There are 38 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the 27th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season and the opening 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 following this week’s qualifying session at the 1.54-mile hybrid intermediate/superspeedway track.
Chase Briscoe, who won last weekend’s Cook Out Southern 500 to lock his place in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, will return this weekend as the driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse with primary sponsorship from Mahindra Tractors.
Among the notables on the entry list among the 36 chartered teams is Cody Ware in the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse and Shane van Gisbergen in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
Ware finished fourth in his most recent outing in the No. 15 car, which came at Daytona International Speedway a couple of weekends ago. SVG, a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series competitor, finished 26th in last weekend’s Southern 500 at Darlington.
There will be two “Open” entries that will compete this weekend, the No. 44 NY Racing Team, and the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports team.
JJ Yeley will serve as the pilot of the No. 44 NY Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, while BJ McLeod will drive the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 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 / Quaker State Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing BREZTRI Chevrolet | Justin Alexander |
| 4 | 4 | Josh Berry | Stewart-Haas Racing Decisely Insurance Ford | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing King's Hawaiian Pretzel Bites Ford | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Global Industrial Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Design to Drive Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing Overstock.com Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Mavis Tires & Brakes Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Dent Wizard Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing Mahindra Compact Tractors Ford | Richard Boswell III |
| 14 | 15 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Mighty Fire Breaker Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 15 | 16 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Kaulig Racing Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet | Travis Mack |
| 16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fastenal Ford | Scott Graves |
| 17 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota | James Small |
| 18 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Rheem Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 19 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing DEX Imaging Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 20 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske AutoTrader Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 21 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Leidos Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 22 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Relay Payments Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 23 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Cirkul Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports B'laster Work It Like A Pro Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports CITGARD Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing HaasTooling.com Ford | Chad Johnston |
| 27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB OLIPOP Ridge Rush Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | Dave Elenz |
| 29 | 44 | JJ Yeley | NY Racing US Aviation Academy Chevrolet | Jay Guy |
| 30 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Jordan Brand Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Kroger / Oscar Mayer / Thomas' Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 32 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 33 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing Grady Health System Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 34 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing He Gets Us Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 35 | 71 | Zane Smith | Spire Motorsports Ambetter Health Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 37 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports Delgado Stone Chevrolet | David Ingram |
| 38 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Quaker State Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
