The Chase is here for the NASCAR Cup Series, with Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina kicking off the 10-race chase. While only 16 drives are in The Chase, we’ve got a much larger field of drivers in the race this weekend.
As per usual, there are 35 full-time Cup Series drivers competing in the race on Sunday. Austin Hill will be in the No. 33 car for Richard Childress Racing, as he has been since the passing of Kyle Busch, but he isn’t eligible for points. The two additional entrants are Corey Heim (No. 67 for 23XI Racing) and Chad FInchum (No. 66 for Garage 66).
Related: NASCAR Weekend Schedule at Darlington
Here is the NASCAR entry list this weekend at Darlington for the Cook Out Southern 500.
NASCAR Entry List: Cook Out Southern 500
| Veh# | Driver | Organization | Crew Chief |
| 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Brandon McSwain |
| 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Richard Boswell II |
| 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Grant Hutchens |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Jeremy Bullins |
| 7 | Daniel Suárez | Spire Motorsports | Ryan Sparks |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Andrew Dickeson |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Jonathan Hassler |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Trent Owens |
| 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Scott Graves |
| 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | James Small |
| 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Miles Stanley |
| 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Charles Denike |
| 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Ryan Fugle |
| 33 | Austin Hill* | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
| 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Chris Lawson |
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Davin Restivo |
| 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ryan Bergenty |
| 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Aaron Kramer |
| 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Travis Mack |
| 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Justin Alexander |
| 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Billy Scott |
| 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Hyak Motorsports | Michael Kelley |
| 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Blake Harris |
| 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Billy Plourde |
| 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Tyler Allen |
| 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Derrick Finley |
| 66 | Chad Finchum* | Garage 66 | Carl Long |
| 67 | Corey Heim* | 23XI Open | Robert Barker III |
| 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Travis Peterson |
| 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Luke Lambert |
| 88 | Connor Zilisch | Trackhouse Racing | Randall Burnett |
| 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | Stephen Doran |
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