Jeb Burton, Anthony Alfredo join Our Motorsports for 2022 Xfinity Series season

Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 by Staff Report

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Our Motorsports is expanding its NASCAR Xfinity Series operation to three full-time teams after signing veterans Jeb Burton and Anthony Alfredo, the team announced Thursday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The incoming duo teams up with 2018 Camping World Truck Series champion Brett Moffitt, who enters his third season with the organization.

“We are very excited about the plans we have put in place for the 2022 race season,” owner Chris Our said in a team release. “We continue to expand on the foundation built in our first two seasons in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. This combination of experienced drivers and crew members will make Our Motorsports a contender each weekend.”

Burton joins the team with 76 races at the Xfinity level, including his first full-time season in 2021 driving for Kaulig Racing. He picked up his first career victory in 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway, securing a playoff spot and finishing 10th in the final standings.

The two-year deal for Burton is a first in his national series career and provides him with a sense of stability.

“I’ve never had that before,” Burton said. “I think we’ve got a great lineup here and I’m just really excited about the future. Mr. Our and everybody at Our Motorsports wants to win and hopefully, we can do that a couple more times this year.”

But Burton isn’t the only driver finding support with the talented, up-and-coming organization.

“It’s a huge opportunity for me to go back in the Xfinity Series and run full time for the first time,” Alfredo said. “Obviously after a full season in the Cup Series, I’ve learned a lot and there were a lot of challenges to overcome. But I think all those obstacles I faced and all of the adversity made me not just a better driver, but a better person.”

After a year-long stint as a rookie in the Cup Series with Front Row Motorsports, Alfredo brings 68 races of experience across the three NASCAR national series. His lone Xfinity season in 2020 for Richard Childress Racing brought in a pair of top-five finishes and nine top 10s in just 19 races.

Alfredo returns to a somewhat familiar setting due to Our Motorsports’ collaboration with ECR Engines. Moving from one car to three this season provides a much-needed boost for on-track data, teamwork and the quest for the organization’s first playoff appearance.

Jeff Hensley will be the crew chief for Moffitt, Chad Walker for Burton and Pat Tryson for Alfredo.

The newly formed trio will compete on track together for the first time in the season-opening race at 5 p.m. ET on Feb. 19 at Daytona International Speedway, televised on FS1.

Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 by Staff Report

Lionel Racing released its list of the best-selling NASCAR die-cast cars for 2021 on Wednesday. Topping the list was a popular choice, the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford with a “Grave Digger” monster truck design that Kevin Harvick raced at Nashville Superspeedway in June.

Lionel, official die-cast maker of NASCAR, indicated that the sales numbers were tabulated from wholesale outlets, dealers, team stores and its own online store to determine the top 10 sellers.

The full top-10 list:

1. Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Grave Digger Ford from Nashville
2. Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet champion edition
3. Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
4. Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet from his championship-clinching win at Phoenix Raceway
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 United for America Chevrolet from his Xfinity Series start at Richmond Raceway
6. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hooters Chevrolet “night owl” model
7. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Llumar Chevrolet from his Circuit of The Americas victory
8. Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet from his Las Vegas Motor Speedway win
9. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hooters Chevrolet throwback from Darlington Raceway
10. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 McDonald’s Toyota from his Talladega Superspeedway victory

It's time to reveal the top-10 best selling Lionel Racing die-cast of 2021!

We have tallied up the sales numbers from all channels, including https://t.co/3XdQnWq95g, wholesalers, dealers, teams, and more to compile the top 10. Did your favorite die-cast of 2021 make the list? pic.twitter.com/nDFWZ8mkG5

— Lionel Racing (@Lionel_Racing) December 15, 2021

Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 by Jerry Bonkowski

Editor’s Note: This continues the series of season reviews for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs drivers.

Driver: Joey Logano
Car: No. 22 Team Penske Ford
Crew chief: Paul Wolfe
Final 2021 ranking: 8thKey stats: 1 win, 10 top fives, 19 top 10s, 453 laps led

How 2021 ended:
This was Logano’s worst season statistically since 2017. Just like in that season, Logano managed just one win and only 10 top-five finishes in 2021. It was also the fourth time since 2012 that he won only one race in a season. While he qualified for the playoffs for the seventh time in the eight years since the current elimination system came into play, he was not as much of a factor as we are used to seeing with the exception of finishing third in October at Talladega. A blown engine to open the Round of 8 at Texas put him in a troublesome spot he couldn’t recover from to advance.

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Best race:
Logano’s best race came in his sole win of the 2021 campaign when he captured the checkered flag in late March on a dirt track that was laid upon the regular 0.533-mile concrete racing surface at Bristol Motor Speedway. While Martin Truex Jr. led almost half the race (126 laps in the 253-lap overtime event), Logano led the final 61 laps to take home the win.

Other season highlights:
Logano looked like a legitimate championship contender in the first half of the season. The 2018 NASCAR Cup champ earned runner-up finishes in two of the first five races (Daytona Road Course and Phoenix), as well as seven top-five finishes in the first 16 events. But from the second Pocono race on (the back half of a weekend doubleheader at the 2.5-mile tri-oval), Logano struggled far too often. His worst slump came in a four-race stretch — Watkins Glen (finished 22nd), Indianapolis Road Course (34th), Michigan (33rd) and Daytona summer race (23rd).

Stat to know:
Logano is known as the type of driver who likes to get out in front and stay there. But that didn’t happen much in 2021: he led just 453 laps, his second-lowest total since 2017 (376 laps) and third-lowest since 2013 (323 laps). By comparison, he led 993 laps in 2014, a career-high 1,431 in 2015, 703 in 2016, 934 in his 2018 championship season, 899 in 2019 and 939 in 2020.

Quotable:
“It wasn’t the finish we wanted for the Shell-Pennzoil Ford Mustang (11th in the season finale at Phoenix) — not the way we wanted to end the season. … But all in all, it was a decent end to the season. … I’m excited for the Next Gen car and to get things going for next season. I’m not much for an off-season — I’d just like to keep racing.” — Logano said following the conclusion of the 2021 season.

Looking ahead:
Logano should become the sixth full-time driver to reach 500 career Cup starts in 2022. He comes into the season with 471 starts, and if all goes well, he will hit No. 500 in the Bristol playoff race. Kurt Busch (756) has the most starts among active full-time drivers, followed by Kevin Harvick (754), Kyle Busch (606), Truex (585) and Denny Hamlin (578). Of note, even years have treated Logano well as he’s made the Championship 4 in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.

Logano essentially inherits the No. 1 spot as team leader with Team Penske now that Brad Keselowski has moved into a team ownership deal with Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. Logano will enter his 14th full-time Cup season in 2022, the last nine with Penske. He’ll once again be joined by Ryan Blaney as his Team Penske teammate, while Austin Cindric moves up from the Xfinity Series to replace Keselowski in the No. 2 Ford. Harrison Burton moves up from Xfinity to Cup and will drive for the Team Penske affiliate, Wood Brothers Racing, in the upcoming season.

Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 by Staff Report

(Editor’s note: This story first published Monday, Dec. 13 and was updated Thursday, Dec. 16 to reflect the completion of Day 1 testing)

Testing of Next Gen cars for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series returns this week to Charlotte Motor Speedway and NASCAR.com is providing coverage with live video streaming scheduled both days.

Cup Series organizations are set to turn laps on the 1.5-mile oval layout, with sessions scheduled Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET each day. The two days of testing mark the latest step in preparations for the new model’s debut next season.

Fans can set a reminder and tune in to catch Friday’s Next Gen testing here:

NASCAR officials and teams went through three aero/horsepower configurations during Wednesday’s eight-hour session. A full replay of Wednesday’s opening day of testing can be seen here:

The Next Gen car is set to hit the track Sunday, Feb. 6 (6 p.m. ET) in the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum exhibition in Los Angeles, two weeks ahead of its points-paying debut in the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 20 (2:30 p.m. ET). Both events will be broadcast on FOX, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Posted on December 15, 2021January 27, 2022 by Staff Report

Unofficial test speeds from organizational Next Gen testing Dec. 15 and 17 for the NASCAR Cup Series on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s oval layout. Note that times are unofficial, with no technical inspection conducted before each session.

Day 2

Unofficial speeds from third practice session (4-inch centered spoiler):

Position	No.	Driver	Best Time	Difference	Best Speed	Team
1	24	William Byron	29.979		180.126	Hendrick Motorsports
2	6	Brad Keselowski	30.231	-0.252	178.625	RFK Racing
3	19	Martin Truex Jr.	30.249	-0.270	178.518	Joe Gibbs Racing
4	99	Daniel Suarez	30.278	-0.299	178.347	Trackhouse Racing
5	8	Tyler Reddick	30.321	-0.342	178.094	Richard Childress Racing
6	18	Kyle Busch	30.373	-0.394	177.789	Joe Gibbs Racing
7	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	30.379	-0.400	177.754	JTG Daugherty Racing
8	10	Aric Almirola	30.400	-0.421	177.632	Stewart-Haas Racing
9	7	Corey LaJoie	30.429	-0.450	177.462	Spire Motorsports
10	45	Kurt Busch	30.450	-0.471	177.340	23XI Racing
11	42	Ty Dillon	30.535	-0.556	176.846	Petty GMS Motorsports
12	22	Joey Logano	30.587	-0.608	176.546	Team Penske
13	9	Chase Elliott	30.601	-0.622	176.465	Hendrick Motorsports
14	14	Cole Custer	30.802	-0.823	175.313	Stewart-Haas Racing
15	38	Todd Gilliland	30.824	-0.845	175.188	Front Row Motorsports
16	2	Austin Cindric	30.861	-0.882	174.978	Team Penske
17	21	Harrison Burton	30.920	-0.941	174.644	Wood Brothers Racing
18	31	Justin Haley	31.125	-1.146	173.949	Kaulig Racing

Unofficial speeds from second practice session (6-inch centered spoiler):

Position	No.	Driver	Best Time	Difference	Best Speed	Team
1	8	Tyler Reddick	29.909		180.548	Richard Childress Racing
2	24	William Byron	29.957	-0.048	180.258	Hendrick Motorsports
3	6	Brad Keselowski	29.966	-0.057	180.204	RFK Racing
4	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	30.058	-0.149	179.653	JTG Daugherty Racing
5	18	Kyle Busch	30.059	-0.150	179.647	Joe Gibbs Racing
6	7	Corey LaJoie	30.158	-0.249	179.057	Spire Motorsports
7	31	Justin Haley	30.159	-0.250	179.051	Kaulig Racing
8	22	Joey Logano	30.177	-0.268	178.944	Team Penske
9	42	Ty Dillon	30.182	-0.273	178.915	Petty GMS Motorsports
10	45	Kurt Busch	30.225	-0.316	178.660	23XI Racing
11	99	Daniel Suarez	30.238	-0.329	178.583	Trackhouse Racing
12	38	Todd Gilliland	30.472	-0.563	177.212	Front Row Motorsports
13	14	Cole Custer	30.486	-0.577	177.130	Stewart-Haas Racing
14	10	Aric Almirola	30.507	-0.598	177.009	Stewart-Haas Racing
15	19	Martin Truex Jr.	30.577	-0.648	176.719	Joe Gibbs Racing
16	21	Harrison Burton	30.565	-0.656	176.673	Wood Brothers Racing
17	9	Chase Elliott	30.643	-0.743	176.223	Hendrick Motorsports
18	2	Austin Cindric	31.141	-1.232	173.405	Team Penske

Unofficial speeds from first practice session (6-inch offset spoiler):

Position	No.	Driver	Best Time	Difference	Best Speed	Team
1	22	Joey Logano	29.572		182.605	Team Penske
2	2	Austin Cindric	29.696	-0.124	181.843	Team Penske
3	6	Brad Keselowski	29.722	-0.150	181.684	RFK Racing
4	8	Tyler Reddick	29.726	-0.154	181.659	Richard Childress Racing
5	24	William Byron	29.785	-0.213	181.299	Hendrick Motorsports
6	9	Chase Elliott	29.957	-0.385	180.258	Hendrick Motorsports
7	45	Kurt Busch	30.016	-0.444	179.904	23XI Racing
8	18	Kyle Busch	30.045	-0.473	179.730	Joe Gibbs Racing
9	31	Justin Haley	30.074	-0.502	179.557	Kaulig Racing
10	14	Cole Custer	30.109	-0.537	179.348	Stewart-Haas Racing
11	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	30.115	-0.543	179.313	JTG Daugherty Racing
12	21	Harrison Burton	30.199	-0.627	178.814	Wood Brothers Racing
13	19	Martin Truex Jr.	30.287	-0.715	178.294	Joe Gibbs Racing
14	38	Todd Gilliland	30.312	-0.740	178.147	Front Row Motorsports
15	99	Daniel Suarez	30.316	-0.744	178.124	Trackhouse Racing
16	42	Ty Dillon	30.528	-0.956	176.887	Petty GMS Motorsports
17	10	Aric Almirola	30.633	-1.061	176.280	Stewart-Haas Racing
18	7	Corey LaJoie	30.743	-1.171	175.650	Spire Motorsports

Day 1

Position	No.	Driver	Best Time	Difference	Best Speed	Team
1	12	Ryan Blaney	29.668		182.014	Team Penske
2	99	Ross Chastain	29.671	-0.003	181.996	Trackhouse Racing
3	45	Kurt Busch	29.831	-0.163	181.020	23XI Racing
4	9	Alex Bowman	29.839	-0.171	180.971	Hendrick Motorsports
5	8	Tyler Reddick	29.848	-0.180	180.917	Richard Childress Racing
6	24	William Byron	29.851	-0.183	180.898	Hendrick Motorsports
7	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	29.851	-0.183	180.898	JTG Daugherty Racing
8	19	Martin Truex Jr.	29.936	-0.268	180.385	Joe Gibbs Racing
9	6	Brad Keselowski	29.973	-0.305	180.162	RFK Racing
10	10	Aric Almirola	29.984	-0.316	180.096	Stewart-Haas Racing
11	42	Erik Jones	30.022	-0.354	179.868	Petty GMS Racing
12	18	Kyle Busch	30.053	-0.385	179.683	Joe Gibbs Racing
13	7	Corey LaJoie	30.059	-0.391	179.647	Spire Motorsports
14	31	Daniel Hemric	30.096	-0.428	179.426	Kaulig Racing
15	2	Austin Cindric	30.161	-0.493	179.039	Team Penske
16	14	Chase Briscoe	30.327	-0.659	178.059	Stewart-Haas Racing
17	21	Harrison Burton	30.336	-0.668	178.006	Wood Brothers Racing
18	38	Todd Gilliland	30.370	-0.702	177.807	Front Row Motorsports

Posted on December 15, 2021December 16, 2021 by Terrin Waack

CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR worked through multiple changes to the Next Gen car Wednesday during the first run of its two-day organizational test at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The eight-hour session, which began at 8 a.m. ET and ended at 4 p.m. ET, broke up into three mini sessions, each with a different aero/engine configuration. The first featured a 550-horsepower engine with a seven-inch spoiler. The second was a 670-horsepower engine with a six-inch spoiler. The third and final remained the same, but the spoiler was offset to the passenger side.

Consistent across the packages, but new to Next Gen testing overall, were splitter stuffers, engine panel strakes and rear diffuser skirts. According to NASCAR, the purpose of these additions is to help with predictability in traffic. And unlike last time, there were actually on-track periods scheduled specifically for pack racing with each configuration.

Twenty-two drivers and 14 teams were listed on the roster provided by NASCAR.

Todd Gilliland made his top-dog introduction Wednesday, driving the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford. Gilliland had never tested a Next Gen car before, neither had he ever raced at the NASCAR Cup Series level. His move up from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was inked back in late November.

“There are so many differences – the shifting, the steering,” Gilliland said told NASCAR.com. “Just so many technical things that are different. But it’s been really relieving to me that no, it’s still a race car. After making my first laps, it’s not too different driving wise than what we’ve done before. So, I’m just really excited to continue on testing throughout the day and on Friday, build my notebook as much as possible and get a ton of laps under my belt.”

WATCH: Next Gen pack racing | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spins at Charlotte

Another breakthrough appearance: Justin Haley’s No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet. His new full-time number had not yet been revealed. Haley previously tested the No. 16 Chevy, which the team announced Tuesday will be shared by three part-time drivers in 2022 – Noah Gragson, Daniel Hemric and AJ Allmendinger.

Drivers were not made available to the media Wednesday.

Teams will return to the 1.5-mile oval Friday for their second day of testing, again from 8 a.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET. By that point, NASCAR will have taken feedback from Wednesday and decided on one configuration to run for the entirety of the eight-hour block.

“I don’t really know which package I like the best because the last one we shifted the spoiler over with the same horsepower,” Ricky Stenhouse Jr. said. “We’re going to go here and talk and figure out which package everybody kinda liked and see if we can keep working on it. I think that’s what we’ve all got to do is come up with the best possible solution to make sure that we hit the track in 2022 with everything that we need to run well.”

The Next Gen car will make its first public outing Feb. 6 (6 p.m. ET) with the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum exhibition in Los Angeles. Its points-paying debut will be two weeks later in Florida with the 2022 Daytona 500 on Feb. 20 (2:30 p.m. ET). Both events will be broadcast on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Posted on December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 by Staff Report

The National Motorsports Appeals Panel today upheld an L2 level penalty assessed against Mike Harmon and Ryan Bell in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. NASCAR penalized them on Nov. 22 for violating Section 5.1.a.c.d: Vehicle Testing in the NASCAR Rule Book.

Initially, NASCAR fined crew chief Bell $50,000 and suspended him for the next six championship points events, beginning in 2022. Instead, that fine will now be levied against Harmon, who is the No. 74 Chevrolet team’s owner/driver and lost 75 owner points and 75 driver points for 2022 after turning laps at Rockingham Speedway.

The appellants have the right to appeal the decision of the National Motorsports Appeals Panel to the National Motorsports Final Appeals Officer in accordance with the NASCAR Rule Book. The Appeals Panel members for today’s hearing were Tom DeLoach, Dickie Gore and Dale Pinilis.

Posted on December 15, 2021December 16, 2021 by Zack Albert

CONCORD, N.C. — Tyler Reddick was unhurt after crashing into the pit-road wall during Wednesday’s opening day of Next Gen testing at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Reddick’s No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet slid exiting Turn 4 and clouted the impact-absorbing sand barrels at the pit wall’s start point. The car sustained significant left-side damage, but Reddick was able to drive it back to the garage. He was evaluated and released from the track’s infield medical center.

Two days of testing are scheduled at the 1.5-mile Charlotte oval this week as the newest-generation race car for the NASCAR Cup Series nears its 2022 debut. In addition to Wednesday’s session, another test day is set for Friday, with track time allotted for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET both days. Wednesday’s crash occurred shortly after noon ET, prompting a lengthy clean-up. Cars returned to the track at 12:50 p.m. ET.

Earlier Wednesday, Ricky Stenhouse drove away from a single-car spin in his No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet. The incident occurred just a few laps into a group run with one of the three aero/engine configurations NASCAR officials and teams are trying out during Wednesday’s on-track runs.

Austin Dillon, Reddick’s teammate at RCR, crashed during the most recent Next Gen test. The team was able to repair the No. 3 Chevrolet and return it to the track in the same day.

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Zach Sturniolo

Editor’s Note: This continues the series of season reviews for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs drivers.

Driver: Kyle Busch
Car: No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry
Crew chief: Ben Beshore
Final 2021 ranking: 9th
Key stats: 2 wins, 14 top fives, 22 top 10s, 334 laps led

How 2021 ended:
Busch finished runner-up at Martinsville Speedway in the season’s penultimate race and missed qualifying for the Championship 4 by just three points. Busch earned three top fives in the final seven races of 2021, but a 28th-place finish at Kansas Speedway after suffering multiple tire failures set the No. 18 team behind in Busch’s chase for a third championship.

Best race:
Nobody led more laps during the Pocono Raceway doubleheader this year than Busch, whose 60 total laps led over the two races bested Alex Bowman’s 34. But Busch’s Sunday drive was perhaps his drive of the year.

Midway through the race, Busch suffered a transmission issue that limited him to only fourth gear, making his pit exit remarkably slower than his competitors since he had to burn up his clutch trying not to stall the car. The 350-mile race then became a game of fuel mileage, another disadvantage for Busch who couldn’t use his clutch to save fuel.

That didn’t matter. Busch somehow still found a way to conserve just enough fuel on the final run of the race to claim the checkered flag at Pocono, one day after finishing second to Bowman.

Additional highlights:

• In addition to his win at Pocono, Busch also visited Victory Lane at Kansas Speedway in May on his 36th birthday.

• Busch also found himself in yet another battle for the win against older brother Kurt Busch at Atlanta Motor Speedway in July. Kyle led a season-high 91 laps that day, but Ross Chastain hindered him late with 25 laps remaining, allowing his teammate, Kurt, to rally past Kyle for the victory while “Rowdy” finished second.

•Kyle Busch’s season was dotted with several notable performances, a significant turnaround after a 2020 that found the No. 18 largely inconsistent despite similar statistics. Fast cars and elite talent resulted in strong top-five runs at the Coca-Cola 600, Watkins Glen International and the Martinsville playoff race.

Stat to know:
Thanks to his Kansas triumph, Busch became just the second driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win more than once on his birthday. The only other driver to do so multiple times was Cale Yarborough. Additionally, Busch has now won at least once in each of the last 17 seasons, tying David Pearson for second-most consecutive years with a win all-time. No. 1 on that list is Richard Petty with 18, a record Busch can tie in 2022.

Quotable:
“[Brad Keselowski] drills my [expletive] coming out of (Turn 4) for no reason. Where was he going? What was he doing? He was trying to do a (Kevin) Harvick is what he was gonna do. For what? For second place? To do what? He wasn’t going to transfer though with that. … So stupid. I don’t understand these guys. I should beat the [expletive] out of him right now is what I should do. But that doesn’t do me any good either.” — Busch on contact from Brad Keselowski coming to the checkered flag at Martinsville on Oct. 31

Looking ahead:
Busch remains the Cup Series’ lone active multiple-time champion with titles in 2015 and 2019. In the five seasons from 2015-19, Busch won at least four races per season. The last two years have brought just three victories, though.

As he prepares for a new chapter in the Next Gen car, Busch will look to rekindle a Championship 4 run, a feat he very nearly achieved in 2021.

Posted on December 14, 2021December 15, 2021 by Staff Report

NASCAR officials released the team and driver lineup for two days of testing at Charlotte Motor Speedway as Cup Series organizations get more track time with the Next Gen cars that they will race in the 2022 season.

Testing is set for Wednesday and Friday at the 1.5-mile Charlotte oval, with on-track sessions running from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET each day. A list of the drivers and teams scheduled to participate*:

No.	Driver(s)	Organization	Car
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford
6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford
7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
31	Justin Haley, Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
38	Todd Gilliland, Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
42	Ty Dillon	GMS Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet
45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
99	Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet

(* — note: entrants subject to change. Three- to four-car teams are permitted to test up to two cars each day; Team Penske’s No. 12 is scheduled for Wednesday only, and Penske’s No. 22 is scheduled to be a Friday participant.)