It’s less than a week before the Great American Race – Daytona 500 – at Daytona International Speedway.
NASCAR rules allow a total of 40 Cup Series cars in a race; but there are a total of 42 cars entered into the race for Sunday. The Cup Series has 36 teams chartered and are guaranteed a spot in the race, the remaining six cars will have to battle it out for the remaining four spots.
On Wednesday night the 42 drivers will compete in qualifying for the pole and the second front row position. The remainder of the field will be set on Thursday evening with the Bluegreen Vacation Duels.
By the end of the night two of the drivers will be eliminated from the competition.
The entry list for the Daytona 500 (list is by car number):
Ross Chastain
Austin Cindric
Austin Dillon
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Larson
Brad Keselowski
Corey LaJoie
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliott
Aric Almirola
Denny Hamlin
Ryan Blaney
Chandler Smith
Chase Briscoe
Riley Herbst
AJ Allmendinger
Chris Buescher
Martin Truex Jr
Christopher Bell
Harrison Burton
Joey Logano
Bubba Wallace
William Byron
Justin Haley
Michael McDowell
Zane Smith
Todd Gilliland
Ryan Preece
Noah Gragson
Erik Jones
Tyler Reddick
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Alex Bowman
Conor Daly
Cody Ware
Ty Gibbs
Austin Hill
Travis Pastrana
Ty Dillon
BJ McLeod
Jimmie Johnson
Daniel Suarez
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