NASCAR Race Entry List for the Southern 500

There are 45 drivers entered for the Southern 500. 2 drivers on the entry list will not make the race.

2012 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway

#	Driver	Hometown	Make	Primary Sponsor	Car Owner	Crew Chief
22	AJ Allmendinger	Los Gatos CA	Dodge	Shell / Pennzoil	Walter Czarnecki	---
43	Aric Almirola	Tampa FL	Ford	Gravely Mower	Richard Petty	---
47	Bobby Labonte	Corpus Christi TX	Toyota	Scott Products	Tad Geschickter	---
2	Brad Keselowski	Rochester Hills MI	Dodge	Miller Lite	Roger Penske	---
99	Carl Edwards	Columbia MO	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	Jack Roush	---
13	Casey Mears	Bakersfield CA	Ford	GEICO	Bob Germain	---
15	Clint Bowyer	Emporia KS	Toyota	5-hour Energy	Rob Kauffman	---
74	Cole Whitt	Alpine CA	Chevrolet	Turn One Racing	Vickie Compton	---
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Kannapolis NC	Chevrolet	Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard	Rick Hendrick	---
10	Danica Patrick	Roscoe IL	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	Tommy Baldwin	---
36	Dave Blaney	Hartford OH	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Allan Heinke	---
38	David Gilliland	Riverside CA	Ford	A&W All American Food	Brad Jenkins	---
34	David Ragan	Unadilla GA	Ford	Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts	Bob Jenkins	---
30	David Stremme	South Bend IN	Toyota	Inception Motorsports	Kevin Buckler	---
11	Denny Hamlin	Chesterfield VA	Toyota	Sport Clips	J D Gibbs	---
16	Greg Biffle	Vancouver WA	Ford	3M / OH / ES	Jack Roush	---
249	J.J. Yeley	Phoenix AZ	Toyota	America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents	Jay Robinson	---
1	Jamie McMurray	Joplin MO	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats	Felix Sabates	---
31	Jeff Burton	South Boston VA	Chevrolet	BB&T	Richard Childress	---
24	Jeff Gordon	Pittsboro IN	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Rick Hendrick	---
48	Jimmie Johnson	El Cajon CA	Chevrolet	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools	Jeff Gordon	---
87	Joe Nemechek	Lakeland FL	Toyota	AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves	Andrea Nemechek	---
20	Joey Logano	Middletown CT	Toyota	The Home Depot	Joe Gibbs	---
26	Josh Wise	Riverside CA	Ford	MDS Transport Services	Jerry Freeze	---
42	Juan Montoya	Bogota Colombia	Chevrolet	Target	Chip Ganassi	---
5	Kasey Kahne	Enumclaw WA	Chevrolet	Rockwell Tools	Linda Hendrick	---
29	Kevin Harvick	Bakersfield CA	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress	---
51	Kurt Busch	Las Vegas NV	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction Services	James Finch	---
18	Kyle Busch	Las Vegas NV	Toyota	Wrigley	Joe Gibbs	---
83	Landon Cassill	Cedar Rapids IA	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper	Thomas Ueberall	---
9	Marcos Ambrose	Launceston Tasmania	Ford	DEWALT	Richard Petty	---
55	Mark Martin	Batesville AR	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	Bill Jenkins	---
17	Matt Kenseth	Cambridge WI	Ford	Zest	John Henry	---
98	Michael McDowell	Phoenix AZ	Ford	Curb Records	Mike Curb	---
119	Mike Bliss	Milwaukie OR	Toyota	Humphrey Smith Racing	Randy Humphrey	---
52	Mike Skinner	Susanville CA	Toyota	CrusaderStaffing.com	Kelly Owen	---
27	Paul Menard	Eau Claire WI	Chevrolet	Menards / PPG	Richard Childress	---
32	Reed Sorenson	Peachtree City GA	Ford	TBA	Jack Roush	---
78	Regan Smith	Cato NY	Chevrolet	Furniture Row / CSX "Play it Safe"	Barney Visser	---
39	Ryan Newman	South Bend IN	Chevrolet	Wix Filters	Tony Stewart	---
23	Scott Riggs	Bahama NC	Toyota	North Texas Pipe	Robert Richardson	---
179	Scott Speed	Manteca CA	Ford	Team Kyle	Archie St Hilaire	---
33	Stephen Leicht	Asheville NC	Chevrolet	Little Joes Autos.com / Link-Belt	Richard Childress	---
14	Tony Stewart	Rushville IN	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Mobil 1	Margaret Haas	---
93	Travis Kvapil	Janesville WI	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper	Thomas Ueberall	---

What is the Entry List?

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The entry list is the list of drivers who have completed an entry form signaling intent to race in the race.

Entry forms must be completed and returned to NASCAR's Competition Department 13 days prior to a race.

All drivers with a completed form are placed on the race entry list.

How It Relates To Your Fantasy Picks

Don't use the entry list as the final authority on which drivers will be in the race though, especially when it comes to your low-tier fantasy NASCAR driver group.

Many times a driver will not be on the entry list but is in the race.

Conversely, a driver may be on the entry list but not qualify for the race.