NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 South Point 400 entry list
By Asher Fair
A total of 39 drivers are set to compete in the opening race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the South Point 400.
The four-round, 10-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are scheduled to get underway this Sunday, September 15 with the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
A total of 39 drivers are set to compete in this Sunday’s 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Through the first 26 races of the 36-race 2019 season, six races have featured full fields of 40 drivers, and of the 20 races that haven’t, three featured 39 drivers.
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Of the 39 drivers who are set to compete in this race, 16 are playoff drivers while an additional 17 are full-time drivers, although two of these full-time drivers, StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill and Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain, are not eligible to score Cup Series points.
Of the 33 full-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, only Chastain has missed a race this year. He did not compete in the June race at Michigan International Speedway.
There are six part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, but only three of them have been confirmed. Joe Nemechek is set to drive the #27 Chevrolet for Premium Motorsports while Joey Gase is set to drive the #66 Toyota for MBM Motorsports and Reed Sorenson is set to drive the #77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports.
Not yet confirmed are the drivers of the #51 Chevrolet for Petty Ware Racing as well as the #52 Chevrolet for Rick Ware Racing and the #53 Chevrolet for Rick Ware Racing.
Of the three confirmed part-time drivers for this race, only Sorenson is set to drive for a chartered team. Whoever ends up driving the #51 Chevrolet and whoever ends up driving the #52 Chevrolet will also be driving for chartered teams. That said, this should not matter a whole lot since the field is not full for this race and nobody will be bumped from the field.
Here is a list of the 39 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 South Point 400 at Las Vegas 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 – Joe Nemechek – #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 – TBD – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
34 – TBD – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
35 – TBD – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
36 – Joey Gase – #66, MBM Motorsports, Toyota
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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Tune in to NBC Sports Network at 7:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, September 15 for the live broadcast of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoff opener, the South Point 400, from Las Vegas Motor Speedway.