Austin Hill's Return Highlights 39-Car Bristol Night Race Entry List
On Monday, NASCAR released the preliminary entry list for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, scheduled for Saturday, September 13, the 29th event on the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, and the first of three elimination races in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
This week's preliminary entry list release features a total of 30 chartered NASCAR Cup Series entries, as well as eight Open Entries -- six of which are in limbo as a result of the ongoing litigation between 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports and NASCAR, as well as three additional unchartered teams.
The winner of last Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway, Denny Hamlin, will look to chase down another victory at 'The World's Fastest Half Mile', driving the No. 11 King's Hawaiian Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, will look to etch his name into NASCAR history on Saturday, by becoming the first driver since Kurt Busch (2003 and 2004) to win three consecutive events at Bristol Motor Speedway, and joining a list that includes Fred Lorenzen, Cale Yarborough, and Darrell Waltrip.
The three part-time unchartered entries in Saturday's 500-lap contest include entries from Richard Childress Racing (No. 33, Austin Hill), Garage 66 (No. 66, Chad Finchum), and 23XI Racing (No. 67, Corey Heim). The other six unchartered entries will have their typical drivers -- Noah Gragson (No. 4), Bubba Wallace (No. 23), Todd Gilliland (No. 34), Riley Herbst (No. 35), Zane Smith (No. 38), and Tyler Reddick (No. 45).
Heading into the first elimination event of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, the following four drivers find themselves sitting below the cutline: Austin Dillon (No. 3 Richard Childress Racing), Shane van Gisbergen (No. 88 Trackhouse Racing), Alex Bowman (No. 48 Alex Bowman), and Josh Berry (No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing).
Bass Pro Shops Night Race Entry List:
Car | Driver | Team | Sponsor | OEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ross Chastain (P) | Trackhouse Racing | Moose Fraternity | Chevrolet |
2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske | Discount Tire | Ford |
3 | Austin Dillon (P) | Richard Childress Racing | Bass Pro Shops / Winchester | Chevrolet |
4* | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Rush Truck Centers | Ford |
5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | HendrickCars.com | Chevrolet |
6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Castrol / TravelCenters of America | Ford |
7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | NationsGuard | Chevrolet |
8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Lucas Oil | Chevrolet |
9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | NAPA Auto Parts | Chevrolet |
10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Grizzly Nicotine Pouches | Chevrolet |
11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | King's Hawaiian | Toyota |
12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske | Menards / Sylvania | Ford |
16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Grizzly Nicotine Pouches | Chevrolet |
17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Body Guard | Ford |
19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Bass Pro Shops | Toyota |
20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | DEWALT | Toyota |
21 | Josh Berry (P) | Wood Brothers Racing | Motor craft / Quick Lane | Ford |
22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske | Shell Pennzoil | Ford |
23* | Bubba Wallace (P) | 23XI Racing | Robinhood | Toyota |
24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Raptor | Chevrolet |
33* | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | United Rentals | Chevrolet |
34* | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | TBA | Ford |
35* | Riley Herbst # | 23XI Racing | Monster Energy | Toyota |
38* | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Long John Silver's | Ford |
41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | HaasTooling.com | Ford |
42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | Pye Barker Fire & Safety | Toyota |
43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | Dollar Tree | Toyota |
45* | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing | Pinnacle | Toyota |
47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | HYAK Motorsports | NOS Energy | Chevrolet |
48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Ally Open Road Sweeps | Chevrolet |
51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Arby's | Ford |
54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Monster Energy | Toyota |
60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Kroger / SToK | Ford |
66* | Chad Finchum | Garage 66 | Barger Precast | Ford |
67* | Corey Heim | 23XI Racing | Robinhood | Toyota |
71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Gainbridge | Chevrolet |
77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Delaware Life | Chevrolet |
88 | Shane van Gisbergen (P) # | Trackhouse Racing | Wendy's Breakfast Baconator | Chevrolet |
99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing | Freeway Insurance | Chevrolet |
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