Which Drivers Will Compete In Sunday's NASCAR Cup Race In Vegas?

NASCAR has officially revealed the preliminary entry list for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the fifth race of the 2026 season. Contained on the entry list this week are no real surprises, as the 36 Chartered entries will not be joined by any "Open" teams this weekend in Sin City.

Last week's race-winner at Phoenix Raceway, Ryan Blaney, will return to the driver's seat of the No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske, and the driver will have primary sponsorship from Menards/Pennzoil this weekend.

Other notable driver/sponsorship pairings for this weekend's race include Austin Dillon with Breztri, Noah Gragson with Curate, Denny Hamlin with Yahoo!, A.J. Allmendinger with U-Save, and Joey Logano with Pennzoil Ultra Platinum.

Alex Bowman, who continues to await medical clearance to return to the driving duties of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, is currently on the entry list as of Monday's preliminary entry list.

Pennzoil 400 Entry List

Car	Driver	Team	Sponsors	Manufacturer
1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Kubota	Chevrolet
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Discount Tire	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Breztri	Chevrolet
4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Curate	Ford
5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet
6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Trimble	Ford
7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports	Freeway Insurance	Chevrolet
8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	TBA	Chevrolet
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet
10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Campers Inn RV / U-Serve	Chevrolet
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Yahoo!	Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Menards / Pennzoil	Ford
16	A.J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	U-Serve	Chevrolet
17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Smith's / Farm Rich	Ford
19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Bass Pro Shops	Toyota
20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Interstate Batteries	Toyota
21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Motorcraft / Quick Lane	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Pennzoil Ultra Platinum	Ford
23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Xfinity	Toyota
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Raptor	Chevrolet
34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Love's Travel Stops	Ford
35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	FRE Nicotine Pouches	Toyota
38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Aaron's Rent to Own	Ford
41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	HaasTooling.com	Chevrolet
42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	TBA	Toyota
43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	TBA	Toyota
45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Jordan Brand	Toyota
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Hyak Motorsports	NOS Energy	Chevrolet
48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally	Chevrolet
51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Yeego	Chevrolet
54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	TBA	Toyota
60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Body Guard	Ford
71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Workforce	Chevrolet
77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chili's Ride the 'Dente	Chevrolet
88	Connor Zilisch	Trackhouse Racing	Jockey 150th Anniversary	Chevrolet
97	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	SuperFile	Chevrolet