One week removed from their final road course of 2015, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is returning to their fastest oval with a new high-drag package.
NASCAR released the entry list for the Aug. 16 Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. The list includes 44 teams, meaning one will fail to make Sunday’s race. Should qualifying be cancelled, Ryan Blaney’s Wood Brothers Racing team would fail to make the main event.
Brett Moffitt will return to the No. 34 CSX Play It Safe Ford for Front Row Motorsports after sitting out at Watkins Glen. Chris Buescher piloted the entry at WGI, bringing home a 37th-place result.
Brad Keselowski and Jeff Gordon will both run special paint schemes Sunday, highlighting their return to the 2-mile oval that has pole speeds of well over 200 mph. In a throwback to a former driver of Team Penske’s No. 2 Ford, Keselowski will drive a black-and-yellow Miller Genuine Draft Ford similar to the one driven by Rusty Wallace in the early 1990s. Gordon, on the other hand, will run with sponsorship from Pepsi which has sponsored the Pittsboro, Indiana driver since 1997.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will return to Michigan on Friday, Aug. 14 at 11 a.m. ET for practice, followed by Coors Light Pole Qualifying at 5 p.m. ET. The field will then return on Saturday for two practice sessions. Coverage of the Pure Michigan 400 will begin on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
2015 PURE MICHIGAN 400 ENTRY LIST
Number | Driver | Manufacturer | Sponsor | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevy | Cessna / McDonald's | Felix Sabates |
2 | Brad Keselowski (PC3) | Ford | Miller Lite | Roger Penske |
3 | Austin Dillon | Chevy | Dow | Richard Childress |
4 | Kevin Harvick (PC1) | Chevy | Jimmy John's / Budweiser | Tony Stewart |
5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevy | Farmers Insurance | Linda Hendrick |
6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | AdvoCare | Jack Roush |
7 | Alex Bowman | Chevy | Advanced Practice Consult | Tommy Baldwin |
9 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Ford | Transportation Impact | Richard Petty |
10 | Danica Patrick | Chevy | GoDaddy.com | Tony Stewart |
11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | J.D. Gibbs |
13 | Casey Mears | Chevy | GEICO | Bob Germain |
14 | Tony Stewart (PC4) | Chevy | Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops | Margaret Haas |
15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-Hour Energy | Rob Kauffman |
16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Ortho | Jack Roush |
17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | Zest | John Henry |
18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Interstate Batteries | Joe Gibbs |
19 | Carl Edwards | Toyota | ARRIS | J D Gibbs |
20 | Matt Kenseth (PC6) | Toyota | Dollar General | Joe Gibbs |
21 | Ryan Blaney(i) | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | Glen Wood |
22 | Joey Logano | Ford | Shell Pennzoil | Walter Czarnecki |
23 | J.J. Yeley(i) | Toyota | Dr. Pepper | Ron Devine |
24 | Jeff Gordon (PC7) | Chevy | Pepsi | Rick Hendrick |
26 | Jeb Burton # | Toyota | Maxim | Anthony Marlowe |
27 | Paul Menard | Chevy | Richmond / Menards | Richard Childress |
31 | Ryan Newman | Chevy | Caterpillar | Richard Childress |
32 | Josh Wise | Ford | TBA | Archie St. Hilaire |
33 | Alex Kennedy # | Chevy | TBA | Joe Falk |
34 | Brett Moffitt # | Ford | CSX Play It Safe | Bob Jenkins |
35 | Cole Whitt | Ford | Dockside Logistics | Jerry Freeze |
38 | David Gilliland | Ford | MDS Transportation | Brad Jenkins |
40 | Landon Cassill(i) | Chevy | Snap Fitness | Mike Hillman |
41 | Kurt Busch (PC5) | Chevy | Haas Automation | Gene Haas |
42 | Kyle Larson | Chevy | Target | Chip Ganassi |
43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Armour | Richard Petty |
46 | Michael Annett | Chevy | Pilot / Flying J | Harry Scott Jr. |
47 | A.J. Allmendinger | Chevy | Kroger / Scott's Products | Tad Geschickter |
48 | Jimmie Johnson (PC2) | Chevy | Lowe's | Jeff Gordon |
51 | Justin Allgaier | Chevy | Brandt | Harry Scott Jr. |
55 | David Ragan | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine Online Version | Michael Waltrip |
62 | Reed Sorenson | Chevy | TBA | Jay Robinson |
78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevy | Furniture Row / Visser Precision | Barney Visser |
83 | Matt Dibenedetto # | Toyota | Cosmo Motors | Ron Devine |
88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevy | Microsoft | Rick Hendrick |
98 | Timmy Hill(i) | Ford | Premium Motorsports | Mike Curb |
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