There are 39 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at the 0.533-mile Bristol Motor Speedway. This race marks the final of three races in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 16. Four drivers will be eliminated from Playoff contention at the conclusion of Saturday night’s race.
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.
Denny Hamlin, who took the win in last weekend’s Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway, returns this weekend behind the wheel of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE with primary sponsorship from King’s Hawaiian.
Among the notable entries this week is Corey Heim, who will get behind the wheel of the No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota Camry XSE with primary sponsorship from Robinhood. The Georgia native, who has eight wins in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this season, will be making his fourth NASCAR Cup Series start of the season, and it’ll be his fifth attempt in the series of 2025.
Austin Hill, one of the 12 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff Drivers, will also return to the NASCAR Cup Series behind the wheel of the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with United Rentals sponsorship. This will mark the fourth start of the NASCAR Cup season for the native of Winston, GA.
Chad Finchum will also slide behind the wheel of the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse this weekend with sponsorship from Barger Precast. This will be the third start of the year for the Tennessee native.
Here is the complete entry list for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, race 29 of 36.
2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race Entry List
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Moose Fraternity Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet | Richard Boswell |
| 4 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports Rush Truck Centers Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Castrol / TA Centers of America Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Lucas Oil Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet | Andrew Dickeson |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing King's Hawaiian Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 14 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fastenal Ford | Scott Graves |
| 15 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota | James Small |
| 16 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 17 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing Ford | Miles Stanley |
| 18 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 19 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Robinhood Toyota | Charles Denike |
| 20 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Raptor Coatings Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 21 | 33 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing United States Chevrolet | Andy Street |
| 22 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 23 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Toyota | Davin Restivo |
| 24 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 25 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team Ford | Aaron Kramer |
| 26 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Travis Mack |
| 27 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 29 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 30 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Racing Open Road Sweepstakes Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 31 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 32 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Ford | Derrick Finley |
| 33 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Garage 66 Barger Precast Ford | Carl Long |
| 34 | 67 | Corey Heim | 23XI Racing Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 35 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Chevrolet | Travis Peterson |
| 36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 37 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 38 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
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