With Toyota Racing Development (TRD) celebrating its 40th anniversary, Gaunt Brothers Racing will field the #96 for TRD test driver Drew Herring at Homestead. It will be Herring’s first career Cup race.
2019 NASCAR Cup Debuts
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On Sunday, Blake Jones will return to the NASCAR Cup Series and the track where he won his first ARCA race in 2015: Talladega.
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Assuming no further changes are made to the entry list, Joe Nemechek will run his first NASCAR Cup race since 2015 when he hits the track in Sunday’s Southern 500 at Darlington.
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Austin Theriault will make his Cup Series debut with Rick Ware Racing at New Hampshire. For the Maine native, this will be his home race.
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Two-time Southern Modified Tour champion Andy Seuss will make his maiden Cup start in his home race at New Hampshire in July.
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Justin Haley will make his Monster Energy Cup Series début in Sunday’s Talladega race.
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Bayley Currey has joined Rick Ware Racing for his Cup Series debut at ISM Raceway.
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Quin Houff will drive Spire Motorsports’ #77 part-time in 2019 starting at Phoenix.
Ryan Sieg will run his first Cup Series race since 2017 at Indianapolis, driving the #27 for Premium Motorsports.
Kyle Weatherman and Josh Bilicki are back in the Cup Series with Rick Ware Racing, running Double Duty.
The defending Xfinity Series champion will make his Cup debut in the Great American Race.