39 on Entry List for NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix
There are 38 drivers on the preliminary entry list for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway -- the 36th and final race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series campaign.
With 40 drivers permitted to start each event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, there will not be any drivers or organizations making the long-winded trip back to Charlotte, North Carolina following Saturday afternoon's qualifying session.
Ryan Blaney, winner of last weekend's XFINITY 500 at Martinsville Speedway, will be chasing his second consecutive championship in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. Menards will serve as the primary sponsor of the entry.
Joey Logano (No. 22 Team Penske Ford Mustang), William Byron (No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro), and Tyler Reddick (No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota Camry XSE) are the other three drivers battling it out for the title, as part of the Championship 4.
Notables in the field for Sunday's 312-lap contest at Phoenix Raceway include Kaz Grala, who will return to the No. 15 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing, as well as Derek Kraus. who will make his sixth start of the year in the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Kaulig Racing.
NY Racing will field the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro for NY Racing, Chad Finchum will return to the NASCAR Cup Series behind the wheel of the No. 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for MBM Motorsports, one of the two Open Entries in the field for Sunday's event. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will be the other, driving the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE for LEGACY MOTOR CLUB.
Entry | Car No. | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing |
2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 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 | RFK Racing |
7 | 7 | Justin Haley | 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 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
14 | 15 | Kaz Grala # | Rick Ware Racing |
15 | 16 | Derek Kraus | Kaulig Racing |
16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing |
17 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing |
18 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
19 | 21 | Harrison Burton | 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 | 44 | JJ Yeley | NY Racing |
30 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing |
31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing |
32 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports |
33 | 51 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing |
34 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing |
35 | 66 | Chad Finchum(i) | MBM Motorsports |
36 | 71 | Zane Smith # | Spire Motorsports |
37 | 77 | Carson Hocevar # | Spire Motorsports |
38 | 84 | Jimmie Johnson | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
39 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing |
