2007 Rookie of the Year
Candidates (ROTY)

A.J. Allmendinger, #84
Paul Menard, #15
Juan Pablo Montoya, #42
David Ragan, #6
David Reutimann, #00
Brandon Whitt, #72 [15 races planned]
Part timers not listed in the official releases: Regan Smith, #01/#39 [17 races]
Jon Wood, #21/#47 [11 races]

#38-David Gilliland will NOT run for 2007 ROTY as he ran too many races in 2006 [14, 7 is the limit] and be ineligible.
rules and info about the Rookie of the Year program can be found on my 2007 ROTY Pages
(sometimes a driver not up for the award, may have yellow stripes on tracks they have not competed on before)

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Drivers without a full time ride in any of the three National Series
(Cup/Busch/Trucks)
who are looking for a full-time Cup ride in the current season

(see latest news and links on my MISC Drivers page)

Ricky Craven [looking part time]
Steve Park [unknown, no news of late]
Jimmy Spencer [TV on Speed Full-time, rumored to #73 part time]


Anyone or any company interested in contacting the above teams concerning sponsorship
see my Nextel Cup Team Address page for contact information

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2007 NEXTEL CUP TEAM CHART
FULL TIME TEAMS
CAR# (click # for news)	DRIVER signed thru (if known)	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES
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00*	David Reutimann ROTY	Toyota	Burger King Domino's Pizza	Waltrip-PPI Racing Cal Wells Michael Waltip	Frank Kerr	TRD
	Kerr named the crew chief on Jan 3, 2007. Carter was named crew chief in Dec 2006 BUT left for Roush Racing #26 after a couple of weeks. Reutimann will run for ROTY in both the Cup and Busch series in 2007 [#99 Aaron's Dream Machine]. The sponsors have been announced with Burger King and Domino's Pizza will be co-primary sponsors for the third MWR team.
01	Mark Martin (22 races) Regan Smith (16 races)	Chevy	U.S. Army Wiley X Eyewear, Centrex Financial, Coca Cola	Ginn Racing Bobby Ginn Jay Frye	Ryan Pemberton	Hendrick
	Re-named from MB2 Motorsports to Ginn Racing. Martin moves over from Rosuh Racing to run 22 races [20 points and the All-Star and Bud Shootout] with Regan Smith running 16 races. US Army and Pemberton stay; Joe Nemechek stays with MB2 and moves to the #13 car. Ginn bought 80% of team in July 2006, buying out Nelson Bowers. Nemechek and U.S. Army signed thru 2007, Nemechek signed a multi-year deal in July 2005, was rumored going to Toyota but Ginn said he expects both drivers back in 2007. Rumors of DEI merging or working with MB2 ended when Ginn bought the team. Army works on one-year contracts.
07	Clint Bowyer	Chevy	Jack Daniel's SKF, DirecTV, Sylvania, Shell	Richard Childress	Gil Martin	Childress
	No known changes for 2007. Jack Daniel's is signed thru 2009.
1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevy	Bass Pro Shops	Dale Earnhardt Inc Teresa Earnhardt	Kevin Manion	DEI
	No known changes for 2007.
2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite Mobil 1, Bosch, Kodak, Jasper, Lennox, Mazak, NewPage, PPG, Snap-On, Bombardier Aerospace, Sirius Satellite Radio	Roger Penske	Roy McCauley	Penske Jasper
	No major changes in 2007, some rumors have Penske switching to Toyota but have been denied and seem unlikely.
4	Ward Burton 2007	Chevy	State Water Heaters Wide Open	Morgan-McClure Larry McClure Tim Morgan	Chris Carrier	Ron Puryear
	Burton and State Water heaters announced to run full 2007 season. Eric McClure to run a 2nd team car #04 in a few 2007 races. Scott Wimmer left after Kansas in Oct 2006 and will run for RCR in Busch and Cup. Todd Bodine also ran the car in late 2006.
5	Kyle Busch 2009	Chevy	Kellogg's, Carquest Quaker State, GMAC	Rick Hendrick	Alan Gustafson	Hendrick
	Kellogg's and Carquest will be co-primary sponsors for the full season. No other known changes. Busch is signed thru 2009.
6	David Ragan ROTY	Ford	AAA Pennzoil	Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush	Jimmy Fennig	Yates/Roush
	Roush Racing and Fenway Sports Group partner up, each owning 50%, Jack Roush to run the team. Tryson goes over to Roush's #16 team with Fennig coming back to take over the #6. Ragan named the 2007 driver on Oct 11, 2006 to take over for Mark Martin in 2007. Tryson could end up leaving and going to another Roush team or maybe to DEI's #15 car. Martin has left Roush Racing and will drive the #01 Ginn Racing Chevy in 2007 for 22 races.
7	Robby Gordon	Ford	Harrah's Jim Beam Menard's carloan.com, Monster Energy Drink	Robby Gordon RGM	Greg Erwin	Yates/Roush
	Will switch to Ford in 2007 and use Yates/Roush engines. Hopes to add a 2nd team, Motorola or Sony could be the sponsor. Almost had a deal to buy into RYR but the deal fell thru.
8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr 2007	Chevy	Budweiser Outlaw, Snap On, Ritz, Menard's, Wrangler	Dale Earnhardt Inc Teresa Earnhardt	Tony Eury Jr.	DEI
	No changes known for 2007, but the rumor mill will heat up mid 2007 if DEI hasn't signed Dale Jr. to a new contract as his current one runs out at the end of 2007 and rumors will resurface about Dale Jr. going to RCR and running the #3 car. Dale Jr has said over and over that he has no plans to do that until the end of his career...which is not any time soon. Dale Jr. is officially signed thru 2007 with DEI and hopes to re-sign with them by May 2007.
9	Kasey Kahne 2010	Dodge	Dodge Dealers UAW, Stihl, Valvoline, Siemens, Stanley Tools, McDonald's	Ray Evernham	Keith Rodden (interim team director) Kenny Francis (suspended)	Evernham Motorsports Penske-Jasper (for restrictor plates)
	Francis suspended 4 races from Daytona thru Atlanta at start of 2007 season. UPS was rumored to be coming aboard as the primary sponsor but Dodge wanted to stay as the primary, so UPS stayed with Jarrett and went to the #44 with him.
CAR# (click # for news)	DRIVER	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES
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10	Scott Riggs 2007	Dodge	Valvoline, Stanley Tools	Valvoline Evernham Racing James Rocco Ray Evernham	Kevin Kidd (interim team director) Rodney Childers (suspended)	Evernham Motorsports
	Childers suspended first two races of 2007, Daytona & California, Everhman to serve as interim Team Director. No changes known, looks like the sponsor package will stay in place and Riggs is signed thru 2007.
11	Denny Hamlin	Chevy	FedEx	Joe Gibbs	Mike Ford	Joe Gibbs Racing
	No known changes.
12	Ryan Newman 2012	Dodge	alltel, Mobil 1 Sony, Bosch, Mazak, PPG, Snap-On, Goodyear, Bombardier Aerospace, Freightliner, Gillette	Roger Penske	Mike Nelson	Penske Jasper
	Nelson named crew chief in Dec 2006; was the crew chief for final 2 races of 2006. Matt Borland moves over to Michael Waltrip Racing as crew chief for #44 Jarrett. Newman is signed thru 2012, which includes options for both parties.
13	Joe Nemechek 2007	Chevy	CertainTeed (18 races)	Ginn Racing Bobby Ginn Jay Frye	Peter Sospenzo	Hendrick
	CertainTeed will be the primary sponsor for 18 races, starting at Daytona. Re-named from MB2 Motorsports to Ginn Racing. Peter Sospenzo comes over from Hendrick Motorsports. Nemechek moves over from the #01 team to run a new team for MB2 Motorsports.
14	Sterling Marlin 2007	Chevy	Waste Management Ginn Clubs & Resorts Centrix Financial	Ginn Racing Bobby Ginn Jay Frye	Richard "Slugger" Labbe	Hendrick
	Re-named from MB2 Motorsports to Ginn Racing. inn bought 80% of team in July 2006, buying out Nelson Bowers. Eggleston took over as crew chief in June 2006 but Slugger Labbe took over after Calif in Sept.. Marlin is supposed to be in the car thru 2007, have not heard of any changes here. Rumors of DEI merging or working with MB2 ended when Ginn bought the team. Team would like to get a full sponsor for the car. Waste Managment could end up leaving and going with Bill Lester and Toyota full time in 2007.
15	Paul Menard ROTY	Chevy	Menard's Peak Antifreeze	Dale Earnhardt Inc Teresa Earnhardt	Tony Eury Sr	DEI
	Peak will be the primary sponsor at the Daytona 500 and Bristol in August. The #15 comes back for DEI to run the full season and be a third team to go along with the #1-Truex Jr and #8-Earnhardt Jr. teams. Will run for ROTY. The team moves up from the Busch Series.
16	Greg Biffle 2008	Ford	Ameriquest 3M (7 races) DISH Network (5 races) Subway?	Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush	Pat Tryson	Yates/Roush
	Roush Racing and Fenway Sports Group partner up, each owning 50%, Jack Roush to run the team. Ameriquest will be the primary for most of the races. Tryson to take over for Doug Richert in 2007. 3M will be the primary sponsor for 7 races [not named yet]. Dish Network will be the primary sponsor for 5 races [Daytona in Feb, Martinsville in Apr, Richmond in May, Dover and Pocono in June]. Ameriquest supposedly will be the full time sponsor in 2007, possibly with Subway as a co-sponsor. National Guard will move to the #25 at Hendrick Motorsports in 2007. No word on Subway.
17	Matt Kenseth 2007+	Ford	DeWalt Tools R&L Carriers(4 races) Carhartt (4 races) USG (3 races) Lexan, Arby's (1 race)	Roush Fenway Racing John Henry	Chip Bolin (interim) Robbie Reiser (suspended)	Yates/Roush
	Reiser suspended 4 races from Daytona thru Atlanta at start of 2007 season. Roush Racing and Fenway Sports Group partner up, each owning 50%, Jack Roush to run the team. Arby's to be primary sponsor at Bristol in March. Other primary schemes include R&L Carriers [4 races], Carhartt [4 races], USG [3 races], DeWalt will be on the rest of the races. Trex is no longer a sponsor. Kenseth signed multi-year extension with Roush in Jan 2006, no terms mentioned. DeWalt is signed thru 2009 as announced in Bristol 2006.
18	J.J. Yeley	Chevy	Interstate Batteries Coca-Cola, Cintas, Banquet, Food Lion, Mac Tools, Sherwin Williams, Doosan Infracore, Wix, Fire-Dex	Joe Gibbs	Steve Addington	Gibbs Racing
	Interstate Batteries scheduled to be the primary sponsor all season.
19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Dodge Dealers UAW, Stihl, Valvoline, Siemens, Stanley Tools	Ray Evernham	Ray Everhman (interim Team Director) Josh Browne (suspended)	Evernham Motorsports Penske-Jasper (for restrictor plates)
	Browne suspended first two races of 2007, Daytona & California, Everhman to serve as interim Team Director. Siemens will be the primary sponsor at Phoenix in November. Browne takes over as full time 'Team Director/Crew Chief' after Dover in Sept 2006. Chris Andrews has been reassigned to work on special projects. Jeremy Mayfield released after Indy in August 2006; Elliott Sadler took over as of Michigan in August 2006.
20	Tony Stewart 2009	Chevy	The Home Depot Coca-Cola, Old Spice, Doosan Infracore, Wix	Joe Gibbs	Greg Zipadelli	Joe Gibbs Racing
	Stewart is signed thru 2009 as is Home Depot. Zipadelli is supposedly signed to long term deal. No known changes for 2007.
CAR# (click # for news)	DRIVER signed thru (if known)	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES
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21	Ken Schrader (27 races) Jon Wood (10 races)	Ford	Little Debbies, Motorcraft, AIr Force, Ore-Ida, Delimex	Wood Brothers JTG Racing Tad Geschickter	Ernie Cope	Yates/Roush
	Wood will run Las Vegas and Schrader will be in the #47. Air Force returns for 8 races, including Bud Shootout with Schrader and seven points races with Wood. Marcos Ambrose to run up to 10 races in the 2nd team car, #47. Instead of going to 2 teams, the Wood Brothers will have Schrader and Wood share the #21 in 2007, with Schrader running 27 races and Wood 11 in the #21 and maybe a few more in the #47. Cope will be the crew chief, with Michael McSwain overseeing the team.
22	Dave Blaney	Toyota	Caterpillar Pro-Cert, Hobas Pipe, Tempstar	Bill Davis	Kevin Hamlin	Bill Davis Racing
	Blaney and Caterpillar return in 2007 to BDR with the #22 team. Team switched to Toyota and gets manufacturer support for the first time in years.
24	Jeff Gordon lifetime	Chevy	DuPont Finishes Pepsi, Quaker State, SDRC, AC Delco, Rain-X, Haas, GMAC, Delphi Automotive, Lowe's, Nicorette, Georgia-Pacific	Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon	Steve Letarte	Hendrick
	No known chanegs. Gordon is signed to a longterm deal with Hendrick, DuPont signed up thru 2009.
25	Casey Mears 2009	Chevy	GMAC, National Guard Delphi Automotive, Quaker State, ?Garnier Fructis, ?Mountain Dew	Rick Hendrick	Darian Grubb	Hendrick
	Grubb comes over from the #48 HMS team and replaces Lance McGrew at the beginning of 2007 season, McGrew will stay at Hendrick in a leadership role. National Guard and GMAC will supposedly be co-sponsors, with the Guard coming over from the #16 team. Casey Mears takes over for Vickers, who has signed with Red Bull Racing.
26	Jamie McMurray 2009	Ford	Crown Royal, Irwin Tools, Dish Network	Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush	Larry Carter	Yates/Roush
	Roush Racing and Fenway Sports Group partner up, each owning 50%, Jack Roush to run the team. Carter comes over from MWR at end of 2006 and will crew chief McMurray in 2007. Crown Royal will be the sponsor for 27 races and Irwin of 11 races, no Sharpie or Smirfnoff Ice in 2007. Crew chief Bob Osborne left and went back to the #99 for the final 2 races of 2006. Wally Brown handled the final 2 races of 2006 then headed to Joe Gibbs Racing as an engineer.
29	Kevin Harvick 2009	Chevy	Shell/Pennzoil Reeses/Hershey Foods GM Goodwrench, Realtree, Snap-On, Bass Pro Shops, Coca-Cola, SKF, Emerson, RoadLoans, Rheem	Richard Childress	Todd Berrier	Childress
	GM Goodwrench leaving after 2006 with Shell to take over as co-primary with Hershey's/Reese's. Harvick reups with RCR thru 2009. This team was the #3 with Dale Earnhardt before he was killed, Childress has no plans to run the #3 any time soon.
31	Jeff Burton 2007	Chevy	?Cingular, AT&T? SKF, Prilosec, Shell, Lenox Industrial tool	Richard Childress	Scott Miller	Childress
	Prilosec and Lenox will both be primary sponsors in a few races. Looks like Cingular will be back in 2007, at least for the first half of the season, now owned by AT&T could change, stay or end. Burton could be in play as a free agent with his contract over after the 2007 season. Cingular 'supposedly' can only stay as a sponsor if with RCR and the #31 and with the Cingular name NOT AT&T.
34	Kevin Lepage	Dodge	Oak Gloves Detoxify Makoto Ginger Dressing	Brad Jenkins Front Row Motorsports Jimmy Means	Randy Seals	Ernie Elliott
	Makoto Ginger Dressing and Detoxify to sponsor the car at Daytona. Has teamed up with RJ Racing and plans to run the full season with Lepage.
CAR# (click # for news)	DRIVER	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES
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36	Jeremy Mayfield 2009	Toyota	360 OTC	Gail Davis Bill Davis Racing	Derrick Finley	TRD
	Davis will field a 2nd team, #36 for Mayfield with new sponsor 360 OTC. Mayfield supposedly is signed thru 2009 as is 360 OTC.
37	Bill Elliott Chad Chaffin	Dodge	Huddle House (Daytona)	John Carter RJ Racing	Mark Tutor	Ernie Elliott
	Huddle House will sponsor Elliott at Speedweeks in Daytona. Elliott scheduled to attempt the races at Daytona in Feb. 2007 and tested at Las Vegas in Jan. Elliott will run a limited schedule with the team and Chaffin will run the rest of the races as the team plans to run the full season. Using 2006 Owners points from the #61, which was outside the top 35.
38	David Gilliland 2009	Ford	M&M's Pedigree, Combos, CitiFinancial, Pennzoil, Wix Filters, Mac Tools, Raybestos	Doug Yates	Todd Parrott	Yates/Roush
	Rumor had Gordon/Menard could buy 50% of the team [the #88] or merge with RYR, but the deal fell thru. Elliott Sadler left after Watkins Glen in 2006, Gilliland takes over as of Michigan in August 2006, will not run for 2007 ROTY. Looks like the team will stay with the #38 and not change to #28 as was rumored. Todd Parrott comes back to Yates from the Petty's #43 after Indy in August of 2006, and took over crew chief job at Michigan in August 2006. Barraclough replaced Tommy Baldwin before Indy in 2006 for two races. Elliott Sadler had been signed thru 2008 but had an out clause he exercised. M&M's is supposedly signed thru 2008.
40	David Stremme	Dodge	Coor's Light (18 races) Tums (1 race) Target, Snap-On, Kennametal, Microsoft, Dell, EMC, Syntel, Avaya	Chip Ganassi Felix Sabates	Steve Lane	Ernie Elliott
	Lonestar was to be the primary sponsor for 17 races, but Ganassi and Lonestar parted ways just before the Daytona 500. Tums to be primary at Chicago. Ganassi has been rumored to possibly be going to Toyota, but that rumor has been denied. Lane became crew chief early in 2006.
41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Target Tums (1 Race) Energizer, Discount Tires, FugiFilm, Snap-On, STP, Kleenex, Cheerios, Gillette, Microsoft, Dell, EMC, Syntel, Avaya	Chip Ganassi Felix Sabates	Jimmy Elledge	Ernie Elliott
	Tums will be the primary sponsor at Texas in April. Ganassi has been rumored to possibly be going to Toyota, but that rumor has been denied.
42	Juan Pablo Montoya ROTY	Dodge	Texaco/Havoline Big Red Gum (3 races) Microsoft, Dell, EMC, Syntel, Avaya	Chip Ganassi Felix Sabates	Donnie Wingo	Ernie Elliott
	Big Red Gum (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co) will be the primary sponsor in three 2007 races [not named yet]. Montoya to leave F-1 and run for Ganassi in 2007. Casey Mears leave at end of 2006 to go to #25 Hendrick team. Ganassi denied his IRL driver Dan Wheldon is a candiate, no other drivers rumored, Ganassi has been rumored to possibly be going to Toyota, but that rumor has been denied. Texaco is supposedly signed thru 2007.
43	Bobby Labonte 2007	Dodge	Cheerios Pop Secret, Betty Crocker, Bugles, Hamburger Helper, Chex, Ferguson, Sprint, OMP, Olympia Steel Bldgs	Petty Enterprises	Paul Andrews	Evernham
	No known changes. Andrews came over midway thru the 2006 season
44	Dale Jarrett 2008	Toyota	UPS Dow Automotive	Michael Waltrip Racing	Matt Borland	TRD
	Dow Automotive comes aboard as a major associate. Borland named crew chief in Dec 2006, comes over from Penske Racing and #12-Newman. Waltrip got the #44 being used by Hendrick for Terry Labonte in 2006 and controlled by Petty. Jarrett and UPS come over from RYR in 2007, 2 year deal thru 2008. Jarrett and UPS ran the #88 at RYR for years.
45	Kyle Petty ?	Dodge	Martahon Oil Wells Fargo NTB/Tire Kingdom Coca-Cola Olympia Steel Bldgs	Petty Enterprises	Billy Wilburn	Evernham
	Petty will broadcast the races on TNT, five in the booth and one on the car [Sonoma], so the team will use a yet un-named driver for five races at Pocono, MIS, NHIS, Daytona and Chicago. Marathon [14 up from 4], Tire Kingdom [7] and Wells Fargo {12] do return. Coca-Cola supposedly will be the sponsor at LMS in May. Schwans won't return as a sponsor. Wilburn came aboard mid season 2006, Andrews went over to the #43.
48	Jimmie Johnson 2010	Chevy	Lowe's Home Improvent Quaker State	Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon	Chad Knaus	Hendrick
	Engineer Darian Grubb moves over to HMS's #25 team to become the crew chief for Casey Mears. Johnson, Knaus and Lowe's signed thru 2010.
49	Mike Bliss	Dodge	?	BAM Racing Beth Ann Morgenthau Tony Morgenthau	Lee McCall	Evernham
	WhatsOnline.com is no longer on the car as of Daytona, no word what happened. Bliss returns to drive; McCall comes over from Ganassi Racing and the team will use Evernham Engines instead of Arrington. Crew chief David Hyder left at the end of 2006 and went to MWR #55. Plans are to have Bliss back for 2007 if a deal can be reached. WhatsOnline.com supposedly will be the full sponsor for 2007. Hyder named crew chief after California in Sept.
CAR# (click # for news)	DRIVER signed thru (if known)	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES
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55	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	NAPA Coca Cola, Klaussner, Burger King, UPS, Domino's Pizza, Best Western	Michael Waltrip Doug Bawel	Scott Eggleston (interim) David Hyder (suspended)	TRD
	After a huge penalty at Daytona in Feb, Hyder was suspended indefinitely and fined a record $100k. Eggleston takes over as the interin crew chief. Hyder named crew chief in Dec 2006, comes over from #49 BAM Racing team. Waltrip's own team with Toyota as the Manu, keeps NAPA and has two other teams, #00-David Reutimann and #44-Dale Jarrett with UPS.
66	Jeff Green	Chevy	Best Buy, Sandisk, Microsoft Haas Automation	Gene Haas Haas Automation	Harold Holly	Hendrick
	Crew chiefs Holly and Robert "Bootie" Barker swapped jobs after Charlotte in Oct 2006 with Barker going to the #00 Haas CNC Racing Busch team. Moving to a larger shop in Kannapolis NC and will field a 2nd team with the #70 and Johnny Sauter.
70	Johnny Sauter	Chevy	Yellow Transportation Haas Automation	Gene Haas Haas Automation	Bootie Barker	Hendrick
	Will move up from Busch [#00 car] to the #70 Chevy with Yellow Transportation as the sponsor. Barker takes over as Team Manager and will remain the crew chief.
78	Kenny Wallace 2008	Chevy	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing Barney Visser	Jay Guy	Dave Capriotti Hendrick (Daytona 500)
	Guy takes over as crew chief with Joe Garone doing more of a management role. Wallace signed a 2-year deal to run full time and cannot run the Busch series without the team permission.
83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull Energy Drink	Dany Bahar Dietrich Mateschitz Red Bull Racing	Doug Richert	TRD
	Richert named crew chief in Dec 2006. Vickers named the driver on June 25th, the team will run two teams.
84	A.J. Allmendinger ROTY 2009	Toyota	Red Bull	Dany Bahar Dietrich Mateschitz Red Bull Racing	Ricky Viers	TRD
	Allmendiner was named full time driver of this car in Oct 2006 along with Viers as crew chief.
88	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Snickers Pedigree Dog Food, Combos	Robert Yates	Butch Hylton	Yates/Roush
	The team will use the #88 in 2007 as Texaco squashed the use of the #28, citing a prior agreement with Yates. Rudd to run full 2007 season with Snickers being the sponsor for 29 races and Pedigree and Combos sponsoring the other seven races. Hylton will supposedly return as the crew chief. Yates maye switch from #88 to #28. Butch Hylton took over for Slugger Labbe before Indy in 2006. Dale Jarrett and sponsor UPS left at end of 2006 and go to MWR and Toyota.
96	Tony Raines 2007	Chevy	Texas Instruments DLP Products	Hall of Fame Racing Troy Aikman Roger Staubach Bill Saunders	Brandon Thomas	Joe Gibbs Racing
	Thomas took over as of Charlotte in Oct 2006. Philippe Lopez remains as competition director. Raines will be back full time in 2007, the team may run a 2nd team to compete in the COT races with a full season planned in 2008.
99	Carl Edwards 2009	Ford	Office Depot	Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush	Bob Osbourne	Yates/Roush
	Roush Racing and Fenway Sports Group partner up, each owning 50%, Jack Roush to run the team. Osbourne returned for the final two races of 2006 and full time in 2007 after going to the #26 Ford of McMurray early in the season. 2006 crew chief Wally Brown headed to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2007 as an engineer.
KNOWN PART TIME TEAMS
CAR# (click # for news)	DRIVER signed thru (if known)	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES
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?91*	?David Green	?Toyota	?	Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports Eddie D'Hondt Bob and Bill Riley	?	?
	Two teams in the NASCAR Busch Series, as well as a Nextel Cup Series team competing in as many as five Nextel Cup "Car of Tomorrow" events.
02*	Brandon Ash	Dodge	?	Ed Ash	Ed Ash	?
	Not sure on 2007 plans, typically runs the west coast races like Las Vegas, Phoenix, Infineon Raceway and California.
03*	Todd Bodine	Toyota	?	Germain Racing	Mike Hillman Jr.	TRD
	Plans have been scaled back to run just a few events, supposedly to start at Indy in July, plans were run 15 Cup races in 2007, supposedly only Car of Tomorrow [COT] events.
04*	Eric McClure	Chevy	Hefty Brand Crabby Joe's	Morgan McClure Motorsports	Robert Larkins	Morgan-McClure
	Will attempt the Daytona 500, may attempt a few more races in 2007.
08*	Trevor Boys	Chevy	Gsmdashboards.com Industro Tools Chixcanfix.com	H&K Motorsports Eddie Kucharski	Cicero Scott	?
	Latest reports have the team planning on attempting all the 2007 Cup races. Plans are to run ARCA and get their NASCAR licenses and run some Trucks and Cup races in 2007. Boys last ran in Cup back in 1993.
09*	Mike Wallace	Chevy	Miccosukee Indian Gaming	James Finch Phoenix Racing	Fred Wanke	RCR
	looks like Wallace will run a few races in 2007, the team has switched from Ford/Dodge to Chevy as has the Phoenix Racing #1 Busch Series team.
23*	Mike Skinner	Toyota	?	Gail Davis Bill Davis Racing	Tommy Baldwin	TRD
	Skinner will attempt the Daytona 500 in a third BDR Toyota, also tested at Las Vegas in Jan.
27*	Kirk Shelmerdine	Chevy	Lilly Trucking Minnesota Mdewakanton Dakota Oyate	Kirk Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	Pro-Motors
	Tested for the Daytona 500 in Jan 2007, no word of 2007 plans.
30*	Stanton Barrett	Chevy	?	Ware Racing	?	?
	Barrett tested at Daytona in Jan 2007 in the #30. Attempted some races in 2006 in the #52 and #30.
33*	Scott Wimmer	Chevy	Holiday Inn	Richard Childress/RCR	Pat Smith	RCR
	Wimmer will run at least two races in 2007 with Holiday Inn as the sponsor and 17 races for RCR in the #29 Busch car.
39*	Regan Smith ROTY	Chevy	?	Ginn Racing Bobby Ginn Jay Frye	Doug Randolph	Hendrick
	Smith tested the #39 at Daytona and Las Vegas in Jan. 2007, plans are to attempt the Daytona 500 and possibly a few other races in this car. Smith is slated to run 16 races in the #01 and share with Mark Martin.
47*	Marcos Ambrose (2 races) Jon Wood (1 race) Ken Schrader (1 race)	Ford	Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards ?	Wood Brothers JTG Racing Tad Geschickter	?	Yates/Roush
	Ambrose to run at least the two road course races [Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen] and up to 8 more races. Schrader is scheduled to run this car at Las Vegas. Wood is scheduled to run in this car at Texas in April.
58*	James Hylton ?Damon Lusk	Chevy	GrahamFest, Retirement Living TV ?	J.C. Weaver Hylton Motorsports	James Hylton, Jr. James Hylton	RCR
	Hylton will attempt the Daytona 500. Lusk MAY attempt the first COT race at Bristol in March with Hylton as the crew chief. Plans supposedly are to run a total of 19 Cup races in 2007.
60*	Boris Said	Ford	SoBe No Fear Energy Drink	Boris Said Mark Simo Frank Stoddard No Fear Racing	Frank Stoddard	Roush-Yates
	Plans to run at least seven races: Bud Shootout, Daytona 500, both Talladega's, Sonoma, Watkins Glen and Daytona in July
71*	Frank Kimmel	Ford	Fast Track Racing	Andy Hillenburg	?	?Roush-Yates
	Kimmel to attempt a one-off deal with Hillenburg to run the 2007 Daytona 500.
72*	Brandon Whitt ROTY	Chevy	? Dutch Quality Stone, Metal Wear Jeans, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Foothills Chiropractic	CJM Racing Bryan & Tony Mullet	Sammy Speaks	Richard Childress Racing
	Just before the Gatorade Duels at Daytona, Speaks takes over for Doug George. The team pans to run a limited schedule in 2007, in at least 15 races [all non COT races], could be more if a sponsor is found. Will use RCR engines in 2007. Looking for a primary sponsor in 2007. Attempted some race in 2006.
74*	Derrike Cope	Dodge	?	Raynard McGlynn	Dom Turse	?
	Supposedly will attempt to run the full 2007 saeason with Cope back as the driver, but didn't test at Daytona in Jan 2007 for the Daytona 500.
80*	Aric Almirola	Chevy	?	Joe Gibbs Racing	?	JGR
	Almirola could run some races in this car. Tested the car at Las Vegas. Could be the 4th JGR Cup team to run in 2008 or 2009.
89*	Morgan Shepherd	Dodge	Victory in Jesus Racing Ministries	Cindy Shepherd	John Graham	Barnes & Reese Racing Engines
	Didn't test at Daytona or Las Vegas in January 2007. Faith Motorsportsplans to run a limited 2007 season and could run full season if additional sponsorship is found. Team sold in mid 2006 to CJM Racing [#72].
TEAMS WITH UNKOWN STATUS or CLOSED/SUPSENDED OPERATIONS
CAR# (click # for news)	DRIVER signed thru (if known)	MANU	SPONSOR	LISTED OWNER	CREW CHIEF	ENGINES
	NOTES.................
?32	?	?Chevy	?	Cal Wells PPI Motorsports	?Gary Putnam	?RCR
	Let most of it's people go, crew went to MWR. Team may not field a car in 2007. Kvapil will run the #6 Truck for Roush Racing in 2007, so the team is looking for a new driver and sponsor. Tide leaves after 2006, supposedly leaving the sport. Wells is not signed with a manufacturer in 2007 and is supposedly looking at all manu. Wells wants a 2nd team, but has had no luck finding a sponsor.
52*	Larry Gunselman Donnie Neuenberger	Chevy	?	AD Motorsports Donnie Neuenberger Austin Cox Rick Ware	?	?
	No word on 2007 plans.
61	?	Dodge	?	Front Row Motorsports Bob Jenkins	Randy Seals	?
	FRM partnered up with the #37 RJ Racing team, this team will be renumbered the #37. Front Row Motorsports bought the team in April 2006 from Peak Motorsports.
71*	?Jason Leffler	?Toyota	?	Todd Braun	?	?
	Planned to run a race in late 2006, no word on 2007 plans in Cup.
?77	?Sam Hornish ?Bill Wease? suspended operations for 2006	Dodge	?Kodak	Penske Racing South	?	Penske Jasper
	Could run Wease part time or full time in 2007 if the team comes, could change car numbers also, but have heard NOTHING about the team. Back Bawel took the #77 owners points and joined up with Waltip and the #55 team so Waltrip was guaranteed making the first five races. Will not run in 2006, Kodak says they expect to be back in 2007 with Penske as a full-time team. Kvapil released and now drives the #32 car, Crew Chief Shane WIlson was also released an went to RCR as #21 Busch crew chief.
?81	?	Ford		Tim Brown	?	Roush-Yates
	Announced he is starting a NASCAR team in 2006 and getting support from Roush Racing, sponsorship will decide which series, Cup, Busch or Trucks. Owned by former NFL great Tim Brown.
92*	?	Dodge Chevy	?	Front Row Motorsports Bob Jenkins (not from ESPN) Jimmy Means	?	Pro-Motors
	Looks like the team will not run the #92 team in 2007, using the #34 and #37 [was the old #61]. Tested the #92 at Daytona with Lepage, but will run the #34.
94	?	?	?	Keith Coleman Racing	Keith Montgomery	?
	Moving up part-time in 2006 from the Busch Series, supposedly will try to run the full 2007 season.
95*	Stanton Barrett	Chevy	?	Stanton Barrett	Mike Dayton	?
	Looks like Barrett will run some races in 2007 in the #30 with Ware Racing. The #95 disappeared after 16 races in 2006, no word on 2007 plans.
?*	Greg Sacks	Ford	?	Daytona Speed Inc. Greg Sacks James Wilsberg	Paul Sacks	Roush-Yates
	No word on 2007 plans as Sacks was supposed to run many 2006 races and didn't. The #13 will be used by MB2 Motorsports, so Sacks will need a new number IF he comes back.

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