NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Drydene 400 entry list
By Asher Fair
The opening race of the round of 12 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the Drydene 400, at Dover International Speedway is set to feature 38 drivers.
The opening round of the four-round, 10-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs wrapped up this past Sunday with Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott winning the round of 16 finale at the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval in come-from-behind fashion.
Dover International Speedway is scheduled to get the second three-race round of the playoffs, the round of 12, underway this Sunday, October 6 with the Drydene 400.
A total of 38 drivers are set to compete in this 400-lap race around the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) high-banked Dover International Speedway oval in Dover, Delaware.
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Among these drivers are 33 full-time drivers and five part-time drivers. Of the 33 full-time drivers, only Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain has missed one of the season’s first 29 races, as he did not compete in the race at Michigan International Speedway in June.
Only two full-time drivers, Chastain and StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill, are not eligible to score Cup Series points. Of the 31 remaining full-time drivers, 16 are playoff drivers. Of these 16 playoff drivers, 12 are still eligible to win this year’s championship while four have been eliminated from championship contention.
Of the five part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, three are set to drive for chartered teams while two are set to drive for non-chartered teams.
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 J.J. Yeley and Spire Motorsports’ Reed Sorenson. The two part-time drivers who are set to drive for non-chartered teams in this race are Premium Motorsports’ Joe Nemechek and an unnamed Rick Ware Racing driver.
Here is a list of the 38 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway.
NOTE: Round of 12 playoff 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 – 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 – B.J. McLeod – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Ford
34 – J.J. Yeley – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
35 – TBD – #54, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
36 – Reed Sorenson – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
37 – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
38 – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota
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Dover International Speedway is scheduled to host the opening race of the round of 12 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoff this Sunday, October 6. NBC Sports Network is set to broadcast the Drydene 400 live beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET.