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After their solely off-weekend for the remainder of the 12 months, NASCAR’s Cup Collection groups will start their 28-week trek to the championship with a go to to the intimidating Talladega Superspeedway.
The Cup area is one shy of being full with the standard 36 chartered groups, however three open entries as nicely. The three open entries are the No. 44 NY Racing Crew with J.J. Yeley, the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet with Anthony Alfredo, and the No. 78 Stay Quick Motorsports entry with driver/proprietor B.J. McLeod.
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All three of those open groups and drivers entered this 12 months’s Daytona 500, however each did not make the race. No vehicles will probably be going house this time as a result of variety of entries, however the identical can’t be mentioned for the NASCAR Xfinity Collection. 41 vehicles have entered the second-tier sequence with solely 38 spots accessible on the grid. Notable entrants embrace Katherine Legge within the Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet and Jeffrey Earnhardt within the Sam Hunt Racing Toyota.
BJ McLeod, Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet
BJ McLeod, Stay Quick Motorsports ChevroletJared C. Tilton/Getty Pictures
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Jeffrey is the grandson of the late Dale Earnhardt Sr., nephew of Corridor of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr., and son of Kerry. He’s aiming to make his first begin of the 2025 season, however his a hundred and seventy fifth profession begin within the Xfinity Collection. Like most Earnhardts, Jeffrey has a superb historical past with Talladega. It’s the web site of his career-best end, putting second there in 2022 whereas driving for Richard Childress Racing.
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Legge will probably be hoping to keep away from back-to-back DNQs after She nonetheless ran the occasion with one other crew, however JAR will probably be hoping to get their very own automotive into the present this weekend.
Talladega Cup entry record
No.
Driver
Crew
Producer
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet
2
Austin Cindric
Crew Penske
Ford
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
4
Noah Gragson
Entrance Row Motorsports
Ford
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford
7
Justin Haley
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
8
Kyle Busch
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
12
Ryan Blaney
Crew Penske
Ford
16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
Ford
19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
21
Josh Berry
Wooden Brothers Racing
Ford
22
Joey Logano
Crew Penske
Ford
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
Toyota
24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
34
Todd Gilliland
Entrance Row Motorsports
Ford
35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing
Toyota
38
Zane Smith
Entrance Row Motorsports
Ford
41
Cole Custer
Haas Manufacturing facility Crew
Ford
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Membership
Toyota
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Membership
Toyota
44
JJ Yeley
NY Racing Crew
Chevrolet
45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing
Toyota
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Hyak Motorsports
Chevrolet
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing
Chevrolet
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing
Ford
62
Anthony Alfredo
Beard Motorsports
Chevrolet
71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
78
BJ McLeod
Stay Quick Motorsports
Chevrolet
88
Shane van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet
99
Daniel Suarez
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet
Talladega Xfinity entry record
No.
Driver
Crew
Producer
00
Sheldon Creed
Haas Manufacturing facility Crew
Ford
1
Carson Kvapil
JR Motorsports
Chevrolet
2
Jesse Love
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
4
Parker Retzlaff
Alpha Prime Racing
Chevrolet
5
Kris Wright
Our Motorsports
Chevrolet
07
Patrick Emerling
SS-Inexperienced Gentle Racing
Chevrolet
7
Justin Allgaier
JR Motorsports
Chevrolet
8
Sammy Smith
JR Motorsports
Chevrolet
10
Daniel Dye
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
11
Josh Williams
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
14
Garrett Smithley
SS-Inexperienced Gentle Racing
Chevrolet
16
Christian Eckes
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
18
William Sawalich
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
19
Aric Almirola
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
20
Brandon Jones
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
21
Austin Hill
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
24
Jeffrey Earnhardt
Sam Hunt Racing
Toyota
25
Harrison Burton
AM Racing
Ford
26
Dean Thomspon
Sam Hunt Racing
Toyota
27
Jeb Burton
Jordan Anderson Racing
Chevrolet
28
Kyle Sieg
RSS Racing
Ford
29
Jake Garcia
RSS Racing
Ford
31
Blaine Perkins
Jordan Anderson Racing
Chevrolet
32
Katherine Legge
Jordan Anderson Racing
Chevrolet
35
Gren van Alst
Joey Gase Motorsports
Chevrolet
39
Ryan Sieg
RSS Racing
Ford
41
Sam Mayer
Haas Manufacturing facility Crew
Ford
42
Anthony Alfredo
Younger’s Motorsports
Chevrolet
44
Brennan Poole
Alpa Prime Racing
Chevrolet
45
Caesar Bacarella
Alpa Prime Racing
Chevrolet
48
Nick Sanchez
Huge Machine Racing
Chevrolet
51
Jeremy Clements
Jeremy Clements Racing
Chevrolet
54
Taylor Grey
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
66
Mason Maggio
MBM Motorsports
Ford
70
Leland Honeyman Jr.
Cope Household Racing
Chevrolet
71
Ryan Ellis
DGM Racing x JIM
Chevrolet
87
Austin Inexperienced
Jordan Anderson Racing
Chevrolet
88
Connor Zilisch
JR Motorsports
Chevrolet
91
Jesse Iwuji
DGM Racing x JIM
Chevrolet
99
Matt DiBenedetto
Viking Motorsports
Chevrolet
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