There are 38 drivers on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, the eighth event of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign.
With up to 40 drivers being permitted to start events in the NASCAR Cup Series this season, there will be no cars or drivers packing up and heading home following this weekend’s qualifying session.
Denny Hamlin, who went to Victory Lane in last Sunday’s Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway, will return to the driver’s seat of the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. SportsClips will serve as the team’s primary sponsor for the event.
In honor of NASCAR’s annual Throwback Weekend at Darlington Raceway, Hamlin will be paying tribute to Carl Edwards with the paint scheme that Carl Edwards utilized during the 2000s when he was sponsored by Office Depot.
This weekend, a pair of open entries will accompany the 36 NASCAR Cup Series entries holding a charter on the racetrack at Darlington Raceway.
Austin Hill will be making his first NASCAR Cup Series start of the season at Darlington, driving the No. 33 United Rentals Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. JJ Yeley will be driving the No. 44 for NY Racing once again this weekend.
Goodyear 400 Entry List:
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Busch Light Fishing Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Freightliner Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing BREZTRI 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 Castrol Seven Critical Areas Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Chevrolet | Rodney Childers |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports UniFirst Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Beaver Street Fisheries Chevrolet | Andrew Dickeson |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Dutch Boy Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Action Industries Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 14 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fifth Third Bank 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 Columbia Sportswear Toyota | Charles Denike |
| 20 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Axalta Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 21 | 33 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing United Rentals Chevrolet | Andy Street |
| 22 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Ruedebusch 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 Haas Automation Ford | Aaron Kramer |
| 26 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | Travis Mack |
| 27 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB AdventHealth Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 44 | JJ Yeley | NY Racing Chevrolet | Jay Guy |
| 29 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing McDonald's Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports SUNNYD Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 31 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 32 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Tyler Allen |
| 34 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Kroger / Country Crock Ford | Derrick Finley |
| 35 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Travis Peterson |
| 36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 37 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 38 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Quaker State Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
