NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race entry list
By Asher Fair
Six part-time drivers are set to join the 33 full-time drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series’ second trip to Bristol Motor Speedway in the 2019 season for the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race.
Bristol Motor Speedway is set to become the fourth track to host two races in the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, as it is scheduled to host the season’s 24th race, the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, this Saturday, August 17. The first race of the season at the track was contested back in early April.
A total of 39 drivers are set to compete in this 500-lap race around the four-turn, 0.533-mile (0.858-kilometer) high-banked Bristol Motor Speedway oval in Bristol, Tennessee. Only five races have featured full fields of 40 drivers so far this season, and only one other race featured exactly 39 drivers.
All 33 of the full-time drivers, of whom 32 have competed in each of the season’s first 23 races, are set to compete in this race.
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Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain, who isn’t eligible to score Cup Series points since he is a full-time Truck Series driver, is the only full-time driver who missed a race this season. He missed the June race at Michigan International Speedway.
Another full-time driver, StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill, is also not eligible to score Cup Series points.
Of the six part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, three are set to drive for chartered teams while three are set to drive for non-chartered teams, although there will not be any bumping from the field since the entry list is not at maximum capacity so this should be relatively insignificant.
The three part-time drivers who are set to drive for chartered teams in this race are Petty Ware Racing’s B.J. McLeod, Rick Ware Racing’s Bayley Currey and Spire Motorsports’ Reed Sorenson while the three part-time drivers who are set to drive for non-chartered teams in this race are Premium Motorsports’ Quin Houff and Rick Ware Racing teammates Josh Bilicki and J.J. Yeley.
Here is a list of the 39 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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 – Quin Houff – #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 – B.J. McLeod – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
34 – Bayley Currey – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
35 – Josh Bilicki – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
36 – J.J. Yeley – #54, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
37 – Reed Sorenson – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
38 – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
39 – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota
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The 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s second race at Bristol Motor Speedway is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 17. Be sure not to miss the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race.