The preliminary entry list for the Daytona 500 has 40 cars and 39 drivers listed.
The entry list, released Thursday, includes the 36 charter teams and four non-charter teams.
Teams without a charter are the No. 62 of Brendan Gaughan, the No. 66 of Mark Thompson, the No. 92 of David Gilliland and the No. 96 of DJ Kennington. If no other non-charter teams enter, then all four of those teams will make the field.
The only team that didn’t have a driver listed was the No. 23 car from BK Racing. UPDATE: BK Racing announced Saturday that Gray Gaulding will drive the car for the Daytona 500.
BK Racing announces @graygaulding will drive the 23 car in the #DAYTONA500 with crew chief Rick Bourgeois. More information to be released later. Stay tuned...
— BK Racing (@Team_BK23) February 10, 2018
The Daytona 500 is Feb. 18. Single-car qualifying is Sunday and the qualifying races are Feb. 15.
