NASCAR entry list for Cup Series race at Darlington in September 2026

The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to take on the 2026 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, and the entry list has been revealed. 

NASCAR released the 2026 Southern 500 and O'Reilly Series entry list for Darlington on Monday afternoon. This is Darlington's final date on the 2026 NASCAR schedule, and the first race in the Chase. The NASCAR Truck Series will return to action at Bristol Motor Speedway in a few weeks.

There are 36 guaranteed charters for the 2026 Southern 500 on Sunday night. Thirty-five drivers are full-time, while Austin Hill replaces Kyle Busch in the No. 33 car for Richard Childress Racing after his tragic passing. Chad Finchum (Garage 66) and Corey Heim (23XI Racing) are the open entries, making it a 38-driver field.

Below, you can

check out the NASCAR entry list for the Cup Series race at Darlington in September 2026!

NASCAR Cup Series entry list, Darlington (September 2026)

1. No. 1 Ross Chastain
2. No. 2 Austin Cindric
3. No. 3 Austin Dillon
4. No. 4 Noah Gragson
5. No. 5 Kyle Larson
6. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
7. No. 7 Daniel Suarez
8. No. 9 Chase Elliott
9. No. 10 Ty Dillon
10. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
11. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
12. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
13. No. 17 Chris Buescher
14. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
15. No. 20 Christopher Bell
16. No. 21 Josh Berry
17. No. 22 Joey Logano
18. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
19. No. 24 William Byron
20. No. 33 Austin Hill
21. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
22. No. 35 Riley Herbst
23. No. 38 Zane Smith
24. No. 41 Cole Custer
25. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
26. No. 43 Erik Jones
27. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
28. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29. No. 48 Alex Bowman
30. No. 51 Cody Ware
31. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
32. No. 60 Ryan Preece
33. No. 66 Chad Finchum*
34. No. 67 Corey Heim*
35. No. 71 Michael McDowell
36. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
37. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
38. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen

* = open entry

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