The 2017 NASCAR season is just weeks away and I thought it might be helpful to have a list of the drivers in the top series to study before we see them on the track for the first time racing.

I mean, the majority of drivers and car numbers are still together. However, with Tony Stewart retiring, Carl Edwards‘ surprise walk away from racing, Dale Earnhardt Jr. back in the car and other driver changes, it just feels like there is more than the usual seat-shifting this year.

So, before the Daytona 500 Sunday, February 26th you might want to check over this list a few times. Don’t worry, there will not be a test or even a pop quiz.

By: Buck Stevens

2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Full-Time Drivers List
(Highlighted in red signifies change from 2016 season.)

CAR #		Driver Name
1		Jamie McMurray
2		Brad Keselowski
3		Austin Dillon
4		Kevin Harvick
5		Kasey Kahne
6		Trevor Bayne
10		Danica Patrick
11		Denny Hamlin
13		Ty Dillon
14		Clint Bowyer
15		TBD (Michael Waltrip for Daytona 500)
17		Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
18		Kyle Busch
19		Daniel Suarez
20		Matt Kenseth
21		Ryan Blaney
22		Joey Logano
23		Joey Gase/Gray Gaulding
24		Chase Elliott
27		Paul Menard
31		Ryan Newman
32		Matt DiBenedetto
33		Jeffrey Earnhardt/TBD
34		Landon Cassill
37		Chris Buescher
38		David Ragan
41		Kurt Busch
42		Kyle Larson
43		Aric Almirola
47		AJ Allmendinger
48		Jimmie Johnson
72		Cole Whitt
77		Erick Jones
78		Martin Truex Jr.
83		Corey LaJoie/TBD
88		Dale Earnhardt Jr.
95		Michael McDowell