Which Drivers Will Compete In the Cup Series Race At Martinsville?

On Monday, NASCAR revealed the preliminary entry list for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway, the seventh of 36 races in the 2026 Cup Series schedule. Contained on the list are 37 cars.

None of the drivers or teams are at risk of missing the show, as up to 40 cars can start races in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Tyler Reddick, who scored his fourth win of the season last weekend at Darlington Raceway, will return this weekend with a No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota Camry XSE, which will carry primary sponsorship from SiriusXM Satellite Radio.

The lone "Open" entry (non-chartered) team on the entry list this weekend is the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, which will be driven by Austin Hill, a full-time NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series competitor.

Sunday's race will mark the 17th NASCAR Cup Series start of Hill's career.

Notable sponsorship pairings this weekend include Dow Coatings, which makes its first appearance of the season on Austin Dillon's No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, FUEL by Franzia on Noah Gragson's No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford, FICO on Kyle Busch's No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Advanace Auto Parts on Ryan Blaney's No. 12 Team Penske Ford, and Hardee's will make its first appearance on Bubba Wallace's No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota.

Cook Out 400 Entry List

Car	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Make
1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	TBA	Chevrolet
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Menards / Richmond Water Heaters	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Dow Coatings	Chevrolet
4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	FUEL by Franzia	Ford
5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet
6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	BuildSubmarines.com	Ford
7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports	Group 1001	Chevrolet
8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	FICO	Chevrolet
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	UniFirst	Chevrolet
10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Black's Tire	Chevrolet
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Bob's Discount Furniture	Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Advance Auto Parts	Ford
16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Grizzly Nicotine Pouches	Chevrolet
17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Kroger / Thomas' High Protein	Ford
19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Bass Pro Shops	Toyota
20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	DeWalt	Toyota
21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	DEX Imaging	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell Pennzoil	Ford
23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Hardee's	Toyota
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Cincinnati	Chevrolet
33*	Austin Hill (i)	Richard Childress Racing	TBA	Chevrolet
34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Dairi-O / Cheney Bros, Inc.	Ford
35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Monster Energy Zero Sugar	Toyota
38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Long John Silver's	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	SiriusXM	Toyota
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Hyak Motorsports	Jack Links Non-Vegan	Chevrolet
48	Justin Allgaier (i)	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally	Chevrolet
51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Super.com	Chevrolet
54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Monster Energy	Toyota
60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Body Guard	Ford
71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Delaware Life	Chevrolet
77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	TBA	Chevrolet
88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Choice Privileges	Chevrolet
97	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	SuperFile	Chevrolet

* "Open" entry
# Rookie of the Year contender
(i) Driver ineligible to score series points