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NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 Entry List: Dates, Event Times At Homestead-Miami Speedway

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Christopher Bell may have finished 12 spots behind Sunday’s unexpected winner, Josh Berry, but the No. 20 Toyota driver provided one of the NASCAR Cup Series season’s most unique highlights. 

After getting busted for changing a throttle body, the No. 20 Toyota team was sent to the rear for the start of the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lune at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The winner of the three previous races rallied to earn one Stage 1 point.  

Bell moved up as high as P2, but pit-road issues ended his hope of becoming the first circuit driver to win four straight since Jimmie Johnson in 2007. During a yellow-flag stop, Bell departed the team’s stall, but the left-front wheel remained loose. Crew chief Adam Stevens instructed Bell to pull into Chase Briscoe’s station to secure the lug nut. 

Bell’s team was levied a penalty for pitting outside of the box, but “at least we didn’t lose a wheel,” Bell told Fox Sports. “It was a grind today for sure. I don’t really know how I feel yet, but we certainly didn’t do what we did the last couple of weeks and that was just have a nice clean race.”

NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule   

Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway (All Times ET):

Friday

  • 3:35 p.m.: Truck Series practice  
  • 4:40 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying   
  • 8 p.m.: Truck Series Baptist Health 200 race

Saturday

  • 10:35 a.m.: Xfinity Series practice  
  • 11:40 a.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying  
  • 1:05 p.m.: Cup Series practice  
  • 2:10 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying  
  • 4 p.m.: Hard Rock Bet 300 race

Sunday

  • 3 p.m.: Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 race

NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 Entry List  

Entry, Driver, Team, Car No.

  • 1, Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing, No. 1 Chevrolet   
  • 2, Austin Cindric, Team Penske, No. 2 Ford   
  • 3, Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing, No. 3 Chevrolet   
  • 4, Noah Gragson, Front Row Motorsports, No. 4 Ford   
  • 5, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 5 Chevrolet   
  • 6, Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing, No. 6 Ford   
  • 7, Justin Haley, Spire Motorsports, No. 7 Chevrolet   
  • 8, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing, No. 8 Chevrolet   
  • 9, Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 9 Chevrolet   
  • 10, Ty Dillon, Kaulig Racing, No. 10 Chevrolet   
  • 11, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 11 Toyota   
  • 12, Ryan Blaney, Team Penske, No. 12 Ford 
  • 13, AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing, No. 16 Chevrolet   
  • 14, Chris Buescher, RFK Racing, No. 17 Ford   
  • 15, Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota   
  • 16, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 20 Toyota   
  • 17, Josh Berry, Wood Brothers Racing, No. 21 Ford   
  • 18, Joey Logano, Team Penske, No. 22 Ford   
  • 19, Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing, No. 23 Toyota   
  • 20, William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 24 Chevrolet   
  • 21, Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports, No. 34 Ford   
  • 22, Riley Herbst, 23XI Racing, No. 35 Toyota   
  • 23, Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports, No. 38 Ford   
  • 24, Cole Custer, Haas Factory Team, No. 41 Ford   
  • 25, John Hunter Nemechek, Legacy Motor Club, No. 42 Toyota   
  • 26, Erik Jones, Legacy Motor Club, No. 43 Toyota   
  • 27, JJ Yeley, NY Racing Team, No. 44 Chevrolet  
  • 28, Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing, No. 45 Toyota 
  • 29, Ricky Stenhouse, Hyak Motorsports, No. 47 Ford   
  • 30, Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 48 Chevrolet   
  • 31, Cody Ware, Rick Ware Racing, No. 51 Ford   
  • 32, Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 54 Toyota   
  • 33, Ryan Preece, RFK Racing, No. 60 Ford   
  • 34, Michael McDowell, Spire Motorsports, No. 71 Chevrolet   
  • 35, Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports, No. 77 Chevrolet   
  • 36, Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing, No. 88 Chevrolet   
  • 37, Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Racing, No. 99 Chevrolet