NASCAR: Updated look at the 2023 Daytona 500 entry list

One month away from the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500, here’s what we know about the race’s entry list.

We are officially one month away from the scheduled start of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, with the green flag set to get the 65th annual Daytona 500 underway on Sunday, February 19.

The entry list for this year’s running of the 200-lap Great American Race at the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona International Speedway oval in Daytona Beach, Florida is slowly but surely coming together.

Of the 36 chartered entries, all of which are locked into the race, 33 have confirmed drivers. All 33 of those drivers are full-time drivers. In addition to those entries, there are five non-chartered entries which have been confirmed, and all have confirmed drivers.

Because the field is capped at 40 cars, only four non-chartered entries will qualify for the race, meaning that at least one of the five confirmed non-chartered entries will fail to get into the field following the single-car qualifying session and the Bluegreen Vacations Duels.

With a month to go before the season begins, let’s have an updated look at the Daytona 500 entry list, split up into five groups: full-time drivers, full-time entries, part-time entries, possible part-time entries, and entries that have been ruled out.

NOTE: (R) means rookie.

Full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers (33)

Front Row Motorsports, Ford

• No. 34 – Michael McDowell
• No. 38 – Todd Gilliland

Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet

• No. 5 – Kyle Larson
• No. 9 – Chase Elliott
• No. 24 – William Byron
• No. 48 – Alex Bowman

Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota

• No. 11 – Denny Hamlin
• No. 19 – Martin Truex Jr.
• No. 20 – Christopher Bell
• No. 54 – Ty Gibbs (R)

JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet

• No. 47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet

• No. 16 – A.J. Allmendinger
• No. 31 – Justin Haley

Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet

• No. 42 – Noah Gragson (R)
• No. 43 – Erik Jones

RFK Racing, Ford

• No. 6 – Brad Keselowski
• No. 17 – Chris Buescher

Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet

• No. 3 – Austin Dillon
• No. 8 – Kyle Busch

Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet

• No. 7 – Corey LaJoie
• No. 77 – Ty Dillon

Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford

• No. 4 – Kevin Harvick
• No. 10 – Aric Almirola
• No. 14 – Chase Briscoe
• No. 41 – Ryan Preece

Team Penske, Ford

• No. 2 – Austin Cindric
• No. 12 – Ryan Blaney
• No. 22 – Joey Logano

Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet

• No. 1 – Ross Chastain
• No. 99 – Daniel Suarez

23XI Racing, Toyota

• No. 23 – Bubba Wallace
• No. 45 – Tyler Reddick

Wood Brothers Racing, Ford

• No. 21 – Harrison Burton

Full-time entries (3)

Live Fast Motorsports, Chevrolet

• No. 78 – TBD

Rick Ware Racing, Ford

• No. 15 – TBD
• No. 51 – TBD

Part-time entries (5)

Beard Motorsports, Chevrolet

• No. 62 – Austin Hill (R)

Front Row Motorsports, Ford

• No. TBD – Zane Smith (R)

Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet

•  No. 13 – Chandler Smith (R)

Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet

• No. 84 – Jimmie Johnson

23XI Racing, Toyota

• No. 67 – Travis Pastrana (R)

Possible part-time entries (at least 6)

MBM Motorsports, Ford

• No. 55 – TBD
• No. 66 – TBD

NY Racing Team, Chevrolet

• No. 44 – TBD

Team Hezeberg, Ford

• No. 27 – TBD

The Money Team Racing, Chevrolet

• No. 50 – TBD

3F Racing, Chevrolet

• No. 30 – TBD

Rumored but ruled out (1)

Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet

• No. 91

The single-car qualifying session is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 15, and the Bluegreen Vacations Duels are scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 16. Tune in to Fox at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 19 for the live broadcast of the 65th annual Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway.