37 cars will make the trip to Darlington, SC, for the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, the sixth race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, according to a preliminary entry list revealed on Monday.
There will be no drama in qualifying this week, as up to 40 cars are able to start races in the NASCAR Cup Series. With only 37 on the entry list, that means no cars will be heading home this weekend.
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The lone “Open” entry on the list this weekend is the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse, which will be piloted by journeyman driver Timmy Hill. Hill will carry sponsorship from Auto Direct USA, a company that exports Canadian automotive parts to the United States.
Aside from Hill, and the No. 66 team, there are no real surprises on the entry list for Darlington Raceway, as the remaining 36 entries are comprised of the 36 Chartered cars that compete in each NASCAR Cup Series event.
Alex Bowman, as was the case last week, is listed as the driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. However, Bowman has yet to be officially cleared, medically, to compete in the event. If Bowman is unable to compete for the third consecutive race, Hendrick Motorsports will name his replacement driver as the race approaches.
Justin Allgaier drove in place of Bowman last weekend and finished 25th behind the wheel of the No. 48 Chevrolet.
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Goodyear 400 Entry List
|
Car |
Driver |
Team |
Sponsor |
Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Ross Chastain |
Trackhouse Racing |
Moose Fraternity |
Chevrolet |
|
2 |
Austin Cindric |
Team Penske |
Freightliner |
Ford |
|
3 |
Austin Dillon |
Richard Childress Racing |
Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Long Beard XR |
Chevrolet |
|
4 |
Noah Gragson |
Front Row Motorsports |
Long John Silver’s |
Ford |
|
5 |
Kyle Larson |
Hendrick Motorsports |
HendrickCars.com |
Chevrolet |
|
6 |
Brad Keselowski |
RFK Racing |
Solomon Plumbing |
Ford |
|
7 |
Daniel Suarez |
Spire Motorsports |
NationsGuard |
Chevrolet |
|
8 |
Kyle Busch |
Richard Childress Racing |
BetMGM |
Chevrolet |
|
9 |
Chase Elliott |
Hendrick Motorsports |
UniFirst |
Chevrolet |
|
10 |
Ty Dillon |
Kaulig Racing |
Grizzly Nicotine Pouches |
Chevrolet |
|
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
Sport Clips Haircuts |
Toyota |
|
12 |
Ryan Blaney |
Team Penske |
Menards / Delta |
Ford |
|
16 |
A.J. Allmendinger |
Kaulig Racing |
Grizzly Nicotine Pouches |
Chevrolet |
|
17 |
Chris Buescher |
RFK Racing |
Fifth Third Bank |
Ford |
|
19 |
Chase Briscoe |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
Free Bird Southern Spring Water |
Toyota |
|
20 |
Christopher Bell |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
DeWalt |
Toyota |
|
21 |
Josh Berry |
Wood Brothers Racing |
Motorcraft / Quick Lane |
Ford |
|
22 |
Joey Logano |
Team Penske |
Shell Pennzoil |
Ford |
|
23 |
Bubba Wallace |
23XI Racing |
Columbia |
Toyota |
|
24 |
William Byron |
Hendrick Motorsports |
Raptor |
Chevrolet |
|
34 |
Todd Gilliland |
Front Row Motorsports |
Ruedebusch |
Ford |
|
35 |
Riley Herbst |
23XI Racing |
Toyota |
|
|
38 |
Zane Smith |
Front Row Motorsports |
Mystik Lubricants |
Ford |
|
41 |
Cole Custer |
Haas Factory Team |
HaasTooling.com |
Chevrolet |
|
42 |
John Hunter Nemechek |
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
Dollar Tree |
Toyota |
|
43 |
Erik Jones |
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
AdventHealth |
Toyota |
|
45 |
Tyler Reddick |
23XI Racing |
Xfinity |
Toyota |
|
47 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Hyak Motorsports |
JackLinks Non-Vegan |
Chevrolet |
|
48 |
Alex Bowman |
Hendrick Motorsports |
Ally |
Chevrolet |
|
51 |
Cody Ware |
Rick Ware Racing |
Jacob Construction |
Chevrolet |
|
54 |
Ty Gibbs |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
SiriusXM |
Toyota |
|
60 |
Ryan Preece |
RFK Racing |
Kroger / Oscar Mayer / Heinz |
Ford |
|
66* |
Timmy Hill (i) |
Garage 66 |
Auto Direct USA |
Ford |
|
71 |
Michael McDowell |
Spire Motorsports |
Delaware Life |
Chevrolet |
|
77 |
Carson Hocevar |
Spire Motorsports |
Chili’s Marg Machine |
Chevrolet |
|
88 |
Connor Zilisch # |
Trackhouse Racing |
Red Bull |
Chevrolet |
|
97 |
Shane van Gisbergen |
Trackhouse Racing |
WeatherTech |
Chevrolet |
* “Open” entry
# Rookie of the Year contender
(i) driver ineligible to score points
This article was originally published on www.si.com/onsi/racing-america as Which Drivers Will Compete In The Goodyear 400 At Darlington?.
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