There are 41 drivers [for 40 spots] on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s Grant Park 165 at the Chicago Street Course, the 19th event of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign.
With the previously determined maximum field size for all NASCAR Cup Series events set at 40 entries, one driver and team will be packing up and heading back to their shop before Sunday’s third annual event on the streets of Chicago.
Outside of the season-opening DAYTONA 500, this weekend’s event will mark the first time since Fall 2018 at Texas Motor Speedway that there will be a DNQ in a NASCAR Cup Series event.
Among the drivers not locked into Sunday’s 165-mile NASCAR Cup Series event in Chicago (those who don’t hold NASCAR Cup Series Charters) are Will Brown (No. 13 Kaulig Racing), Austin Hill (No. 33 Richard Childress Racing), Josh Bilicki (No. 66 Garage 66), Corey Heim (No. 67 23XI Racing), and Katherine Legge (No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports).
Chase Elliott, last weekend’s winner from Atlanta Motor Speedway, will be chasing his second victory of the NASCAR Cup Series campaign at Chicago, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet with sponsorship from NAPA Auto Parts.
Entry List:
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Busch Light Apple Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet | Richard Boswell |
| 4 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Slurpee Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Sea Best Seafood Chevrolet | Andrew Dickeson |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Progressive Insurance Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 13 | Will Brown | Kaulig Racing Shaw and Partners / Mobile X Chevrolet | Mike Cook |
| 14 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing CELSIUS Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 15 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fastenal Ford | Scott Graves |
| 16 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota | James Small |
| 17 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 18 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing Ford | Miles Stanley |
| 19 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 20 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Toyota | Charles Denike |
| 21 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports All-Pro Auto Reconditioning Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 22 | 33 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing United Rentals Chevrolet | Andy Street |
| 23 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Grillo's Pickles Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 24 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Toyota | Davin Restivo |
| 25 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 26 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team Ford | Aaron Kramer |
| 27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Travis Mack |
| 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 29 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 31 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 32 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Arby's Angus Cheesesteak Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota | Tyler Allen |
| 34 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Ford | Derrick Finley |
| 35 | 66 | Josh Bilicki | Garage 66 Ford | Carl Long |
| 36 | 67 | Corey Heim | 23XI Racing Robinhood Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 37 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports DePaul University Chevrolet | Travis Peterson |
| 38 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 39 | 78 | Katherine Legge | Live Fast Motorsports e.l.f. Cosmetics Chevrolet | David Ingram |
| 40 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 41 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
