2000 WINSTON CUP TEAM/DRIVER CHART
(the silly season chart)

Last Update 10-28-2000

Team charts by season: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007,2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998

TEAM PAGES: I have a link to past news for each ACTIVE team in Cup. Go to the chart below and click on the # (number) of the car, which is a link now. The news is from Nov 1998 to present but plan on slowly going through my archives and adding the info. Also on the drivers looking/new teams rumors, I have added a page for them, just click on their name. Links to the Teams, Drivers and Sponsors are also on the TEAM PAGES

Check out the 2000 Winston Cup Team Addresses page

NOTE: This is a totally unofficial page compiled by Jayski from many different sources. I try to make it as complete as possible and update it as often possible. It’s a guide to what I hear is happening

NEW! Sponsor, Team and Driver Links can be found on the TEAM PAGE for each team, click on the Tean NUMBER to go there

2000 Rookie of the Year Candidates

Ed Berrier, ??
Dave Blaney, #93
Mike Bliss, #27
Stacy Compton, #9
Dale Earnhardt, Jr, #8
Matt Kenseth, #17
Scott Pruett, #32

Cup Drivers without a full time ride/looking in 2000

Loy Allen, Jr
Ed Berrier
Geoffrey Bodine
Rich Bickle
Ken Bouchard
Derrike Cope
Andy Hillenburg
Ted Musgrave, #01 for now
Greg Sacks
Morgan Shepherd
Dick Trickle, fulltime BGN

Unassigned Numbers for 2000

29,30,35,38,39,46,47,49,51,53,54,56,57,58,59,
61,62,63,64,67,68,69,70,72,73,74,76,78,82,83,86,89,92
Numbers are owned and assigned by NASCAR, team can request a number

2000 WC DRIVER/TEAM/SPONSOR CHARTS

KEYS

* after the # means the team is part time
? after a subject means rumor/unknown
? by itself means unknown
Red Type means new for the 2000 season(first full season)
A team in all red means it is a new team for 2000

2000 WINSTON CUP TEAMS
Car#	Driver	Manu	Sponsor	Listed Owner	Crew Chief	Engine
?	?Jay Sauter	?Chevy	?	?Mike Curb Cary Agajanian Don Dtegall	?Gene Nead	?
New team to start ARCA, maybe some Cup, will do full time BGN in 2000

?	Mike Wallace	Ford	?	Jim Smith	?	?
Truck team is supposed to run some Cup races, in the last part of the season

01	Ted Musgrave	Chevy	BellSouth	Felix Sabates	Tony Glover	SABCO
Musgave will finsih out the year in the car and has a good shot to run it in 2001. Switched to the #01 from #42 after Irwin’s death at NHIS. Not sure what will happen after Kenny Irwin, Jr’s death. Team being sold to Chip Ganassi. Switch to Dodge in 2001? Irwin to drive the car, new paint scheme. Nemechek leaves. BellSouth just signed on thru 2002. Glover will stay at crew chief

02	Ryan Newman	Ford	ALLTEL	Roger Penske	Matt Borland	Penske
will be a third Penske team in 2001, and run in BGN, ARCA and up to seven Cup evetns, with plans to go full time Cup in 2002. Will also run the 2000 Phoenix event

1	Steve Park	Chevy	Pennzoil Wrangler Snap On Coca-Cola	Dale Earnhardt Inc	Paul Andrews	DEI
Pennzoil and Park are signed thru 2002

2	Rusty Wallace	Ford	Miller Lite Mobil 1 Mead, PPG Snap On Mazak,Lennox Bosch, Hugo Boss	Roger Penske	Robin Pemberton	Penske
Has a slightly different paint scheme in 2000 with a few special schemes

3	Dale Earnhardt	Chevy	GM Goodwrench Burger King Realtree AC Delco Snap-On Bass Pro Shops Coca-Cola Tracker Boats Perdue	Richard Childress	Kevin Hamlin	Childress
Ran a Peter Max scheme at the Winston and a Red Taz paint scheme in the Daytona 500

4	Bobby Hamilton	Chevy	Kodak Max Forward Air Dana	Morgan-McClure	?	Rutt Pitman
Danny Gill came over from Hamilton’s CTS team to be the crew chief in July, left in Oct after the Rock. Robert Larkins back to shop foreman and jackman. Ran a Navy Scheme at the Coca-Cola 600. Larkins returns to crew chief duties. Hamilton reups thru 2001. looks like no 2nd team at all

?	Loy Allen	Chevy	?	Morgan-McClure	?	Rutt Pitman
Could run at Talladega as a team car to the #4 but seems doubtful

5	Terry Labonte	Chevy	Kelloggs Quaker State GMAC Haas	Rick Hendrick	Gary DeHart	Hendrick
DeHart returns to the team. Andy Graves steps down from crew chief to an engineering role. Has a new paint scheme on the car, renewed thru 2002

6	Mark Martin	Ford	Valvoline Cummins Bugels Hardee’s Eagle One	Jack Roush	Jimmy Fennig	Roush
New scheme for 2000, will run a few paint schemes in 2000. Martin signed with Roush thru 2005

7	Michael Waltrip	Chevy	Nations Rent Philips Lighting Klaussner Furniture Omniquip Bostram New Holland	Jim Smith	Bobby Kennedy	SABCO T&L Motors Penske(Ford)
Will stay Chevy thru the end of 2000, then switch to Ford. Waltrip goes to DEI in 2001. Team may end running Dodge. Will switch to Fords as of the Talladega race in October. Jim Smith bought into the team mid-May 2000, then in July has bought former owner Jim Mattei out and now owns the team outright. Says he doesn’t plan to start a 2nd team and expects Waltrip and Nations Rent to return in 2001. Nations Rent signs on as the primary sponsor, Philips as a major associate, cool looking car. Waltrip back in 2000

8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr ROTY	Chevy	Budweiser Outlaw Remington Snap On Oreo	Dale Earnhardt Inc	Tony Eury	DEI
Little E goes for ROTY, Remington moved from the #75 as an associate

9	Stacy Compton ROTY	Ford	Kodiak/Cougar Melling Duckhead Footwear S-line products Worldcom	Mark Melling	?Chad Knaus	Ernie Elliott
Cahd Knaus may be the new crew chief. Crew Chief Jerry Pitts, Jr left after Martinsville(Oct). Will give up the #9 to Elliott/Evernham/Dodge in 2001, will car #92 in 2001 and will switch to Dodge in 2001. Pitts signs on a crew chief. Compton signes on to run in 2000 as does Conwood/Kodiak. Switches from Pro Motors to Elliott in 2000. Team has met with Kodiak recently. Cartoon Network left. Jerry Nadeau goes to the #25 team

10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	Aarons Rent	MB 2 Motorsports Tim Beverley	James Ince	Hendrick
Aarons Rent to finish out the final 15 races of the 2000, Valvoline is supposed to come aboard for the 2001-2002 seasons. MB 2 Motorsports buys the majority of the team from owner Tim Beverley just before the 2nd Pocono race. Lycos no longer the sponsor, never paid. MB2(#36 team) to buy from Beverley? Valvoline for 2001? Lycos.com signs up for the complete 2000 season. Switched to #10. Benson signed a one year deal. Car will carry a different number in 2000 as Adam Petty will use the #45. Scrapped the BGN team. May try a 2nd Cup team in 2001

11	Brett Bodine	Ford	Ralphs Supermarkets Coca Cola Fuji, Scotch Birdseye Powermate Mission Foods	Brett Bodine	Mike Hillman	Ernie Elliott
Hillman comes over from the #91. Ralphs signs on for 2001. Team was sold to Butch Gillilands(#38 Cup and Winston West) team owner, Richard Hilton but it fell through, Bodine keeps the sponsor with him and retains ownership. New engine combo with Elliott engines replacing Roush.

12	Jeremy Mayfield	Ford	Mobil 1 Snap-On, Mazak Mobil Speedpass	Penske Racing LLC	Peter Sospenzo	Penske
Kranefuss sells his share to Roger Penske. Mayfield extended thru 2002. Possible slight paint scheme change in 2000. No effect on Mobil sponsorship in 1999 due to Exxon buying Mobil

13	Robby Gordon	Ford	Menards Panasonic Ingersoll Rand Universal/Woody Duracell Hot Wheels, Turtle Wax	Robby Gordon Mike Held John Menard	Mark Tudor	?Yates ?Penske?
Mark Tudor takes over for Jerry Baxter. Had disagreement with Yates, unsure of future engine supplier. Switches to Yates engines at Talladega for the rest of 2000. Crew Chief Fred Graves left the team to help out the new #62 team. Peter Guild ran Pro Motors. Is leasing the Irvan-Simo team, cars and buildings

14	Rick Mast	Pontiac	Conseco	AJ Foyt	Philippe Lopez	David Evans
Evans comes over from the #41 to oversee the engines. Philippe Lopez takes over as of April 25th. Terry Whooten let go after Martinville as crew chief. Rick Mast takes over at Texas for the rest of 2000, Dick Trickle ran the #60 at Texas. Mike Bliss has been released. Dick Trickle takes over for Darlington and Bristol while Foyt decides what to do driver-wise, Bliss may return. Mast, Cope and Musgrave are also rumored replacements. Mike Bliss left the #30 team to take the ride. Scott Sharp renewed with his IRL team and Johnny Benson turned it down. Will be a Pontiac, Waddell Wilson is the team manager
15	?	Ford	?	Robert Fenley	?Joey Knuckles	Ernie Elliott
Team selling shop and moving from SC to NC. Former owners Bud Moore now has no stake in the team. Musgrave left, no idea when next race is planned. Derrike Cope out, Musgrave in at Talladega. Team is now part time as they have no sponsor. Cope signed for the full season, looking for a sponsor

16	Kevin Lepage	Ford	FamilyClick.com	Geoff Smith/ Roush Racing	Pat Tryson	Roush
FamilyClick.com comes on as of Las Vegas for a two year deal but the deal will cease at the end of 2000. Northern Light Internet search site was only for Daytona and Rockingham. Team plans to run with or without a sponsor to start the 2000 season. TV Guide will not return in 2000 as the sponsor. Lepage signed thru 2000

17	Matt Kenseth ROTY	Ford	DeWalt Tools Emazing.com	Mark Martin Jack Roush	Robby Reiser	Roush
New Roush team for 2000, Kenseth moves up from BGN

18	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac	Interstate Batteries Food Lion, EasyCare, Wix, MBNA, Wards, Coca Cola, Ditch Witch, Gumout, Cintas Circuit City International Home Foods	Joe Gibbs	Jimmy Makar	Gibbs Racing
Interstate signed thru 2003, Pontiac thru 2002

19	Casey Atwood	Ford	? UAW	Ray Evernham	?	Ron Vicarro
Atwood to debut at Richmond in Sept. Atwood is it. May run Atwood in a Ford for a few races late in the 2000 season

20	Tony Stewart	Pontiac	Home Depot Ridgid, Husky Coke-Cola MBNA, Gumout Daewood International Home Foods	Joe Gibbs	Greg Zipadelli	Joe Gibbs Racing
No word on Home Depot’s contract, due up at the end of 2000. Pontiac is signed thru 2002r

21	Elliott Sadler	Ford	CITGO Baby Grand Pepperidge Farms Goldfish	Wood Brothers	?	Roush
Mike Beam left to be the #75 Team Manager. Motorscraft will be the new sponsor in 2001. Pepperidge Farms(Fish Crackers) comes aboard as an assoc

22	Ward Burton	Pontiac	Caterpillar Polaris ATV Honeywell, Amoco Pro-Cert, Hobas Pipe Mountain Dew	Bill Davis	Tommy Baldwin, Jr	Bill Davis Racing
Will switch to Dodge in 2001. Caterpillar, Burton and Baldwin on for three more years

23	Boris Said	Chevy	Federated Auto Parts	Jimmy Spencer	Richard Broome	Yates
Said will also run at Homestead in November. Said is set for the two Cup road races at Sears Point and Watkins Glen, plus the Busch races at California and Las Vegas and the Truck race at Portland International Raceway

24	Jeff Gordon	Chevy	DuPont Finishes Pepsi Quaker State SDRC,AC Delco Advance Auto Parts Rain-X Slick 50 Nomax	Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon	Robbie Loomis	Hendrick
Loomis come over from the #43, Brian Whitesell becomes the team manager instead of the crew chief. Five of the Rainbow Warriors(Pit Crew) will move over to the #88 at the end of the season. Gordon signs a ‘lifetime’ agreement with owner Rick Hendrick. Ray Evernham left after Dover(9/29) to head up Dodge’s return to Cup in 2000. DuPont returns

25	Jerry Nadeau	Chevy	Michael Holigan Advance Auto Parts Quaker State GMAC	Joseph Hendrick	Tony Furr	Hendrick
Furr stays as crew chief. Wally Dallenbach leaves as does Bud(to the #8), Jerry Nadeau takes over and a new sponsor as Bud goes to the #8 DEI Chevy

26	Jimmy Spencer	Ford	Big Kmart	Travis Carter	Donnie Wingo	Yates
Gets Yates power in 2000. Spencer re-upped. Kmart is the sponsor, number change from 23 to 26. Winston leaves as the sponsor

27	Mike Bliss ROTY	Pontiac	Viagra	Eel River Racing Jack Birmingham Barry Dodson	Barry Dodson	T&L Motors
Looking for a sponsor, loses Viagra to the #6 after the end of 2000. Jeff Fuller released after Texas, Mike Bliss comes back after being released at the #14 car. Jeff Fuller and Viagra are it, announcement made Dec 17th. Mike Bliss signed up for 2000 but left after a few weeks when 2000 sponsorship fell thru, and went to the #14 Foyt team. Bliss parted ways with Roush and the CTS team to get the ride

28	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Texaco Raybesto’s, Mac Tools, Autolite, Fleetwood RV, Coca-Cola, UPS	Robert Yates	Mike McSwain	Robert Yates
UPS signs on as an assoc starting at the Pepsi 400 in Daytona. McSwain came with Rudd to be the crew chief, former crew chief Doug Richert went to the #32. Ricky Rudd will drive the car in 2000. Texaco re-ups thru 2004. Kenny Irwin left at the end of 1999 for the #42 team

31	Mike Skinner	Chevy	Lowes Koblat Toola Valspar Sylvania Owens Corning	Richard Childress	Larry McReynolds	Childress
Lowes to leave at the end of the 2000 season in a shocking announcement. Larry McReynolds will leave at the end of 2000, so much for the 3 year deal, supposedly he will do TV. McReynolds signed up for three more years, put his own team on hold

32	Scott Pruett ROTY	Ford	Tide Downy Kenmore Mattel	Cal Wells	Scott Houston	Yates
Brad Parrott left before Lowes, Scott Houston takes over. Brad Parrott takes over after the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Doug Richert leaves the crew chief job after California. Doug Richert came over from the #28 as the crew chief. #32 is the car #. Scott Pruett is the driver, comes from CART. Wells signs Tide, will also run a fulltime BGN team with McDonalds as the sponsor

33	Joe Nemechek	Chevy	Oakwood Homes Albertsons Sikkens Johns Manville Schult Adams Intl	Andy Petree	Danny Gill	Petree Racing
Andy Petree goes back to full time owner as Gill comes aboard. Nemechek signs a 2yr deal with an option year, Petree returns to the crew chief job. Ken Schrader went to the #36. Crew chief Sammy Johns also went to the #36. Skoal left after 1999 season, Oakwood Homes comes aboard

34*	?	Pontiac	?	Joyner-Kersee-Roehrig Motorsports Jackie Joyner-Kersee Bob Kersee Kurt Roehrig	?	?
Looks like the team is concentrating on 2001 and will probably NOT run anymore races in 2000 unless a sponsor is found. The car ran the Shootout and withdrew from the Daytona 500, team plans unsure. #34 is the number, Sunoco and Kendell sign up for Daytona. I hear the team will run #34 in 2000 when it races. Green will run in the Bud Shootout. Team plans to run a limited 2000 schedule if a sponsor is found. Green may drive in those races. Become the Joyner-Kersee team since Roehrig is involved

34*	Todd Bodine	Chevy	I Love New York	Cicci-Welliver Racing	Donnie Richeson	?Fischer Engineering
Will run at Watkins Glen in a one race deal

36	Kenny Schrader	Pontiac	M&M’s Starburst, Valvoline, Pedigree, Combos ILD Telecom Mighty Auto Parts	Nelson Bowers Read Morton Tom Beard	Sammy Johns	Hendrick
MB 2 buys the #10 team which now team up with the #36. Schrader takes over in 2000 for retired Ernie Irvan, his crew chief from the #33 comes along. Irvan’s retirement opened up this ride

40	Sterling Marlin	Chevy	Coor’s Light Prolong, PPG Matco Tools	Felix Sabates	Scott Eggleston	SABCO
Team being sold to Chip Ganassi. Switch to Dodge in 2001? Scott Eggleston starts his first full season. Marlin’s contract runs thru 2002

41	?Gary Bradberry	Chevy	? Manheim Auctions	Larry Hedrick	?	?
Team on hold now, looking for a sponsor. Philippe Lopez leaves to join Mast at the #14. Bradberry takes over as Rick Mast left to go to the #14. Big Daddy’s signed on as the sponsor for 2000. Mast comes over from the #98, Lopez is the new crew chief replacing Donnie Disharoon. Kodiak moves to the #9 Melling Ford

43	John Andretti	Pontiac	Cheerios/STP Ferguson, Sprint, OMP, Red Lobster, Southern Pride Trucking, Red Wing Shoes	Petty Enterprises	Greg Steadman	Rick Mann/PE
Will switch to Dodge in 2001. Greg Steadman takes over as crew chief. Crew Chief Robbie Loomis bolted for the #24 car. Andretti signed up thru 2002, Cheerios come on as primary mid 2000, STP falls to an associate

44	Kyle Petty Steve Grissom	Pontiac	Hot Wheels Sprint, Coca Cola, Red Lobster, OMP, Red Wing Shoes Cheerios	Petty Enterprises(PE)	committee	Rick Mann/PE
Crew Chief Fred Graves left after NHIS in Sept. Grissom takes over from Darlington on for the rest of the season. Petty will run the BGN in the #45 car, then move it to Cup in 2001. Fred Graves takes over as crew chief at NHIS. Bobby Leslie left after Michigan, Hewitt takes over on a race to race basis. Petty sits out the Winston and puts Steve Grissom in the car for the Coke 600 as he grieves for the loss of his son, Adam. Will switch to Dodge in 2001. Greg Steadman was to take over as crew chief, but Loomis left the #43 so Steadman goes there and Leslie takes over for Kyle. Doug Hewitt moves into another position in PE. New paint scheme for 2000(see the Paint Schemes gallery)

?*45	???	?Chevy	?Sprint Prepaid Foncards Red Wing Shoes	?Petty Enterprises	?Chris Hussey	?Rick Mann/PE
With Adam Petty’s died at NHIS in a practice crash, car will not run anymore Cup in 2000, but Kyle Petty will move it up to Cup in 2001 and drive it.

*48	Darrell Lanigan ?Stanton Barrett	Ford	Fans Team	Tri-Star Motorsports	Mark Tudor	Mark Smith
Daytona didn’t happen, supposedly will make first attempt at Michigan in August. Looks like Darrell Lanigan will take over the seat when the car runs. Fans Team as the sponsor for a 10 race run starting at the Pepsi 400 in Daytona. Attempted the Daytona 500 and ran in the Bud Shootout Qualifier with Sportcut.com as a one race sponsor

50	Ricky Craven	Chevy	? Midwest Transit Inc	Hal Hicks	Greg Connors	Hendrick
Supposedly has a sponsor for Indy and three more races, no idea who. Team to skip Texas and return at Martinsville. New crew chief, Greg Connors. crew chief John Monsam left after Daytona. Hayden takes over as an interim crew chief. Craven signed thru 2000

*52	Bill Baird	Chevy	Dynatek	Bill Baird	?	?
Is supposed to attempt the Brickyard 400. Attempted the June Pocono race with Dynatek as the sponsor. 1999 ARCA Champ Bill Baird is running a part time ARCA schedule and plans to attempt four Winston Cup races in 2000. Both Pocono races and the Brickyard 400 are planned

55	Kenny Wallace	Chevy	Square-D,Cooper Lighting Albertson’s Purolator Carolina Peterbuilt	Andy Petree	Jimmy Elledge	Petree
Wallace to leave at the end of 2000, Square-D stays. Cooper Lighting is a co-primary associate for 2000. New paint scheme for 2000

60	Joe Bessey	Chevy	PowerTeam Whelen	Joe Bessey	Jim Long	Hendrick
Geoffrey Bodine released after Richmond in Sept, Bessey tales over driving duties. PowerTeam will leave at the end of 2000, Bodines situation shakey with team. Bodine returned at Richmond and will drive the car for the remainder of 2000. Trickle back in at Talladega. Rich Bickle runs at Martinsville. Dick Trickle ran at Texas. Ted Musgrave to subbed thru Bristol for Bodine while he recovers from his Truck accident

61	Randy Tolsma	Chevy	eLink	Ed Rensi Team Rensi	Troy Selberg	?
A one race deal for Homestead

61	Rich Bickle	Chevy	?	Steve Coulter Xpress Motorsports	?	?Mark Smith
A one race deal for the Brickyard 400

?61*	?Bob Strait	?Ford	?Midway Island	?Mark Thompson	?Donnie Straight Bob Bissinger	?
not sure what is up with this team, if anything

62*	Brendan Gaughan	Chevy	NAPA Auto Parts The Orleans Casino	Bill McAnally	Andy Graves	?
No idea for the future plans with this teams. Fred Graves left as crew chief of the #13 to help out this team. Had to cancel out on Vegas, will now attempt California. Was a one race deal with Winston West driver Gaughan and Andy Graves as the crew chief for the Vegas Cup race in March

65	Dan Pardus	Chevy	?	Jim & Judie Motorsports Pardus Racing D&M Motorsports	Carl Gollnast Dave Leiner	Wagner Motorsports
Attempted the Daytona 500, next up is ??

66	Darrell Waltrip	Ford	BIG Kmart/Rt 66 Jeans	Travis Carter/Carl Haas	Larry Carter	Yates
Philippe Lopez was the crew chief until late 1999, has since moved to the #41 team, then to the #14. Gets Yates power in 2000. DW to run 2000 as his last and do a retirement tour

71	Dave Marcis Kerry Earnhardt	Chevy	Realtree	Helen Marcis	Bob Marcis	Childress Perfomance Technology
Earnhardt ran the car at Michigan in August. Marcis will scale back his efforts in 2001 and run a limited scheudule

72	Jim Sauter Dwayne Leik	Chevy	?	Tex Powell Marcis Racing	?	?
Leik attempted California with no luck. Only made attempt for the Daytona 500 as an extra chance to make the Daytona 500 in 1999, looks like the same in 2000

?74*	?closed	?Chevy	?	?Bill Baumgardner BACE	?	?
Since the BGN team closed shop and Jones moved on to Team Yellow in the BGN, it can be assumed this will not happen. Had planned to run five Cup races in 2000 and move up with Jones full time in 2001 but it all fell apart

75	Wally Dallenbach	Ford	Cartoon Network/TBS Red Cell Batteries Rotozip Tools WCW LA West	Darwin Oordt Galaxy Motorsports	Newt Moore	Yates
Newt Moore named crew chief after Talladega. Wayne Orme was the crew chief but was re-assigned. No new crew chief yet. Three primary sponsors for different races. Turner Broadcasting/Cartoon Network/WCW, Red Cell Batteries and Rotozip are the three. Wayne Orme takes over as crew chief, was the cc on the #94 for most of the 1999 season. Richard ‘Slugger’ Labbe decided not to take the crew chief job. Dallenbach signs up for three years. Oordt may start a 2nd car for the team. Butch Mock sold team to Darwin Oordt late in 1999. Remington and Polaris leave as sponsor

77	Robert Pressley	Ford	Jasper Engines Federal Mogul Dynagear Champion	Doug Bawel Mark Wallace Mark Harrah	Ryan Pemberton	Penske Engines
Penske and Jasper engines working together. Pemberton is the new crew chief for 2000. Pressley signs to stay with team thru 2000

79*	?	Chevy	?	Ted Walters Jr George Pywowariw	Ted Walters Jr	?
Did not attempt either Pocono or New Hampshire, no idea if they plan to run at all in 2000

80*	Morgan Shepherd	Ford	?	Stan Hoover	Stan Hoover	?
planned to run the Brickyard 400, but didn’t do, no idea of any other plans. Shepherd is running part time in the CTS series. Just built a new shop in North Carolina

81*	Michael Ritch	Ford	?	Jerry Davis Anthony Weight	?	?
Plans to make five Cup starts in 2000. Bought by Davis & Weight Motorsports, Inc. Team sold by Filbert Martocci/Gil Martin.

84*	Norm Benning	Chevy	SoBe Beverages	Norm Benning	Ace Kolar	Leo Jackson
Benning attempted the Daytona 500 and is running a full ARCA season. May run a few more Cup races

85*	Carl Long	Ford	Spirit of Princeville Mansion Decorating	Thee Dixon Tinsley Hughes	Keith Montgomery	?
Plans to attempt races at Daytona, Charlotte, Pocono, Dover and a few others

87*	Ron Fellows	Chevy	Bully Hill Vineyards CellularOne Nortel Networks Nokia	Joe Nemechek	Brian Pattie	?Gibbs
Looking to run Fellows at least at Watkins Glen and maybe a few other races, possibly with Gibbs power. Fellows will also run in the BGN and CTS for Nemechek

88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	Quality Care Service/ Ford Credit, Coca-Cola Fleetwood Planters	Robert Yates	Todd Parrott	Robert Yates
UPS in 2001?? hired five ‘Rainbow Warriors’ to run the pit crew on race day for 2000

89*	Bobby Gerhart	Chevy	Kewadin Casinos/ Greektown Casinos	Bobby Gerhart Racing	?	?
ARCA driver attempted to make the Daytona 500 but failed
89*	Austin Cameron	Chevy	?	Terry Cameron	?	Maropulus
Winston West driver attempted to make the Vegas Cup race in a Chevy bought from RCR but did not
90	Hut Stricklin	Ford	Hills Bros Suburban Lodges	Junie Donlavey	Craig Huartson	Penske
Craig Huartson takes over as crew chief. Hut Stricklin to run at Indy, Brian Simo at Watkins Glen, after that??? Ed Berrier and cc Johnson released after the 2nd Pocono race. Dean Johnson named crew chief after the California race. Hill Bros signs on for two years. Berrier plans to run the full 2000 season and go after the ROTY award

91	Blaise Alexander	Chevy	Ericsson	Joe Falk/LJ Racing/SABCO	Ben Holm	SABCO/T&L Motors
Alexander is a one race deal between SABCO and Falk at Talladega, may also try another race. cc Mike Hillman left for the #11 team. Next race is supposed to be Richmond in Sept. Running a limited schedule, looking for a sponsor. KMC signs up for Speedweeks. Team tested well at Daytona and will run at least Daytona and take it from there, still looking for a full time sponsor for the year

93	Dave Blaney ROTY	Pontiac	Amoco Siemens Mac Tools DuPont	Bill Davis	Doug Randolph	Bill Davis Racing
Gil Martin left the team after the NHIS race, Randolph takes over. Will switch to Dodge in 2001. Moves up to Cup 2000 as Ward Burton’s teammate in the Bill Davis Racing stable

94	Bill Elliott	Ford	McDonald’s Reese’s, Super 8 Coca Cola Reeses, Stihl Snap On	Bill Elliott	committee Kevin Cram Mike Ford Troy Raker	Ernie Elliott
Team will be sold to Ray Evernham in 2000 and run Dodges with Elliott driving. Will change to the #9. The trio of Kevin Cram (performance enhancement director), Mike Ford (car chief), and Troy Raker (engineer) will jointly make decisions regarding the setup, chassis, tuning and overall performance. McDonald’s leaves after the 2000 season and goes to Cal Wells BGN team(who will run McDonald’s in 2000 also)

95*	David Keith	Ford	?	Sadler Bros	Billy Poindexter	Yates
Attempted the Brickyard 400 but missed, may run a few other events. Plans to run five race in Cup and ten in ARCA in 2000

96*	Andy Houston	Ford	Ronald McDonald House Charities	Cal Wells	?Joe Garone	Yates
Was a one race deal for Michigan in August but Houston will move up from the CTS and drive this car full time in 2001. Plans are to drive four more races: Lowes, Rockingham, Phoenix and Homestead

96*	Greg Sacks Gus Wasson	Chevy	?Island Oasis	Beau Petty Perry-Huggins Motorsports	John Huffman	Sabco
Looks like team is closed up for now. Island Oasis scaled back sponsorship plans and the BGN team is taking time off, so it can be assumed that the Cup program will be sidelined for a while. Sacks attempted the Daytona 500 with a Sabco engine. Will attempt a full BGN season with Gus Wasson and may attempt a few Cup races with Wasson and Sacks. Used #84 in 1999

97	Chad Little Kurt Busch	Ford	John Deere Hardee’s	Georgetta Roush Roush Racing	Jeff Hammond	Roush
Little will leave after New Hampshire, and run at Talladega for the team and is then out of the car, with Busch taking over. John Deere will leave at seasons end. Hammond will leave for TV at Fox

98	?Jeff Fuller ?Geoffrey Bodine	Ford	?	MacPherson Motorsports	Vic Kangas	?
Hearing Bodine am get the seat now?? Ran at Lowes with Fuller. Cale Yarbouogh sold the team to Chip MacPherson

99	Jeff Burton	Ford	CITGO Exide Batteries, SKF, Hardee’s True Value Parts Plus Nanticoke Homes Borg Warner OnSite	Robert Corn/ Roush Racing	Frank Stoddard	Roush
CITGO comes aboard starting at Charlottes fall race. Burton signed thru 2005, Exide was good thru 2001 but now will leave at the end of 2000 with CITGO supposedly coming aboard, new paint scheme in 2000

2000 WINSTON CUP TEAM/DRIVER CHART (the silly season chart)