NASCAR revealed in February 2016 which race teams own the sport’s 36 Charters. Each Charter team owner has a guaranteed entry into the field of every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points race.
The table below shows the initial Charters (which were awarded following the 2015 season), and updates some of the Charters for 2017.
Listed by historical inception of race team entity, then numerical
*HScott Motorsports reached agreement with Premium Motorsports for use of its Charter in 2016. This Charter was eventually sold to Furniture Row Racing for its second team, the No. 77.
** Michael Waltrip Racing sold its two Charters to the No. 19 of Joe Gibbs Racing and the No. 41 of Stewart-Haas Racing.
***Near the end of the 2016 season, Tommy Baldwin Racing sold its Charter to Leavine Family Racing.
****Roush Fenway Racing will lease the No. 16 Charter to JTG Daugherty Racing‘s newly formed second team (No. 37) in 2017.
*****HScott Motorsports‘ No. 15 Charter was sold to Premium Motorsports for 2017.
******Go Fas Racing is leasing the No. 32 Charter to the No. 21 team of Wood Brothers Racing.
*******Richard Petty Motorsports is leasing the No. 44 Charter to the No. 32 team of Go Fas Racing.
NASCAR Charter Teams
| 2015 Car # | 2016 Car # | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | 43 | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 9 | 44******* | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 3 | 3 | Richard Childress Racing |
| 27 | 27 | Richard Childress Racing |
| 31 | 31 | Richard Childress Racing |
| 2 | 2 | Team Penske |
| 22 | 22 | Team Penske |
| 5 | 5 | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 24 | 24 | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 48 | 48 | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 88 | 88 | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 6 | 6 | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 16 | 16**** | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 17 | 17 | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 1 | 1 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 42 | 42 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 11 | 11 | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 18 | 18 | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 20 | 20 | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 15 | 19/41** | Michael Waltrip Racing |
| 55 | 19/41** | Michael Waltrip Racing |
| 4 | 4 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 10 | 10 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 14 | 14 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 78 | 78 | Furniture Row Racing |
| 35 | 34 | Front Row Motorsports |
| 38 | 38 | Front Row Motorsports |
| 47 | 47 | JTG Daugherty Racing |
| 7 | 7*** | Tommy Baldwin Racing |
| 13 | 13 | Germain Racing |
| 32 | 32****** | Go Fas Racing |
| 23 | 23 | BK Racing |
| 83 | 83 | BK Racing |
| 62 | 46* | Premium Motorsports |
| 33 | 95 | Circle Sport Racing |
| 51 | 15***** | HScott Motorsports |