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 Discount Tire Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester 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 NationsGuard Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Lucas Oil Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts 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 Menards / Sylvania Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Grizzly Nicotine Pouches 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 DEWALT Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 17 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft / Quick Lane Ford | Miles Stanley |
| 18 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil 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 Monster Energy Toyota | Davin Restivo |
| 24 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 25 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford | Aaron Kramer |
| 26 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | Travis Mack |
| 27 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Pinnacle Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 29 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports NOS Energy Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 30 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Racing Open Road Sweepstakes Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 31 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Arby's Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 32 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Tyler Allen |
| 33 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Kroger / SToK Ford | Derrick Finley |
| 34 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Garage 66 Barger Precast Ford | Carl Long |
| 35 | 67 | Corey Heim | 23XI Racing Robinhood Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 36 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | Travis Peterson |
| 37 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 38 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing Wendy's Breakfast Baconator Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 39 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
