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Field set for Dover on Sunday
NASCAR Cup series driver Joey Logano leads cars down pit road during the Autotrader EchoPark automotive 400 on July 20, 2025 at dover Motor speedway in Delaware.
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The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to take on the 2026 All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speed-way, and the entry list has been revealed. NASCAR released the 2026 All-Star Race, O'Reilly Series, and Truck Series entry list for Dover on Monday afternoon. This is Dover's only race date on the NASCAR schedule and the last exhibition weekend for the Cup Series. All three NASCAR levels will be on track this weekend.
All 36 full-time drivers are present for the 2026 All-Star Race on Sunday afternoon. This is the second season in the charter system's history in which all 36 entries have a full-time competitor. There are zero open entries, making it a 36-driver field. Here's the entry list:
1 ross Chastain
2 Austin Cindric
3 Austin Dillon
4 Noah Gragson
5 Kyle Larson
6 Brad Keselowski
7 Daniel Suarez
8 Kyle Busch
9 Chase Elliott
10 Ty Dillon
11 Denny Hamlin
12 Ryan Blaney
16 A.J. Allmendinger
17 Chris Buescher
19 Chase Briscoe
20 Christopher Bell
21 Josh Berry
22 Joey Logano
23 Bubba Wallace
24 William Byron
34 Todd Gilliland
35 riley herbst
38 Zane smith
41 Cole Custer
42 John hunter Nemechek
43 Erik Jones
45 Tyler Reddick
47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
48 Alex Bowman
51 Cody Ware
54 Ty Gibbs
60 Ryan Preece
71 Michael McDowell
77 Carson hocevar
88 Connor Zilisch
97 Shane van Gisbergen
More inspections after Watkins Glen
NASCAR is performing a deeper inspection process after the Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International last weekend. Connor Zilisch's No. 88 car for Trackhouse Racing and Chris Buescher's No. 17 car for RFK Racing have been taken to the NASCAR R&D Center for further inspection after Watkins Glen, the sport announced.
The Trackhouse Racing driver has struggled to start the season but found top-5 pace at Watkins Glen. Meanwhile, the RFK Racing driver has been good to start the 2026 Cup Series season, but his 12th-place finish at Watkins Glen didn't represent his true pace.
NASCAR taking the cars to the R&D Center doesn't automatically mean something is wrong; however, it does heighten the risk of a potential penalty. In the NextGen car era, drivers and teams have received significant penalties when NASCAR takes a car to the R&D Center. There have been several occasions when they have lost over 100 points due to an infraction. Most cars are cleared after going to the R&D Center, but exceptions exist.
