NASCAR expands Sprint Unlimited lineup

NASCAR has changed the eligible drivers for this year's Sprint Unlimited exhibition race at Daytona in February. Along with polesitters of the 2014 season and past winners of the race, the field will now include all 16 Chase drivers regardless of whether they won any poles (most Chase drivers did in 2014 or are past race winners).

The eligible drivers:

• #1 - Jamie McMurray
• #2 - Brad Keselowski
• #3 - Austin Dillon
• #4 - Kevin Harvick
• #5 - Kasey Kahne
• #10 - Danica Patrick
• #11 - Denny Hamlin
• #14 - Tony Stewart
• #16 - Greg Biffle
• #18 - Kyle Busch
• #19 - Carl Edwards
• #20 - Matt Kenseth
• #22 - Joey Logano
• #24 - Jeff Gordon
• #31 - Ryan Newman
• #33 - Brian Scott
• #38 - David Gilliland
• #41 - Kurt Busch
• #42 - Kyle Larson
• #43 - Aric Almirola
• #47 - A.J. Allmendinger
• #48 - Jimmie Johnson
• #55 - Brian Vickers*
• #78 - Martin Truex Jr.
• #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

*Brian Vickers will miss the early part of the 2015 season after heart surgery, and his teammate Clint Bowyer could be lined up to replace him in the Unlimited.

Update 1/8/15: Bowyer has been confirmed as Vickers' replacement in the Unlimited.