There are 39 cars on the preliminary entry list for 38 spots in Friday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway, which has been dubbed the Food City 300. The race marks the 27th race of the season and the first of the series seven-race post-season.
Among those entered for Friday’s 300-lap contest is the winner from the series’ last event at Kansas Speedway, John Hunter Nemechek, who continues to chase a championship in the No. 20 Pye-Barker Fire and Safety Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Carson Hocevar was scheduled to run Friday’s Food City 300, as part of a six-race deal with Spire Motorsports, but will not compete, after the organization elected to withdraw its No. 77 Chevrolet to allow Hocevar to focus on his Cup and Truck Series duties for this weekend.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., a two-time champion of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, will return to the series for his first of two starts in 2023, driving the No. 88 Hellmann’s Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports.
Derek Kraus, in the No. 11 for Kaulig Racing, and Trevor Bayne, in the No. 19 for Joe Gibbs Racing, will also return to the second-tier series, as a continuation of their part-time schedules this season.
Other notables for Friday’s playoff-opener, include #07-Parsons, 08 Finchum, #4 Weatherman, #24 Mosack, #38 Graf, #44 Caruth, #45 Jeffrey Earnhardt, #66 Timmy Hill, and #91 Josh Bilicki
Entry List – 2023 Food City 300 at Bristol:
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart-Haas Racing Mobil 1 Ford | Jonathan Toney |
| 2 | 02 | Blaine Perkins | Our Motorsports Gratis Chevrolet | Dan Stillman |
| 3 | 07 | Stefan Parsons | SS Green Light Racing Sokal / Nelson's Green Brier Chevrolet | Daniel Johnson |
| 4 | 08 | Chad Finchum | SS Green Light Racing Elite Petroleum Ford | Jason Miller |
| 5 | 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports Huck's Market Chevrolet | Mardy Lindley |
| 6 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Richard Childress Racing Whelen Chevrolet | Jeff Stankewicz |
| 7 | 4 | Kyle Weatherman | JD Motorsports Chevrolet | Rob Goodman |
| 8 | 6 | Brennan Poole | JD Motorsports Macc Door Systems Chevrolet | Kase Kallenbach |
| 9 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports BRANDT Chevrolet | James Pohlman |
| 10 | 8 | Josh Berry | JR Motorsports Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet | Taylor Moyer |
| 11 | 9 | Brandon Jones | JR Motorsports Menards / Patriot Lighting Chevrolet | Jason Burdette |
| 12 | 10 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Cirkul Chevrolet | Alex Yontz |
| 13 | 11 | Derek Kraus | Kaulig Racing Chevrolet | Jason Trinchere |
| 14 | 16 | Chandler Smith | Kaulig Racing Quick Tie Products, Inc. Chevrolet | Bruce Schlicker |
| 15 | 18 | Sammy Smith | Joe Gibbs Racing Pilot Flying J Toyota | Jeff Meendering |
| 16 | 19 | Trevor Bayne | Joe Gibbs Racing He Gets Us Toyota | Jason Ratcliff |
| 17 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Joe Gibbs Racing Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 18 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | Andy Street |
| 19 | 24 | Connor Mosack | Sam Hunt Racing Toyota Racing Development Toyota | Kris Bowen |
| 20 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Racing AM Technical Solutions Ford | Joe Williams, Jr. |
| 21 | 26 | Kaz Grala | Sam Hunt Racing CRUSH Tropical Punch Toyota | Allen Hart |
| 22 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet | Shane Whitbeck |
| 23 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Cooks Comfort Ford | Teddy Brown |
| 24 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | Jordan Anderson Racing FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | Joshua Graham |
| 25 | 35 | TBA | Emerling-Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | Wayne Carroll |
| 26 | 38 | Joe Graf, Jr. | RSS Racing Food City / Bucked Up Ford | Steve Addington |
| 27 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing Sci-Aps Ford | Michael Scearce |
| 28 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Alpha Prime Racing Diamond Door Chevrolet | Michael Brandt |
| 29 | 44 | Rajah Caruth | Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet | Mike Hillman, Sr. |
| 30 | 45 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Alpha Prime Racing K9 Grass Chevrolet | Frank Kerr |
| 31 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet | Patrick Donahue |
| 32 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet | Mark Setzer |
| 33 | 53 | TBA | Emerling-Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | Paul Clapprood |
| 34 | 66 | Timmy Hill | MBM Motorsports Coble Enterprises Toyota | Carl Long |
| 35 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | BJ McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet | Pat Tryson |
| 36 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | JR Motorsports Hellmann's Chevrolet | Jason Stockert |
| 37 | 91 | Josh Bilicki | DGM Racing Insurance King / ROCK'N VODKA Chevrolet | Bryan Berry |
| 38 | 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing Alloy Employer / Dan-O's Chevrolet | Mario Gosselin |
| 39 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Stewart-Haas Racing Monster Energy Ford | Davin Restivo |
