NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Pocono 400 entry list
By Asher Fair
The first of two NASCAR Cup Series races at Pocono Raceway in the 2019 season, the Pocono 400, is set to feature a field of 37 drivers.
The first of two races at Pocono Raceway on the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the Pocono 400, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 2. This race is the 14th race of the season. The second race at the track is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 28 and is the 21st race of the season.
A total of 37 drivers are set to compete in Sunday’s Pocono 400. Of the season’s first 13 races, only two featured fewer than 37 drivers. The races at ISM Raceway and Martinsville Speedway featured only 36 drivers.
Meanwhile, four races, the races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Richmond Raceway and Dover International Speedway, featured exactly 37 drivers.
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Of the 37 drivers who are set to compete in Sunday afternoon’s 160-lap race around the three-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Pocono Raceway triangle in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, 33 are full-time drivers while four are part-time drivers. Of the 33 full-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, only two, Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain and StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill, are ineligible to earn points in the Cup Series.
Of the four part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, three are set to drive for chartered teams while only one is set to drive for a non-chartered team, although this will not matter much as a result of the fact that the field will not be full, so nobody will be bumped from the field and thus nobody will have to rely on a guaranteed starting position just to qualify for the race.
Petty Ware Racing’s Cody Ware, Rick Ware Racing’s Bayley Currey and Spire Motorsports’ Quin Houff are set to drive for chartered teams in this race while Premium Motorsports’ Reed Sorenson is set to drive for a non-chartered team.
Here is a list of the 37 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway.
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 – Bayley Currey – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Ford
34 – J.J. Yeley – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
35 – Quin Houff – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
36 – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
37 – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota
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Tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, June 2 for the live broadcast of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 14th race, the Pocono 400, from Pocono Raceway.