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There are 37 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, the fourth race of the 36-race 2025 season.
With up to 40 cars being permitted to start races in the NASCAR Cup Series, no drivers or teams will go home after this week’s qualifying session.
Christopher Bell, who has won the last two NASCAR Cup Series events including last week’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at COTA, will return behind the wheel of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE.
The notables include the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet, an “Open” entry, which will have Katherine Legge behind the wheel. Legge will make her NASCAR Cup Series debut, and will become the first female racer to start a NASCAR Cup Series event since Danica Patrick competed in the 2018 Daytona 500.
Here is the complete entry list for Sunday’s race at Phoenix:
Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Kubota Orange Days Sales Event Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Menards / Monster Ford | Brian Wilson |
3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Chevrolet | Richard Boswell |
4 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Consumer Cellular Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | Rodney Childers |
8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Zone / QuikTrip Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
10 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Hybrid Light Chevrolet | Andrew Dickeson |
11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Sport Clips Haircut Toyota | Chris Gayle |
12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Würth Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
13 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing CELSIUS Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
14 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fry's / Thomas' / Philadelphia Ford | Scott Graves |
15 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota | James Small |
16 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Reser's Fine Foods Toyota | Adam Stevens |
17 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing Eero Ford | Miles Stanley |
18 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford | Paul Wolfe |
19 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Leidos Toyota | Charles Denike |
20 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Z by HP Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
21 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Frontline Enterprises Ford | Chris Lawson |
22 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Davin Restivo |
23 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Aaron's Rent to Own Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
24 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team Haas / Andy's Ford Ford | Aaron Kramer |
25 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | Travis Mack |
26 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota | Ben Beshore |
27 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Mobil 1 Toyota | Billy Scott |
28 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports Ram Self Storage Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
29 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Best Friends Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
30 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Mighty Fire Breaker Ford | Billy Plourde |
31 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Tyler Allen |
32 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Solomon Plumbing Ford | Derrick Finley |
33 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Workforce Chevrolet | Travis Peterson |
34 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Miner Docks, Doors and More Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
35 | 78 | Katherine Legge | Live Fast Motorsports DROPLiGHT Chevrolet | David Ingram |
36 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet | Stephen Doran |
37 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
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