Eligibility rules for Nextel All-Star Challenge:
1st criteria: Drivers and car owners who have won races in the current and preceding year. If a driver leaves a team with which he has won a race, he remains eligible and the car owner's new driver also is eligible(through the last race before The All-Star Race)
2nd criteria: Drivers who are past Cup champions in the last 10 years
3rd criteria: Drivers who have won The All-Star Race in the past 10 years
4th criteria: The winning driver of the Nextel Open
5th criteria: Drivers who have won in previous years, not eligible by the above (not owners, just drivers)
(rules below table)
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The Current UNOFFICIAL 2007 Field
Driver Eligibility
Race winners(drivers/owners) in 2006 and 2007
1 #48-Jimmie Johnson 2006 Daytona 500
2 #17-Matt Kenseth Feb 2006 California
3 #9-Kasey Kahne March 2006 Atlanta
4 #2-Kurt Busch March 2006 Bristol
5 #20-Tony Stewart April 2006 Martinsville
6 #29-Kevin Harvick April 2006 Phoenix
7 #16-Greg Biffle May 2006 Darlington
8 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. May 2006 Richmond
9 #11-Denny Hamlin June 2006 Pocono
10 #24-Jeff Gordon June 2006 Sonoma
11 #5-Kyle Busch July 2006 New Hampshire
12 #31-Jeff Burton Sept 2006 Dover
13 #83-Brian Vickers Oct 2006 Talladega
Race winners (owners) in 2006 and 2007
14 #25-Hendrick Motorsports Oct 2006 Talladega
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Previous NASCAR Cup champions
(not a 2006/2007 winner)
within the last 10 years
15 #43-Bobby Labonte 2000
16 #44-Dale Jarrett 1999
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Previous Winners of The Nextel All-Star Challenge/The Winston
(not a 2006/2007 winner)
within the last 10 years
17 #01-Mark Martin 2005
18 #12-Ryan Newman 2002
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and....
19 2007 All-Star Race Open Winner ?
20 2007 All-Star Race Open 2nd place finisher ?
21 Fan Vote Winner ?
1st criteria: Drivers and car owners who have won races in the current and preceding year. If a driver leaves a team with which he has won a race, he remains eligible and the car owner's new driver also is eligible(through the last race before The All-Star Race)
2nd criteria: Drivers who are past Cup champions in the last 10 years
3rd criteria: Drivers who have won The All-Star Race in the past 10 years
4th criteria: The winning driver of the Nextel Open
5th criteria: Drivers who have won in previous years, not eligible by the above (not owners, just drivers)
(rules below table)
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The Current UNOFFICIAL 2007 Field
Driver Eligibility
Race winners(drivers/owners) in 2006 and 2007
1 #48-Jimmie Johnson 2006 Daytona 500
2 #17-Matt Kenseth Feb 2006 California
3 #9-Kasey Kahne March 2006 Atlanta
4 #2-Kurt Busch March 2006 Bristol
5 #20-Tony Stewart April 2006 Martinsville
6 #29-Kevin Harvick April 2006 Phoenix
7 #16-Greg Biffle May 2006 Darlington
8 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. May 2006 Richmond
9 #11-Denny Hamlin June 2006 Pocono
10 #24-Jeff Gordon June 2006 Sonoma
11 #5-Kyle Busch July 2006 New Hampshire
12 #31-Jeff Burton Sept 2006 Dover
13 #83-Brian Vickers Oct 2006 Talladega
Race winners (owners) in 2006 and 2007
14 #25-Hendrick Motorsports Oct 2006 Talladega
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Previous NASCAR Cup champions
(not a 2006/2007 winner)
within the last 10 years
15 #43-Bobby Labonte 2000
16 #44-Dale Jarrett 1999
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Previous Winners of The Nextel All-Star Challenge/The Winston
(not a 2006/2007 winner)
within the last 10 years
17 #01-Mark Martin 2005
18 #12-Ryan Newman 2002
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and....
19 2007 All-Star Race Open Winner ?
20 2007 All-Star Race Open 2nd place finisher ?
21 Fan Vote Winner ?