DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The official entry list for the 62nd running of the Daytona 500 has been released, featuring 43 competitors hoping to compete in the annual season opener for the NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona Int’l Speedway.
Headlining the entry list are seven Daytona 500 winners, including defending winner Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Austin Dillon, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Joey Logano and Jimmie Johnson.
The entry list also features six NASCAR Cup Series champions, including defending series champion Kyle Busch, Johnson, Logano, Harvick, Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr.
There are a number drivers attempting to make their first start in the Daytona 500, including Quin Houff, Brennan Poole, Justin Haley, John Hunter Nemechek, Christopher Bell, Cole Custer, Chad Finchum and Timmy Hill.
There are seven teams on the entry list who are not guaranteed starting positions in the Daytona 500 and must qualify for the race either by time during Daytona 500 qualifying or through the Can-Am Duel races.
Those drivers and teams are Haley (Kaulig Racing), Reed Sorenson (Premium Motorsports), Finchum (MBM Motorsports), J.J. Yeley (Rick Ware Racing), Brendan Gaughan (Beard Motorsports), Hill (MBM Motorsports) and Daniel Suarez (Gaunt Brothers Racing).
Daytona 500 Entry List
Car No. – Driver – Team
00 – Quin Houff – StarCom Racing
1 – Kurt Busch – Chip Ganassi Racing
2 – Brad Keselowski – Team Penske
3 – Austin Dillon – Richard Childress Racing
4 – Kevin Harvick – Stewart-Haas Racing
6 – Ryan Newman – Roush Fenway Racing
8 – Tyler Reddick – Richard Childress Racing
9 – Chase Elliott – Hendrick Motorsports
10 – Aric Almirola – Stewart-Haas Racing
11 – Denny Hamlin – Joe Gibbs Racing
12 – Ryan Blaney – Team Penske
13 – Ty Dillon – Germain Racing
14 – Clint Bowyer – Stewart-Haas Racing
15 – Brennan Poole – Premium Motorsports
16 – Justin Haley – Kaulig Racing *
17 – Chris Buescher – Roush Fenway Racing
18 – Kyle Busch – Joe Gibbs Racing
19 – Martin Truex Jr. – Joe Gibbs Racing
20 – Erik Jones – Joe Gibbs Racing
21 – Matt DiBenedetto – Wood Brothers Racing
22 – Joey Logano – Team Penske
24 – William Byron – Hendrick Motorsports
27 – Reed Sorenson – Premium Motorsports *
32 – Corey LaJoie – Go Fas Racing
34 – Michael McDowell – Front Row Motorsports
36 – David Ragan – Rick Ware Racing
37 – Ryan Preece – JTG Daugherty Racing
38 – John Hunter Nemechek – Front Row Motorsports
41 – Cole Custer – Stewart-Haas Racing
42 – Kyle Larson – Chip Ganassi Racing
43 – Bubba Wallace – Richard Petty Motorsports
47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – JTG Daugherty Racing
48 – Jimmie Johnson – Hendrick Motorsports
49 – Chad Finchum – MBM Motorsports *
51 – Joey Gase – Rick Ware Racing
52 – B.J. McLeod – Rick Ware Racing
54 – J.J. Yeley – Rick Ware Racing *
62 – Brendan Gaughan – Beard Motorsports *
66 – Timmy Hill – MBM Motorsports *
77 – Ross Chastain – Spire Motorsports
88 – Alex Bowman – Hendrick Motorsports
95 – Christopher Bell – Leavine Family Racing
96 – Daniel Suarez – Gaunt Brothers Racing *
* – designates non-chartered Open entry