NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Hollywood Casino 400 entry list
By Asher Fair
The field is set to be full with 40 drivers in the Hollywood Casino 400, the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Kansas Speedway, this Sunday.
The Hollywood Casino 400 is the 32nd of 36 races on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, and it is the sixth of 10 races on the four-round playoff schedule. It is the third and final race of the three-race round of 12, the second round of the playoffs, and will eliminate four of the remaining 12 playoff drivers from championship contention.
A total of 40 drivers, including 33 full-time drivers and seven part-time 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.
Of these 33 full-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, 31 are eligible to score Cup Series points and have competed in each of the season’s first 31 races while two, StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill and Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain, are not eligible to score Cup Series points.
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Cassill has competed in each of the season’s first 31 races while Chastain missed the June race at Michigan International Speedway.
Of the seven part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, six have been confirmed, of whom three are set to drive for chartered teams and three 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 J.J. Yeley, Rick Ware Racing’s Austin Theriault and Spire Motorsports’ Reed Sorenson while the three part-time drivers who have been confirmed at non-chartered teams for this race are Rick Ware Racing’s Josh Bilicki, MBM Motorsports’ Timmy Hill and Gaunt Brothers Racing’s Parker Kligerman.
The unconfirmed part-time driver who is set to compete in this race is set to drive for a non-chartered team. Whoever that driver ends up being will drive the #27 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet.
Here is a list of the 40 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas 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 – TBD – #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 – J.J. Yeley – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Ford
34 – Austin Theriault – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
35 – Josh Bilicki – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
36 – Timmy Hill – #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
40 – Parker Kligerman – #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota
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The Hollywood Casino 400 is set to be broadcast live on NBC from Kansas Speedway beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, October 20, so be sure not to miss the third and final race of the round of 12 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.