NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 STP 500 entry list

A total of 36 drivers are set to compete in the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, which is the sixth race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

With five of the 36 races on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule having been completed, the series is set to head to Martinsville Speedway for the STP 500, which is the first of two scheduled races at the track this year.

A total of 36 drivers are set to compete in this 500-lap race around the four-turn, 0.526-mile (0.847-kilometer) Martinsville Speedway oval in Ridgeway, Virginia, as there are 36 drivers on the entry list and none of them will be bumped from the field since the entry list total is not above maximum field capacity, which is 40 drivers.

This race is the fifth consecutive race for which the entry list has not been at least full, as the season opener, the Daytona 500, at Daytona International Speedway is still the only race that has had at least a full entry list so far this season. Two drivers were bumped from the field for this race since the entry list contained a season-high total of 42 drivers.

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As stated, none of the fields for any of the races that have taken place since then have been full, and none of them have contained 39 drivers, either.

A total of 38 drivers also entered the races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway, which were the third and fifth races of the season, respectively.

The other two races, the second race of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the fourth race of the season at ISM Raceway, featured just 37 drivers and 36 drivers, respectively. As a result, the number of drivers on the entry list for this Sunday’s STP 500 is tied for the smallest number of drivers on any entry list so far this season.

The 33 full-time drivers, including the 32 who are eligible to score points in the Cup Series and the one who is not, who have competed in each of the first five races of the season are all set to compete in this race, as is the one other driver, a part-time driver, who has competed in each of the season’s first five races as well.

The lone full-time driver who is not eligible to score Cup Series points is Ross Chastain. Chastain is not eligible to do so as a result of the fact that he is also a full-time Xfinity Series driver and he is eligible to score points in that series.

Meanwhile, Cody Ware is the lone part-time driver who has competed in each of the season’s first five races. He is set to drive the #51 Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet for the fifth consecutive race this Sunday after opening up the season by driving the #52 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet in the season opener.

In addition to the 34 drivers who have competed in each of the first five races on this year’s schedule, there are two other part-time drivers on the entry list for this race. These drivers, Jeb Burton and D.J. Kennington, are both set to drive for non-chartered teams, as Burton is set to drive the #52 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet and Kennington is set to drive the #77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.

Here is a list of the 36 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.

NOTE: Part-time drivers 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 – Cody Ware – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
33 – Jeb Burton – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
34 – D.J. Kennington – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
35 – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
36 – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota

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Be sure to tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, March 24 for the live broadcast of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s sixth race, the STP 500, from Martinsville Speedway.

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