#1-Jamie McMurray: Jamie McMurray will pilot chassis #905 for the fourth time this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The chassis was last used in the Coke 600 at Charlotte where McMurray finished second. While running at Dover, where McMurray ran in the top-10 for over half the event, mechanical issues forced a 32nd-place finish. This chassis was also used in March at Atlanta finishing 29th after an on-track incident while running in the top-five.
#2-Kurt Busch, crew chief Steve Addington and the “Blue Deuce” crew are racing their “PRS-728” Miller Lite “Vortex” Dodge this weekend at Indianapolis. The team debuted the car at Charlotte in the May 30 Coca-Cola 600, where Busch started on the outside pole and posted a dominant victory. Busch later named the car “Vortex,” as a tribute to his sponsor’s special packaging that adorned the team’s Dodge Chargers in the two weeks at Charlotte. The “PRS-715” will serve as the backup Miller Lite “Vortex” Dodge for this weekend. It has been raced only once, in the April Phoenix race, where Busch started 19th and finished 35th.
#5-Mark Martin: Crew Chief Alan Gustafson has chosen Hendrick Motorsports Chassis #5-550 for Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This is the same chassis that Martin drove to a second-place finish in last year’s Brickyard 400.
#6-David Ragan: Primary: RK-668 Last ran California fall 2009 – finished seventh; Backup: RK-620 Last ran Las Vegas – finished 23rd
#12-Brad Keselowski: The #12 Penske Dodge team will use chassis PRS-720 during Sunday’s 400-mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Keselowski raced this chassis to a 12th-place finish at Darlington.
#14-Tony Stewart: This car debuted in May in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. It qualified 26th and finished 15th in its maiden race, and has since been wind-tunnel tested in advance of its second career start this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
#17-Matt Kenseth: Primary: RK-694 (brand new chassis)
#19-Elliott Sadler: The #19 Stanley team has prepared chassis #280 for this weekend’s event. This Ford was previously run earlier this season at Atlanta and Charlotte. Sadler qualified in the eighth position for the event at AMS.
#20-Joey Logano: The No. 20 Team is taking chassis #275 this weekend for the Brickyard 400. This is a new chassis in the fleet for The Home Depot Team. The back-up car is chassis #266 which Logano drove at Darlington earlier this season.
#29-Kevin Harvick: will pilot Chassis #288 from the RCR stable, which just recently received a brand new body. Earlier in the year, this Chevy scored a runner-up finish at Auto Club Speedway, finished ninth at Atlanta, and finished seventh at Dover. Additionally, Harvick raced this chassis three times in the latter part of the 2009 season, finishing 18th at Charlotte, fifth at Texas and third at Homestead-Miami.
#31-Jeff Burton: will race Chassis #305 from the RCR stable in this weekend’s Brickyard 400. Built new for 2010, Burton drove this RCR entry to an eighth-place finish at Darlington and to a seventh-place effort at Pocono last month. Most recently, this #31 racer competed at Chicagoland Speedway where Burton posted a seventh-place finish before bringing it home to the shop for a speedy turnaround.
#32-Jacques Villeneueve: This weekend, the Dollar General team will unload chassis #205 at the Brickyard. This is a brand new chassis in the Braun Racing stable that will be making its on-track debut.
#33-Clint Bowyer: crew chief Steve Addington and the “Blue Deuce” crew are racing their “PRS-728” Miller Lite “Vortex” Dodge this weekend at Indianapolis. The team debuted the car at Charlotte in the May 30 Coca-Cola 600, where Busch started on the outside pole and posted a dominant victory. Busch later named the car “Vortex,” as a tribute to his sponsor’s special packaging that adorned the team’s Dodge Chargers in the two weeks at Charlotte. The “PRS-715” will serve as the backup Miller Lite “Vortex” Dodge for this weekend. It has been raced only once, in the April Phoenix race, where Busch started 19th and finished 35th.
#36-Casey Mears: TBR – 78
#38-David Gilliland: and the #38 Taco Bell Ford team head to Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week with resources to start the season’s second half with confidence. The team will take a new Ford Fusion to the historic track for the Brickyard 400 and will be armed with information gained from an April Goodyear tire test at the speedway. The chassis is the first built completely by Front Row Motorsports.
#39-Ryan Newman Chassis No. 39-609: This is a brand new car for the #39 Haas Automation team this weekend. The car was wind-tunnel tested earlier this month, but it will turn its first laps on track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: Crew chief Brian Pattie has elected to bring chassis #1011 to Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This is a brand new chassis that Juan Pablo Montoya tested with at IMS in April.
#43-A.J. Allmendinger: The #43 Richard Petty Motorsports team led by crew chief Mike Shiplett has prepared chassis #276 for this weekend’s event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This car was run earlier this year at Martinsville where Allmendinger was involved in a Lap 171 accident.
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Crew chief Lance McGrew and the #88 team will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis #88-612. This is a new chassis that has not been raced or tested.
#98-Paul Menard: Crew chief Slugger Labbe and the #98 RPM crew have prepared chassis #693 for this weekend’s event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The team has prepared a brand new car for this race.
#99-Carl Edwards: RK-695 – Brand new car
(from team PR’s/sites if reported)(7-24-2010)
