Return of LaJoie and Zilisch Highlights 40-Car NASCAR Cup Entry List

There will be a full field of 40 cars for Saturday night's NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta.

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NASCAR has revealed the entry list for Saturday night's NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway). The race will feature the first full 40-car field since the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway last month.

The 36 Chartered NASCAR Cup Series teams will compete this weekend, and they'll be joined by four "Open" entries.

Highlighting the group of four Open teams for the race are veteran racer Corey LaJoie and 18-year-old Connor Zilisch.

LaJoie will pilot the No. 01 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing with primary sponsorship from his longtime partner, Schluter Systems. This will mark the fourth NASCAR Cup Series start of the season for the 33-year-old LaJoie, and it'll be his first start since the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in April.

Zilisch, who is coming off of his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win on a non-road course track, will reprise his role as the driver of the No. 87 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet with primary sponsorship from Red Bull.

This will be the third NASCAR Cup Series start of the season for the three-time NASCAR Xfinity Series race winner. Zilisch finished last (37th) after a crash during his NASCAR Cup Series debut at COTA, and then he recorded a 23rd-place result in the Coca-Cola 600.

Additional Open entries for this weekend's race include David Starr, who will drive the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse, and BJ McLeod, who will drive the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet.

Here is the complete entry list for the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway:

Car	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Manufacturer
01	Corey LaJoie * (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Schluter Systems	Ford
1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Wendy's Fresh Ways to Frosty	Chevrolet
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	TBA	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Bass Pro Shops / Winchester	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	SENIX	Chevrolet
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	NAPA Auto Parts / Children's	Chevrolet
10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Mark III Employee Benefits	Chevrolet
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	TBA	Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	TBA	Ford
16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	LeafFilter Gutter Protection	Chevrolet
17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	TBA	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	TBA	Ford
23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Leidos	Toyota
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Axalta	Chevrolet
34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters	Ford
35	Riley Herbst #	23XI Racing	Tree Top	Toyota
38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Aaron's Lucky Dog	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	23XI Racing	Upper Deck / Superman	Toyota
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports	Hungry Jack	Chevrolet
48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally Pride	Chevrolet
51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Jacob Construction	Ford
54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Sonic / Grillo's Pickles	Toyota
60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Solomon Plumbing	Ford
66	David Starr * (i)	Garage 66	TBA	Ford
71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Delaware Life	Chevrolet
77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chili's 'Ride the 'Dente'	Chevrolet
78	BJ McLeod * (i)	Live Fast Motorsports	TBA	Chevrolet
87	Connor Zilisch * (i)	Trackhouse Racing	Red Bull	Chevrolet
88	Shane van Gisbergen #	Trackhouse Racing	WeatherTech	Chevrolet
99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing	Quaker State	Chevrolet

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