There are 37 cars on the entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, the eighth race of the 36-race NASCAR Cup Series season.
With up to 40 cars guaranteed a starting spot in the series, no drivers or teams will head home after qualifying this weekend.
Chase Elliott, who won the most recent NASCAR Cup Series event, the Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway, returns this weekend as the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with primary sponsorship from NAPA Auto Parts.
Elliott will look to score back-to-back victories for the second time in his Cup Series career. The last time Elliott went back-to-back was at Martinsville and Phoenix in fall 2020, which led to a NASCAR Cup Series championship.
The lone “Open” entry this weekend is the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse, which will have journeyman racer Chad Finchum behind the wheel with Brian King Roofing serving as the sponsor for the entry.
Food City 500 Entry List
| Entry | Car | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Busch Light Fishing Chevrolet | Brandon McSwain |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Menards / Tarkett Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Long Beard XR Chevrolet | Richard Boswell III |
| 4 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford | Grant Hutchens |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Consumer Cellular Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 7 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Spire Motorsports NationsGuard Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing BankOZK Chevrolet | Jim Pohlman |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Ohio Logistics Chevrolet | Andrew Dickeson |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing National Debt Relief Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Discount Tire Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 14 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Trimble Ford | Scott Graves |
| 15 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing Lance Toyota | James Small |
| 16 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Rheem 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 WWE / Chumba Casino Toyota | Charles Denike |
| 20 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Valvoline Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 21 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 22 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota | Davin Restivo |
| 23 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Aaron's Rent to Own Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 24 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team Chevrolet | Aaron Kramer |
| 25 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | Travis Mack |
| 26 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB AdventHealth Toyota | Justin Alexander |
| 27 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Comparion Insurance Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 28 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet | Michael Kelley |
| 29 | 48 | Justin Allgaier | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 30 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet | Billy Plourde |
| 31 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Tyler Allen |
| 32 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Kroger / Muscle Milk Ford | Derrick Finley |
| 33 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Garage 66 Brian King Roofing Ford | Carl Long |
| 34 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Travis Peterson |
| 35 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Spectrum Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 36 | 88 | Connor Zilisch | Trackhouse Racing Roto-Rooter Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 37 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
