Casey Mears Return Highlights 40-Car Daytona NASCAR Cup Entry List

NASCAR has revealed the preliminary entry list for Saturday night's NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, and contained on the list are 40 cars, which will give the series a full field this weekend.

Among the notable surprise entries this weekend is Casey Mears, who will return to make his second NASCAR Cup Series start of the season. Mears will pilot the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse with primary sponsorship from S.I. Yachts.

Mears, who competed in his first NASCAR Cup Series event since 2019 earlier this year at Martinsville Speedway, is looking to reach 500 career starts in the NASCAR Cup Series. He'll be up to 491 after Saturday night's race.

Other notables for the event include Austin Hill, who will pilot the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing "Open" entry with sponsorship from United Rentals, Joey Gase, driving the No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet, and BJ McLeod behind the wheel of the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet.

Here is the complete entry list for Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Race 26 of 36.

Car	Driver	Team	Sponsor	OEM
1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Safety Culture	Chevrolet
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Menards / Maytag	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	BREZTRI	Chevrolet
4	Noah Gragson *	Front Row Motorsports	Zep	Ford
5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet
6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Consumer Cellular	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	Sea Best	Chevrolet
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	King's Hawaiian	Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Advance Auto Parts	Ford
16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Celsius	Chevrolet
17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Fifth Third Bank	Ford
19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Bass Pro Shops	Toyota
20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Rheem	Toyota
21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	DEX Imaging	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell Pennzoil	Ford
23	Bubba Wallace *	23XI Racing	Columbia	Toyota
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Liberty University	Chevrolet
33	Austin Hill * (i)	Richard Childress Racing	United Rentals	Chevrolet
34	Todd Gilliland *	Front Row Motorsports	TBA	Ford
35	Riley Herbst # *	23XI Racing	Chumba Casino	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	Pye Barker Fire & Safety	Toyota
43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Dollar Tree	Toyota
44	Joey Gase * (i)	NY Racing Team	TBA	Chevrolet
45	Tyler Reddick *	23XI Racing	McDonald's	Toyota
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports	TBA	Chevrolet
48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally	Chevrolet
51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	TBA	Ford
54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Monster Energy	Toyota
60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Kroger / Little Bites / Capri Sun	Ford
66	Casey Mears *	Garage 66	S.I. Yachts	Ford
71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Fly Alliance	Chevrolet
77	Carson Kvapil	Spire Motorsports	Modo Casino	Chevrolet
78	BJ McLeod * (i)	Live Fast Motorsports	TBA	Chevrolet
88	Shane van Gisbergen #	Trackhouse Racing	Red Bull	Chevrolet
99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing	Coca-Cola	Chevrolet

# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates "Open" entry
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points

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