There are 39 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. This race, around the 3.410-mile road course, will mark the sixth race of the 36-race NASCAR Cup Series season.
With the NASCAR Cup Series able to start up to 40 cars in the field for its races, no drivers or teams will fail to qualify for this weekend’s event. The 39 cars on the entry list this weekend is the most of any NASCAR Cup Series entry list since the season-opening Daytona 500, which featured 42 entries.
Denny Hamlin, who scored the win in last week’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, will return this week in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE with primary sponsorship from Interstate Batteries. Hamlin has a career average finish of 16.0 in three starts at the picture-esque road racing venue in Texas.
In addition to the 36 chartered entries, there are three open entries slated to make a start this weekend.
Kaulig Racing will field the No. 13 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the first time this season with AJ Allmendinger behind the wheel of that entry.
23XI Racing will also field a third entry this weekend, the No. 50 Mobil 1 Toyota Camry XSE, with renowned road racer Kamui Kobayashi behind the wheel. Kobayashi made his first career NASCAR Cup Series start last season at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
The No. 66 Power Source (formerly known as MBM Motorsports) team will also make its first NASCAR Cup Series start since the spring race at Talladega Superspeedway back in 2022. Timmy Hill will pilot that entry this weekend with primary sponsorship from Amptricity.
NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Entry List
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Worldwide Express Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Discount Tire Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Get Bioethanol Chevrolet | Keith Rodden |
| 4 | 4 | Josh Berry | Stewart-Haas Racing Overstock.com Ford | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Castrol 125 Years Forward Ford | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | Ryan Sparks |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Mark III Employee Benefits Chevrolet | Randall Burdett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing Rush Truck Centers Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Interstate Batteries Toyota | Chris Gabehart |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Jack Links Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 13 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet | Eddie Pardue |
| 14 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing Mahindra Tractors Ford | Richard Boswell II |
| 15 | 15 | Kaz Grala | Rick Ware Racing N29 Capital Partners Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 16 | 16 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Kaulig Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet | Travis Mack |
| 17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fastenal Ford | Scott Graves |
| 18 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota | James Small |
| 19 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing DeWalt Tools Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 20 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft / Quick Lane Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 22 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Mobil 1 Toyota | Bootie Barker |
| 23 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports RaptorTough.com Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 24 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Cirkul Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 25 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford | Travis Peterson |
| 26 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Ruedebusch Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 27 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing HaasTooling.com Ford | Chad Johnston |
| 28 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Romco Equipment Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 29 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Family Dollar Toyota | Dave Elenz |
| 30 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing The Beast Unleashed Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Palmolive Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 32 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 33 | 50 | Kamui Kobayashi | 23XI Racing Mobil 1 Toyota | Julian Pena |
| 34 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing Fraternal Order of Eagles Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 35 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 36 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Power Source Amptricity Ford | Carl Long |
| 37 | 71 | Zane Smith | Spire Motorsports Focused Health Chevrolet | Stephan Doran |
| 38 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 39 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
