The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series kicks off the second round of the playoffs at Dover International Speedway.
The Drydene 400 currently has 38 cars entered, meaning all will make the race, barring entry list changes.
Premium Motorsports features Joe Nemechek its No. 27, while Reed Sorenson will drive for Spire Motorsports’ No. 77. Nemechek will make his fourth start of the season, his most recent effort a 31st-place finish at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL. Sorenson has 19 starts in 2019, finishing 39th at the ROVAL last week.
BJ McLeod returns to Rick Ware Racing’s No. 51 for the first time since Las Vegas, and Dover will be his 16th start of the year. JJ Yeley‘s 10th Cup Series start of the year comes in the team’s No. 52. Yeley finished 29th last week in Charlotte.
Drydene 400 Entry List
The Drydene 400 at Dover will get started on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2:30 p.m. on NBCSN.
Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch and also hosts the Adam Cheek's Sports Week podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.