Preliminary Entry List: 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500

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There are 44 cars on the preliminary entry list for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Race 1 of 36.

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Entry	No.	Driver	Team	Crew Chief	Vehicle	Sponsor
1	00	Quin Houff	StarCom Racing	George Church	21 Chevrolet	Mane 'n Tail
2	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Matt McCall	21 Chevrolet	Monster Energy
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Jeremy Bullins	21 Ford	Discount Tire
4	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Justin Alexander	21 Chevrolet	TBA
5	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart Haas Racing	Rodney Childers	21 Ford	Busch Light #TheCrew
6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Cliff Daniels	21 Chevrolet	NationsGuard
7	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Scott Graves	21 Ford	Kohler Generators
8	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Ryan Sparks	21 Chevrolet	youtheory
9	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Randall Burnett	21 Chevrolet	TBA
10	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Alan Gustafson	21 Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts
11	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart Haas Racing	Mike Bugarewicz	21 Ford	Smithfield
12	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chris Gabehart	21 Toyota	FedEx Express
13	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Todd Gordon	21 Ford	Menards / Blue Def / Peak
14	13	Garrett Smithley (i)	Motorsports Business Management	Mark Hillman	20 Ford	Trophy Tractor
15	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart Haas Racing	John Klausmeier	21 Ford	HighPoint.com
16	15	Derrike Cope	Rick Ware Racing	Pat Tryson	20 Chevrolet	TBA
17	16	Kaz Grala	Kaulig Racing	Matt Swiderski	21 Chevrolet	TBA
18	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	Luke Lambert	21 Ford	Fastenal
19	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Ben Beshore	21 Toyota	M&M's
20	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	James Small	21 Toyota	TBA
21	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Adam Stevens	21 Toyota	DeWalt
22	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Greg Erwin	21 Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane
23	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Paul Wolfe	21 Ford	Shell Pennzoil
24	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Michael Wheeler	21 Toyota	TBA
25	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Rudy Fugle	21 Chevrolet	Axalta
26	33	Austin Cindric (i)	Team Penske	Miles Stanley	21 Ford	Verizon 5G
27	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Drew Blickensderfer	21 Ford	Love's Travel Stops
28	36	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Derrick Finley	21 Ford	TBA
29	37	Ryan Preece	JTG Daugherty Racing	Trent Owens	21 Chevrolet	Cottonelle
30	38	Anthony Alfredo	Front Row Motorsports	Seth Barbour	21 Ford	Speedy Cash
31	41	Cole Custer	Stewart Haas Racing	Mike Shiplett	21 Ford	HaasTooling.com
32	42	Ross Chastain	Chip Ganassi Racing	Phil Surgen	21 Chevrolet	Clover
33	43	Erik Jones	Richard Petty Motorsports	Jerry Baxter	21 Chevrolet	Armor All
34	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Brian Pattie	21 Chevrolet	Kroger / NOS Energy Drink
35	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Greg Ives	21 Chevrolet	Ally
36	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Michael Hillman	19 Chevrolet	TBA
37	52	Josh Bilicki	Rick Ware Racing	Peter Sospenzo	19 Ford	TBA
38	53	Joey Gase	Rick Ware Racing	Billy Purdue	19 Ford	TBA
39	62	Noah Gragson (i)	Beard Motorsports	Darren Shaw	21 Chevrolet	Beard Motorsports / South Point
40	66	TBA	Motorsports Business Management	Clinton Cram	18 Ford	TBA
41	77	Jamie McMurray	Spire Motorsports	Kevin Bellicourt	21 Chevrolet	AdventHealth
42	78	BJ McLeod (i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Frank Kerr	20 Ford	TBA
43	96	Ty Dillon (i)	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Dave Winston	21 Toyota	Bass Pro Shops / Black Rifle Coffee Co.
44	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing	Travis Mack	21 Chevrolet	iFly

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