38 Cars to Make The Trek to Phoenix for NASCAR Cup Championship Race

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As four drivers, Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Kyle Larson, and William Byron, will battle it out for the NASCAR Cup Series championship, they will have to navigate 34 other cars throughout the race weekend at Phoenix Raceway.

On Monday afternoon, NASCAR revealed the entry list for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, and there are 38 cars represented on the list.

William Byron, last weekend's race winner at Martinsville Speedway and one of the Championship 4 contenders, will compete behind the wheel of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with primary sponsorship from Axalta.

Among the notable entries in the field will be JJ Yeley, a veteran racer who will make his 10th start of the NASCAR Cup Series season behind the wheel of the No. 44 Chevrolet fielded by NY Racing Team. Yeley will carry sponsorship from Fanatics Sportsbook.

Casey Mears, the 2007 Coca-Cola 600 winner, is another notable entry on the list. Mears, who returned after a six-year absence in the NASCAR Cup Series ranks, will make his fifth start of the season behind the wheel of the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse.

Mears is attempting to reach 500 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series. Sunday's race will push his career total to 494 starts.

Complete Entry List for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway (Race 36 of 36):

Car	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Manufacturer
1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Busch Light	Chevrolet
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Discount Tire	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Waterfowl	Chevrolet
4*	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Long John Silver's	Ford
5	Kyle Larson (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet
6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Castrol	Ford
7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports	Gainbridge	Chevrolet
8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen	Chevrolet
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet
10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Alpine Partners	Chevrolet
11	Denny Hamlin (P)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Progressive	Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Menards / Dutch Boy	Ford
16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Celsius	Chevrolet
17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Body Guard	Ford
19	Chase Briscoe (P)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Bass Pro Shops	Toyota
20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	DEWALT / Interstate Batteries	Toyota
21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Motorcraft / Quick Lane	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell Pennzoil	Ford
23*	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	McDonald's	Toyota
24	William Byron (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Axalta	Chevrolet
34*	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Love's Travel Stops	Ford
35*	Riley Herbst #	23XI Racing	Monster Energy Zero Sugar	Toyota
38*	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Aaron's Rent to Own	Ford
41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Haas / Bonanza	Ford
42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Mobil 1	Toyota
43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Dollar Tree	Toyota
44*	JJ Yeley (i)	NY Racing Team	Fanatics Sportbook	Chevrolet
45*	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	The Beast	Toyota
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports	Real American Beer	Chevrolet
48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally	Chevrolet
51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Mighty Fire Breaker	Ford
54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Monster Energy	Toyota
60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Fry's / Celsius	Ford
66*	Casey Mears (i)	Garage 66	SI Yachts	Ford
71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Tide	Chevrolet
77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Delaware Life	Chevrolet
88	Shane van Gisbergen #	Trackhouse Racing	WeatherTech	Chevrolet
99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing	Trackhouse	Chevrolet

(P) indicates NASCAR Cup Series Playoff driver
* indicates an "Open" entry
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points