NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Ford EcoBoost 400 entry list
By Asher Fair
A total of 40 drivers are set to compete in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the Ford EcoBoost 400.
NASCAR championship weekend will be upon us in just a few days, and the Cup Series Championship 4 season finale, the Ford EcoBoost 400, is scheduled to cap off the weekend’s festivities at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, November 17.
A total of 40 drivers are set to compete in this Sunday afternoon’s 267-lap season finale around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Homestead-Miami Speedway oval in Homestead, Florida, although only four, Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick, are eligible to win the championship in it.
Of these 40 drivers, 32 are full-time drivers, and 31 of these 32 full-time drivers have competed in each of the season’s first 35 drivers. The one exception is Premium Motorsports’ Ross Chastain, who did not compete in the race at Michigan International Speedway just over five months ago in June.
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However, Chastain is not set to drive for a chartered team in this Sunday afternoon’s race, as he is set to drive the #27 Chevrolet as opposed to the #15 Chevrolet that he usually drives. Joe Nemechek is set to driver the chartered #15 Chevrolet in this race.
The only full-time driver who is not set to compete in this race is Front Row Motorsports rookie Matt Tifft, who was sidelined for the remainder of the season after suffering a seizure at Martinsville Speedway a few weeks ago.
John Hunter Nemechek, one of the seven part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race, has driven the #36 Ford as Tifft’s replacement in each of the last two races at Texas Motor Speedway and ISM Raceway after Matt Crafton replaced him in the race at Martinsville Speedway, and he is set to do so again this weekend.
Six other part-time drivers are set to compete in this Sunday afternoon’s Ford EcoBoost 400, and 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 J.J. Yeley, Rick Ware Racing’s Josh Bilicki, and Spire Motorsports’ Reed Sorenson while the three who are not set to do so are Rick Ware Racing’s B.J. McLeod, MBM Motorsports’ Timmy Hill and Gaunt Brothers Racing’s Drew Herring, who is set to make his Cup Series debut.
Here is a list of the 40 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami 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 – Joe Nemechek – #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 – Ross Chastain – #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 – J.J. Yeley – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Ford
34 – Josh Bilicki – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
35 – B.J. McLeod – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
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 – Drew Herring – #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota
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The live broadcast of Sunday afternoon’s Ford EcoBoost 400 is set to be aired on NBC beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET. Be sure to tune in to the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.