Who’s within the ?
Properly, we don’t know the precise reply but. We received’t till , when qualifying and the Bluegreen Holidays Duels weed out 4 — or 5 — drivers.
That’s proper. This 12 months’s beginning lineup might embody the conventional 40 or a particular 41 drivers.
Thirty-six chartered automobiles will achieve automated entry into the . The opposite 9 hopefuls must velocity their manner in.
Until you’re .
Although not a chartered driver, acquired a spot by way of NASCAR’s new Open Exemption Provisional, which ensures a place on the grid for world-class drivers. The IndyCar legend definitely holds that title.
Castroneves can qualify for the race, which might imply solely three different open entries get spots, capping the roster at 40. If Castroneves doesn’t qualify for the race, he shall be added because the forty first driver, thus representing the fifth open entry to sneak in.
Received all that?
Right here is the tentative Daytona 500 entry record forward of Speedweek at . It’s separated into chartered and non-chartered classes.
Chartered automobiles (36)
No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet: Ross Chastain
No. 2 Group Penske Ford: Austin Cindric
No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet: Austin Dillon
No. 4 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford: Noah Gragson
No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet: Kyle Larson
No. 6 RFK Racing Ford: Brad Keselowski
No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet: Justin Haley
No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet: Kyle Busch
No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet: Chase Elliott
No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet: Ty Dillon
No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota: Denny Hamlin
No. 12 Group Penske Ford: Ryan Blaney
No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet: A.J. Allmendinger
No. 17 RFK Racing Ford: Chris Buescher
No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota: Chase Briscoe
No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota: Christopher Bell
No. 21 Wooden Brothers Racing Ford: Harrison Burton
No. 22 Group Penske Ford: Joey Logano
No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota: Bubba Wallace
No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet: William Byron
No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford: Todd Gilliland
No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota: Riley Herbst
No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford: Zane Smith
No. 41 Haas Manufacturing facility Group Ford: Cole Custer
No. 42 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota: John Hunter Nemechek
No. 43 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota: Erik Jones
No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota: Tyler Reddick
No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet: Alex Bowman
No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford: Cody Ware
No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota: Ty Gibbs
No. 60 RFK Racing Ford: Ryan Preece
No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet: Michael McDowell
No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet: Carson Hocevar
No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet: Shane van Gisbergen
No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet: Daniel Suarez
Non-chartered entries (9)
No. 01 Rick Ware Racing Ford: Corey LaJoie
No. 40 JR Motorsports Chevrolet: Justin Allgaier
No. 44 NY Racing Group Chevrolet: J.J. Yeley
No. 56 Tricon Storage Toyota: Martin Truex Jr.
No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet: Anthony Alfredo
No. 66 Storage 66 (MBM Motorsports) Ford: Chandler Smith
No. 78 Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet: B.J. McLeod
No. 84 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota: Jimmie Johnson
No. 91 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet: Helio Castroneves (locked into subject)
