.