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Chad Chaffin	He returned in 2001 and again raced with Long Brothers Racing and had a best finish of 4th.
Jamie McMurray	Ford Championship Weekend at the -LSB- -LSB- Homestead-Miami Speedway -RSB- -RSB- McMurray began the 2007 season with crew chief Larry Carter.
Carl Edwards	Heading into the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season, Carl Edwards would be sponsored by Aflac, Subway for three races, and Claritin for one race.
Wayne Edwards	Edwards ran four more races in 2004.
Jorge Goeters	2005 was a very eventful year for Goeters, as he won the championship in the Desafío Corona series, and made his NASCAR and Grand-Am debut, as well as his lone start in the Champ Car World Series.
Jeff Streeter	After spending a season in the NASCAR Winston West Series, Streeter returned to ARCA two seasons later in 1999, where he and his family-owned team competed sparingly for three seasons.
Ryan Newman	On November 1, 2009, at the Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Newman was involved in a heavy crash on the back stretch in which he flipped over on top of Kevin Harvick entering Turn 3.
Brandon Wagner	He captured his first pole with Kingdom Racing on August 29, 2009 at Chicagoland Speedway but was involved in an early race accident and did not finish.
Ricky Hendrick	left | thumb | Hendrick's 2002 Busch Series car.
Dale Coyne	Coyne returned with the same now two-year-old March in 1988 and after failing to qualify for the Phoenix race, Coyne made his first attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, in 1988 but he failed to make that race as well.
Dale Earnhardt	Considered one of the best NASCAR drivers of all time, Earnhardt won a total of 76 races over the course of his career, including one Daytona 500 victory in 1998.
Jeff Hammond (sports broadcaster)	In 1998, Hammond joined Roush Racing as the crew chief for Chad Little.
Lake Speed	Speed remained with Moore for the 1994 season starting off with finishes of sixth at Atlanta, fifth at Darlington and third at Bristol, moving up to fifth place in the points.
Steadman Marlin	Marlin made six more starts in 2002, driving for the Sadler Brothers.
Ernie Irvan	In 1998, Irvan joined MB2 Motorsports to drive the No. 36 Skittles Pontiac.
Mark Voigt	He raced three times in the Busch Series in 2001.
Cole Whitt	After winning the Hoosier Sprint Rookie of the Year award in 2006, Cole traveled around the United States the next year, running 60 races and gaining top tens in 34 of those starts.
Randy MacDonald	In 2009, 12 different drivers drove the MacDonald Motorsports No. 81.
Ryan Moore (racing driver)	In 2006, Moore went to race in the Craftsman Truck Series for Key Motorsports, making 11 starts and posting two top 15 finishes.
Mel Hansen	He won the 1942 track championship at VFW Motor Speedway in Detroit.
Jeff Bucknum	It was announced on July 12, 2006 that Jeff would drive for the remainder of the IndyCar season for Foyt Enterprises.
Billy Standridge	After that, he began running a limited schedule in the Busch Series, posting five top-ten finishes in 84 starts, the last of which came in 1993.
Jeff Streeter	Streeter made his debut in the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series in 1997 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, starting 11th and finishing 15th in a family-owned car.
Burney Lamar	Lamar signed with Kevin Harvick Incorporated in 2005, competing in a limited number of NASCAR Busch Series, Craftsman Truck Series, and NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series races.
Joe Falk	Falk became a team owner in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now the Sprint Cup Series) in 1997, partnered with Ron Neal to form LJ Racing, fielding the No. 91 Chevrolet ; the team struggled, and utilized several drivers over the next three years before closing.
Mark Martin	On July 25, 2007, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. announced it had acquired Ginn Racing, and Martin joined Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Martin Truex, Jr., and Paul Menard as a driver for DEI starting at the 2007 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.
Sterling Marlin	In 1980, he posted two top-tens, eighth in the Daytona 500 for Cunningham, and seventh at Nashville for D. K. Ulrich.
Ray Weishaar	In 1915, at the Dodge City 300, a malfunctioning spark plug caused him to lose, and he also lost a 300-mile race at the Chicago Speedway due to his helmet strap coming loose, but that same year he claimed a victory in a 100 mile race in Pratt, Kansas.
Bobby Santos III	Santos ran the 2011 Nationwide Series opener for Jimmy Means in what was actually a back-up JR Motorsports car after wrecking the 52 in practice ; the Earnhardt family has a long friendship with the independent owner and former driver.
Dale Jarrett	Jarrett began racing in 1982 in the # 24 Ford for Horace Isenhower.
Jorge Arteaga	Jorge entered the NASCAR Corona Series after establishing himself in the Mexico feeder T4 Series in 2007, aged 20.
Jeff Gordon	In 2007, Gordon competed in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for the first time.
Lance McGrew	McGrew's Busch Series success as crew chief continued in 2004 with Kyle Busch, who drove the # 5 Chevy full-time for Hendrick Motorsports.
Cotton Owens	Cotton's NASCAR (Grand National) career began in 1950 when he ran three races.
Jeff Burton	Burrton won the Samsung 500 (Texas) on April 15, 2007, driving the Prilosec OTC Chevrolet, passing Matt Kenseth on the final lap, making him the first driver with multiple wins at Texas Motor Speedway.
Chad Little	He also ran nine Cup races, five in Pollex's # 97 Sterling Cowboy Pontiac Grand Prix, and another four for Diamond Ridge Motorsports, posting a twentieth-place finish at Darlington Raceway, thumb | right | 1997 racecar In 1997, Little returned to the Cup series, running the # 97 Pontiac for Pollex with sponsorship from John Deere.
Terry Labonte	In 1979, he competed for NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year along with Dale Earnhardt, Harry Gant, and Joe Millikan while driving the # 44 Stratagraph Chevrolet for Hagan.
Bobby Allison	For that race, and the race following at West Virginia International Speedway, Allison raced a Grand National -- Grand American combination race in a Grand American Series specification 1970 Ford Mustang, # 49, sponsored by Rollins Leasing, and owned by Melvin Joseph.
Kevin Harvick	He won his first Busch Series race of the 2006 season.
Klaus Graf	In 2004, he raced part-time in NASCAR Nextel Cup for BAM Racing.
Deborah Renshaw	Furthermore, the team announced Bobby Hamilton, Jr. was going to run a limited schedule in the truck for the 2006 season, with Montgomery returning for the first race at Daytona ; no plans for Renshaw were announced.
Patrick Carpentier	In 2011, Carpentier returned to his open-wheel roots, attempting to qualify for the 95th Indianapolis 500 for Dragon Racing after former Red Bull driver Scott Speed was unable to get the car up to speed on bump day.
Dennis Setzer	The Mansfield victory was his first victory in 41 races, his last coming in the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park on August 1, 2005.
Greg Sacks	Greg has no immediate plans for a full race time schedule, but will run a partial schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and ARCA/ReMAX series in 2008.
Bill Lester	He qualified 19th, becoming the first African-American to make a Cup race since 1986, and the sixth in series history.
Kevin Conway (racing driver)	Conway ran 28 races in 2010.
Mark McFarland	thumb | left | 150px | 1998 Carolina Shoe Chevy thumb | left | 150px | McFarland when he drove for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. In 1998, he ran select NASCAR Busch Series events, along with 15 late model races throughout the east coast.
Brad Coleman	In 2007, Coleman ran 17 races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the # 18 Carino's Italian Grill Chevrolet in the NASCAR Busch Series with Aric Almirola, Kevin Conway, and Tony Stewart filling in the remainder.
Pippa Mann	Mann almost qualified on pole day in 2013 but Dale Coyne had her come in so that Ana Beatriz could go out.
Jeff Gordon	Gordon has also appeared on the covers of NASCAR 98 and NASCAR Thunder 2002.
Kurt Busch	Busch led most of the race the 2009 Kobalt Tools 500, leading 235 of 325 laps and getting his nineteenth Sprint Cup Series victory.
Dave MacDonald	jpg | <div style"font-size:90%;"> Dave MacDonald & Ken Miles power their Shelby Cobra Roadster's to a 1-2 finish at Dodger Stadium in March 1963.
Curtis Markham	In 2000 he made his last start with the # 4 Joe Gibbs Pontiac sponsored by Porter-Cable and ran 17th at the Glen.
Ken Schrader	He then moved up to sprint cars in 1971, racing in various locations across the Midwest.
Larry McReynolds	He was a roving reporter for the six Sprint Cup races on TNT during the 2007 -- 11 Sprint Cup seasons.
Steve Butler	Steve did return to race six USAC races in 1983, posting top-three finishes in half of these.
Jan Opperman	He won the 1971 Knoxville Nationals, the premiere event in sprint car racing.
Ricky Carmichael	In 2009, Carmichael was tabbed by Sprint Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick to drive the No. 4 Chevrolet in 18 races for Harvick's team, Kevin Harvick, Inc..
Kasey Kahne	On August 24, 2007 Kahne won the pole for the Sharpie 500 at Bristol, his second pole of the 2007 Nextel Cup Series.
Joe Leonard	He would finish 21st in points Leonard would return to Vel's Parnelli Jones again in 1970 working with famed chief mechanic George Bignotti.
Ryan Blaney	Returning to the PASS South Super Late Model Series in 2011, Blaney won two races in the series, at Dillon Motor Speedway and Ace Speedway, winning the series championship.
Alan Kulwicki	Kulwicki won the 1992 Winston Cup championship by what was then the closest margin in NASCAR history.
Terry Cook	In 1997, Cook ran fifteen races during the season, with sponsorship from the PBA Tour.
Tony Stewart	The injuries were bad enough that Stewart's streak of 521 consecutive Sprint Cup starts, dating back to the 1999 Daytona 500, had come to an end.
Kyle Busch	On July 10, 2011, Busch won the 32nd annual Slinger Nationals at Slinger Super Speedway in Wisconsin.
Terry Labonte	Late in the 2004 season, Labonte announced that 2004 would be his final full-time year on the circuit and would run part-time schedules for the next two years.
Juan Pablo Montoya	Montoya also earned the honor of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2007 Rookie of the Year and finished 20th in series points.
Kurt Busch	Busch gained national exposure while competing against Ron Hornaday, Jr., Matt Crafton, Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick and others for the first time in the 1997 Winter Heat Series at Tucson Raceway Park.
Alan Kulwicki	1980s Kulwicki raced in four NASCAR Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide Series) races in 1984.
Randy Baker	Baker's final NASCAR start was at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the Winston Cup Series in November of 1996 ; driving for Miles Motorsports, he completed 51 laps before crashing out of the race, finishing 41st.
Rick Mast	He competed in both the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup Series) and Busch Series (now Nationwide Series) before retiring in 2002.
Jimmie Johnson	Johnson is also the only driver to have qualified for the Chase every single year since its inception in 2004.
Donnie Neuenberger	With sponsorship from BG Products, Donnie made and ran the first five races of 2004.
Bill Elliott	After his Darlington victory, Elliott announced he would be starting his own team with sponsorship from McDonald's in 1995.
J. J. Yeley	Yeley drove at Daytona in 2010 for Daisy Ramirez Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Katherine Legge	Therefore, for the remainder of 2012, Dragon entered Bourdais at the road and street courses, and Legge at oval tracks, except for Infineon Raceway where both drivers were able to compete.
Neil Bonnett	When Brad Keselowski scored Phoenix Racing's first Sprint Cup win 15 years later in the 2009 Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, Finch dedicated the win to Bonnett.
Jennifer Jo Cobb	Cobb became the highest finishing female in Truck Series history by finishing 6th at the NextEra Energy Resources 250 in 2011.
Ricky Rudd	He did not return to Donlavey in 1980, and started out in a part-time run for his dad and D K Ulrich.
Todd Szegedy	He was awarded win number 16 in 2011 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after Ryan Newman's car was disqualified after failing post race inspection.
Ryan Blaney	Blaney returned to the Camping World Truck Series in 2013, driving the full schedule for Brad Keselowski Racing and competing for the series' Rookie of the Year award.
Sarah Fisher	While she was scheduled to compete in nine events in 2010, Fisher replaced herself for her only scheduled road course events ; St. Pete and Barber with fellow American racer Graham Rahal.
Denny Hamlin	On April 19, 2010, three weeks after his surgery, Hamlin worked his way from a 28th starting spot to restart 2nd with 13 laps to go at Texas Motor Speedway.
Andy Lally	In 2007, Lally made his NASCAR debut in both the Busch Series (now Nationwide Series) and the Craftsman Truck Series (now Camping World Truck Series).
Nicole Johnson (monster truck driver)	She made Monster Jam history in Trenton, NJ on January 7, 2011 as the first female rookie driver to win racing in a debut performance.
Mike Alexander (racing driver)	He drove for the Stavola Brothers for the final 16 races in 1988, substituting for the injured Bobby Allison.
Bobby Rahal	(key) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Indy 500 results NASCAR (key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time.
Mike Ford (NASCAR)	On Dec 6th, 2011 Joe Gibbs Racing released Ford.
Sarah Fisher	She substituted for the injured Robbie Buhl at Nazareth Speedway which was her first race of the 2002 season.
Sterling Marlin	During the 1990 season, he won his first career Busch Series race at Charlotte, driving the # 48 Diamond Ridge Chevrolet owned by Fred Turner.
Steve Letarte	Letarte's teammate, the # 48 Lowe's Monte Carlo SS which is driven by Jimmie Johnson and crew-chiefed by Chad Knaus, won the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Championship.
Regan Smith	He made eighteen of twenty attempts with the team, and was hired to drive for the team full-time in 2010, with the team being offered Richard Childress Racing chassis and Hendrick Motorsports engines.
Derrike Cope	After 18 starts in 2003 driving the # 37 Friendly's Ice Cream Chevrolet, Cope merged the team with Arnold Motorsports.
Chad Little	One year after being named the NASCAR Winston West Rookie of the Year, Little clinched that series' championship in 1987.
Brendan Gaughan	For 2011 Gaughan returned to the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 62 South Point Toyota for Germain Racing while Michael Annett replaces Gaughan at RWR.
Travis Kvapil	In 1995, he moved up to super late models at Madison International Speedway, ` Wisconsin's Fastest Half-Mile,'' and was named the track Rookie of the Year.
Scott Wimmer	For 2010, Wimmer had 3 Top 10 finishes in 6 races and led laps in 5 of the races he ran.
Mark Green (racing driver)	After beginning the 2007 season as a test driver for Michael Waltrip Racing, he replaced Justin Diercks in the 70 car owned by ML Motorsports, and finished the year with the team, his best finish being 19th at Gateway.
Richard Petty	However, in 2008, Kyle Petty was released by Petty Enterprises, and due to lack of sponsorship, Petty Enterprises was bought out by Gillett-Evernham Motorsports.
Brandon Wagner	On October 2, 2010, Wagner captured his first win in the Firestone Indy Lights Series at Homestead Miami Speedway after passing polesitter Pippa Mann at the start and dueling with James Hinchcliffe for much of the race.