NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Digital Ally 400 entry list
By Asher Fair
A total of 40 drivers are set to compete in the 12th race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the Digital Ally 400, at Kansas Speedway.
The Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway marks the one-third mark on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, as it is the 12th race of the 36-race season. This race is scheduled to take place this Saturday, May 11 under the lights.
A total of 40 drivers are set to compete in this 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas Speedway oval in Kansas City, Kansas.
So far this season, only two races have featured full fields of 40 drivers. These two races were the season opener, the Daytona 500, at Daytona International Speedway and the season’s 10th race, the GEICO 500, at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Of the 40 drivers who are set to compete in this Saturday night’s race, 33 are full-time drivers while seven are part-time drivers. Of the 33 full-time drivers, 31 are eligible to earn points in the Cup Series, as Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain and StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill are not.
Of the seven part-time drivers who are set to compete in this Saturday night’s race, three are set to drive for chartered teams while four are set to drive for unchartered teams. Petty Ware Racing’s Jeb Burton, Rick Ware Racing’s Bayley Currey and Spire Motorsports’ Quin Houff are set to drive for chartered teams while Premium Motorsports’ Reed Sorenson, Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick and MBM Motorsports teammate Joey Gase and Timmy Hill are set to drive for unchartered teams.
That said, whether these drivers are driving for chartered teams or unchartered teams is essentially immaterial when it comes to qualifying for this race because of the fact that the entry list is not overflowing, as the maximum driver total for each race is 40 and therefore nobody will be bumped from the field.
Here is a list of the 40 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Digital Ally 400 at Kansas 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 – Reed Sorenson – #27, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet
23 – Tyler Reddick – #31, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
24 – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford
25 – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
26 – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
27 – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
28 – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
29 – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
30 – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
31 – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet
32 – Joey Gase – #46, MBM Motorsports, Toyota
33 – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
34 – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
35 – Jeb Burton – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
36 – Bayley Currey – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
37 – Timmy Hill – #66, MBM Motorsports, Toyota
38 – Quin Houff – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
39 – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
40 – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota
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Fox Sports 1 is set to air the Digital Ally 400 live from Kansas Speedway beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 11, so be sure not to miss the 12th race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.