There are 36 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway in Gateway, the 28th race of the 36-race season and the second of three races in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 16.
With up to 40 cars being permitted to compete in events in the NASCAR Cup Series, no drivers or teams will head home after this week’s qualifying session.
Chase Briscoe, who won last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, will return this weekend behind the wheel of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE with primary sponsorship from Bass Pro Shops.
With no additional “Open” entries than the 36 full-time drivers and teams on the entry list this weekend, there are no notable unexpected entries for Sunday’s race.
The field will be comprised of 30 “Chartered” entries as well as six “Open” entries. The six open cars will be the three 23XI Racing teams and the three Front Row Motorsports teams.
Here is the complete entry list for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, race 28 of 36.
Enjoy Illinois 300 Entry List
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Busch Light Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Freightliner Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Dow DayGlo Chevrolet | Richard Boswell |
| 4 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports Beef-A-Roo Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Consumer Cellular Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Rebel Bourbon Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Draft Kings Chevrolet | Andrew Dickeson |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Progressive Insurance Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Pennzoil Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing CELSIUS Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 14 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fastenal / BodyGuard 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 Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 19 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing McDonald's Toyota | Charles Denike |
| 20 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Z by HP Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 21 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Morton Buildings Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 22 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Davin Restivo |
| 23 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 24 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team Haas / Andy's Ford | Aaron Kramer |
| 25 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | Travis Mack |
| 26 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 27 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Jordan Brand Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 28 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 29 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 30 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Parts Plus Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 31 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing SiriusXM Toyota | Tyler Allen |
| 32 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford | Derrick Finley |
| 33 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Travis Peterson |
| 34 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 35 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 36 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Choice Privileges Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
