compiled from some pre-Texas press releases, some chassis selections and history:
#00-David Reutimann will run chassis #625 this week. This Aaron’s Dream Machine has seen action in three races with a best finish of 4th at Las Vegas.
#07-Casey Mears will pilot Chassis #248 from the RCR Sprint Cup Series stable in this weekend’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. This chassis previously raced this year at both New Hampshire Motor Speedway events finishing 11th in June and 13th in Sept., Pocono Raceway in June finishing 14th, Richmond International Raceway finishing 30th in September and Auto Club Speedway finishing 11th in October. This Choctaw Casino Resort Chevy was upgraded prior to the ACS race last month.
The #1 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boat team will bring chassis #082 to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. This chassis finished sixth and led 61 laps at Darlington. The chassis was also used at Fontana (2/09), Dover (5/09), and Chicago (7/09).
The #2 Miller Lite Dodge of Kurt Busch will be debuting their brand new “PRS-702” Miller Lite Dodge Charger at Texas this weekend.
The #6 UPS Road Code Ford of David Ragan will be unloading chassis RK-615 at Texas this weekend which last ran Kansas and finished 35th.
#11-Denny Hamlin team will unload JGR 256 this weekend at Texas. This car last ran two weeks ago at Charlotte where Hamlin led 54 laps before engine trouble forced him from the race. This car scored a fifth-place finish at Kansas and second-place finish at New Hampshire.
The #12 Penske Dodge team and driver Brad Keselowski will use chassis PRS-708 during Sunday’s 500-mile event. PRS-708 is a brand new car to the #12 Penske Dodge Charger fleet.
#14-Tony Stewart and the Stewart Haas Racing team are bringing a brand new racecar [Chassis No. 14-564] to Texas which has only been tested in the wind tunnel.
#18-Kyle Busch: Sunday’s Dickies 500 will be the second-ever start for #257. It made its debut last month at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, where Busch started a distant 34th. The Las Vegas native survived a mid-race scrape with the wall and rallied for a 13th-place finish.
The #26 Crown Royal Ford of Jamie McMurray will be unloading chassis RK-640 at Texas this weekend which last run at Dover Sept. 2009 and finished 28th.
#29-Kevin Harvick will pilot chassis #285 from the Richard Childress Racing Sprint Cup Series stable. This Sheel/Pennzoil Chevy was previously raced at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in June where it finished 34th, Richmond in September where it finished ninth and Martinsville Speedway last month where it finished 10th.
#31-Jeff Burton will pilot chassis No. 289 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This is a brand new Caterpillar Chevy that will be put through its first paces this weekend.
#33-Clint Bowyer will pilot Chassis No. 257 from Richard Childress Racing’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. A former #07 chassis, this Chevy debuted at Indianapolis in 2008, where Bowyer finished 19th. Most recently, Bowyer raced this Impala SS to a sixth-place finish at Charlotte last month.
#39-Ryan Newman will drive Chassis No. 39-508, which has twice seen action during the 2009 season. It made its debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in September finishing 9th. The car’s second outing, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas resulted in a 22nd-place finish.
The #42 Dream In Color team are bringing chassis #819 to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend for Juan Pablo Montoya. This is one of the favorite chassis’ in the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing stable. It has run at Atlanta in September (3rd), Michigan in August (19th), Pocono in August (2nd), California last month (3rd) and most notably Indy where Montoya led 116 laps and had a win in sight until a late race penalty eliminated his chances (11th).
#48-Jimmie Johnson and the Lowe’s Chevy will run Chassis #552 at Texas, this chassis has run four times in 2009, winning at Dover in September, a 3rd at both Michigan [June] and Chicago as well as a 4th in the 2nd race of the season at Michigan.
The #78 Furniture Row Chevy team will roll out a new Furniture Row chassis for driver Reagn Smith at Texas.
The #88 AMP / National Guard Chevy engineers and crew chief Lance McGrew will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis #88-556 for Dale Earnhardt Jr. The car was last raced at Kansas Speedway on Oct. 4, where he led 41 laps before suffering an engine issue with 41 laps to go. This was the first chassis that McGrew built for Earnhardt from the ground up. It debuted at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July.
The #99 Aflac team of Carl Edwards will be unloading chassis #RK-587 at Texas this weekend. This Ford Fusion last raced at Richmond in September and finished 15th.(Team/Driver PRs)
