NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Bluegreen Vacations 500 entry list
By Asher Fair
A total of 39 drivers are set to compete in the final race of the round of 8 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at ISM Raceway, the Bluegreen Vacations 500.
The Bluegreen Vacations 500 is the third and final race of the penultimate round of the four-round, 10-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the round of 8, and is set to be contested at ISM Raceway this Sunday, November 10.
A total of 39 drivers are set to compete in this 312-lap race around the four-turn, 1.022-mile (1.645-kilometer) ISM Raceway oval in Avondale, Arizona after just 36 drivers competed in the race at the track back in March.
With Front Row Motorsports rookie Matt Tifft having been sidelined for the remainder of the season after suffering a seizure at Martinsville Speedway two weekends ago, just 32 of the 33 full-time drivers are set to compete in this race.
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John Hunter Nemechek is set to replace Tifft behind the wheel of the #36 Ford in this race and in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway next Sunday, November 17, just as he did in this past Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Of these 32 full-time drivers, 30 are eligible to score Cup Series points, as StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill and Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain are not. Chastain is the only one of these 32 full-time drivers who has not competed in each of the first 34 races of the season, as he missed the race at Michigan International Speedway back in June.
Of the six part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race aside of Nemechek, three are set to drive for chartered teams while three are not. The three who are set to do so are Petty Ware Racing’s B.J. McLeod, Rick Ware Racing’s Bayley Currey and Spire Motorsports’ Reed Sorenson while the three who are not are Premium Motorsports’ Joe Nemechek, Rick Ware Racing’s J.J. Yeley and MBM Motorsports’ Joey Gase.
Here is a list of the 39 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Bluegreen Vacations 500 at ISM Raceway.
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 – John Hunter Nemechek – #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 – J.J. Yeley – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
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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NBC’s live broadcast of the third and final race of the round of 8 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the Bluegreen Vacations 500, is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET from ISM Raceway this Sunday, November 10.