NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Daytona 500 entry list

The offseason between the 2018 and 2019 NASCAR Cup Series seasons is almost over. Here is the entry list for the 2019 season opener, the Daytona 500.

After nearly three months of waiting since the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season ended, the 2019 season is scheduled to get underway next Sunday, February 17 with the first of 36 races on the schedule, which extends through mid-November.

A total of 42 drivers are set to attempt to qualify for the 2019 season opener, the 61st annual Daytona 500, at Daytona International Speedway. With Cup Series fields being limited to 40 drivers, two of the 42 drivers who are set to attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 will not make the field.

Of the 42 drivers who are set to attempt to qualify for the 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona International Speedway oval in Daytona Beach, Florida, 36 are already locked into the field as a result of the fact that they drive for chartered teams.

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Of the 36 drivers who are already locked into the field, 33 are full-time drivers who are set to compete in all 36 races throughout the 2019 season.

Because the 2019 season has not yet begun, this entry list will include all of the drivers as opposed to only the part-time drivers like the entry lists we published ahead of each race last season.

Here is a list of the 33 drivers who are set to compete in the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 17 as well as in all of the other 35 races on the 2019 schedule.

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1 – Landon Cassill – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet
2 – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
3 – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford
4 – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
5 – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
6 – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford
7 – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
8 – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
9 – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
10 – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
11 – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford
12 – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet
13 – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
14 – Ross Chastain – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet
15 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford
16 – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
17 – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
18 – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
19 – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford
20 – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford
21 – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
22 – Corey Lajoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford
23 – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
24 – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
25 – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
26 – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
27 – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
28 – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
29 – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet
30 – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
31 – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
32 – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
33 – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota

Here is a list of the three drivers who are set to drive in the Daytona 500 as a result of the fact that they drive for chartered teams.

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1 – Jamie McMurray – #40, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
2 – B.J. McLeod – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
3 – Cody Ware – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet

Here is a list of the six drivers who are set to attempt to qualify for the 2019 Daytona 500 without the guarantee of getting into the field. Four of these drivers will qualify for the race while two will fail to do so.

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1 – Casey Mears – #27, German Racing, Chevrolet
2 – Tyler Reddick – #31, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
3 – Brendan Gaughan – #62, Beard Motorsports, Chevrolet
4 – Joey Gase – #66, MBM Motorsports, Toyota
5 – Ryan Truex – #71, Tommy Baldwin Racing, Chevrolet
6 – Parker Kligerman – #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota

NOTE: Tanner Berryhill was set to drive the #97 Toyota on a full-time basis for the non-chartered Obaika Racing team, but the team withdrew the #97 Toyota from the Daytona 500 entry list yesterday afternoon.

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Fox is scheduled to broadcast the 61st annual Daytona 500 live from the high banks of Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 17, so be sure to tune in.

Also, be sure to tune in to Fox for the live broadcast of single-car qualifying for this race this Sunday, February 10 at 12:00 p.m. ET to see which two drivers will start it from the front row, and be sure to flip to Fox Sports 1 at 3:00 p.m. ET later that afternoon for the live broadcast of the Advance Auto Parts Clash.

Be sure to tune in to Fox Sports 1 on Thursday, February 14 at 7:00 p.m. ET as well for the live broadcast of the Gander RV Duels to see how the rest the starting grid for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season opener will look.

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