| Car | Driver | Hometown | Team | Owner |
| 01 | Mark Martin | Batesville, AR | U.S. Army Chevrolet | Bobby Ginn |
| 2 | Kurt Busch | Las Vegas, NV | Miller Lite Dodge | Roger Penske |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | Las Vegas, NV | Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Kannapolis, NC | Budweiser Chevrolet | Teresa Earnhardt |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | Enumclaw, WA | Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge | Ray Evernham |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chesterfield, VA | FedEx Freight Chevrolet | J.D. Gibbs |
| 12 | Ryan Newman | South Bend, IN | Alltel Dodge | Roger Penske |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | Vancouver, WA | Ameriquest Mortgage Ford | Jack Roush |
| 17 | Matt Kenseth | Cambridge, WI | DeWalt Ford | John Henry |
| 20 | Tony Stewart | Columbus, IN | The Home Depot Chevrolet | Joe Gibbs |
| 24 | Jeff Gordon | Pittsboro, IN | DuPont Performance Alliance Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick |
| 25 | Casey Mears | Bakersfield, CA | National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet | Mary Hendrick |
| 29 | Kevin Harvick | Bakersfield, CA | Pennzoil Platinum Chevrolet | Richard Childress |
| 31 | Jeff Burton | South Boston, VA | Cingular Wireless Chevrolet | Richard Childress |
| 43 | Bobby Labonte | Corpus Christi, TX | Cheerios/Chocolate Chex Dodge | Richard Petty |
| 44 | Dale Jarrett | Hickory, NC | UPS Toyota | Michael Waltrip |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | El Cajon, CA | Lowe's Power or Pride Chevrolet | Jeff Gordon |
| 83 | Brian Vickers | Thomasville, NC | Red Bull Toyota | Dietrich Mateschitz |