There are 38 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, the 30th race of the 36-race NASCAR Cup Series season and the first of three races in the Round of 12 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
With up to 40 cars being permitted to start races in the NASCAR Cup Series, no drivers or teams will go home following this week’s qualifying session.
Kyle Larson, who won last week’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol, will return this weekend as the driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with primary sponsorship from HendrickCars.com.
This race will mark the first race that Spire Motorsports and Rick Ware Racing will have new drivers in their No. 7 and 51 cars. Last week, the two teams announced a trade, which will see Justin Haley behind the wheel of Spire’s No. 7 car beginning this weekend and LaJoie in the No. 51 Ware entry.
Among the other notables in the field will be Kaz Grala, a NASCAR Cup Series rookie contender making his 20th start of the season, in the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Ty Dillon, who stepped away from his driving duties of the No. 25 Rackley WAR truck this week, will drive the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 this weekend.
Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will also make his seventh start of the season in the No. 84 LEGACY MOTOR CLUB “Open” entry, and he’ll be joined by JJ Yeley, the other “Open” entry driver who will pilot the No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet.
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 Entry List
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops Ford | Justin Alexander |
| 4 | 4 | Josh Berry | Stewart-Haas Racing Ford | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Solomon Plumbing Ford | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports UniFirst Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing Bed Bath & Beyond Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Würth Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing Mahindra Tractors Ford | Richard Boswell |
| 14 | 15 | Kaz Grala | Rick Ware Racing Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 15 | 16 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Chevrolet | Travis Mack |
| 16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fastenal Ford | Scott Graves |
| 17 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota | James Small |
| 18 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Rheem Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 19 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 20 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 21 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 22 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 23 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing Ford | Chad Johnson |
| 27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Dave Elenz |
| 29 | 44 | JJ Yeley | NY Racing Chevrolet | Jay Guy |
| 30 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 32 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 33 | 51 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 34 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 35 | 66 | MBM Motorsports Ford | Carl Long | |
| 36 | 71 | Zane Smith | Spire Motorsports Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 37 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 38 | 84 | Jimmie Johnson | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree / Family Dollar Toyota | Gene Wachtel |
| 39 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
