There are 36 cars on the preliminary entry list for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, the fifth points race of 36 in the season.
While the No. 44 NY Racing team has attempted a couple of races this season, and other open teams such as Beard Motorsports, and the No. 84 LEGACY MOTOR CLUB entry attempted the Daytona 500, no open entries will be featured on the entry list this weekend.
Last week’s race winner, Christopher Bell is set to return in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE with primary sponsorship from DeWalt Tools. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner has two top-five finishes and three top-10s in five career starts on the concrete Bristol Motor Speedway layout.
This race marks the return of the traditional spring day race at Bristol Motor Speedway as the dirt race project was scrapped heading into the 2024 season.
The notable entries for this weekend’s race include Kaz Grala in the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing entry, and AJ Allmendinger in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing entry. Grala will have sponsorship from N29 Capital Partners while Allmendinger will carry sponsorship from Mountain Dew / Cheetos.
NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 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 Discount Tire Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing BREZTRI Chevrolet | Keith Rodden |
| 4 | 4 | Josh Berry | Stewart-Haas Racing SunnyD Ford | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing King's Hawaiian Ford | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing FICO Chevrolet | Randall Burnette |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Mavis Express Oil Change Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Dutch Boy Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing Mahindra Tractors Ford | Richard Boswell III |
| 14 | 15 | Kaz Grala | Rick Ware Racing N29 Capital Partners Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 15 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Mountain Dew / Cheetos Chevrolet | Travis Mack |
| 16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford | Scott Graves |
| 17 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota | James Small |
| 18 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing DeWalt Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 19 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing DEX Imaging Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 20 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 21 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Leidos Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 22 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Liberty University Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 23 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Cirkul Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports CITGARD Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing HaasTooling.com Ford | Chad Johnston |
| 27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB AdventHealth Toyota | Dave Elenz |
| 29 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Ball Park Buns & Rolls Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 31 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 32 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing Ohanafy Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing SiriusXM Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 34 | 71 | Zane Smith | Spire Motorsports Focused Health Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
| 35 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Cal Ripken Sr. Fdn. Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 36 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Jockey Outdoors / Bassmaster Classic Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
