2008 Cup Drivers & Sponsors

[Jonesi]

Since the banquet is over I guess it's time for this. Almost all of the seats are filled but there's at least six cars with no sponsors yet.

1 - Martin Truex, Jr -- Full Bass Pro Shops
2 - Kurt Busch -- Full Miller Lite, Kodak
4 - Ward Burton? -- Part? Lucas, State Water Heaters
5 - Casey Mears -- Full Kellogg's, Car Quest, GMAC
6 - David Ragan -- AAA
7 - Robby Gordon -- Part? Jim Beam, Menard's other?
8 - Mark Martin & Aric Almirola -- Full US Army
9 - Kasey Kahne -- Full Budweiser
10 - Patrick Carpentier -- *Unsponsored*
11 - Denny Hamlin -- Full FexEx
12 - Ryan Newman -- Full AllTel, Mobil1, Kodak
15 - Paul Menard -- Full Peak, Menard's, Johns Manville
16 - Greg Biffle -- Part? 3M
17 - Matt Kenseth -- Full DeWalt, R+L
18 - Kyle Busch -- Full M&Ms, Interstate Batteries
19 - Elliott Sadler -- Full? Best Buy, Valvoline?, Stanley?
20 - Tony Stewart -- Full Home Depot
21 - Marcos Ambrose/Bill Elliott/Ken Schrader/Jon Wood? -- Part? Little Debbie, USAF
22 - Dave Blaney -- Full Caterpillar
24 - Jeff Gordon -- Full Dupont, Pepsi
26 - Jamie McMurray -- Full Crown Royal, Irwin Tool
27 - Jacques Villeneuve -- *Unsponsored*
28 - Travis Kvapil -- *Unsponsored*
29 - Kevin Harvick -- Full Shell/Pennzoil
31 - Jeff Burton -- Full AT&T (need new sponsor in '09!)
38 - David Gilliland -- *Unsponsored*
40 - Dario Franchitti -- *Unsponsored* (rumor of Canadian Club)
41 - Reed Sorenson -- Full Target, Tums, Fuji, etc.
42 - Juan Pablo Montoya -- Full Texaco/Havoline, Wrigley Gums
43 - Bobby Labonte -- Full? Cheerios, Betty Crocker, etc.
44 - Dale Jarrett->David Reutimann -- Full UPS
45 - Kyle Petty -- Full? Wells Fargo, Brawny
48 - Jimmie Johnson - Full Lowe's
49 - John Andretti -- Part? Lifelock?
55 - Michael Waltrip -- Full NAPA Auto Parts
66 - Jeremy Mayfield -- Part? Samsung?
70 - Scott Riggs -- Part Yellow, Haas
77 - Sam Hornish, Jr -- Full? Mobil1
78 - Joe Nemechek -- Full? Furniture Row
83 - Brian Vickers -- Full RedBull
84 - AJ Allmendinger -- Full RedBull
88 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr -- Full AMP/Mt Dew, Natl Guard
96 - JJ Yeley -- Full? DLP/HDTV, Circuit City
99 - Carl Edwards -- Full Office Depot, AFLAC
00 - David Reutimann-> Josh Wise/Michael McDowell? -- Part? Burger King?
01 - Regan Smith -- *Unsponsored* (rumor of Coors Light)
07 - Clint Bowyer -- Full Jack Daniel's, DirecTV

47 full time cars so far

[Nicholas Morse]

NASCAR needs to scratch the top 35 rule. Worst rule in NASCAR that has an influence on teams and NASCAR's marketing platform. It will, in time, harm the sport.

They should lock the top 20 if anything. Not fair to the teams that NEED to make the race first in order to improve.

-Nic