NASCAR entry list for Cup Series race at Nashville in June 2025
NASCAR entry list for Cup Series race at Nashville in June 2025
The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to take on the 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, and the entry list has been revealed.
NASCAR released the Cracker Barrel 400 entry list, Xfinity Series entry list, and Truck Series entry list for Nashville on Tuesday afternoon. It marks the first NASCAR weekend since the highly anticipated "Motorsports Christmas" with the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600.
On Sunday, all 36 full-time drivers are present for the 2025 Cracker Barrel 400. This is the first season in the charter system's history in which all 36 entries have a full-time competitor. As for the open entries, J.J. Yeley (NY Racing Team), Chad Finchum (Garage 66), and Corey Heim (23XI Racing) round out the 39-driver field.
Below, you can check out the NASCAR entry list for the Cup Series race at Nashville in June 2025!
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NASCAR Cup Series entry list, Nashville Superspeedway (June 2025)
No. 1 Ross Chastain No. 2 Austin Cindric No. 3 Austin Dillon No. 4 Noah Gragson No. 5 Kyle Larson No. 6 Brad Keselowski No. 7 Justin Haley No. 8 Kyle Busch No. 9 Chase Elliott No. 10 Ty Dillon No. 11 Denny Hamlin No. 12 Ryan Blaney No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger No. 17 Chris Buescher No. 19 Chase Briscoe No. 20 Christopher Bell No. 21 Josh Berry No. 22 Joey Logano No. 23 Bubba Wallace No. 24 William Byron No. 34 Todd Gilliland No. 35 Riley Herbst No. 38 Zane Smith No. 41 Cole Custer No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek No. 43 Erik Jones No. 44 J.J. Yeley No. 45 Tyler Reddick No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. No. 48 Alex Bowman No. 51 Cody Ware No. 54 Ty Gibbs No. 60 Ryan Preece No. 66 Chad Finchum No. 67 Corey Heim No. 71 Michael McDowell No. 77 Carson Hocevar No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen No. 99 Daniel Suarez
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