NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 entry list

A total of 37 drivers are set to compete in the second race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

After 42 drivers attempted to qualify for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season opener, the 61st annual Daytona 500, at Daytona International Speedway and two of these 42 drivers failed to do so, there are only 37 drivers on the entry list for this Sunday’s race.

This Sunday’s race, the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, is set to be a 325-lap race around the four-turn, 1.54-mile (2.478-kilometer) high-banked Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. It is set to be the first and only race of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

There have not been as few as 37 drivers entered in a Cup Series race since 37 drivers competed in the August race at Watkins Glen International last year. This race was the 22nd race on the 36-race 2018 schedule.

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Last season, the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway featured only 36 drivers, which made it the race with the smallest field throughout the entire season. Of the season’s 36 races, 29 featured more than 37 drivers.

Of the 37 drivers who are on the entry list for this race, 33 are full-time drivers who are set to compete in each of the 36 races on this year’s schedule while the other four are part-time drivers.

Of the 33 full-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, 32 are drivers who are eligible to earn points in the Cup Series while one isn’t, as this lone driver, Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain, also competes full-time in the Xfinity Series and is eligible to earn points in this series instead of in the Cup Series.

Three of the four part-time drivers who are set to compete in it are set to drive for chartered teams while one is not, although this will not matter much for this particular race considering the fact that the field for the race will not be a full 40-driver field.

Here is a list of the 33 full-time drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway as well as in the remaining 34 races on the 2019 schedule.

NOTE: Drivers who are ineligible to earn points are listed in italics.

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 four part-time drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

NOTE: Drivers who drive for chartered teams are listed in italics.

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1 – Cody Ware – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
2 – B.J. McLeod – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
3 – Garrett Smithley – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
4 – Parker Kligerman – #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota

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Be sure to tune in to Fox at 2:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, February 24 for the live broadcast of the second race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, from Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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