CUP: Daytona 500 Entry List Hits 49

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CUP: Daytona 500 Entry List Hits 49

Bill Elliott and Terry Labonte are among the final names added to the Daytona 500 entry list...

Tom Jensen | Posted February 16, 2012 Daytona Beach, FL

Bill Elliott is the 1988 Sprint Cup champion. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

A total of 49 drivers are entered in this year’s Daytona 500, thanks to a spate of late arrivals.

FOX will televise the first and biggest race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season on Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. ET.

Terry Labonte and Bill Elliott are among the names added to the entry list in recent days. Both are past Sprint Cup champions, but Labonte would have the first crack at the past champion’s provisional, as his last title was more recent than Elliott’s.

With 35 cars locked into the field, 14 drivers will race for the final eight spots. Daytona 500 qualifying is Sunday at 1 p.m. on FOX, although only the front row is set in qualifying. The remaining 41 spots will be determined in the two Gatorade Duel qualifying races, which will be televised Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. on SPEED.

The Daytona 500 entry list:
No. 1, Jamie McMurray, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
No. 2, Brad Keselowski, Penske Racing
No. 5, Kasey Kahne, Hendrick Motorsports
No. 6, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Roush Fenway Racing
No. 7, Robby Gordon, Robby Gordon Motorsports
No. 09, Kenny Wallace, RAB Racing
No. 9, Marcos Ambrose, Richard Petty Motorsports
No. 10, Danica Patrick, Tommy Baldwin Racing
No. 11, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 13, Casey Mears, Germain Racing
No. 14, Tony Stewart, Stewart-Haas Racing
No. 15, Clint Bowyer, Michael Waltrip Racing
No. 16, Greg Biffle, Roush Fenway Racing
No. 17, Matt Kenseth, Roush Fenway Racing
No. 18, Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 20, Joey Logano, Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 21, Trevor Bayne, Wood Brothers Racing
No. 22, AJ Allmendinger, Penske Racing
No. 23, Robert Richardson Jr., R3 Motorsports
No. 24, Jeff Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports
No. 26, Tony Raines, Front Row Motorsports
No. 27, Paul Menard, Richard Childress Racing
No. 29, Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress Racing
No. 30, David Stremme, Inception Motorsports,
No. 31, Jeff Burton, Richard Childress Racing
No. 32, Terry Labonte, FAS Lane Racing
No. 33, Elliott Sadler, Richard Childress Racing
No. 34, David Ragan, Front Row Motorsports
No. 36, Dave Blaney, Tommy Baldwin Racing
No. 37, Mike Wallace, MaxQ Motorsports
No. 38, David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports
No. 39, Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing
No. 40, Michael Waltrip, Hillman Racing
No. 42, Juan Pablo Montoya, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
No. 43, Aric Almirola, Richard Petty Motorsports
No. 47, Bobby Labonte, JTG-Daugherty Racing
No. 48, Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports
No. 49, JJ Yeley, Robinson-Blakeney Racing
No. 51, Kurt Busch, Phoenix Racing
No. 55, Mark Martin, Michael Waltrip Racing
No. 56, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip Racing
No. 78, Regan Smith, Furniture Row Racing
No. 83, Landon Cassill, BK Racing
No. 87, Joe Nemechek, NEMCO Motorsports
No. 88, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick Motorsports
No. 93, David Reutimann, BK Racing
No. 97, Bill Elliott, NEMCO Motorsports
No. 98, Michael McDowell, Phil Parsons Racing
No. 99, Carl Edwards, Roush Fenway Racing

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.

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