There are 38 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Last week’s race-winner, and championship point leader, William Byron will pilot the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. Byron is looking for his seventh win of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season this weekend.
The two open cars (teams without charters) are the No. 13 Kaulig Racing entry, which will be driven by Chandler Smith, and the No. 36 Front Row Motorsports entry, which will be driven by Riley Herbst.
Other notable entries include Brennan Poole in the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing entry, Carson Hocevar in the No. 42 LEGACY MOTOR CLUB entry, JJ Yeley in the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing entry, and BJ McLeod in the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports entry.
NASCAR Cup Series Yellawood 500 Entry List
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Worldwide Express Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Discount Tire Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet | Keith Rodden |
| 4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing Busch Light Camo Ford | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports Valvoline / HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Solomon Plumbing Ford | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing X World Wallet Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports Llumar Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing Smithfield Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Mavis Tires & Brakes Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Pennzoil Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 13 | Chandler Smith | Kaulig Racing Quick Tie Products, Inc. Chevrolet | Eddie Pardue |
| 14 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing Old Spice Ford | Richard Boswell III |
| 15 | 15 | Brennan Poole | Rick Ware Racing Finance Pro Plus Ford | Jerry Kelley |
| 16 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Action Industries Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
| 17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford | Scott Graves |
| 18 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota | James Small |
| 19 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing DeWalt Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 20 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing DEX Imaging Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 22 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Leidos Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 23 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Axalta Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 24 | 31 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing Morris-Shea Bridge Company Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 25 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 26 | 36 | Riley Herbst | Front Row Motorsports Ford | Tony Manzer |
| 27 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Georgia Peanuts Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 28 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing Wonder Bread Ford | Chad Johnston |
| 29 | 42 | Carson Hocevar | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Sunseeker Resorts Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 30 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Allegiant Chevrolet | Dave Elenz |
| 31 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing McDonald's Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 32 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Sara Lee Artesano Bakery Bread Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 33 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 34 | 51 | JJ Yeley | Rick Ware Racing Biohaven / Jacob Co. Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 35 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 36 | 77 | Ty Dillon | Spire Motorsports Ferris Commercial Mowers Chevrolet | Kevin Manion |
| 37 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports Gunk Chevrolet | David Ingram |
| 38 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Tootsie's Orchid Lounge Chevrolet | Travis Mack |
