NASCAR Nationwide Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway: entry list
The NASCAR Nationwide Series is playing a home game, of sorts, this weekend with Friday night’s running of the Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It’s a companion event to Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup Series race.
With Nationwide competitors at the home track, the entry list for Friday night’s race is a long one with 45 names on the entry list for the race in which 40 of them will compete. Qualifying for the race is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. ET on Friday, with the race scheduled to take the green flag shortly after 7:30 p.m. ET.
Among those entered are several Sprint Cup drivers and Chase for the Sprint Cup championship competitors, including Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth. Team Penske, usually a one-car operation in the Nationwide Series, will field two cars for Friday night’s race, with Keselowski in the usual No. 22 and Camping World Truck Series regular Ryan Blaney in a No. 12 entry.
Meanwhile, JR Motorsports will field its No. 5 car, but Kevin Harvick won’t be in the car this weekend. Instead, the car will be driven by Alex Bowman.
Here’s a look at the entry list for the Drive for the Cure 300:
Entry List – Alphabetical Charlotte Motor Speedway 33rd Annual Drive for the Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Thu, October 09, 2014 @ 02:58 PM Eastern
| DriverCar | Team Name | Hometown | D.O.B. | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43 Dakoda Armstrong # | WinField Ford | New Castle, IN | 07/16/1991 | 23 |
| 2 | 6 Trevor Bayne | AdvoCare Ford | Knoxville, TN | 02/19/1991 | 23 |
| 3 | *17 Tanner Berryhill # | New Gulf Resources Toyota | Bixby, OK | 11/29/1993 | 20 |
| 4 | *12 Ryan Blaney(i) | Western Star Ford | High Point, NC | 12/31/1993 | 20 |
| 5 | 19 Mike Bliss | TriStar Motorsports Toyota | Milwaukie, OR | 04/05/1965 | 49 |
| 6 | *84 Chad Boat # | Corvetteparts.net Chevrolet | Phoenix, AZ | 04/30/1992 | 22 |
| 7 | *5 Alex Bowman(i) | Dirty Mo Radio Chevrolet | Tucson, AZ | 04/25/1993 | 21 |
| 8 | 99 James Buescher | Toyota | Plano, TX | 03/26/1990 | 24 |
| 9 | 60 Chris Buescher # | RFRShop.com Ford | Prosper, TX | 10/29/1992 | 21 |
| 10 | 54 Kyle Busch(i) | Monster Energy Toyota | Las Vegas, NV | 05/02/1985 | 29 |
| 11 | *72 Matthew Carter | Crash Claims R Us Chevrolet | Denver, NC | 05/13/1981 | 33 |
| 12 | 01 Landon Cassill | Flex Seal Chevrolet | Fairfax, IA | 07/07/1989 | 25 |
| 13 | *80 Ross Chastain(i) | AISIN AW Toyota | Alva, FL | 12/04/1992 | 21 |
| 14 | 51 Jeremy Clements | RepairableVehicles.cm/AllSouthElectric.cm Chev | Spartanburg, SC | 01/16/1985 | 29 |
| 15 | *33 Cale Conley(i) | IAVA Chevrolet | Vienna, WV | 05/13/1992 | 22 |
| 16 | 23 Carlos Contreras | Retroinfinity.com Chevrolet | Mexico City, MEX | 06/08/1970 | 44 |
| 17 | *70 Derrike Cope | youtheory Chevrolet | Spanaway, WA | 11/03/1958 | 55 |
| 18 | 40 Matt DiBenedetto | Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet | Grass Valley, CA | 07/27/1991 | 23 |
| 19 | 55 Jamie Dick | Viva Auto Group Chevrolet | El Paso, TX | 02/05/1989 | 25 |
| 20 | 3 Ty Dillon # | Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet | Welcome, NC | 02/27/1992 | 22 |
| 21 | 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt | teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet | Mooresville, NC | 06/22/1989 | 25 |
| 22 | 9 Chase Elliott # | NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | Dawsonville, GA | 11/28/1995 | 18 |
| 23 | *46 Ryan Ellis | Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet | Ashburn, VA | 11/29/1989 | 24 |
| 24 | 52 Joey Gase | Chevrolet | Cedar Rapids, IA | 02/08/1993 | 21 |
| 25 | 62 Brendan Gaughan | South Point Chevrolet | Las Vegas, NV | 07/10/1975 | 39 |
| 26 | *91 Jeff Green | SupportMilitary.org Toyota | Owensboro, KY | 09/06/1962 | 52 |
| 27 | *74 Mike Harmon | Dodge | Birmingport, AL | 01/24/1958 | 56 |
| 28 | 87 Timmy Hill(i) | Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet | Port Tobacco, MD | 02/25/1993 | 21 |
| 29 | 20 Matt Kenseth(i) | GameStop Toyota | Cambridge, WI | 03/10/1972 | 42 |
| 30 | 22 Brad Keselowski(i) | Discount Tire Ford | Rochester Hills, MI | 02/12/1984 | 30 |
| 31 | 44 Will Kimmel III | Ingersoll Rand Toyota | Sellersburg, IN | 05/11/1988 | 26 |
| 32 | 31 Dylan Kwasniewski # | FOE Chevrolet | Las Vegas, NV | 05/31/1995 | 19 |
| 33 | *98 Corey LaJoie(i) | Carroll Shelby Engine Co. Ford | Concord, FL | 09/25/1991 | 23 |
| 34 | 42 Kyle Larson(i) | Cartwheel by Target Chevrolet | Elk Grove, CA | 07/31/1992 | 22 |
| 35 | 14 Eric McClure | Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap Toyota | Chilhowie, VA | 12/11/1978 | 35 |
| 36 | 16 Ryan Reed # | ADA Drive to Stop Diabetes/Lilly Diabetes Ford | Bakersfield, CA | 08/12/1993 | 21 |
| 37 | 11 Elliott Sadler | OneMain Financial Toyota | Emporia, VA | 04/30/1975 | 39 |
| 38 | 2 Brian Scott | Charter Communications Chevrolet | Boise, ID | 01/12/1988 | 26 |
| 39 | *89 Morgan Shepherd | Courtney Construction Chevrolet | Ferguson, NC | 10/12/1941 | 72 |
| 40 | 39 Ryan Sieg # | RSS Racing Chevrolet | Tucker, GA | 06/20/1987 | 27 |
| 41 | 7 Regan Smith | Vlasic Wish-Bone Chevrolet | Cato, NY | 09/23/1983 | 31 |
| 42 | *10 David Starr | NCCER/Build Your Future Toyota | Houston, TX | 10/11/1967 | 46 |
| 43 | 93 Kevin Swindell | JGL Racing Dodge | Germantown, TN | 02/21/1989 | 25 |
| 44 | *77 Jimmy Weller(i) | Jo Dance Chevrolet | Hubbard, OH | 11/20/1985 | 28 |
| 45 | 28 JJ Yeley | Texas 28 Spirits Stage Dodge | Phoenix, AZ | 10/05/1976 | 38 |
* Required to qualify on time, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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