Looking To NASCAR 2007: 14 To Go

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Looking to 2007: 14 to go
During the off-season, Rotoworld.com keeps you up-to-date on what's happening with NASCAR. Looking to 2007 gives a snapshot of driver moves, new teams, new sponsors and other general NASCAR news.
With 14 days to go until the 2007 season-opening Daytona 500, here are some recent updates.


Cup team updates:
3M has announced sponsorship plans to cover expenses for Greg Biffle in seven Cup races on the Roush Racing #16 Ford. DISH Network will pick up the tab for five others; Daytona, Martinsville, Richmond, Dover and Pocono.

Trevor Boys will attempt to run a full Cup schedule with the new H&K Motorsports #08 gsmdashboards.com Chevrolet. The team will also run at least six Busch Series events this season, plus at least 20 more in the ARCA RE/MAX Series.

Petty Enterprises secured a seven race sponsorship deal for the car driven by Kyle Petty. Tire Kingdom will serve as a primary sponsor on the Kyle's #45 Dodge in 2007, joining Wells Fargo and Marathon Oil.


Busch Series team changes:
The #16 Ford driven by Greg Biffle and Todd Kluever will carry primary sponsorship from 3M for all 35 races.

Evernham Motorsports drivers Elliott Sadler, Scott Riggs and Kasey Kahne will share driver duties for the #9 Ultimate Chargers Dodge. Kahne will be the primary driver, and the three drivers will compete in 23 Busch Series races this season.

Mark Martin is scheduled to drive the #26 DISH Network Ford for Roush Racing in the season opener at Daytona and in the April race in Texas. DISH Network will sponsor one of Roush's Busch cars (#17, #26 and #60) for the entire season. Roush Racing will field the cars with other RR team drivers for the remainder of the season.


Craftsman Truck Series team changes:
After finishing second in the 2006 CTS Rookie of the Year competition, Chad McCumbee will return as driver of the #08 Green Light Racing Chevrolet with new crew chief Dan Glauz for 2007.

Ginn Racing development driver Jesus Hernandez will debut later this season in the #46 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Chevrolet. He will take over the ride from Kraig Kinser, another Ginn Racing development driver.

Casey Kingsland will pilot the Pennington Motorsports #7 Hooters Energy Drink Chevrolet Silverado full-time and be running for Rookie of the Year honors as well. Since he hasn't been approved to run at Daytona yet, Derrike Cope will drive the truck in the season opener.

Wayne Edwards is driving Upshaw Racing's #95 Ford F-150 at Daytona and California. He was scheduled to be in the #28 FDNY Chevrolet truck but will be replaced by a yet-to-be named driver.

Larry Foyt is scheduled to drive the Key Motorsports #44 Silestone by Cosentino Chevrolet in the CTS season opener at Daytona. He'll join the #40 Key Motorsports entry that will be driven by former NCTS champion Mike Bliss.

Scott Lynch has signed a six-race deal with MB Motorsports to drive the #63 Ford beginning with the June 1st race at Dover. Jason White will drive the truck at Daytona and Atlanta. No word yet on a driver for the remaining 2007 schedule.


This is the NEXTEL Cup lineup for 2007:

2007 NEXTEL Cup Lineup(Tentative)
Car	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Owner
#00	David Reutimann	Burger King/Domino's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip
#01	Mark Martin	U.S. Army	Chevr	Ginn Racing
#01	Regan Smith	U.S. Army	Chevr	Ginn Racing
#03	Todd Bodine	???	Toyota	Germain
#07	Clint Bowyer	Jack Daniel's	Chevr	Richard Childress
#08	Trevor Boys	gsmdashboards.com	Chevr	H&K Motorsports
#1	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops	Chevr	Dale Earnhardt Inc.
#2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske Racing
#4	Ward Burton	State Water Heaters	Chevr	Morgan-McClure
#5	Kyle Busch	Kelloggs	Chevr	Hendrick
#6	David Ragan	AAA	Ford	Roush
#7	Robby Gordon	Harrah's	Ford	RG Motorsports
#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Budweiser	Chevr	Dale Earnhardt Inc.
#9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers	Dodge	Evernham
#10	Scott Riggs	Valvoline	Dodge	Evernham
#11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx	Chevr	Joe Gibbs
#12	Ryan Newman	ALLTEL	Dodge	Penske Racing
#13	Joe Nemechek	???	Chevr	Ginn Racing
#14	Sterling Marlin	Waste Management	Chevr	Ginn Racing
#15	Paul Menard	Menard's	Chevr	Dale Earnhardt Inc.
#16	Greg Biffle	Ameriquest/3M/DISH	Ford	Roush
#17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Tools	Ford	Roush
#18	J.J. Yeley	Interstate Batteries	Chevr	Joe Gibbs
#19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge Dealers	Dodge	Evernham
#20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot	Chevr	Joe Gibbs
#21	Ken Schrader	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers
#21	Jon Wood	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers
#22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis
#23	Mike Skinner	???	Toyota	Bill Davis
#24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevr	Hendrick
#25	Casey Mears	Army National Guard	Chevr	Hendrick
#26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush
#29	Kevin Harvick	Shell/Reeses/GM	Chevr	Richard Childress
#31	Jeff Burton	Cingular	Chevr	Richard Childress
#33	Scott Wimmer	Holiday Inn	Chevr	Richard Childress
#36	Jeremy Mayfield	360 OTC	Toyota	Bill Davis
#37	Bill Elliott	????	Dodge	R&J Racing
#38	David Gilliland	M&M's	Ford	Robert Yates
#39	Regan Smith	????	Chevr	Ginn Racing
#40	David Stremme	Coors Lite	Dodge	Ganassi
#41	Reed Sorenson	Target	Dodge	Ganassi
#42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi
#43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty
#44	Dale Jarrett	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip
#45	Kyle Petty	Wells Fargo/Marathon Oil	Dodge	Petty
#48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevr	Hendrick
#49	Mike Bliss	WhatsOnline.com	Dodge	BAM Racing
#55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip
#58	Damon Lusk	GrahamFest	Chevr	Hylton
#60	Boris Said	SOBE	Ford	No Fear
#66	Jeff Green	Best Buy	Chevr	Haas CNC
#70	Johnny Sauter	Yellow Transportation	Chevr	Haas CNC
#72	Brandon Whitt	Dutch Quality Stone	Chevr	CJM Racing
#74	Derrike Cope	Sundance Vacations	Dodge	McGlynn
#78	Kenny Wallace	Furniture Row	Chevr	Furniture Row
#83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull
#84	A.J. Allmendinger	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull
#88	Ricky Rudd	Snickers	Ford	Robert Yates
#96	Tony Raines	DLP HDTV	Chevr	HOF Racing
#99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot	Ford	Roush