NASCAR 2023: Full entry list for RAPTOR King of Tough 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

The 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Hampton, Georgia this weekend after the thriller at the Phoenix Raceway.

The RAPTOR King of Tough 250 is the fifth NASCAR Xfinity Series race of the season and will be held on Saturday (March 18) at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race will kick off at 5:00 pm ET and will be broadcast on FS1 and PRN.

The event will be contested over 163 laps on the 1.54-mile permanent tri-oval-shaped superspeedway. Saturday’s event will be the 32nd annual RAPTOR King of Tough 250 race hosted by the Atlanta Motor Speedway in the history of the series.

The track features 24 degrees of banking at the turn and five degrees on the straightaway. Motorsports journalist Bob Pockrass recently took to Twitter to share the list of drivers taking part in the RAPTOR King of Tough 250.

The 39 drivers entered for 38 spots and Cup Series driver Ross Chastain’s brother Chad Chastain will make his Xfinity debut in DGM Racing’s No. 91.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs won last year’s RAPTOR King of Tough 250 and will look to defend his title this weekend.

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NASCAR’s 2023 RAPTOR King of Tough 250 full entry list

Here is the list of the 39 Xfinity Series drivers that will take part at the Atlanta Motor Speedway:

1. #00 - Cole Custer
2. #1 - Sam Mayer
3. #02 - Kyle Weatherman
4. #2 - Sheldon Creed
5. #4 - Garrett Smithley
6. #6 - Brennan Poole
7. #07 - Blaine Perkins (R)
8. #7 - Justin Allgaier
9. #08 - Gray Gaulding
10. #8 - Josh Berry
11. #9 - Brandon Jones
12. #10 - Justin Haley (i)
13. #11 - Daniel Hemric
14. #16 - Chandler Smith (R)
15. #18 - Sammy Smith (R)
16. #19 - Ryan Truex
17. #20 - John Hunter Nemechek
18. #21 - Austin Hill
19. #24 - Connor Mosack (R)
20. #25 - Brett Moffitt
21. #26 - Kaz Grala
22. #27 - Jeb Burton
23. #28 - Kyle Sieg
24. #31- Parker Retzlaff (R)
25. #35 - Joey Gase
26. #38 - Joe Graf Jr.
27. #39 - Ryan Sieg
28. #43 - Ryan Ellis
29. #44 - Jeffrey Earnhardt
30. #45 - Sage Karam
31. #48 - Parker Kligerman
32. #51 - Jeremy Clements
33. #53 - Patrick Emerling
34. #66 - Caesar Bacarella
35. #74 - TBA
36. #78 - Anthony Alfredo
37. #91 - Chad Chastain (i)
38. #92 - Josh Williams
39. #98 - Riley Herbst

Catch the action-packed NASCAR Xfinity Series weekend at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 18 at 5:00 pm ET.