NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 GEICO 500 entry list

A total of 40 drivers are set to fill the field for the 10th race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the GEICO 500, at Talladega Superspeedway.

For only one of the first nine races on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule has the entry list been full. This race was the season opener, the Daytona 500, at Daytona International Speedway, which is a race that has typically featured an overflowing entry list that results in drivers being bumped from the field.

The entry list for this Sunday’s race, the GEICO 500, at Talladega Superspeedway is not overflowing, but it does feature 40 drivers, which is the maximum number of drivers allowed to compete in a Cup Series race.

Among the 40 drivers who are set to compete in the 188-lap race around the four-turn, 2.66-mile (4.281-kilometer) high-banked Talladega Superspeedway oval in Lincoln, Alabama are 33 full-time drivers and seven part-time drivers.

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Of the 33 full-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, only Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain is ineligible to score points in the Cup Series. He is also a full-time Xfinity Series driver, and he is eligible to score points in that series instead. Of the seven part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, four have competed in at least one other Cup Series race so far this season while the other three have not.

The four part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race and have competed in at least one other race so far this season are Premium Motorsports’ Reed Sorenson, Petty Ware Racing’s Cody Ware, Beard Motorsports’ Brendan Gaughan and Gaunt Brothers Racing’s Parker Kligerman.

The three part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race but have not competed in at least one other race so far this season are Rick Ware Racing’s Stanton Barrett, Spire Motorsports’ Justin Haley and XCI Racing’s Jeffrey Earnhardt.

While it will not matter much considering the fact that nobody will be bumped from the field, it is worth noting that Ware, Barrett and Haley are set to drive for chartered teams in this race while Sorenson, Gaughan, Kligerman and Earnhardt are not.

Here is a list of the 40 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

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 – Reed Sorenson – #27, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet
23 – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford
24 – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
25 – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
26 – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
27 – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
28 – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
29 – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
30 – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet
31 – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
32 – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
33 – Cody Ware – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
34 – Stanton Barrett – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
35 – Brendan Gaughan – #62, Beard Motorsports, Chevrolet
36 – Justin Haley – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
37 – Jeffrey Earnhardt – #81, XCI Racing, Toyota
38 – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
39 – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota
40 – Parker Kligerman – #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota

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The live broadcast of the GEICO 500 is scheduled to begin on Fox at 2:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, April 28, so be sure not to miss any of the action during the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 10th race from the high banks of Talladega Superspeedway.

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