There are 40 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, the 31st race of the 36-race 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.
With up to 40 cars being permitted to start in races in the NASCAR Cup Series no drivers and teams will go home following Saturday’s qualifying session.
Ross Chastain, last week’s race winner at Kansas Speedway, will return as the driver of the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with primary sponsorship from Busch Light “Camo”. Chastain will be seeking his second win of the 2024 season, and his second career NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega Superspeedway.
Among the notables in the field will be Cody Ware, who will pilot the No. 15 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing. This will mark the eighth start of the 2024 campaign for the son of team owner Rick Ware. Cody Ware finished fourth last month at Daytona International Speedway.
Shane van Gisbergen will pilot the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Kaulig Racing.
Among the “Open” entries this weekend will be AJ Allmendinger in the No. 13 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, JJ Yeley in the No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet, Anthony Alfredo in the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet, and BJ McLeod in the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet.
Yellawood 500 Entry List
| Entry # | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Busch Light Camo Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Discount Tire Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet | Justin Alexander |
| 4 | 4 | Josh Berry | Stewart-Haas Racing SunnyD Ford | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Lucas Oil Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing Beef a Roo Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx One Rate Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Pennzoil Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 13 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Strive Chevrolet | Andrew Dickeson |
| 14 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing Rush Truck Centers Ford | Richard Boswell |
| 15 | 15 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Arby's Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 16 | 16 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Kaulig Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet | Travis Mack |
| 17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing NEXLETOL 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 US Air Force Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 23 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports RaptorTough.com Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 24 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Cirkul Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 25 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 26 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 27 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing Ford | Chad Johnston |
| 28 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 29 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Dave Elenz |
| 30 | 44 | JJ Yeley | NY Racing Chevrolet | Jay Guy |
| 31 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Nasty Beast Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 32 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Kroger Health / Palmolive Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 33 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 34 | 51 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing Mighty Fire BReaker Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 35 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 36 | 62 | Anthony Alfredo | Beard Motorsports Fortify Building Systems Chevrolet | Darren Shaw |
| 37 | 71 | Zane Smith | Spire Motorsports Focused Health Chevrolet | Stephan Doran |
| 38 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 39 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet | David Ingram |
| 40 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
