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2008 NATIONWIDE SERIES TEAM/DRIVER CHART

Last Update: 11-24-2008

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Rookie of the Year Drivers
Drivers Looking for a Ride
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Part Time Teams / Unknown Details

2008 Rookie of the Year Candidates

#5-Landon Cassill	#20-Joey Logano	#40-Bryan Clauson
#9-Patrick Carpentier	#92-Brian Keselowski	#64-Chase Austin
	#40-Dario Franchitti

No Rookies are running a full season.

Some Drivers Looking for a ride or with no announced plans:

Casey Atwood	Burney Lamar
Blake Bjorklund	Steadman Marlin
Carlos Contreras	Brandon Miller
Jeff Fuller	Ryan Moore
Steve Grissom	Billy Parker
Shane Hall	Jay Sauter
Ryan Hemphill	Johnny Sauter
Travis Kittleson	Brian Tyler
Justin Labonte	Ron Young

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RED = New for 2008
* next to car number means a part time/limited schedule
? - Unknown
? name or sponsor - rumored/unknown

2008 NATIONWIDE SERIES TEAM CHART
CAR#	DRIVER	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES
FULL TIME TEAMS plan to attempt all races
01	Dwayne Leik Kertus Davis J.C. Stout Danny Efland James Hylton Trevor Boys	Chevy	?	Davis Motorsports	Brad Hicks	Barnes & Reese Racing Engines
01	Stout drove the car at Dover. Davis left the family team following the June Nashville race. Elfland was in the car at Milwaukee. Hylton was in the car at Daytona (July). Boys was in the car at Montreal. Efland ran most of the races late in the season.

05*	Brett Rowe Danny O'Quinn Justin Ashburn	Chevy	31-W Insulation	Wayne Day	Tom Perkins	?
05*	Team was planning a limited schedule but ran full time. O'Quinn was in the car at Kentucky. Ashburn was in the car at Milwaukee.

1	Johnny Sauter Sterling Marlin Mike Bliss	Chevy	Miccosukee Resort Gaming?	James Finch/Phoenix Racing	Marc Reno	Hendrick
1	Sauter parted ways with the team after Bristol (March). Marlin drove at Nashville (March). Fellows will drive at Mexico. Bliss left Fitz Motorsports after the March Nashville race to take over the driving duties.

2	Clint Bowyer	Chevy	BB&T Camping World	Richard Childress	Dan Deeringhoff	Earnhardt-Childress
2	BB&T stepped up to full time primary sponsor and Bowyer ran for the Nationwide championship. Camping World was the primary sponsor for 10 races.

4	Robert Richardson Derrike Cope Brian Keselowski Landon Cassill Patrick Sheltra	Chevy	JVC Phantom EFX Case Construction Equipment Briggs Construction Equipment Quality Turf	Jay Robinson Racing	Kenneth Campbell	Jay Robinson Racing
4	Richardson was the driver at Daytona (Feb). JVC will be the primary sponsor for 5 races (Daytona, California, Vegas, Lowes in May, and ORP). Richardson will run at least 20 races for JRR. Phantom EFX will sponsor Richardson at Atlanta and Bristol (March). Richardson left the team early in the year to start his own team. Cassill was in the car at Montreal. Cope ran most of the races late in the season. Sheltra will drive the final 2 events of the year (Phoenix & Homestead).

5	Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt, Jr Ron Fellows Jimmie Johnson Landon Cassill Adrian Fernandez Martin Truex, Jr.	Chevy	GoDaddy.com National Guard Delphi Lowe's	JR Motorsports	Brian Campe	Hendrick
5	This team will operate out of the JR Motorsports facilities. Cassill will run 16 races. Delphi will sponsor Earnhardt at Talladega and Daytona (July) and Martin at Las Vegas and Texas (November). Johnson will drive both Lowe's races, Watkins Glen, and the California fall race with sponsorship from Lowe's. GoDaddy.com will sponsor 6 events - Earnhardt at Texas and Watkins Glen, Martin at Darlingon, Michigan, and Kansas, and Ron Fellows at Montreal. Earnhardt will drive with National Guard sponsorship at Daytona (February), California (Feb.), Atlanta (March), Bristol (March), and Homestead. Cassill will drive 19 races with National Guard sponsorship. Fernandez drove at Mexico City with Lowe's sponsorship. Truex Jr will drove at Bristol (spring) with National Guard sponsorship.

6	David Ragan	Ford	Discount Tire	Roush	Mike Kelley	Roush-Yates
6	Ragan ran the full Nationwide and Cup schedules again.

7	Mike Wallace	Toyota	GEICO Sport Clips	Germain Racing	Bruce Cook	TRD
7	Wallace and the GEICO sponsorship moved to Germain for 2008.

9	Patrick Carpentier A.J. Allmendinger Chase Miller Kasey Kahne Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Unilever (Klondike, Ragu, Hellmann’s, Wisk, Shedd’s Spread, Lawry’s, Lipton tea, Wish-Bone, and Slim-Fast Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Verizon Wireless Motorola Subway Dodge	Gillett Evernham Motorsports	Kirk Almquist Kenny Francis Mike Shiplett Rodney Childers Kevin Kidd	Evernham
9	Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper will sponsor four races - Carpentier in Mexico City, Chase Miller at Kentucky, and Sadler at Chicago and Bristol on Aug. 22. Verizon Wireless & Motorola will sponsor Miller in 7 races. Subway will sponsor Carpentier at Montreal. Dodge sponsored the car at Gateway. Allmendinger drove at Phoenix (fall).

11	Jason Keller Scott Lagasse Jr.	Chevy	Force Protection/Dutch Quality Stone CarFax America’s Incredible Pizza Company K&N Engineering	CJM Racing	Mike Sibley	Pro Motors
11	America’s Incredible Pizza Company announced a full sponsorship of the team on March 31. Carfax was on the car at Michigan. K&N Engineering was the sponsor at California (fall). Keller left after the fall Richmond race and Lagasse was named the driver starting at Dover in September and for the remainder of the year.


16	Greg Biffle Todd Kluever Colin Braun	Ford	CitiFinancial 3M? Dish Network Scotch Tape	Roush Fenway Racing	Eddie Pardue	Roush-Yates
16	CitiFinancial will sponsor a Roush Car (either #16, #17, or #60 in all 35 races). Braun will be in the car at Mexico Milwaukee, Daytona (July) and ORP.

20	Joey Logano Kyle Busch Denny Hamlin Tony Stewart	Toyota	Z-Line Armor All Old Spice GameStop	Joe Gibbs	Dave Rogers Wally Brown	Joe Gibbs Racing
20	Logano is expected to drive most of the races after he turns 18 in May. Logano's first race will be Dover and he is expected to run the remainder of the races, except for Daytona, New Hampshire and Chicago. Armor All will sponsor Stewart at Daytona. Stewart will drive at California with Z-Line sponsorship. Old Spice will sponsor Stewart at Las Vegasy, Texas, Talladega, Darlington, New Hampshire, Chicagoland, and Michigan. Hamlin will drive for Z-Line March 15 at Bristol, April 11 at Phoenix and May 2 at Richmond (in the #18 or #20). Busch will drive for Z-Line Designs March 22 at Nashville, July 11 at Chicago, July 26 at O’Reilly Raceway Park, Aug. 22 at Bristol, Aug. 30 at California, Sept. 20 at Dover and Nov. 15 at Homestead-Miami (in the #18 or #20). Doosan Infracore will sponsor Busch at Mexico. GameStop sponsored Logano at Dover, Nashville, and Richmond.

22	Mike Bliss Robby Gordon Ruben Pardo Reed Sorenson John Freeman Johnny Sauter Josh Wise Ryan Newman Andrew Ranger Jarit Johnson	Dodge	SuperCuts Family Dollar Telcel Arctic Ice Energy Drink	Fitz Motorsports	?	Evernham
22	Bliss left Fitz Motorsports after the March Nashville race to take over the driving duties of the #1 car. Robby Gordon drove the car at Texas and Phoenix. Pardo drove at Mexico with sponsorship from Telcel and drove at Darlington. Sorenson drove at Talladega. Arctic Ice Energy Drink will sponsor six races. Johnny Sauter drove at Richmond (May). Newman drove at Watkins Glen. Ranger drove at Montreal and plans to drive at Richmond, Charlotte, Memphis, Texas, Phoenix and Homestead. Johnson was in the car at Memphis.

24	Eric McClure Brian Simo	Chevy	Hefty	Front Row Motorsports	Carl Long	Pro Motors
24	McClure brings Hefty sponsorship for 34 races to Front Row for the 2008 season. Simo drove at Mexico, Watkins Glen, and Canada.

25 (was 35)	Bobby Hamilton, Jr. Boris Said	Ford	Smithfield Foods Eckrich Meats John Morrell Curlys BBQ Peanut Shop of Williamsburg No Fear Energy Drink	Ed Rensi Sam Rensi Gary Weisbaum	Chris Wright	Roush-Yates
25 (was 35)	Smithfield Companies sponsored 30 races. Boris Said drive at Mexico and Canada with No Fear sponsorship. The Peanut Company of Williamsburg was the primary sponsor at Richmond (May).

27	Brad Coleman Davdi Gilliland Burney Lamar Casey Atwood Jason Keller	Ford	Kleenex Kroger Carino's Italian Grill Ford Drive One	Baker-Curb Racing	Todd Gordon	Roush-Yates
27	Gary Baker bought Brewco in 2007. The team moved to Nashville and Coleman will drive the full season with Kleenex sponsorship. Carino's sponosored the team at Mexico. Coleman left the team after Watkins Glen to focus on the #96 Cup car. Gilliland drove at Michigan with Ford Drive One sponsorship. Atwood was in the car at Richmond (fall). Jason Keller took over driving duties starting at Dover in September.

28	Kirk Shelmerdine Brian Keselowski Kenny Wallace	Chevy	U.S. Border Patrol Lilly Trucking Fanista.com	Jay Robinson Racing	Chris Rice	Jay Robinson Racing
28	Shelmerdine drove at Daytona (Feb) with Lilly Trucking as the sponsor. Fanista.com was the sponsor at California (February). The team announced a sponsorship agreement with the US Border Patrol at Bristol (March) for the remainder of the season (excluding Mexico and Canada). Kenny Wallace was announced as the driver for the remainder of the season on March 18, prior to Nashville and the team took the #36 Fitz Motorsports owner points.

29	Scott Wimmer Jeff Burton	Chevy	Holiday Inn Holiday Inn Express	Richard Childress	Pat Smith	Earnhardt-Childress
29	Wimmer drove 23 races. Burton drove 12 races.

32	Brian Vickers Kyle Busch Denny Hamlin James Buescher Michel Jourdain Jacques Villeneuve	Toyota	Dollar General LifeLock Hass Avocados Beringer ABF Freight Great Clips	Braun Racing	Trent Owens Todd Lohse	TRD
32	Dollar General will be the primary sponsor for 11 races and associate for all others the team runs. Vickers, Busch, and Hamlin will split driving duties between the #10 and #32 when Dollar General is the sponsor. Hass will sponsor nine racees - Hamlin will drive at Daytona, Talladega, New Hampshire, Chicago, Dover in September, Texas in November and Homestead-Miami; Busch will drive at Mexico, Bristol in March and May. Kyle Busch will drive with Beringer sponsorship at California in February, Darlington in May, and Phoenix in November. Vickers will pilot the #32 entry at Atlanta Speedway, Texas in April, Michigan, California in August, Richmond in September and Kansas. Vickers and ABF will compete as the #10 entry including at Daytona in February, Lowe’s in May, and Bristol in August. Buescher will drive at Phoenix, Kentucky, Milwaukee, Gateway, O’Reilly Raceway Park and Memphis. Jourdain drove in Mexico. Great Clips sponsored Buescher at Phoenix. Jacques Villeneuve drove at Montreal. LifeLock was the sponsor at Kansas.

33	Kevin Harvick Cale Gale Ron Hornaday Ryan Newman	Chevy	Campaing World RoadLoans.com Rheem	Kevin Harvick	Rick Ren	Earnhardt-Childress
33	Harvick will drive 22 races, Gale 11 races and Hornaday 2 races. Rheem will sponsor Harvick at Richmond (May 2) and at Lowe’s (Oct. 10). Newman drove at Homestead.

38	Jason Leffler	Toyota	Great Clips Comcast	Braun Racing	Todd Lohse	TRD
38	Great Clips returned for the full season. Comcast was the sponsor at Chicago.

40 (was 42)	Dario Franchitti Reed Sorenson Bryan Clauson Scott Pruett Kevin Hamlin Juan Montoya	Dodge	Fastenal Energizer	Chip Ganassi	Brad Parrott	Ernie Elliott
40 (was 42)	Clauson will drive the majority of the races. After the shutdown of the #40 cup team, Franchitti will run the following NNS races: Michigan, Bristol, Richmond, Kansas, Lowe's, and Phoenix. Bryan Clauson and the team of CGRFS drivers will complete the balance of the 2008 schedule during that time. After Franchitti decided to move back to open wheel, Clauson took over the ride full time. Hamlin was in the car at Memphis. Montoya drove at Texas (November).

47	Kelly Bires	Ford	Clorox, Wisk Armor All STP Octane Booster Glad Odor Shield Tom's	JTG/Daugherty Racing	Scott Zipadelli	Roush-Yates
47	Bires will run the full schedule. STP was the sponsor at Memphis. Glad Odor Shield was the sponsor at Phoenix in November. Tom's Snacks was on the car at Homestead.

52	Donnie Neuenberger Derrike Cope Jimmy Means Scott Gaylord Tony Raines	Ford	Royal Farms Quaker City Castings	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means	Roush-Yates
52	Nuenberger announced a deal for 4 races with Royal Farms sponsorship. Quaker City will sponsor Neuenberger at Daytona (July), Michigan, and Homestead. Gaylord was in the car at Montreal. Raines was in the car at Richmond (fall) and Lowe's (fall).

59	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Kingsford Charcol Bush’s Baked Beans STP	JTG/Daugherty Racing	Gary Cogswell	Roush-Yates
59	Ambrose will return for a full Nationwide Season and is expected to run some Cup races. STP will be the sponsor at Kentucky, Milwaukee, New Hampshire, Montreal and Watkins Glen.

60	Carl Edwards	Ford	CitiFinancial Aflac Miracle-Gro Sharp AQUOS/3M Vikuiti Scotts World Financial Group VitaminWater Planters Peanuts Save-A-Lot Under Armour	Jack Roush	Drew Blickensderfer	Roush-Yates
60	Edwards will run a full Nationwide Season again. Aflac will sponsor one of the Roush teams in 2008. CitiFinancial will sponsor a Roush Car (either #16, #17, or #60 in all 35 races). Planters will be the sponsor at Michigan. Save-A-Lot will be the primary sponsor for 12 races - Las Vegas, Talladega, Richmond, Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Watkins Glen, Bristol, Fontana, Texas, and Homestead. Under Armour was the sponsor at New Hampshire.

61	Kevin Lepage Brandon Whitt Stan Barrett	Ford	Cone Solvents	Specialty Racing Doug Taylor & Charles Shoffner	Doug Taylor	Roush-Yates
61	Team plans to run full season but sponsorship could cut that short. Cone Solvents was on the car at Nashville (June) and the car was run by front Row Motorsports. Whitt announced a deal on July 7 to drive for the remainder of the season with the team. Barrett was in the car at Montreal.

64	David Stremme Max Papis?	Chevy	Atreus Homes Penske Truck Rental	RWI Rusty Wallace	Dale Ferguson	Earnhardt-Childress Racing
64	Austin was scheduled to run 15 races and Stremme all Nationwide/Cup companion races. Papis plans to drive the road course races. Penske Truck Rental will be the sponsor at ORP, Michigan, Bristol, and California. Chase Austin was scheduled to run some races but never did and was released in late September.

66	Steve Wallace	Chevy	Atreus Homes Jimmy John's 5-Hour Energy	RWI Rusty Wallace	Harold Holly	Earnhardt-Childress Racing
66	Wallace will run full time again. Jimmy John's will be the primary sponsor for 10 races and an associate for the remainder. 5-Hour Energy will be the primary sponsor at Montreal, Bristol, Richmond and Charlotte.

81 (was 72)	DJ Kennington Brad Baker Bryan Clauson Shane Huffman Kevin Hamlin	Dodge	Vector Security?> STP Tools Mahindra	MacDonald Motorsports	Bob Hewitt	?
81 (was 72)	Team ran the full season. DJ Kennington is scheduled to run 20 races. STP Tools will sponsor the team at Daytona. Mahindra will be the sponsor at California, Atlanta, and Texas. Brad Baker drove at Lowe's (May). Clauson will drive at Dover (June). Team announced June 3 that Mahindra would be the primary sponsor for the remainder of the season where they had not yet signed a sponsor. Shane Huffman was the driver at Gateway. Hamlin was the driver at California (fall).

88	Brad Keselowski	Chevy	U.S. Navy	JR Motorsports	Tony Eury, Sr.	Hendrick
88	The Navy and Keselowski were back for a full season.

89	Morgan Shepherd	Dodge	Racing With Jesus Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure	Faith Motorsports	Richard Schramm	Ernie Elliott
89	Morgan ran a full schedule. Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure was the sponsor at Lowe's (fall).

90	Steve Grissom Scott Lynch Todd Bodine Johnny Chapman Don Thomson	Chevy	?	Marcia Parsons	David Ingram	?
90	Unknown plans. Appears to be a start and park team. Used a variety of drivers throughout the season. Grissom drove at Daytona, Lynch drove at California, Bodine drove at Las Vegas, Chapman drove at Atlanta. Thomson was in the car at Montreal.

91	Larry Gunselman Kenny Hendrick Terry Cook Ted Musgrave Scott Steckly Michael McDowell	Ford	?	Stacey Humphrey	James Daly	Roush-Yates?
91	Unknown plans. Appears to be a start and park team. Used a variety of drivers throughout the season. Appears to be companion to the #90 team. Gunselman was released after Talladega. Musgrave was in the car in Milwaukee. Steckly was in the car at Montreal. McDowell was in at Watkins Glen.

99	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aarons Rent XM Radio NAPA Auto Parts Best Western	Michael Waltrip	Jerry Baxter	TRD
99	Reutimann will run another full Nationwide season. Best Western was the primary sponsor at Phoenix in April.

PART TIME TEAMS / SOME "NATIONWIDE WACKERS" / UNKNOWN / LIMITED DETAILS
CAR#	DRIVER	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES

0*	Kertus Davis Dwayne Liek Mike Potter Danny Elfland J.C. Stout Brad Teague Wheeler Boys Larry Gunselman David Green	Chevy	?	Davis Motorsports	Steven Jenkins	Barnes & Reese Racing Engines
0*	The team sold off most of their inventory and initially planned to just run the first five races of 2008 in hopes of securing sponsorship for the rest of the season. Davis left the family team following the June Nashville race. Stout was in the car at Milwaukee. Teague was in the car at Daytona (July). Boys was in the car at Montreal. Gunselman ran most of the races late in the season. The team attempted every race except Texas in the fall. David Green was in the car at Homestead.

00*	Michael McDowell Josh Wise	Toyota	Aarons Rent NAPA Auto Parts Rimco	Michael Waltrip	Bobby Kennedy	TRD
00*	Team ran a limited schedule. Rimco was the sponsor at Daytona (February). Wise was in the car at Richmond (fall), Lowe's (fall), and Homestead.

02*	Andy Ponstein	Chevy	Stott Classic Racing	Corrie Stott	Corrie Stott	?
02*	Team showed up at Richmond (May) and ran several races through July. Attempted Lowe's in October but DNQ.

03*	Todd Bodine Justin Marks Michael Annett	Toyota	?	Germain Racing	Mike Hillman Jr.	TRD
03*	Team planned to run a handful of races near the end of the season in preparation for 2009. Marks will drive several races at the end of the year, starting at Lowe's. Annett was in the car at Homestead.

8*	Martin Truex, Jr. Kerry Earnhardt	Chevy	Freightliner Bass Pro Shops	DEI	Kevin Manion	DEI
8*	Freightliner was the sponsor at Daytona (February). Earnhardt was in the car at Daytona (July) with Bass Pro sponsorship.

09*	John Wes Townley	Ford	Zaxby's	RAB Racing with Brack Maggard	Blake Bainbridge	Roush-Yates
09*	Team attempted the Fall Bristol and Dover races, fall Lowe's race and Memphis, Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead.

10*	Brian Vickers Kyle Busch Denny Hamlin Justin Marks	Toyota	ABF Fan1st.com Seymour Paint Dollar General Future Electronics	Braun Racing	Trent Owens Todd Lohse	TRD
10*	Dollar General will be the primary sponsor for 1 race and associate for all others the team runs. Vickers, Busch, and Hamlin will split driving duties between the #10 and #32 when Dollar General is the sponsor. Vickers will pilot the #32 entry at Atlanta Speedway, Texas in April, Michigan, California in August, Richmond in September and Kansas. Vickers and ABF will compete as the #10 entry including at Daytona in February, Lowe’s in May, and Bristol in August. Marks drove at Montreal with Future Electronics sponsorship.

12*	Sam Hornish Ryan Newman Kurt Busch Justin Allgaier	Dodge	Alltel Penske Truck Leasing Mobile One Kodak Easy Share	Penske Racing South	Matt Gimbel	Penske-Jasper
12*	Hornish will drive 12 Nationwide races. Allgaier will drive at Lowe's (fall), Texas (fall) and Homestead.

13*	Shelby Howard	Chevy	Bobcat/FarmPaint.com	Thorsport Racing	Chris Rice	?
13*	Team attempted the ORP & Fall Bristol Races.

14*	David Gilliland Eric Norris	Ford	?	Donnie Richardson	Bob Edwards	Roush-Yates
14*	Team ran at Daytona with Gilliland. They were entered at California with Norris but withdrew.

15*	Paul Menard Martin Truex, Jr. Jeffrey Earnhardt?	Chevy	Menards Turtle Wax	DEI	Kevin Manion	DEI
15*	Jeffrey Earnhardt was expected to run 7 races for DEI in 2008 but did not.

17*	Matt Kenseth Jamie McMurray Eric Darnell	Ford	CitiFinancial Arby's Valvoline Aflac?	Roush Fenway Racing	Pierre Kuettel	Roush-Yates
17*	Kenseth is likely to continue a partial schedule in 2008. CitiFinancial will sponsor a Roush Car (either #16, #17, or #60 in all 35 races). Darnell will run 6 races in 2008, at least 1 of them (Mexico City) in the #17. Other races scheduled for Darnell are O'Reilly Raceway Park, the Milwaukee Mile, Gateway, Daytona Speedway in July and Montreal. Arby's will be Kenseth's sponsor at Atlanta and Kansas. Valvoline was the sponsor at Chicago.

18*	Kyle Busch Marc Davis Denny Hamlin Joey Lagano	Toyota	Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Company DLP HDTV Z-Line Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs Hot Rod Oil	Joe Gibbs	Jason Ratcliff Doug Hewitt	Joe Gibbs Racing
18*	Farm Bureau Insurance will be the primary sponsor at Atlanta, Darlington, Kentucky, Daytona, Richmond and Texas. Kyle Busch is expected to run 20-26 races. Hamlin will drive for Z-Line March 15 at Bristol, April 11 at Phoenix and May 2 at Richmond (in the #18 or #20). Busch will drive for Z-Line Designs March 22 at Nashville, July 11 at Chicago, July 26 at O’Reilly Raceway Park, Aug. 22 at Bristol, Aug. 30 at California, Sept. 20 at Dover and Nov. 15 at Homestead-Miami (in the #18 or #20). Interstate Batteries will be the sponsor at Daytona (Feburary) and Las Vegas. The team will skip California (February) due to lack of sponsorship. DLP was the sponsor at Texas (April). Joe Gibbs Hot Rod Oil was on the car at Dover. Dais will make his NNS debut at Memphis.

19*	Chase Miller	Dodge	Verizon Wireless Motorola	Gillett Evernham Motorsports	Kevin Kidd	Evernham
19*	Second GEM team made its debut at Lowe's in May and also ran Lowe's in October.

21*	Bobby Labonte Stephen Leicht Scott Wimmer? Tim McCreadie?	Chevy	Realtree	Richard Childress	Shane Wilson	Earnhardt-Childress
21*	AutoZone did not return in 2008. Labonte was scheduled to drive 15 races. Leicht ran 3 races. Realtree sponsored Labonte at Daytona (February). The team ran full time until the Mexico City race and then decided to stop running unsponsored races.

23*?	Robert Richardson	Chevy	?	R3 Motorsports	Mark Nelson	?
23*?	Team planned to attempt at least 8 races, the first being Lowe's in May. Then ended up running several races near the end of the season.

26*	Jamie McMurray Greg Biffle Todd Kluever Erik Darnell	Ford	Dish Network Oreo The Weather Channel Aflac	Roush Fenway Racing	Pat Tryson	Roush-Yates
26*	A variety of Roush drivers ran a limited schedule.

30*	Stanton Barrett	Chevy	NOS Energy Drink Planet Green Unlimited GATORBOXx 100	SKI Motorsports	Ricky Pearson	Earnhardt-Childress
30*	Team origanlly planed a full Nationwide effort and at least 4 Cup races. Barrett will drive with NOS Energy Drink Chevy sponsorship at Daytona (both events), Las Vegas, Bristol, Texas (both events), Montreal, California and Dover. Planet Green Unlimited and the GATORBOXx 100 were the sponsors at Homestead.

31*	Stan Barrett Kenny Hendrick Shane Huffman Jeff Fuller	Chevy	NOS Energy Drink	SKI Motorsports	Mike Dayrton	Earnhardt-Childress
31*	Second car for the #30 team. Huffman was in the car at Daytona (July). Fuller was in the car at Montreal.

31*	Jeff Green	Chevy	?	Key Motorsports	Tommy Morgan	?
31*	Team debuted at Richmond in May and ran a limited number of races.

35	Danny O'Quinn	Ford	?	Ed Rensi Sam Rensi Gary Weisbaum	?	Roush-Yates
35	Team attempted the fall Lowe's race and Memphis, Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead.

36*	Kenny Wallace	Dodge	Shark Energy Drink Supercuts Afdent Dentistry	Fitz Motorsports	Rick Gay	Evernham
36*	Shark Energy Drink was scheduled to sponsor 25 races. Afdent Dentistry was the sponsor at Bristol (March). Team announced after Bristol that they were scaling back.

37*	Brad Baker Burney Lamar Greg Biffle John Young	Ford	?	Baker-Curb Racing	Jeff White	Roush-Yates
37*	Gary Baker bought Brewco in September 2007. The team moved to Nashville. This team will depend on sponsorship. John Young drove the car at Phoenix (spring).

41*	Bryan Clauson Reed Sorenson? Kyle Krisloff	Dodge	Energizer Imation/Memorex	Chip Ganassi	Brad Parrott	Ernie Elliott
41*	Team needed sponsorship to run. Krisiloff drove at Las Vegas (February), Nashville (March), and select other races.

42	Juan Montoya	Dodge	POWERade	Chip Ganassi	Steve Lane	Ernie Elliott
42	Team ran at Homestead.

43*	?	Ford	?	Baker-Curb Racing	?	Roush-Yates
43*	The team wanted to run a limited number of races but did not.

43*	Kevin Lepage	Chevy	Long John Silvers	Jimmy Means	?	?
43*	Attempted Chicago race

45?*	Chad McCumbee	Dodge	?	Kyle Petty	?	Evernham
45?*	McCumbee was expected to run a partial schedule, but sponsorship was not found.

46*	Carl Long	Dodge	?	Carl Long	?	?
46*	Attempted Darlington race.

48*	Jimmie Johnson	Chevy	Lowe's	JR Motorsports	Chad Knaus	Hendrick
48*	Third JR Motosports team ran at Watkins Glen.

49*	Kertus Davis	Chevy	?	Jay Robinson	?	?
49*	Davis is running a limited schedule in the #49.

50*	Jeremy Clements	Chevy	Boudreaux's Butt Paste	Tony Clements	?	?
50*	Team showed up at Chicago and run a limited number of other races

52*?	Ken Schrader?	?	Federated Auto Parts	Ken Schrader Racing	?	?
52*?	Limited number of races were planned but they did not.

55*	Chad Chaffin Donnie Neuenberger	Ford	?	Jimmy Means	?	?
55*	Second Jimmy Means team. Attempted Milwaukee with Chaffin and New Hampshire with Neuenberger.

55*	Robby Gordon Brian Ickler	Dodge	Jim Beam Verizon?	Robby Gordon	Blake Bainbridge	Evernham
55*	Gordon is likely to continue with a limited schedule in 2008. Jim Beam will be the sponsor in 2 races. The team ran at Chicago and Watkins Glen. Ickler drove at Phoenix in the fall.

56*	Danny O'Quinn Travis Kittleson	Chevy	Barr-Nunn	Mac Hill Motorsports Jack McNelly	Tony Lambert	Fisher
56*	O'Quinn will continue running for Mac Hill. Barr Nunn was the sponosr at Daytona and Bristol (March). Kittleson will drive at Nashville (June), O'Reilly Raceway Park and Milwaukee.

57*	Chad Beahr	Dodge	dverve.net	Chad Beahr	?	?
57*	Team is planning a partial schedule.

62*	Brandon Whitt	Ford	?	Specialty Racing	Doug Taylor	Roush-Yates
62*	Whitt ran a second Specialty Racing car at Montreal and Watkins Glen.

65*	Stan Silva Jr	Chevy	A&S Metals/Stan Silva, Jr Trucking	Stan Silva	Shaun Capener	?
65*	Team ran at Montreal, Watkins Glen and Phoenix (fall).

70*	Mark Green	Chevy	Foretravel Motorcoach	ML Motorsports Mary Louise Miller & Stephany Mullen	Brian Ross	Pro Motors
70*	The team planned to run approximately 20 races.

73*	Larry Gunselman Kevin Lepage	Dodge	?	Derrike Cope	?	?
73*	Team is running a limited schedule.

75*	Tim Weaver	Chevy	?	Morgan Shepherd	?	?
75*	Attempted Memphis

75*	Brett Rowe	Dodge	Alumni of Marshall University	Herd Racing LLC Dana and Tonya Tomes	Chad Beahr	Ernie Elliott
75*	Team planned to run a minimum of six stand-alone events, starting at Bristol(March). However, due to trouble finding sponsorship, they decided to pool resources with Day Enterprises in select races starting at Lowe's (May).

76*	Ryan Hackett	Ford	J and R Supply	?	Rodney Goodman	Fox
76*	Team debuted at Richmond in May.

77*	Kevin Harvick Bobby Labonte Cale Gale	Chevy	Dollar General VFW Rheem	Kevin Harvick	Jason Meeks	Earnhardt-Childress
77*	Gale is expected to run 7-8 races in the car. The VFW will be the primary sponsor for Cale Gale at Lowe’s (May), Daytona (July), Kansas, Texas (November). Rheem will sponsor Gale at Daytona and Atlanta.

78*	Nick Tucker Johnny Sauter Jason White	Dodge	?	Derrike Cope	?	?
78*	Team is running a limited schedule.

83*	Johnny Borneman III	Ford	RedLine Oil Twisted X Boots	Debra Borneman	?	PME
83*	Team plans to run both California races, Las Vegas, and the November Phoenix Race

83	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevy	U.S. Navy	JR Motorsports	Lance McGrew	Hendrick
83	Team ran the May race at Lowe's.

84*	Mike Harmon Carl Long	Chevy	D.A.B. Constructors, Inc M-150 Energy Drink	Elite 2 Racing/Mike Harmon	George Bartlett	?
84*	Team initially planned a full season effort but scaled back to a partial schedule. D.A.B. Constructors, Inc. was the sponsor at Daytona. M-150 Energy Drink was the sponsor at California and Las Vegas. Carl Long was in the car at Lowes (May). Lepage was in the car at Gateway (DNQ)

87*	Joe Nemechek	Chevy	?	NEMCO Motorsports	?	Hendrick
87*	Nemechek wants to get his Nationwide program back to full time but only attempted Daytona in February.

92*	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Zippo	Riley-D'Hondt	?	TRD
92*	Busch drove for the team at Watkins Glen.

92*	Brian Keselowski	Dodge	?	Dusty Whitney	?	?
92*	Team ran a limited schedule.

95?*	Willie Allen	Dodge	USALABS.com	Sadler Hamilton Racing	Danny Gill	Ernie Elliott
95?*	Bobby Hamilton Jr. bought half the team in January. The team will run a limited schedule. Allen will drive at Daytona with sponsorship from USALABS.com. He is also scheduled to drive at Nasvhille, Memphis, Talladega, and Memphis.

98*	Johnny Sauter	Chevy	?	Cary Agajanian	?	?
98*	Team attempted Michigan and Bristol.

98*	Alex Garcia	Chevy	Dixien/Omni-Source	Transnet	Stan Hover	?
98*	Team ran the road course races and a handful of others.

?	Boris Said	Ford	No Fear	Boris Said	Frank Stoddard	Roush-Yates
?	Boris plans to run the Nationwide road course races.

?	Garrett Liberty	Dodge	MC2 Energy Drink	MC2 Energy Drink Racing	?	?
?	Team planned to attempt seven races starting and ORP, but never showed up.

?	Chris Bristol	?	Good Neighbor Pharmacy	Diversified Racing Solutions	?	?
?	Plans announced for a 2008 team with sponsorship from Good Neighbor Pharmacy, but never showed up.

?	?	?	?	RCM Racing/Rick Clark	?	?
?	Team wanted to run a full season, but no details announced and they never showed up at the track.