Full 40 Car Field for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Yellawood 500 at Talladega
The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs head to the ultimate wild card race -- the Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. The second of three races in the Round of 12 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs will feature a full 40-car field.
Among the notable chartered entries will be Cody Ware in the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse with primary sponsorship from Arby's. Shane van Gisbergen will pilot the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with primary sponsorship from WeatherTech.
There are four charterless or "Open" entries in this weekend's race, including AJ Allmendinger, who will drive the No. 13 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing.
JJ Yeley will reprise his role as the driver of the No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet, Anthony Alfredo will return to the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet, and BJ McLeod will run the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet.
Yellawood 500 Entry List
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 | 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 | Team Penske |
13 | 13 | AJ Allmendinger(i) | Kaulig Racing |
14 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Stewart-Haas Racing |
15 | 15 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing |
16 | 16 | Shane van Gisbergen(i) | Kaulig Racing |
17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing |
18 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing |
19 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
20 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing |
21 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske |
22 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing |
23 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
24 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Richard Childress Racing |
25 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports |
26 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports |
27 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing |
28 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
29 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
30 | 44 | JJ Yeley(i) | NY Racing Team |
31 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing |
32 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing |
33 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
34 | 51 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing |
35 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing |
36 | 62 | Anthony Alfredo(i) | Beard Motorsports |
37 | 71 | Zane Smith # | Spire Motorsports |
38 | 77 | Carson Hocevar # | Spire Motorsports |
39 | 78 | BJ McLeod(i) | Live Fast Motorsports |
40 | 99 | Daniel Suarez (P) | Trackhouse Racing |
(P) indicates NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers
# indicates NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year contenders
(i) indicates drivers ineligible to score NASCAR Cup Series points
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.