6 David Ragan Ford UPS 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Menards
13 Max Papis Toyota GEICO
16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M
19 Elliott Sadler Ford Hunt Brothers Pizza
21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar
32 Reed Sorenson Toyota Dollar General
33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T
34 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's Baja Fish Tacos
36 Casey Mears Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing
37 Kevin Conway* Ford Extenze
38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell
42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target
43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford "Racing Dreams" / Best Buy
46 J.J. Yeley Dodge Whitney Motorsports
47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Cavalia
55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Prism Motorsports
56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
57 Norm Benning Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
64 Todd Bodine Toyota Gunselman Motorsports
75 Derrike Cope Dodge Charter
77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1
78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies
82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull
87 Joe Nemechek Toyota FrontRowJoe.com
90 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Keyed-Up Motorsports
92 Robert Richardson Jr. Dodge K-Automotive Motorsports
98 Paul Menard Ford Serta / Menards
99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac
A lot of good ones that never had to race their way in before, always had a win during the current or previous season. RG isn't the only team struggling. A lot of top tier teams just haven't gotten a handle on the COT.
For $25K-$30K in prize money, might as well take the short drive to LMS to start and park in the All Star Race. This way they can get few practice laps in to prepare for the next week's qualifying. Wow the Start and Park teams get paid for test session. That's fantastic!