There are 37 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, the 26th race of the 36-race NASCAR Cup Series season and the final race before the Playoffs begin.
With up to 40 cars being permitted to start races in the NASCAR Cup Series, no drivers or teams will go home after this weekend’s qualifying session.
Harrison Burton, last weekend’s race winner at Daytona International Speedway, will return in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Burton’s win last weekend was his first-career win and it was the 100th win for the legendary Wood Brothers team.
As far as notable Chartered entries for this weekend’s race, Kaz Grala will return to the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse for his first start since the Chicago Street Race. Shane van Gisbergen will make his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series start in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
The lone “Open” entry on the entry list is the No. 66 MBM Motorsports Ford Mustang Dark Horse, which will be driven by Timmy Hill.
Here is the complete entry list for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway:
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 Entry List
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Busch Retro Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Discount Tire Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Toys for Tots Chevrolet | Justin Alexander |
| 4 | 4 | Josh Berry | Stewart-Haas Racing Overstock.com 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 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports Chili's Catch-a-Rita Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Morgan & Morgan Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing Bass Pro Shops Winchester Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing SportsClips Haircuts Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Richmond Water Heaters Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing HighPoint.com Ford | Richard Boswell |
| 14 | 15 | Kaz Grala | Rick Ware Racing Meat N' Bone Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 15 | 16 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Kaulig Racing Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet | Travis Mack |
| 16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com 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 | Chris Sherwood |
| 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 US Air Force Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 22 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Liberty University Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 23 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Cirkul Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Colortech Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing HaasTooling.com Ford | Chad Johnston |
| 27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Mobil 1 Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | Dave Elenz |
| 29 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Upper Deck Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Kroger / Drumstick Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 31 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 32 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing NC Fraternal Order of Police Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 34 | 66 | Timmy Hill | MBM Motorsports W Ford | Carl Long |
| 35 | 71 | Zane Smith | Spire Motorsports Focused Health Chevrolet | Stephan Doran |
| 36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Bon Secours / Greenville Swamp Rabbits Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 37 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
