Entry List: 2025 NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega

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There are 40 cars on the entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, the second of three races in the Playoffs Round of 8.

With up to 40 cars being permitted to start races in the NASCAR Cup Series, no drivers or teams will head home after this week’s qualifying session.

Denny Hamlin, who picked up his 60th career win last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, will return this weekend behind the wheel of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE with primary sponsorship from National Debt Relief.

Among the notable entries in the field is Casey Mears, who will reprise his role behind the wheel of the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse.

Other notables include Austin Hill, driving the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing entry, Anthony Alfredo, driving the No. 62 Beard Motorsports entry, and BJ McLeod, driving the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports entry.

Here is the complete entry list for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, race 34 of 36.

YellaWood 500 Entry List

Entry	Car	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Manufacturer	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		Chevrolet	Richard Boswell II
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	BuildSubmarines.com	Ford	Jeremy Bullins
7	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports	Gainbridge Assists	Chevrolet	Ryan Sparks
8	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen	Chevrolet	Andy Street
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	National Debt Relief	Toyota	Chris Gayle
12	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske		Ford	Jonathan Hassler
13	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Black's Tire	Chevrolet	Trent Owens
14	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Kroger / Thomas' High Protein Bagels	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	Eero	Ford	Miles Stanley
18	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell Pennzoil	Ford	Paul Wolfe
19	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Columbia	Toyota	Charles Denike
20	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Raptor	Chevrolet	Ryan Fugle
21	33	Austin Hill (i)	Richard Childress Racing	United Rentals	Chevrolet	Keith Rodden
22	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports		Ford	Chris Lawson
23	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing		Toyota	Davin Restivo
24	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Benebone	Ford	Ryan Bergenty
25	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Sysco RaceTrac	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	The Beast	Toyota	Billy Scott
29	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Hyak Motorsports	JackLinks Non-Vegan	Chevrolet	Michael Kelley
30	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally	Chevrolet	Blake Harris
31	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Arby's Steak Nuggets	Ford	Billy Plourde
32	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Monster Energy	Toyota	Tyler Allen
33	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Trimble	Ford	Derrick Finley
34	62	Anthony Alfredo (i)	Beard Motorsports	LIL' DUDE Wipes 'Bubble Bum'	Chevrolet	Darren Shaw
35	66	Casey Mears	Garage 66	SI Yachts	Ford	Carl Long
36	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Carolina Handling	Chevrolet	Travis Peterson
37	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Modo Casino	Chevrolet	Luke Lambert
38	78	BJ McLeod (i)	Live Fast Motorsports		Chevrolet	David Ingram
39	88	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	WeatherTech	Chevrolet	Stephen Doran
40	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing	Freeway Insurance	Chevrolet	Matt Swiderski

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