NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 TicketGuardian 500 entry list
By Asher Fair
The fourth race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the TicketGuardian 500, is scheduled to take place this Sunday at ISM Raceway. Here is the entry list for this race.
After 42 drivers entered the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season opener, the 61st annual Daytona 500, at Daytona International Speedway and two of them had to be bumped from the field to keep the field at its maximum size of 40 drivers, no entry list for a Cup Series list has featured more than 38 drivers.
A total of 37 drivers entered the season’s second race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and a total of 38 drivers entered the season’s third race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The entry list for this Sunday’s race, the TicketGuardian 500, at ISM Raceway is the smallest of the season through the season’s four races, as only 36 drivers are set to enter the 312-lap race around the four-turn, 1.022-mile (1.645-kilometer) oval in Avondale, Arizona.
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An entry list for a Cup Series race has not been this small since 36 drivers entered the second race of the 2018 season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which is now 38 races and more than one full year ago.
Of the 36 drivers who are set to compete in the TicketGuardian, 32 are full-time drivers who are eligible to earn points throughout the season.
One other driver, Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain, is also a full-time driver, but he is not eligible to earn points in the Cup Series this season as a result of the fact that he is a full-time Xfinity Series driver and is eligible to earn points in that series this year.
While charters do not matter much for the TicketGuardian 500 as there are only 36 drivers on the entry list and this nobody will be bumped from the field, all three of the part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race are set to drive for chartered teams in it.
First, here is a list of the 33 full-time drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway.
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
Secondly, here is a list of the three part-time drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway.
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1 – Cody Ware – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
2 – Bayley Currey – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
3 – Quin Houff – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
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Live coverage of the fourth race of the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the TicketGuardian 500, is set to begin on Fox on Sunday, March 10 at 3:30 p.m. ET from ISM Raceway, so be sure to tune in to it.