Preliminary Daytona 500 entry list

Most of the pieces are in place for the field for this year’s Daytona 500. An unofficial list of those confirmed to compete in the race are below, with a handful of other notes to follow. We’ll break it down by manufacturer:

Chevrolet (22):

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates: 1-Jamie McMurray, 42-Kyle Larson (R)
Richard Childress Racing: 3-Austin Dillon (R), 27-Paul Menard, 31-Ryan Newman, 33-Brian Scott
Stewart-Haas Racing: 4-Kevin Harvick, 10-Danica Patrick, 14-Tony Stewart, 41-Kurt Busch
Hendrick Motorsports: 5-Kasey Kahne, 24-Jeff Gordon, 48-Jimmie Johnson, 88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Tommy Baldwin Racing: 7-Michael Annett (R), 36-Reed Sorenson
Germain Racing: 13-Casey Mears
JTG Daugherty Racing: 47-AJ Allmendinger
HScott Motorsports: 51-Justin Allgaier (R), 52-Bobby Labonte
Furniture Row Racing: 78-Martin Truex Jr.
Phil Parsons Racing: 98-Josh Wise

Ford (15):

Team Penske: 2-Brad Keselowski, 22-Joey Logano
Richard Petty Motorsports: 9-Marcos Ambrose, 43-Aric Almirola
Roush Fenway Racing: 16-Greg Biffle, 17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 99-Carl Edwards
Wood Brothers: 21-Trevor Bayne
Go Fas Racing: 32-Terry Labonte
Front Row Motorsports: 34-David Ragan, 35-Eric McClure, 38-David Gilliland
Randy Humphrey Racing: 77-Dave Blaney
Brian Keselowski Motorsports: 92-Brian Keselowski
Leavine Family Racing: 95-Michael McDowell

Toyota (12):

Joe Gibbs Racing: 11-Denny Hamlin, 18-Kyle Busch, 20-Matt Kenseth
Michael Waltrip Racing: 15-Clint Bowyer, 55-Brian Vickers, 66-Michael Waltrip*, 87-Joe Nemechek*
BK Racing: 23-Alex Bowman (R), 83-Ryan Truex (R), 93-Morgan Shepherd**
Swan Racing: 26-Cole Whitt (R), 30-Parker Kligerman (R)
*Denotes that Waltrip and Nemechek will be sharing No. 66 in MWR/Jay Robinson Racing partnership for the remainder of the season. Nemechek is expected to qualify for the Daytona 500 in his own No. 87 Toyota.

**Shepherd’s No. 93 is from BK Racing, but not run by the team.

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