39 Drivers Entered in NASCAR Cup Series Race at Atlanta
On Monday, NASCAR officially revealed the entry list for Sunday's Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the second points-paying event of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign.
There are a total of 39 teams entered in Sunday's 400-mile contest from the superspeedway-adjacent facility just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. With the max field for any given NASCAR Cup Series field set at 40, no drivers will fail to qualify for the event.
36 of those teams are guaranteed to be in every NASCAR Cup Series event this season courtesy of NASCAR's Team Charter Agreement. There are, however, three "Open" entries that will return to the racetrack for the second event of the new season.
After being in contention to win Sunday's DAYTONA 500 inside the final 10 laps of the race, Corey LaJoie will return to competition at Atlanta Motor Speedway, in the No. 01 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing.
Both J.J. Yeley and B.J. McLeod will look to compete in their first events of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign, after failing to qualify for 'The Great American Race' with NY Racing Team and Live Fast Motorsports, respectively.
The winner of Sunday's DAYTONA 500, William Byron, is once again entered in the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. Byron enters Atlanta, a track he's won at twice under the current configuration, looking to become the first driver to start a season with consecutive wins since Matt Kenseth in 2009.
2025 Ambetter Health 400 Entry List (Atlanta):
Entry | No. | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 01 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing |
2 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing |
3 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske |
4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing |
5 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports |
6 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports |
7 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing |
8 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports |
9 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing |
10 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports |
11 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing |
12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing |
13 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske |
14 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing |
15 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing |
16 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing |
17 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing |
18 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing |
19 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske |
20 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing |
21 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports |
22 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports |
23 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing |
24 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports |
25 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team |
26 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
27 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
28 | 44 | JJ Yeley | NY Racing |
29 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing |
30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports |
31 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports |
32 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing |
33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing |
34 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing |
35 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports |
36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports |
37 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports |
38 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing |
39 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing |
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