Bill Elliott Will Drive No. 37 at Daytona
The team's site only says it will "be at the Daytona 500 in February." Bud Pole Qualifying for the Daytona 500 will be held Feb. 11 to determine the top two positions. The rest of the grid will be determined by the Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying races on Feb. 15. Elliott does have a past champion's provisional if he fails to qualify and is the most recent champion to miss. He is also eligible to run the Budweiser Shootout on Feb. 10.
Elliott, a two-time Daytona 500 winner and 1988 champion, made 10 starts in 2006, three of which came with R&J Racing late in the season. His best showing was at Kansas, where he wound up 16th after crew chief Mark Tutor made a winning a fuel gamble that several lead-lap cars lost in the closing laps.
"When Bill is in the car, we immediately have a chance ... because we've got good cars and we've got a good driver," said the team's co-owner John Carter, who moved his shop from Charlotte to Dawsonville, Ga., last year and purchases racecars from Evernham Motorsports.
The team's Web site states it has purchased five additional cars in preparation for 2007, although it was unknown if any were Car of Tomorrow chassis(nascar.com)
The team's site only says it will "be at the Daytona 500 in February." Bud Pole Qualifying for the Daytona 500 will be held Feb. 11 to determine the top two positions. The rest of the grid will be determined by the Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying races on Feb. 15. Elliott does have a past champion's provisional if he fails to qualify and is the most recent champion to miss. He is also eligible to run the Budweiser Shootout on Feb. 10.
Elliott, a two-time Daytona 500 winner and 1988 champion, made 10 starts in 2006, three of which came with R&J Racing late in the season. His best showing was at Kansas, where he wound up 16th after crew chief Mark Tutor made a winning a fuel gamble that several lead-lap cars lost in the closing laps.
"When Bill is in the car, we immediately have a chance ... because we've got good cars and we've got a good driver," said the team's co-owner John Carter, who moved his shop from Charlotte to Dawsonville, Ga., last year and purchases racecars from Evernham Motorsports.
The team's Web site states it has purchased five additional cars in preparation for 2007, although it was unknown if any were Car of Tomorrow chassis(nascar.com)
