37 Cars on NASCAR Cup Series Bristol Night Race Entry List
On Monday, NASCAR released the preliminary entry list for Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, which will serve as the final race of the Round of 16 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
In all, 37 cars will make the trek to The World's Fastest Half-Mile. There aren't many surprises among the entries. Kaz Grala will return to the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing entry, while AJ Allmendinger will pilot the No. 16 Kaulig Racing car. Josh Bilicki will drive for the No. 66 MBM Motorsports team, which will be the lone non-chartered, or "open" car in the field.
Chris Buescher, who won last weekend's race at Watkins Glen, was the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol Night race winner.
Entry | Car No. | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing |
2 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske |
3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing |
4 | 4 | Josh Berry # | Stewart-Haas Racing |
5 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski (P) | RFK Racing |
7 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports |
8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing |
9 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing |
11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske |
13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Stewart-Haas Racing |
14 | 15 | Kaz Grala # | Rick Ware Racing |
15 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger (i) | Kaulig Racing |
16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing |
17 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
18 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
19 | 21 | Harrison Burton (P) | Wood Brothers Racing |
20 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske |
21 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing |
22 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
23 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing |
24 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports |
25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports |
26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing |
27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
29 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing |
30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing |
31 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
32 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing |
33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
34 | 66 | Josh Bilicki (i) | MBM Motorsports |
35 | 71 | Zane Smith # | Spire Motorsports |
36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar # | Spire Motorsports |
37 | 99 | Daniel Suarez (P) | Trackhouse Racing |
(P) indicates drivers in the Playoffs
# indicates Rookie of the Year contenders
(i) indicates drivers ineligible to score points in the NASCAR Cup Series
Toby Christie is the Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. He has 15 years of experience as a motorsports journalist and has been with Racing America since 2023.