1 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Rob Kauffman
2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy Bass Pro Shops Teresa Earnhardt
3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite Vortex Walter Czarnecki
4 4 Kevin Lepage Chevy Alpha Natural Resources Jerry McClure
5 5 Mark Martin Chevy CARQUEST Auto Parts / GoDaddy.com Mary Hendrick
6 6 David Ragan Ford UPS John Henry
7 07 Robby Gordon Toyota Speedfactory.tv Robby Gordon
8 7 Kevin Conway Toyota Extenze Robby Gordon
9 09 Bobby Labonte [PC 1] Chevy Phoenix Construction James Finch
10 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser George Gillett, Jr
11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground J D Gibbs
12 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing Roger Penske 13 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO Bob Germain
14 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Office Depot Margaret Haas
15 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Jack Roush
16 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black John Henry
17 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Doublemint Joe Gibbs
18 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Hunt Brothers Pizza George Gillett, Jr
19 20 Joey Logano Toyota Home Depot Joe Gibbs
20 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy DuPont Rick Hendrick
21 26 Jeff Green Ford Air Guard Bill Jenkins
22 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Shell / Pennzoil Richard Childress
23 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress
24 32 Mike Bliss Toyota TBA Todd Braun
25 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy Hamburger Helper Richard Childress
26 34 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's Bob Jenkins 27 36 Dave Blaney Chevy Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin
28 37 Tony Raines Ford A&W Root Beer Doug Yates 29 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell Doug Yates
30 39 Ryan Newman Chevy Wix Filters Tony Stewart
31 42 Juan PabloMontoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi
32 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Valvoline Richard Petty
33 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge Cash America Dusty Whitney
34 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Bush's / Kingsford Tad Geschickter
35 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon
36 55 Michael McDowell Toyota Prism Motorsports Randy Humphrey
37 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip
38 64 Todd Bodine Toyota TBA Larry Gunselman 39 66 Scott Riggs Toyota Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons
40 71 Landon Cassill Chevy TRG Motorsports Kevin Buckler
41 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 Roger Penske
42 78 Regan Smith Chevy FarmAmerican.com Richard Childress
43 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz
44 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz
45 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Andrea Nemechek
46 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy AMP Energy / National Guard Rick Hendrick
47 92 Brian Keselowski Dodge TBA Brian Keselowski
48 98 Paul Menard Ford CertainTeed / Menards George Gillett Jr 49 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac Jack Roush
Extenze sounds like a very loyal sponsor; would be a real plus to have one car fully funded for a whole year with a driver who can keep it clean (at a minimum - and hopefully would improve). Or act now to claim a share of this year's ROY $.
AHHH, Karen, how much does ROY pay? and is there any one else who'll be ROY? Kevin does'nt need to drive for the rest of the year and he'll be ROY.Personally I'd take ExtrenZe slammed check and put Kevin in a car at a price. In the end all ROY winner's have the same thing in common,happy hour beer is $2.
Yes, true, but the 26 and 38 finish, at best, a few spots ahead of Conway. Sometimes they finish worse. 161 points is a lot when you run right about the same. Now, if he were to finish 38-43 quite a few times, you're right, he would fall out. But, looking at the majority of his finishes (28-34), I think they would be ok. Hell, send him on tests every other week. That's the only way you get better. Showing up at a track you've never seen in cars you've never raced is setting yourself for failure. Take him to unsanctioned tracks every other week or every 3 weeks that are similar just to get a feel for the cars.
My two cents on the matter. I'm not too optimistic it will unfold at all, but seems like it could be a real win-win for RGM as a whole. He needs 2 teams to take a step above 28-35 place finishes.
Ok now I highly doubt he is refering to RGM but recently Bill Lester has been tweeting about a Cup owner calling him to do some races. Here is what he has been saying...
Got a call from a cup team owner to drive for them for a few races this year. I'm not sure if I want to take it or not yet. #NASCAR
The team runs most of it's races and makes a fair amount of races. Not sure how they are on sponsorship now but seems to be almost done now.
They park some and race some. There on track preformance has gotten better all year and have great horsepower under the hood.
He also sent a tweet out to @Planetrobby before he tweeted those above.
Permalink Reply by TOG on August 16, 2010 at 10:55pm