NASCAR 2009 Silly Season

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Well here is my attempt at a thread on the 2009 silly season for NASCAR. Remember, this is a rough draft. Expect frequent updates to this page due to the fast and ever changing scenarios coming out of NASCAR almost daily. There are a lot of cars, teams, and drivers, it wont be as easy as IndyCar.I will be listing the full-time teams and drivers first and then the part-time teams and drivers next. The last thing listed will be the unknowns in reference to drivers, cars, and teams.
If you see a question mark, it means it is an unknown, nothing definite.

Team / Car # & Driver / Manufacturer / Primary Sponsors

Hendrick Motorsports

#5 Mark Martin / Chevrolet / Carquest - Kellogg's - Cheeze-It
#24 Jeff Gordon / Chevrolet / DuPont - National Guard - Pepsi
#48 Jimmie Johnson / Chevrolet / Lowe's - Kobalt Tools
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. / Chevrolet / AMP Energy Drink - Army National Guard

Richard Childress Racing

#07 Casey Mears / Chevrolet / Jack Daniel's
#29 Kevin Harvick / Chevrolet / Shell-Pennzoil - Reese's
#31 Jeff Burton / Chevrolet / Caterpillar
#33 Clint Bowyer / Chevrolet / General Mills-Cheerios

Roush Fenway Racing

#6 David Ragan / Ford / UPS
#16 Greg Biffle / Ford / 3M
#17 Matt Kenseth / Ford / DeWalt - R&L Carriers
#26 Jamie McMurray / Ford / Crown Royal
#99 Carl Edwards / Ford / Aflac

Joe Gibbs Racing

#11 Denny Hamlin / Toyota / FedEx
#18 Kyle Busch / Toyota / M&M's-Snicker's-Pedigree
#20 Joey Logano / Toyota / The Home Depot

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing

#1 Martin Truex Jr. / Chevrolet / Bass Pro Shops
#8 Aric Almirola / Chevrolet / ?
#41 Driver TBA - Possibly Bobby Labonte, AJ Allmendinger, Regan Smith -Target
#42 Juan Pablo Montoya / Chevrolet / Wrigley's Gum -Juicy Fruit/Big Red

Penske Racing

#2 Kurt Busch / Dodge / Miller Lite
#12 David Stremme / Dodge / Alltel
#77 Sam Hornish Jr. / Dodge / Mobil 1

Gillett Evernham Motorsports/Petty Enterprises ?

#9 Kasey Kahne / Dodge / Budweiser
#10 Reed Sorenson / Dodge / US Air Force - Valvoline
#19 Elliott Sadler / Dodge / Best Buy
#43 Driver TBA- AJ Allmendinger ?

Stewart Haas Racing

#14 Tony Stewart / Chevrolet / The Office Depot - Old Spice
#39 Ryan Newman / Chevrolet / US Army

Michael Waltrip Racing

#00 David Reutimann / Toyota / Aaron's - Champion Mortgage
#55 Michael Waltrip / Toyota / NAPA

Robby Gordon Motorsports

#7 Robby Gordon / Dodge / Jim Beam

Red Bull Racing

#82 Scott Speed / Toyota / Red Bull
#83 Brian Vickers / Toyota / Red Bull

Bill Davis Racing

#22 Dave Blaney / Toyota / Bad Boy Mowers

Yates Racing

#28 Travis Kvapil / Ford / ?
#38 David Gilliland / Ford / Digital TV Transition?
#98 Paul Menard / Ford / Menard's

JTG Daugherty Racing

#47 Marcos Ambrose / Toyota / Little Debbie's - Clorox -Kingsford Charcoal

Hall of Fame Racing

#96 Possibly Ken Schrader or Scott Riggs / Toyota / Texas Instruments DLP

Boston Ventures - This team is unclear at this time pending the outcome of the most likely merger between GEM and Petty Enterprises. Could be full-time or part-time. Bobby Labonte could be here but mostly likely will end up at Earnhardt Ganassi. It's also unknown as to Kyle Petty with this organization and the #45 car.

Drivers possibly - #43 AJ Allmendinger and #44 Chad McCumbee - Dodge

Part Time Teams & Drivers

Furniture Row Racing

#78 - Driver TBA - Joe Nemechek was bought out of his contract by this team. This team is set to run 12 races.

E&M Motorsports
#08 James Hylton / Dodge / Sponsor ?
Phoenix Racing
#09 Sterling Marlin ? / Chevrolet / Miccosukee Indian Gaming
Germain Racing
#13 Max Papis / Toyota / GEICO
No Fear Racing
#60 Boris Said / Ford / 7-Eleven Slurpee

*The big unknown driver - Regan Smith. Regan was rookie of the year in 2008. It is still unclear as to where he will end up. Its not looking like he will be with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.
 
Tont Stewart had Office Depot for a sponsor, I wonder if this will affect him

Office Depot Inc. will shutter almost one in 10 North American stores and slash 2,200 jobs as it seeks to stem red ink.
None of the store closings will be in South Florida.

It's not known how many, if any, of the job cuts are local. However, the plan's estimated $270 million-$300 million price tag includes severance for employees at its new Boca Raton headquarters, as well as stores.

"We are making adjustments in our global workforce, including both corporate and field, as business needs dictate," said spokesman Brian Levine in a prepared statement Wednesday.

The 2,200 job cuts represent just 4.5 percent of Office Depot's global workforce. But they come at a time when major retailers, including Office Depot, have traditionally bulked up staff to handle a seasonal surge in sales. Anemic holiday sales, though, have given few retailers much comfort. Indeed, news of job cuts is increasingly common: In November alone, Florida companies announced 2,034 layoffs. In the first eight days of December, 641 layoff notices were reported to the state.
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Earnhardt-Ganassi: Truex and BPS leave the team if he does not have two full-time teammates. As of right now, Truex only has one with the #41 car whoever it will be. I suspect Almirolia will end up taking that ride.

Remember, Juan Pablo Montoya DOES NOT have full-time sponsorship (I think The US Border Patrol should sponsor Montoya's car:D).

I think we all should just wait and see who climbs into which car at Daytona.
 
AndyMarquisLIVE said:
I think we all should just wait and see who climbs into which car at Daytona.
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That might help for that race or even a race or two or more, but they've been having "silly season" all year long lately. I get so confused during some races since they've been switching drivers all though the seasons. It seems with the exception of the "big guns" you just never know who is going to be in what car.

It was even more confusing at The Glen since they bring in the "road course ringers" and I couldn't figure out who half of them were! I guess I should have had a cheat sheet made up before the race!
 
Yorkie, you have made me realize that big time racing is beginning to look just like the local scene where you will find the big names and then there are those who show up now and then.

I do believe that all of this is only emporary and there will be an end sooner or later. We might just get back to the old days. Well no, it'll never be like the old days or not even the no so old days. We'll just have to ride it out like we have everything else.
 
Well think about it- every organization as made a change. hendrick plucked mark, rousch is re-arranging crew cheifs....again, ganna and DEI merge, evernham and petty look to merge (maybe evernham sell his portion to petty and/or BV), penske lost newman, gibbs lost tony, wood bros cutting back, Furn. Row cutting back, RCR adding a team, waltrip lost a team but runs the 47 operation, red bull did a musical chairs, ect.

nobody is safe. period, end of story.
 
If Bobby Labonte joins DEI/ Ganassi, that's going to be a good team.

I read where Robby Gordon might end up connected with Toyota .
 
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