After a three-race West Coast tour, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to its roots Sunday for the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
There are 45 cars entered in the event, which was won by Kurt Busch in 2014.
The race will mark the Sprint Cup debut of Chase Elliott, who will take over Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 Chevrolet next season.
STP 500 - Martinsville Speedway Entry List
1-Jamie McMurray (Chip Ganassi Racing/CESSNA)
2-Brad Keselowski (Team Penske/Miller Lite)
3-Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing/Cheerios)
4-Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing/Budweiser and Jimmy John’s)
5-Kasey Kahne (Hendrick Motorsports/Farmers Insurance)
6-Trevor Bayne (Roush Fenway Racing/AdvoCare)
7-Alex Bowman (Tommy Baldwin Racing/TBA)
9-Sam Hornish Jr. (Richard Petty Motorsports/Medallion Bank and Mercury Marine)
10-Danica Patrick (Stewart-Haas Racing/TaxAct)
11-Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing/FedEx Express)
13-Casey Mears (Germain Racing/Geico)
14-Tony Stewart (Stewart-Haas Racing/Code 3 Associates/Mobil 1)
15-Clint Bowyer (Michael Waltrip Racing/5-Hour Energy)
16-Greg Biffle (Roush Fenway Racing/Ortho)
17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing/Fastenal)
18-David Ragan (Joe Gibbs Racing/M&M’s Crispy)
19-Carl Edwards (Joe Gibbs Racing/ARRIS)
20-Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing/Dollar General)
22-Joey Logano (Team Penske/Shell Pennzoil)
23-J.J. Yeley (BK Racing/Dr. Pepper)
24-Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports/AXALTA)
25-Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports/NAPA Auto Parts)
26-Jeb Burton (BK Racing/Maxim.com)
27-Paul Menard (Richard Childress Racing/Pittsburgh Paints & Menard)
30-Ron Hornaday Jr. (The Motorsports Group/Curtis Key Plumbing)
31-Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing/Quicken Loans)
32-Mike Bliss (Go FAS Racing/CorvetteParts.net)
33-Alex Kennedy (Circle Sport/TBA)
34-Chris Buescher (Front Row Motor Sports/A&W All American Foods)
35-Cole Whitt (Front Row Motorsports/TBA)
38-David Gilliland (Front Row Motorsports/Love’s Travel Shops)
40-Landon Cassill (Hillman Racing/TBA)
41-Kurt Busch (Stewart-Haas Racing/Haas Automation)
42-Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing/Target)
43-Aric Almirola (Richard Petty Motorsports/STP)
46-Michael Annett (HScott Motorsports/Pilot Flying J)
47-AJ Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty Racing/Bush’s Beans)
48-Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports/Lowe’s)
51-Justin Allgaier (HScott Motorsports/Fraternal Order of Eagles/Switch Hitch)
55-Brett Moffitt (Michael Waltrip Racing/Aaron’s Dream Machine)
62-Brendan Gaughan (Premium Motorsports/TBA)
78-Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing/Furniture Row/Visser Precision)
83-Matt DiBenedetto (BK Racing/Burger King)
88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Hendrick Motorsports/Diet Mountain Dew)
98-Josh Wise (Phil Parsons Racing/Phil Parsons Racing)