Austin Hill Included in 38-Car Entry List for Cup Race at Darlington
On Monday, NASCAR officially released the preliminary entry list for this weekend’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. The event, scheduled for Sunday, April 6, will serve as the eighth race on the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series calendar.
Entered in Sunday’s 400-mile contest are 38 drivers, two of which are driving for part-time, unchartered teams. Other than those two entries, the remaining 36 are drivers competing full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025.
The most notable entry on the list is 12-time NASCAR Xfinity Series winner Austin Hill, who will make his first start of the season in the No. 33 United Rentals Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. Hill captured the victory in last Saturday’s Xfinity event at Martinsville.
Also competing in the Goodyear 500 will be NY Racing Team and JJ Yeley. Yeley, the most experienced driver in NASCAR’s National Series without a victory, will drive the No. 44 Chevrolet for the John Cohen-owned team.
Among the full-timers in the field is Denny Hamlin, who won last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Martinsville Speedway. Hamlin will drive the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE with sponsorship from Sport Clips.
Car | Driver | Team | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet |
2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford |
3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet |
4 | Noah Gragson | Front 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 | Team 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 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford |
22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford |
23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota |
24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
34 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Ford |
33 | Austin Hill (i) * | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet |
35 | Riley Herbst # | 23XI Racing | Toyota |
38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford |
41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Ford |
42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | Toyota |
43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | Toyota |
44 | JJ Yeley * | NY Racing | 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 | Ford |
54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford |
71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet |
77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet |
88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet |
99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates "Open" entry
(i) indicates driver ineligible to score NASCAR Cup Series points
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