It's NASCAR week at Texas Motor Speedway this week, and while most eyes will be on Saturday night's Sprint Cup race, there's also another important race on Friday night -- the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300.
While the NASCAR Nationwide Series isn't as heralded as the Sprint Cup Series, there's still some quality racing to be watched -- and it's often a stepping stone for young drivers before they hit the Sprint Cup Series full time.
The entry list for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 was announced, and is as follows:
Entry Veh # Driver Owner Crew Chief Veh Mfg Sponsor
1 01 Mike Wallace Johnny Davis Newt Moore 12 Chevrolet G&K Services 2 2 Elliott Sadler Delana Harvick Luke Lambert 12 Chevrolet ONE MAIN FINANCIAL 3 3 Austin Dillon Morgan Shepherd Danny Stockman Jr 12 Chevrolet AMERICAN ETHANOL 4 4 Danny Efland Rusty Wallace Patrick Magee 12 Chevrolet iWorld 5 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr(i) Rick Hendrick Tony Eury Sr 12 Chevrolet Degree 6 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Jack Roush Michael Kelley 12 Ford Pure Michigan 7 7 Danica Patrick Kelley Earnhardt-Miller Tony Eury Jr 12 Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 8 108 TBA Randy Hill George Ingram 12 Ford Randy Hill Racing 9 09 TBA Robby Benton Scott Zipadelli 11 Toyota TBA 10 10 Jeff Green Mark Smith Todd Myers 12 Toyota TBD 11 11 Brian Scott J D Gibbs Kevin Kidd 11 Toyota Dollar General 12 12 Sam Hornish Jr Roger Penske Chad Walter 12 Dodge Wurth 13 14 Eric McClure Mark Smith Wes Ward 12 Toyota Hefty/ReynoldsWrap Toyota Camry 14 15 Timmy Hill(i) Rick Ware George Church 12 Ford Poynt.com 15 18 Denny Hamlin(i) Joe Gibbs Matthew Lucas 12 Toyota SportClips 16 19 Tayler Malsam Mark Smith Eddie Pardue 12 Toyota G-Oil 17 20 Joey Logano(i) Joe Gibbs Adam Stevens 12 Toyota GameStop 18 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Roger Penske Jeremy Bullins 12 Dodge Discount Tire 19 23 Robert Richardson Jr Robert Richardson Sr Greg Conner 12 Chevrolet Tia Rosa-Embassy Suites 20 124 Benny Gordon Jason Sciavicco Dave Fuge 12 Chevrolet Samuel Metal, Dillon Manufacturing 21 27 David Ragan(i) Steve Meehan Wayne Grubb 12 Ford Mercury 22 30 Steve Arpin Harry Scott Jr Trent Owens 12 Chevrolet Mike's On The Rocks 23 31 Justin Allgaier Sandra Turner Jimmy Elledge 12 Chevrolet Brandt 24 33 Paul Menard(i) Delana Harvick Ernie Cope 12 Chevrolet MENARDS 25 38 Kasey Kahne(i) Steve Turner Mike Shiplett 12 Chevrolet Great Clips 26 39 TBA Archie St Hilaire Clinton Cram 12 Ford Fenton Motors 27 40 Erik Darnell Curtis Key Sr Gary Showalter 12 Chevrolet TBA 28 41 Blake Koch Rick Ware Chris Wright 12 Ford TBA 29 42 Josh Wise(i) Curtis Key Sr Mike Sroufe 12 Chevrolet TBA 30 43 Michael Annett Sandra Turner Philippe Lopez 12 Ford Pilot/Flying J 31 44 Mike Bliss Mark Smith Paul Clapprood 12 Toyota TBD 32 46 Chase Miller Curtis Key Sr Jacob Richardson 12 Chevrolet TBA 33 47 Scott Speed(i) Curtis Key Sr Bobby Burrell 12 Chevrolet TBA 34 50 T J Bell Rusty Wallace Bobby Burrell 12 Chevrolet Gulf Coast Software 35 51 Jeremy Clements Tony Clements Ricky Pearson 10 Chevrolet Clements Automotive 36 52 Tim Schendel Jimmy Means Tim Brown 11 Chevrolet Metro Ministries 37 54 Kurt Busch(i) Kyle Busch Mike Beam 12 Toyota Monster Energy 38 70 Johanna Long Mary Louise Miller Mark Gutekunst 12 Chevrolet Foretravel 39 172 John Jackson James Carter James Malone 12 Toyota Crash Claims R US 40 174 TBA Mike Harmon Daniel Kolanda 12 Chevrolet Koma Unwind 41 175 Scott Riggs(i) Rick Ware TBA 12 Chevrolet RWR 42 81 Jason Bowles Gina MacDonald John Monsam 12 Toyota American Majority 43 87 Joe Nemechek Andrea Nemechek Gary Cogswell 12 Toyota SWM International, Inc. 44 88 Cole Whitt Dale Earnhardt Jr Bruce Cook 12 Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 45 89 Morgan Shepherd Morgan Shepherd Gary Ravan 11 Chevrolet TBA
The O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 will get underway on Friday night, at 7:30 p.m. CT. Televised coverage can be found on ESPN.