Jesse Love Among Those on 39-Car Brickyard 400 Entry List
There are 39 drivers on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Brickyard 400, a crown jewel of NASCARs top-level.
With the maximum field size for all NASCAR Cup Series events set at 40 drivers under the current charter agreement, there will be no teams sent packing prior to the drop of the green flag on Sunday.
Additionally, with new developments in the antitrust lawsuit between NASCAR, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports, there are now only 30 teams that hold a NASCAR Cup Series charter, meaning that 10 spots will be open for unchartered entries.
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) will all be locked into the field regardless of what happens, as there are not enough entries to trigger DNQs in qualifying.
Beard Motorsports will bring the No. 62 C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet for Jesse Love this weekend at Indianapolis, with MBM Motorsports bringing the No. 66 Sherfick Industries’ Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Josh Bilicki and Live Fast Motorsports bringing the No. 78 Droplight Chevrolet for Katherine Legge.
# | Driver | Team | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Busch Light Lime |
2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Discount Tire |
3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Get Bioethanol |
4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Rush Truck Centers |
5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | HendrickCars.com |
6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Body Guard |
7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | Gainbridge / TED Sports Indy |
8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Zone Nicotine Pouches |
9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | NAPA Auto Parts |
10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Sea Best Seafood |
11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Progressive Insurance |
12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Menards / Delta |
16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Grizzly Nicotine Pouches |
17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Kroger / Diet Cherry Coke |
19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Bass Pro Shops |
20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Rheem |
21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | PPG Paints |
22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Shell-Pennzoil |
23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Chumba Casino |
24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Liberty University |
34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Gener8tor |
35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Monster Energy |
38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Aaron's Rent to Own |
41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Haas / Autodesk |
42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | Pye Barker Fire & Safety |
43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | Dollar Tree |
45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Xfinity Mobile |
47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports | Rate |
48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Ally Financial |
51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Arby's |
54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Saia LTL Freight |
60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Castrol / "The Engine" |
62 | Jesse Love | Beard Motorsports | C4 Ultimate Energy |
66 | Josh Bilicki | Garage 66 | Sherfick Industries |
71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Delaware Life |
77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Zeigler Auto Group |
78 | Katherine Legge | Live Fast Motorsports | Droplight |
88 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | TBA |
99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing | Freeway Insurance |
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