2017 PREMIER SERIES DRIVERS

A list of full-time rides in the NASCAR premier series for the 2017 season (This will be updated as drivers are announced for 2017):

*-indicates a change from the 2016 season

2017 full-tme rides

Car No.	Driver	Team	Comment
1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Has made Chase two years in a row.
2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Last 3 years: 11 wins, no Championship 4s.
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	First Chase bid. Check. Is first win next?
4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Average finish of 9.9 topped series in ’16.
5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Average finish of 13.2 in last 12 races.
6	Trevor Bayne	Roush Fenway Racing	Posted career bests in top fives, top 10s.
10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Set career best in average finish at 22.0.
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Led series with average start of 6.3.
13	Ty Dillon*	Germain Racing	Casey Mears, full-timer since ’11, replaced.
14	Clint Bowyer*	Stewart-Haas Racing	Bowyer steps in for Stewart, as planned.
TBD	TBD	Premium Motorsports	Premium buys charter from HScott.
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Had career high in top fives.
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Four-plus wins in six of 12 seasons.
19	Carl Edwards	Joe Gibbs Racing	Posted his most laps led (918) since 2008.
20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Eight top 10s in Chase but couldn’t finish.
21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Top fives at Kansas, Michigan and Chicago.
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Not his best year, but still was second.
23	TBD	BK Racing	David Ragan’s contract was not renewed.
24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	17 top 10s matched Larson’s rookie total.
27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Team looks for boost with Matt Borland.
30	TBD	The Motorsports Group	Josh Wise, Gray Gaulding competed in this ride in ’16.
31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Narrowly missed Chase, signed extension.
32	Matt DiBenedetto*	Go Fas Racing	Team plans to have one driver for full schedule.
34	TBD	Front Row Motorsports	Buescher’s departure to JTG opens seat.
37*	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing*	JTG is leasing RFR’s charter.
38	Landon Cassill	Front Row Motorsports	Four of last seven races were 21st or better.
41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Fifteen of his 21 top 10s came in first half.
42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Win at Michigan capped rebound season.
43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Recaptured restrictor-plate mojo at ‘Dega.
44	TBD	Richard Petty Motorsports	Brian Scott retires, opening seat at RPM.
47	AJ Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Posted his best average finish in five years.
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	On course for history after seventh title.
77*	Erik Jones*	Furniture Row Racing*	FRR adds second car for rising star.
78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Had series-best 1,809 laps led.
83	TBD	BK Racing	Matt DiBenedetto left for another ride.
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Signs point to healthy return at Daytona.
95	Michael McDowell	Leavine Family Racing	Career bests in top 10s, average finish.