NASCAR Cup Series entry list for Bristol in April 2026

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The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to take on the 2026 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, and the entry list has been revealed.

NASCAR released the 2026 Food City 500, O'Reilly Series, and Truck Series entry list for Bristol on Monday afternoon. Bristol is expected to be even crazier with the extra horsepower package, as the Cup Series returns after their first off-weekend of the 2026 season.

All 36 full-time drivers are present for the 2026 Food City 500 on Sunday afternoon. This is the second season in the charter system's history in which all 36 entries have a full-time competitor. Chad Finchum (Garage 66) is the only open entry, making it a 37-driver field.

Below, you can check out the NASCAR entry list for the Cup Series race at Bristol in April 2026!

NASCAR Cup Series entry list, Bristol Motor Speedway (April 2026)​

1. No. 1 Ross Chastain
2. No. 2 Austin Cindric
3. No. 3 Austin Dillon
4. No. 4 Noah Gragson
5. No. 5 Kyle Larson
6. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
7. No. 7 Daniel Suarez
8. No. 8 Kyle Busch
9. No. 9 Chase Elliott
10. No. 10 Ty Dillon
11. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
12. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
13. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
14. No. 17 Chris Buescher
15. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
16. No. 20 Christopher Bell
17. No. 21 Josh Berry
18. No. 22 Joey Logano
19. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
20. No. 24 William Byron
21. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
22. No. 35 Riley Herbst
23. No. 38 Zane Smith
24. No. 41 Cole Custer
25. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
26. No. 43 Erik Jones
27. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
28. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29. No. 48 Alex Bowman
30. No. 51 Cody Ware
31. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
32. No. 60 Ryan Preece
33. No. 66 Chad Finchum*
34. No. 71 Michael McDowell
35. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
36. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
37. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen

* = open entry

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