It’s a new year with a fresh season of NASCAR Sprint Cup racing. That comes with new drivers in new rides bearing shiny new sponsors and paint schemes.
They’ll get their grand debut on Sunday in the 58th running of the Daytona 500.
Here’s a guide to most of the cars that will make up the 40-car field. The cars shown are just the 38 cars that locked themselves into the race Sunday in qualifying. The last two positions will be set with the Can-Am qualifying races Thursday night.
No. 1 – Jamie McMurray
No. 2 – Brad Keselowski
No. 3 – Austin Dillon
No. 4 – Kevin Harvick
No. 5 – Kasey Kahne
No. 6 – Trevor Bayne
No. 7 – Regan Smith
No. 10 – Danica Patrick
No. 11 – Denny Hamlin
No. 13 – Casey Mears
No. 14 – Brian Vickers
No. 15 – Clint Bowyer
No. 16 – Greg Biffle
No. 17 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 18 – Kyle Busch
No. 19 – Carl Edwards
No. 20 – Matt Kenseth
No. 21 – Ryan Blaney
No. 22 – Joey Logano
No. 23 – David Ragan
No. 24 – Chase Elliott (pole-sitter)
No. 27 – Paul Menard
No. 31 – Ryan Newman
No. 32 – Bobby Labonte
No. 34 – Chris Buescher
No. 38 – Landon Cassill
No. 41 – Kurt Busch
No. 42 – Kyle Larson
No. 43 – Aric Almirola
No. 44 – Brian Scott
No. 46 – Michael Annett
No. 47 – AJ Allmendinger
No. 48 – Jimmie Johnson
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No. 78 – Martin Truex Jr.
No. 83 – Michael Waltrip
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No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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No. 93 – Matt DiBenedetto
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No. 95 – Ty Dillon
