Entry List

The official 2024 Shriner's Children's 500 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Phoenix Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Shriner's Children's 500

Sunday, March 10th, 2024

Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, AZ

  • 14 Ford
  • 8 Toyota
  • 14 Chevrolet

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • Shriners Children's 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 43
  • Team : No. 11 - Mavis Brakes Plus Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
  • Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the Shriners Children's 500 with a lap of 27.138 seconds, 132.655 mph.
  • This is his 41st pole in 654 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2024.
  • This is his third pole in 38 races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2024 and his first in three races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Chase Elliott (third) posted his 13th top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway. It is his second in four races this season.
  • Carson Hocevar (10th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, March 10th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Christopher Bell claims victory in Toyota domination of Phoenix

There were so many variables in Christopher Bell’s victory in Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway that it’s difficult to pinpoint the determinative factor.

First, Toyota introduced a new body style in the NASCAR Cup Series this season. Second, NASCAR debuted a new short-track competition package in Sunday’s race. Third, the Toyotas unloaded for Friday’s 50-minute practice with consistent speed—allowing them to test their long-run prowess.

That combination of factors conjured up a decisive victory for Bell at a track where Toyota drivers had led a total of 15 laps in four Next-Gen-era races combined.

Bell and his Camry compatriots turned that statistic upside down on Sunday, combining to lead 298 of 312 laps. After Denny Hamlin started from the pole position, all four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers led significant numbers of laps—Hamlin with 68, Ty Gibbs with 57, Martin Truex Jr. with 55 and Bell with 50.

Tyler Reddick, a 23XI Toyota driver, contributed 68 laps led, as Bell ended Chevrolet’s three-race winning streak to start the season.

And while some drivers had difficulty in dirty air, Bell’s No. 20 Camry had no trouble passing cars, coming from 20th on a restart on Lap 221 to claim the lead and beat Ford driver and runner-up Chris Buescher to the finish line by a distant 5.465 seconds.

“Man, this one feels really good,” said Bell, who was eliminated from last year’s Championship 4 race at Phoenix when his brake rotor exploded. “Just a credit to (crew chief) Adam (Stevens), man. Adam, my engineers… all the mechanics on this thing.

“You don’t get cars like that very often, as you know. Just super, super proud. Proud to be on this 20 car. This Rheem Camry was amazing today. I feel like we have capability of running races like this a lot. Hopefully, this is the first of many this year.”

The victory was Bell’s first at Phoenix and the seventh of his career.

Divergent pit strategies under the sixth and final caution for Hamlin’s spin in Turn 2 on Lap 215—as he broke loose to the inside of Reddick’s car while fighting for the lead—scrambled the running order, with Truex and eight other drivers staying on track while the rest of the field came to pit road.

With the final 92 laps running caution-free, Truex had to pit for fuel and tires on Lap 272, surrendering the lead to Bell, who held it the rest of the way.

After crashing out in 37th place last Sunday at Las Vegas, Buescher was happy with his solid second-place run.

“I didn’t quite see the 20 (Bell) there at the end, so I know they were lights-out,” Buescher said. “We have some work to do to get to that point. What thrills me is we were by no means perfect on balance, so we have a lot of room to make this thing better, which is awesome.”

Gibbs, who regained track position with a two-tire pit stop on Lap 218, came home third, a career-best finish. Brad Keselowski ran fourth, two spots behind his Roush Fenway Keselowski teammate; and reigning Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney came home fifth, ending a streak of three straight runner-up finishes at the one-mile track in the Sonoran Desert.

Ross Chastain, a Phoenix winner last November, was sixth, and Truex worked his way through the field on fresher tires to finish seventh. Michael McDowell, Chase Briscoe and Reddick completed the top 10. Hamlin finished 11th after his Lap 215 spin.

Blaney overtook 14th-place finisher Kyle Larson for the series lead. He leaves Phoenix 10 points ahead of Larson and Truex, who are tied for second in the standings.

Notes: Chastain was the only Chevrolet driver to finish in the top 12… The only non-Toyota driver to lead laps was Todd Gilliland, who ran long in his Front Row Motorsports Ford during a cycle of green-flag pit stops in Stage 2 and held the top spot for 14 circuits… Reddick won the first stage, and Bell claimed victory in the second stage.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 312
  • Margin of Victory: 05.465 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 0 Minutes 45 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 103.568
  • Cautions: 6 for 40 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,813 (10.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • Shriners Children?s 500
  • Race Winner: Christopher Bell
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 20 - Rheem Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
  • Christopher Bell won the Shriners Children?s 500, his seventh victory in 148 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2024.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in nine races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Chris Buescher (second) posted his third top-10 finish in 17 races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2024.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Carson Hocevar (15th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Ryan Blaney leads the point standings by 10 points over Kyle Larson.
William Byron, celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - March 12, 2023 : William Byron, driver of the #24 Valvoline Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway.
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ENTRY
#
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
DOB
AGE
MAKE
SPONSOR
TEAM
CREW CHIEF

1
6
Auburn Hills, MI
Feb 12, 1984
40
Ford
Consumer Cellular
2
11
Chesterfield, VA
Nov 18, 1980
43
Toyota
Mavis Brakes Plus
3
22
Middleton, CT
May 24, 1990
33
Ford
Hunt Brothers Pizza
4
8
Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 1985
38
Chevrolet
zone
5
19
Mayetta, NJ
Jun 29, 1980
43
Toyota
Bass Pro Shops
6
34
Phoenix, AZ
Dec 21, 1984
39
Ford
TBA
7
3
Lewisville, NC
Apr 27, 1990
33
Chevrolet
Morgan & Morgan
8
47
Olive Branch, MS
Oct 2, 1987
36
Chevrolet
Fry's/Coca-Cola Spiced
9
5
Sacremento, CA
Jul 31, 1992
31
Chevrolet
Valvoline
10
48
Tuscon, AZ
Apr 25, 1993
30
Chevrolet
Ally Best Friends
11
12
High Point, NC
Dec 31, 1993
30
Ford
Advance Auto Parts
12
7
Kannapolis, NC
Sep 25, 1991
32
Chevrolet
Group 1001
13
9
Dawsonville, GA
Nov 28, 1995
28
Chevrolet
Kelley Blue Book
14
17
Prosper, TX
Oct 29, 1992
31
Ford
BuildSubmarines.com
15
43
Byron, MI
May 30, 1996
27
Toyota
Family Dollar
16
41
Berlin, CT
Oct 25, 1990
33
Ford
United Rentals
17
99
Monterrey, Mexico
Jan 7, 1992
32
Chevrolet
Freeway Insurance
18
1
Alva, FL
Dec 4, 1992
31
Chevrolet
Kubota
19
23
Mobile, AL
Oct 8, 1993
30
Toyota
U.S. Air Force
20
31
Kannapolis, NC
Jan 27, 1991
33
Chevrolet
Poppy Bank
21
24
Charlotte, NC
Nov 29, 1997
26
Chevrolet
RaptorTough.com
22
45
Corning, CA
Jan 11, 1996
28
Toyota
Mobil 1
23
51
Winamac, IN
Apr 28, 1999
24
Ford
Fraternal Order of Eagles
24
42
Mooresville, NC
Jun 11, 1997
26
Toyota
Albertson's
25
20
Norman, OK
Dec 16, 1994
29
Toyota
Rheem
26
15
Boston, MA
Dec 29, 1998
25
Ford
N29 Capital Partners
27
2
Columbus, OH
Sep 2, 1998
25
Ford
Menards\Duracell
28
14
Mitchell, IN
Dec 15, 1994
29
Ford
Mahindra Tractors
29
21
Huntersville, NC
Oct 9, 2000
23
Ford
Draiver
30
10
Las Vegas, NV
Jul 15, 1998
25
Ford
SERVPRO
31
71
Huntington Beach, CA
Jun 9, 1999
24
Chevrolet
TBA
32
4
Hendersonville, TN
Oct 22, 1990
33
Ford
SunnyD
33
54
Charlotte, NC
Oct 4, 2002
21
Toyota
Monster Energy
34
38
Sherrills Ford, NC
May 15, 2000
23
Ford
gener8tor
35
16
Stratford, WI
Sep 1, 2011
12
Chevrolet
Western States Flooring
36
77
Portage, MI
Jan 28, 2003
21
Chevrolet
Delaware Life