Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Notes & Entry List - Speedway Digest

Race number 31 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 5, will be the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. There are 43 cars on the entry list which means all of the teams will make Saturday night’s race.

Event Schedule: Bank of America 500

Thursday: 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET Practice on Fox Sports 1, 7:10 p.m. ET Qualifying on ESPN2

Friday: 3 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. ET Practice on Fox Sports 2, 5:50 p.m. – 6:50 p.m. ET Final Practice on Fox Sports 2

Saturday: 7:30 p.m. ET Race on ABC

Track & Race Information: Charlotte Motor Speedway

1.5 mile quad-oval – 334 laps, 501 miles

Grandstand Seating – 146,000

First Sprint Cup Series Race – 1960, 109 Total Races

Most Wins – Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip, Jimmie Johnson (6)

Last Two Winners – Kevin Harvick (May 2013) – Clint Bowyer (October 2012)

Entry List: OPR = Owner Points Rank BOLD = Chase

Car #	Driver	Sponsor	Manufacturer	Team	OPR
1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald’s	Chevrolet	EGR	14
2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	15
5	Kasey Kahne	Quaker State Oil	Chevrolet	Hendrick	13
7	Dave Blaney	–	Chevrolet	TBR	32
9	Marcos Ambrose	Bostitch	Ford	RPM	21
10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy Breast Cancer Awareness	Chevrolet	SHR	30
11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground	Toyota	JGR	25
13	Casey Mears	GEICO	Ford	Germain	26
14	Mark Martin	Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1	Chevrolet	SHR	16
15	Clint Bowyer	Raspberry 5-Hour Energy	Toyota	MWR	9
16	Greg Biffle	3M	Ford	RFR	6
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	My Best Buy	Ford	RFR	22
18	Kyle Busch	M&M’s	Toyota	JGR	5
20	Matt Kenseth	Dollar General Breast Cancer Awareness	Toyota	JGR	1
22	Joey Logano	Shell Pennzoil / Hertz	Ford	Penske	10
24	Jeff Gordon	Axalta	Chevrolet	Hendrick	4
27	Paul Menard	Menards / Duracell	Chevrolet	RCR	18
29	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John’s	Chevrolet	RCR	3
30	Cole Whitt	Swan Energy	Toyota	Swan	33
31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	RCR	20
32	Timmy Hill	U.S. Chrome	Ford	FAS Lane	37
33	Brian Scott	Shore Lodge	Chevrolet	RCR	38
34	David Ragan	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	27
35	Josh Wise	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	39
36	JJ Yeley	United Mining Equipment Susan G Komen	Chevrolet	TBR	35
38	David Gilliland	Long John Silver’s	Ford	Front Row	31
39	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	SHR	12
40	Landon Cassill	Moonshine Attitude Attire	Chevrolet	Circle Sport	43
42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Chevrolet	EGR	23
43	Aric Almirola	Smithfield	Ford	RPM	19
47	Bobby Labonte	Scott Products	Toyota	JTG/D	28
48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe’s Dover White	Chevrolet	Hendrick	2
51	Kyle Larson	Target	Chevrolet	Phoenix	29
55	Brian Vickers	Aaron’s Dream Machine	Toyota	MWR	24
56	Martin Truex Jr	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	MWR	17
78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row / Denver Mattress	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	7
83	David Reutimann	Burger King / Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK Racing	36
87	Joe Nemechek	–	Toyota	NEMCO/JRR	40
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Time Warner Cable	Chevrolet	Hendrick	8
93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King / Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK Racing	34
95	Reed Sorenson	supportmilitary.org	Ford	LFR	44
98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	PPR	42
99	Carl Edwards	Fastenal	Ford	RFR	11

Entry List Notes:

Kyle Larson will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut driving for Phoenix Racing in the No. 51 Chevrolet with sponsorship from Target.

Brian Scott will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut driving the No. 33 Shore Lodge Chevrolet under the Richard Childress Racing banner.

Mark Martin will drive his eighth of 12 races in the No. 14 for Tony Stewart. Brian Vickers is in the No. 55 for Michael Waltrip Racing. That is the ride Martin was scheduled to be in.

Bobby Labonte is back in the No. 47 Toyota for JTG/Daugherty Racing in place of AJ Allmendinger.

Cole Whitt will make his fourth start in the last five races in the No. 30 Toyota for Swan Racing.

Landon Cassill is in the No. 40 Chevrolet for Circle Sport Racing this weekend.