Talladega entry record options 39 Cup vehicles, 41 Xfinity, and an Earnhardt

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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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