There are 37 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the 29th race of the 36-race 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season and the third and final race of the Playoffs Round of 16.
With up to 40 cars being permitted to start races in the NASCAR Cup Series, no drivers or teams will head home after this week’s qualifying session.
Chris Buescher, last weekend’s race winner at Watkins Glen International, will return this weekend in the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Buescher won the Bristol Night Race in 2022 and will look to play the Playoff spoiler two weekends in a row.
Among the notable entries for this weekend’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway are Kaz Grala who will drive the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse, and AJ Allmendinger who will run the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
The lone open entry in the event will be the No. 66 MBM Motorsports Ford Mustang Dark Horse, which will have Josh Bilicki behind the wheel. That car will have primary sponsorship from a local Arby’s franchise.
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race Entry List
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Worldwide Express Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Menards / Monster Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet | Justin Alexander |
| 4 | 4 | Josh Berry | Stewart-Haas Racing Bed Bath & Beyond Ford | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Castrol Edge Ford | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports Mattress Warehouse Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports Llumar Window Film Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Würth Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing Rush Truck Centers Ford | Richard Boswell III |
| 14 | 15 | Kaz Grala | Rick Ware Racing MEAT N' BONE Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 15 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Barger Precast 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 Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 19 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft / Quick Lane Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 20 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 21 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Toyota Genuine Parts / Mobil 1 Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 22 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Z by HP Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 23 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Doritos / Mountain Dew Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Frontline Enterprises Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing Old Armor Ford | Chad Johnston |
| 27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | Dave Elenz |
| 29 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing McDonald's Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Kroger / Dasani Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 31 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 32 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing Pinnacle Home Improvement Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing He Gets Us Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 34 | 66 | Josh Bilicki | MBM Motorsports Arby's Ford | Carl Long |
| 35 | 71 | Zane Smith | Spire Motorsports Ambetter Health Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 37 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
