NASCAR: 7 Cup drivers doing double duty at COTA
Seven Cup drivers will do double-duty this weekend at Circuit of the Americas to brush up on their rusty road racing skills.
Four Cup drivers are entered in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race :
- Aric Almirola (No. 08 SS Green Light Racing)
- AJ Allmendinger (No. 10 Kaulig Racing)
- William Byron (No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports)
- Ty Gibbs (No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing)
Three Cup drivers are entered in Saturday’s Craftsman Truck Series race:
- Alex Bowman (No. 7 Spire Motorsports)
- Ross Chastain (No. 41 Niece Motorsports)
- Kyle Busch (No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports)
Some open wheel road racing specialists are entered, but they have almost no NASCAR experience, and two of them raced open wheel cars all their life. Hence, do not expect them to light the world on fire.
Imagine a NASCAR Cup driver in an F1 car! Ouch. We saw how Jimmie Johnson did in IndyCar – not so good.
- Jordan Taylor (No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports)
- Jenson Button (No. 15 Rick Ware Racing)
- Kimi Raikkonen (No. 91 Trackhouse Racing)
Cup Series Entry List
| Entry | No. | Driver | Organization | Crew Chief | Veh Mfg | Sponsor |
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Phil Surgen | Chevrolet | Worldwide Express |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins | Ford | Discount Tire |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Keith Rodden | Chevrolet | Get Bioethanol |
| 4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart Haas Racing | Rodney Childers | Ford | Mobil 1 |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Kevin Meendering | Chevrolet | HendrickCars.com |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Matt McCall | Ford | Wyndham Rewards |
| 7 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | Ryan Sparks | Chevrolet | OpTic Gaming |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Randall Burnett | Chevrolet | Netspend |
| 9 | 9 | Jordan Taylor | Hendrick Motorsports | Tom Gray | Chevrolet | UniFirst |
| 10 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart Haas Racing | Drew Blickensderfer | Ford | Smithfield |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gabehart | Toyota | Interstate Batteries |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Jonathan Hassler | Ford | Menards\Knauf |
| 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart Haas Racing | John Klausmeier | Ford | Mahindra Tractors |
| 14 | 15 | Jenson Button | Rick Ware Racing | Billy Plourde | Ford | Mobil 1 |
| 15 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Matt Swiderski | Chevrolet | Farmsmart |
| 16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Scott Graves | Ford | Fifth Third Bank |
| 17 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr | Joe Gibbs Racing | James Small | Toyota | Bass Pro Shops |
| 18 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens | Toyota | DeWalt |
| 19 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing | Brian Wilson | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane |
| 20 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe | Ford | Shell Pennzoil |
| 21 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Bootie Barker | Toyota | MoneyLion |
| 22 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Brian Campe | Chevrolet | Liberty University |
| 23 | 31 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing | Trent Owens | Chevrolet | Celsius |
| 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Travis Peterson | Ford | Love’s Travel Stops |
| 25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ryan Bergenty | Ford | Ruedebusch |
| 26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart Haas Racing | Chad Johnston | Ford | HaasTooling.com |
| 27 | 42 | Noah Gragson | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | Luke Lambert | Chevrolet | TBD |
| 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | David Elenz | Chevrolet | Allegiant |
| 29 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Billy Scott | Toyota | Monster Energy |
| 30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse | JTG Daugherty Racing | Michael Kelley | Chevrolet | Kroger/Blue Buffalo |
| 31 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives | Chevrolet | Ally |
| 32 | 50 | Conor Daly | TMT Racing | Tony Eury | Chevrolet | BitNile.com |
| 33 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Jerry Kelley | Ford | |
| 34 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle | Toyota | He Gets us |
| 35 | 77 | Ty Dillon | Spire Motorsports | Kevin Bellicourt | Chevrolet | Ferris Commercial Mowers |
| 36 | 78 | Josh Bilicki | Live Fast Motorsports | David Ingram | Chevrolet | Zeigler Auto Group |
| 37 | 84 | Jimmie Johnson | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | Todd Gordon | Chevrolet | Club Wyndham |
| 38 | 91 | Kimi Raikkonen | Trackhouse Racing | Darian Grubb | Chevrolet | Onx Homes / iLOQ |
| 39 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Travis Mack | Chevrolet | Freeway Insurance |
* equals withdrawn from the event
(i) equals ineligible for driver championship points