The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the Daytona International Speedway this Saturday night for the running of the Coke Zero Sugar 400. It marks the final race before The Chase, scheduled for 160 laps and 400 miles around “The World Center of Racing.”
This weekend’s race has a jam-packed entry list with 41 teams attempting to run the Coke Zero Sugar 400. Of course, the usual 36 chartered teams are entered for Saturday’s race, while five non-chartered teams will attempt to make the 40-car field.
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41 NASCAR Cup Series teams entered for Daytona
The most notable non-chartered entry is the No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota driven by Corey Heim. This season, Heim has put the Cup Series field on notice by scoring his first two career wins at Naval Base Coronado and Indianapolis, respectively, as a part-time driver.
The other non-chartered entries include Joey Gase (No. 44, NY Racing Team), Casey Mears (No. 62, Beard Motorsports), Gray Gaulding (No. 66, Garage 66), and Daniel Dye (No. 78, Live Fast Motorsports).
Because NASCAR only allows a maximum of 40 cars in a Cup Series race, one of the five non-chartered entries will fail to qualify. The fastest four non-chartered teams in qualifying make the race.
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In the event that qualifying gets rained out, owner points will determine which four non-chartered entries make the field. Because the No. 62 Beard Motorsports is ranked lowest in owner points among Saturday’s entries, Casey Mears would not qualify if the single-car session is rained out.
Full 2026 NASCAR Cup Series entry list for Daytona
Here is the complete entry list for the 2026 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona:
No. 1 Ross Chastain — Trackhouse Racing
No. 2 Austin Cindric — Team Penske
No. 3 Austin Dillon — Richard Childress Racing
No. 4 Noah Gragson — Front Row Motorsports
No. 5 Kyle Larson — Hendrick Motorsports
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No. 6 Brad Keselowski — RFK Racing
No. 7 Daniel Suárez — Spire Motorsports
No. 9 Chase Elliott — Hendrick Motorsports
No. 10 Ty Dillon — Kaulig Racing
No. 11 Denny Hamlin — Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 12 Ryan Blaney — Team Penske
No. 16 AJ Allmendinger — Kaulig Racing
No. 17 Chris Buescher — RFK Racing
No. 19 Chase Briscoe — Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 20 Christopher Bell — Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 21 Josh Berry — Wood Brothers Racing
No. 22 Joey Logano — Team Penske
No. 23 Bubba Wallace — 23XI Racing
No. 24 William Byron — Hendrick Motorsports
No. 33 Austin Hill — Richard Childress Racing
No. 34 Todd Gilliland — Front Row Motorsports
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No. 35 Riley Herbst — 23XI Racing
No. 38 Zane Smith — Front Row Motorsports
No. 41 Cole Custer — Haas Factory Team
No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek — Legacy Motor Club
No. 43 Erik Jones — Legacy Motor Club
No. 44 Joey Gase — NY Racing Team
No. 45 Tyler Reddick — 23XI Racing
No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — HYAK Motorsports
No. 48 Alex Bowman — Hendrick Motorsports
No. 51 Cody Ware — Rick Ware Racing
No. 54 Ty Gibbs — Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 60 Ryan Preece — RFK Racing
No. 62 Casey Mears — Beard Motorsports
No. 66 Gray Gaulding — Garage 66
No. 67 Corey Heim — 23XI Racing
No. 71 Michael McDowell — Spire Motorsports
No. 77 Carson Hocevar — Spire Motorsports
No. 78 Daniel Dye — Live Fast Motorsports
No. 88 Connor Zilisch — Trackhouse Racing
No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen — Trackhouse Racing
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