39-Car Bristol Entry List Features Cup Series Debut for Jesse Love
On Monday, NASCAR officially released the preliminary entry list for this weekend’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The event, scheduled for Sunday, April 13, will serve as the ninth event on the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.
Entered in the 500-lap slugfest at Bristol are 39 different drivers, three of whom are driving for part-time, unchartered teams. Aside from those three teams, the remaining 36 drivers are competing full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025.
The most notable entry on the list is two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series winner Jesse Love, who will be making his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the No. 33 C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.
Love went to Victory Lane in the Xfinity Series season-opener at Daytona and won Rookie of the Year honors last season while driving for RCR.
Also competing in the Food City 500 will be MBM Motorsports, with Josh Bilicki behind the wheel of the No. 66 MANSCAPED Ford Mustang Dark Horse, and Corey LaJoie, driving the No. 01 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing.
Among the full-timers in the field is Denny Hamlin, who earned his second straight NASCAR Cup Series win last weekend at Darlington Raceway. Hamlin will pilot the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE with sponsorship from Progressive Insurance.
|
Car |
Driver |
Team |
Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
|
01 |
Corey LaJoie * |
Rick Ware Racing |
Ford |
|
1 |
Ross Chastain |
Trackhouse Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
2 |
Austin Cindric |
Team Penske |
Ford |
|
3 |
Austin Dillon |
Richard Childress Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
4 |
Noah Gragson |
Front Row Motorsports |
Ford |
|
5 |
Kyle Larson |
Hendrick Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
|
6 |
Brad Keselowski |
RFK Racing |
Ford |
|
7 |
Justin Haley |
Spire Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
|
8 |
Kyle Busch |
Richard Childress Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
9 |
Chase Elliott |
Hendrick Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
|
10 |
Ty Dillon |
Kaulig Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
Toyota |
|
12 |
Ryan Blaney |
Team Penske |
Ford |
|
16 |
AJ Allmendinger |
Kaulig Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
17 |
Chris Buescher |
RFK Racing |
Ford |
|
19 |
Chase Briscoe |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
Toyota |
|
20 |
Christopher Bell |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
Toyota |
|
21 |
Josh Berry |
Wood Brothers Racing |
Ford |
|
22 |
Joey Logano |
Team Penske |
Ford |
|
23 |
Bubba Wallace |
23XI Racing |
Toyota |
|
24 |
William Byron |
Hendrick Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
|
34 |
Michael McDowell |
Spire Motorsports |
Ford |
|
33 |
Jesse Love (i) * |
Richard Childress Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
35 |
Riley Herbst # |
23XI Racing |
Toyota |
|
38 |
Zane Smith |
Front Row Motorsports |
Ford |
|
41 |
Cole Custer |
Haas Factory Team |
Ford |
|
42 |
John Hunter Nemechek |
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
Toyota |
|
43 |
Erik Jones |
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
Toyota |
|
45 |
Tyler Reddick |
23XI Racing |
Toyota |
|
47 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
HYAK Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
|
48 |
Alex Bowman |
Hendrick Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
|
51 |
Cody Ware |
Rick Ware Racing |
Ford |
|
54 |
Ty Gibbs |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
Toyota |
|
60 |
Ryan Preece |
RFK Racing |
Ford |
|
66 |
Josh Bilicki (i) * |
MBM Motorsports |
Ford |
|
71 |
Michael McDowell |
Spire Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
|
77 |
Carson Hocevar |
Spire Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
|
88 |
Shane van Gisbergen # |
Trackhouse Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
99 |
Daniel Suarez |
Trackhouse Racing |
Chevrolet |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates “Open” entry
(i) indicates driver ineligible to score NASCAR Cup Series points
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