Jimmie Johnson Among 38 Drivers on Kansas NASCAR Cup Entry List
The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs roll on this week with the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, which serves as the beginning of the Round of 12. Sunday's race will feature a robust 38-car lineup, which will include all 36 Chartered entries as well as some notables among the "Open" entries in the field.
Jimmie Johnson will be making his seventh start of the NASCAR Cup Series season in LEGACY MOTOR CLUB's No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE, which is an open entry. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion is looking to turn his luck around. Since coming back to the NASCAR Cup Series part-time in 2023, the driver has yet to record a better finish than 28th in the Next Gen car.
Among the notables in the Chartered entries this week include the first race of a new driver trade, which was announced last week between Spire Motorsports and Rick Ware Racing. Beginning with this week's race, Justin Haley will pilot Spire Motorsports' No. 7 Chevrolet and Corey LaJoie will drive the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford.
Kaz Grala, a NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year contender, will make his 20th start of the season, and 19th start behind the wheel of the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang. And Ty Dillon, who was removed as the driver of the No. 25 Rackley WAR truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this week, will pilot the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro in the NASCAR Cup race at Kansas.
JJ Yeley will also be on the entry list in the No. 44 NY Racing Team open entry for what will equal his fifth start of the 2024 season.
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas 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 (P) | Team Penske |
13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Stewart-Haas Racing |
14 | 15 | Kaz Grala # | Rick Ware Racing |
15 | 16 | Ty Dillon(i) | 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 | Fron 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 Team |
30 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing |
31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing |
32 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
33 | 51 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing |
34 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing |
35 | 71 | Zane Smith # | Spire Motorsports |
36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar # | Spire Motorsports |
37 | 84 | Jimmie Johnson | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
38 | 99 | Daniel Suarez (P) | Trackhouse Racing |
(P) indicates Playoff drivers
# indicates 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.