46 drivers on preliminary NASCAR Sprint Cup entry list for Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway hosts this weekend's Aaron's 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. // David Griffin, NASCAR Scene
The battle for starting position at Talladega Superspeedway will be intense, but only three NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers will be going home if the entry list remains at its current 46 drivers between now and Saturday's qualifying session.
The 43 teams that have attempted to qualify for every race are entered for the Aaron’s 499 along with Morgan-McClure Motorsports’ Eric McClure, Germain Racing’s Max Papis and Furniture Row Racing’s Regan Smith.
Among teams that have used multiple drivers this year, Brad Keselowski is entered for Phoenix Racing while Geoff Bodine is entered in the Gunselman Motorsports car.
The drivers who are outside the top 35 in owners points and must, therefore, make the race based on qualifying speed are McClure, Keselowski, Papis, Scott Riggs (Tommy Baldwin Racing), Jeremy Mayfield (Mayfield Motorsports), Bodine, Dave Blaney (Prism Motorsports), David Gilliland (TRG Motorsports), Smith, Scott Speed (Red Bull Racing) and Joe Nemechek (Nemco Motorsports).
Teams that attempted last week’s race at Phoenix and are not entered at Talladega are H&S Motorsports, BlackJack Racing, Boys Will Be Boys Racing and Brandon Ash Racing.
