Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Food City 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

April 15th, 2018

Race #8 of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Stages
    • Stage 1 ends on lap 125
    • Stage 2 ends on lap 250
    • Stage 3 ends on lap 500 (end of race)
  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (18)
    • Ford (13)
    • Toyota (8)
  • Last Bristol Motor Speedway race (Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race)
    • Pole: Erik Jones (128.082 mph)
    • Winner: Kyle Busch
#12 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
00 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Chevrolet TW Cable StarCom Racing Tony Furr
1 Jamie McMurray Joplin, MO Chevrolet Cessna Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Ford Smithfield Stewart-Haas Racing John Klausmeier
11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Toyota FedEx Freight Joe Gibbs Racing Michael Wheeler
12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Ford REV Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
13 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Chevrolet GEICO Germain Racing Matt Borland
14 Clint Bowyer Emporia, KS Ford Haas Automation Demo Days Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
15 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Chevrolet Low T Centers Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Ford SunnyD Roush Fenway Racing Brian Pattie
18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV Toyota Skittles Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
19 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Toyota ARRIS Joe Gibbs Racing Scott Graves
2 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Ford Discount Tire Team Penske Paul Wolfe
20 Erik Jones Byron, MI Toyota DeWalt Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
21 Paul Menard Eau Claire, WI Ford Menards / Dutch Boy Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT Ford Autotrader Team Penske Todd Gordon
23 Gray Gaulding Colonial Heights, VA Toyota Earthwater BK Racing Rick Bourgeois
24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Chevrolet Axalta Hendrick Motorsports Darian Grubb
3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Chevrolet Realtree Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
31 Ryan Newman South Bend, IN Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Cabela's Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
32 Matt DiBenedetto Grass Valley, CA Ford Keen Parts / CorvetteParts.net GO FAS Racing Randy Cox
34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Derrick Finley
37 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Chevrolet Bush's Beans JTG Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
38 David Ragan Unadilla, GA Ford The Pete Store Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Ford Busch Light Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
41 Kurt Busch Las Vegas, NV Ford Haas Automation / Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Billy Scott
42 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Chevrolet McDonald's Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
43 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Chevrolet STP Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
47 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Chevrolet Kroger ClickList JTG Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
48 Jimmie Johnson El Cajon, CA Chevrolet Lowe's for Pros Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
51 Harrison Rhodes High Point, NC Chevrolet Industrial Construction Experts, Inc. Rick Ware Racing Ken Evans
55 Reed Sorenson Peachtree City, GA Chevrolet Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Todd Parrott
6 Trevor Bayne Knoxville, TN Ford AdvoCare Roush Fenway Racing Matt Puccia
66 Chad Finchum Knoxville, TN Toyota Concrete North / Smithbuilt Homes Motorsports Business Management Michael Hillman
72 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet TriStar Motorsports TriStar Motorsports Frank Kerr
78 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Toyota Auto-Owners Insurance Furniture Row Racing Cole Pearn
88 Alex Bowman Tuscon, AZ Chevrolet Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Chevrolet Mountain Dew Baja Blast Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
95 Kasey Kahne Enumclaw, WA Chevrolet Procore Habitat for Humanity Leavine Family Racing Travis Mack
96 DJ Kennington St Thomas, Ontario Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing Gaunt Brothers Racing Mark Hillman