Now that the first short-track race of the season is in the books, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to Texas Motor Speedway for the running of Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at 1 p.m. ET on FOX (pre-race coverage starts on FS1 at 11:30 a.m. ET).

And this week, we’re back to a 40-car field. Here’s the entire preliminary entry list.

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Off to a strong start, McMurray will look to bounce back from a last-place finish at Martinsville.

The only two-time winner so far this year, Keselowski is riding a wave of five straight top-five finishes, including wins at Atlanta and Martinsville.

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The elder Dillon scored his first top-five finish of 2017 at Martinsville.

So far, Kahne is running better than he did last year but not up front regularly yet.

Although they still have a ways to go, Roush Fenway Racing has definitely improved this year.

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The five-time Martinsville winner had a tough time on Sunday and will be ready to run better this weekend.

For being with a single-car team, Dillon’s done a good job so far this season in the Germain Racing Chevrolet.

Is there another driver who’s enjoying 2017 as much as Bowyer is? Doubtful.

A two-time Texas winner, Busch has top-three finishes in two of the last three races this season.

After a couple of solid runs, Suarez had a rough weekend at Martinsville, just like a lot of rookies do.

Kenseth had to be pleased to come away from Martinsville with a top-10 finish.

Although he’s still been up and down, there’s no question that Blaney has improved in 2017. So have the Wood Brothers team.

With five finishes of sixth or better so far this year, it’s just a matter of time until Logano finds Victory Lane.

Another new track for the rookie BK Racing driver.

The second-year Hendrick Motorsports pilot trails fellow young gun Kyle Larson by just four points in the Cup points standings.

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A huge upset victory at Phoenix broke a 127-race winless streak for Newman and a 112-race winless streak for Richard Childress Racing.

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The best finish of the year so far for DiBenedetto was ninth in the season-opening Daytona 500.

Earnhardt soldiers on for another week in a car that hasn’t shown much speed so far this season.

The best of times/worst of times: Busch won the Daytona 500 to start the year and has had an average finish of 29.00 in the past four races.

The winner at Auto Club Speedway, Larson marches into Texas with a narrow points lead over Chase Elliott.

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The driver of the iconic No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford has one top-10 and five top-20 finishes at Texas.

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After some rough weeks, Allmendinger is coming off a solid outing at Martinsville.

A six-time Texas winner, Johnson is the only active driver to have won more than two races at the 1.5-mile track.

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Hill returns to the cockpit of the Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet.

After a one-week absence, the veteran Cope returns for the big Texas race.

Whitt has had some solid runs this season.

So far, Jones has had a nice rookie season in the new Furniture Row Racing second car.

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Last year’s breakout star is off to a strong start in 2017, with a Las Vegas victory already in the bank.

That LaJoie’s rookie season has been challenging has not been unexpected.

The season has to turn around sooner or later for NASCAR’s 14-time most-popular driver. Right?

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McDowell will probably always be remembered for the spectacular crash he had in qualifying at Texas when he drove for Michael Waltrip.