There are a total of 37 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The eighth event of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.
The field for Sunday’s Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway – the third race for the NASCAR Cup Series on the dirt-covered half-mile facility – will consist of the same 37 teams from last weekend at Richmond, albeit with a couple of driver changes.
For the second straight weekend, Kaulig Racing will be fielding a third entry in the NASCAR Cup Series, with Jonathan Davenport behind the wheel this weekend, rather than Chandler Smith. Davenport will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in Sunday’s event.
Live Fast Motorsports, which fields the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro on a full-time basis, will have its third different driver in the last three weeks, with BJ McLeod returning to the reigns of the entry after two weeks off.
Kyle Larson, winner of last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Richmond Raceway, will also be in the field for Sunday’s race, as usual, as he looks for his second consecutive victory at NASCAR’s top level.
2023 NCS Food City Dirt Race Entry List:
| Entry | No. | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing AdventHealth Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Discount Tire Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing BREZTRI Chevrolet | Keith Rodden |
| 4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing Busch Light Ford | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Kevin Meendering |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing King's Hawaiian Ford | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports Nations Guard Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Josh Berry | Hendrick Motorsports Hooters Chevrolet | Tom Gray |
| 10 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing Smithfield Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx Ground Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Maytag Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 13 | Jonathan Davenport | Kaulig Racing Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet | Eddie Pardue |
| 14 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing Magical Vacation Planners Ford | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 15 | 15 | JJ Yeley | Rick Ware Racing Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 16 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Gain Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
| 17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fastenal Ford | Scott Graves |
| 18 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota | James Small |
| 19 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing DeWalt Powerstack Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 20 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing DEX imaging Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 22 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing McDonald's / Dr. Pepper Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 23 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports RaptorTough.com Chevrolet | Brian Campe |
| 24 | 31 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing Tide Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 25 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 26 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Speedy Cash Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 27 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing United Rentals Ford | Chad Johnston |
| 28 | 42 | Noah Gragson | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Sunseeker Resort Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 29 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Club Wyndham Chevrolet | David Elenz |
| 30 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing SiriusXM Radio Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Kroger / Irish Spring Chevrolet | Michael Kelley |
| 32 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Greg Ives |
| 33 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Biohaven / Jacob Co. Ford | Jerry Kelley |
| 34 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Interstate Batteries Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 35 | 77 | Ty Dillon | Spire Motorsports Ferris Mowers Chevrolet | Kevin Bellicourt |
| 36 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports Gunk Chevrolet | David Ingram |
| 37 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Jockey Chevrolet | Travis Mack |
