David Ragan (born December 24, 1985 in Kannapolis, North Carolina) is a stock car racer who drives the #6 AAA Ford in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series for Roush Fenway Racing and is running for the 2007 Raybestos Rookie of the Year award. He has raced in ARCA, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the NASCAR Busch Series. His father, Ken Ragan, is a former Winston Cup journeyman.

Blaise Alexander (March 26, 1976-October 4, 2001), was a stock car racer from Montoursville, Pennsylvania. He began racing at the age of 12 in go-karts, winning the World Karting Association East Regional championship in 1992. In 1995, he moved south to Mooresville, North Carolina and was named Rookie of the Year in the ARCA series the following year. Over his ARCA career, he won three times.

Adam Kyler Petty (July 10, 1980 - May 12, 2000) was an auto racing car driver. He was the first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history.

Franklin James Kimmel (born April 30, 1962 in Clarksville, Indiana) drives the #46 Pork, The Other White Meat Ford for Tri-State Motorsports in the ARCA Re/Max Series. He has won the ARCA championship eight times as of 2007 and is the defending champion in the series. He won the championship in 1998 and also won the 2000 through 2006 championships. The 2007 championship is scheduled to end 13 October

Kenneth Schrader (born May 29, 1955 in Fenton, Missouri) is a second-generation race car driver. He currently drives the #21 Little Debbie Ford Fusion for Wood Brothers in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. He appears as a television analyst on Inside Nextel Cup on the Speed Channel. He is also the owner of Ken Schrader Racing, which fields entries for himself in the Craftsman Truck Series and the Dodge Weekly Series for Chris Bristol.

Scott Baker (b. April 30 1957, Holland, Michigan - d. June 23 2000, Toledo, Ohio) was a second-generation racecar driver. He raced in various late-model series as well as the ARCA circuit. He won five late-model feature races in 1995. When he was not racing, he ran his own business, Baker Metal Products.

Bobby Gerhart (born July 21, 1958, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania), is a driver on the ARCA Re/Max Circuit. He has won four times on the circuit, three of those victories coming at the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway. Presently, he drives the #5 Lucas Oil Chevrolet owned by his brother. He has also driven in NASCAR, with 24 career starts in the NEXTEL Cup series with a best finish of 19th.

Kyle Eugene Petty (Born June 2, 1960 in Randleman, North Carolina) is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racing legends Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively. He drives the #45 Marathon Petroleum Company Dodge Charger for Petty Enterprises. The Marathon Petroleum Company announced the sponsorship on August 8, 2006. Marathon will remain the Sponsor through the 2008 season. Petty originally did not intend to become a race car driver.

Scott Lagasse (pronounced LAG-a-see) (born February 20 1959 in St. Augustine, Florida) is a former race car driver. He raced primarily on road courses during his career. He made his NASCAR debut in 1993 at Watkins Glen, starting 15th and finishing 31st after his #75 Mark III Vans Oldsmobile suffered transmission failure. He also made his Winston Cup debut that year at Watkins Glen as well, finishing 13th in the #39 Pedigree Chevrolet.

Steve Wallace (born August 18, 1987) is a NASCAR race car driver. Steve lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and drives the #66 Dodge Busch Series car for Rusty Wallace, Inc., which is owned by his father. Steve is the nephew of NASCAR drivers Kenny Wallace and Mike Wallace.

Peter Shepherd (born August 13, 1986) is a NASCAR driver from Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. Shepherd starred on dirt tracks in late model and sprint cars in Ontario. His prowess drew the attention of NASCAR owner Jack Roush, who invited him to "Roush Racing: Driver X", the audition that was held in 2005 and televised on the Discovery Channel. Shepherd turned heads with a surprising performance, ending up as one of six finalists in the competition.

Justin Allgaier (born June 6, 1986) drove the #63 Dave Porter Truck Sales Ford in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He currently drives his family owned #16 Chevy in the ARCA Re/max Series. Allgaier is from Riverton, Illinois. He has raced in the ARCA series since 2004, where he has earned one Pork Pole Award setting a track record at Springfield, Illinois in 2005.

Brian Ross (born September 4, 1944 in Ballston Spa, New York) is a racecar driver. He won Rookie of the Year honors in the Auto Racing Club of America in 2000. He has seven career starts in NASCAR, 2 in Winston Cup (1990-1991), 3 in the Busch Series (1993-1995), and most recently 2 Craftsman Truck Series starts in 2002. His best NASCAR finish was 15th in the 1994 Meridian Advantage 200 (Busch Series) at Nazareth Speedway.

Scott Lagasse Jr.(pronounced LAG-a-see) is a a driver on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit. He was born on January 31, 1981 in St. Augustine, FL. His father, Scott Lagasse, is a former driver in the Truck series. He is a member of Chip Ganassi Racing's driver development program and currently drives the #04 Dodge Hemi truck for Bobby Hamilton Racing. Lagasse will also drive six Auto Racing Club of America races in 2006, for the Sharp team.

Robert Richardson is a racing car driver. He began driving at the Richard Petty Driving Experience and Team Texas Driving School at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002. He was runner-up in Rookie of the Year honors the following season in Romco Super Late Models. In 2004, he made his Auto Racing Club of America debut at Chicagoland Speedway. He made his Truck Series debut in 2005 Las Vegas 350, driving the #24 Chevrolet Silverado for Mighty Motorsports.

Blake Feese (born February 8, 1982, in Saybrook, Illinois), is a second generation American racecar driver. Previously he had won races in ARCA and USAC, before running the NASCAR Busch Series on a part-time schedule with Hendrick Motorsports in 2005 as part of their driver development program, before he was released. Feese began racing at the age of ten in quarter midgets, where he won his first two starts, moving up to Mini-sprints two years later.

Rick Ware (born August 6, 1963 in Los Angeles), is a professional racecar driver and owner of Ware Racing Enterprises. When he was nine years old, he began racing motocross and moved up to the bicycle class when he was 12. In 1983, he was named Rookie of the Year in the California Sports Car Club He went on to win several titles in that series, as well as the SCCA and IMSA. He also competed in the 1984 Long Beach Grand Prix.

Ken Weaver (born February 10, 1956) is a former NASCAR driver from Dallas, Texas. He drives the 20 PhoneCo / Industrial Lightspeed Chevrolet in the ARCA stock car series. He ran in NASCAR in 2004 and 2005, before returning back to ARCA.

Bob Dotter was a 3 time Auto Racing Club Of America Super Car Champion driver. Winning the title in 1980, 1983 and 1984. He was born in South Carolina but moved to Chicago, Illinois when he was young. Bob lost his left arm in an industrial accident in the early 60's. He drove and built his own race cars despite his loss. Bob is the father of former NASCAR driver now Craftsman Truck team owner Bobby Dotter and competed in three Busch Series events in his own right, …

Carl Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is the truck chief for the #75 Spears Motorsports Chevrolet driven by Dennis Setzer in the Craftsman Truck Series. He has driven for numerous independent teams in the Nextel Cup, Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series, as well as the Auto Racing Club of America. In the past, he served as a mechanic for Black Cat Racing and Travis Carter Motorsports. He has a total of 49 career wins in racing.

Charlie Glotzbach (born June 19, 1938) was an ARCA and NASCAR driver who competed in NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NEXTEL Cup) events. Charlie holds one of the oldest race records in NASCAR. He was also known as "The Chargin' Comet" and "Chargin' Charlie". He was born in Edwardsville, Indiana

Jerry Glanville (born October 14, 1941 in Perrysburg, Ohio) is a career American football coach who is currently the head coach for Portland State University. While at Northern Michigan University, Glanville played middle linebacker. In 1964, he graduated from Northern Michigan.

Bobby Dotter(born July 11, 1960) is a racing car driver from Chicago, Illinois. His father, Bob Dotter, is a three-time champion the Auto Racing Club of America. Dotter has made 209 starts in the NASCAR Busch Series, posting 42 top-tens and four poles. In 2000, Dotter began running in the NASCAR West Series for Gene Christensen, winning four races and the Most Popular Driver Title. He finished second in points. Dotter is also a veteran of the Craftsman Truck Series.

Norm Benning (Born January 16, 1952 in Level Green, PA) is a full-time self-owned ARCA driver (drives the #84 Chevrolet. He has also competed in a number of NASCAR races.

Kyle Krisiloff (born March 3, 1986) is an American race car driver from Indianapolis, Indiana. His father is former Champ Car racer, Steve Krisiloff. Kyle became the youngest BMX rider in the United States, when he began racing BMX bicycles at just three years old. He raced quarter midgets from 1995 to 1999, winning over 320 features and nine Grand National Championships. In 2000, Krisiloff raced in Superkarts USA competition, winning two races and two pole positions.

Loy Allen Jr. (born April 7, 1966, in Raleigh, North Carolina), is a former NASCAR driver. Before he made his Winston Cup debut at the 1993 Pepsi 400 (he finished 29th) he had reportedly never raced on a track larger than 5/8ths of a mile. But after winning an ARCA race that fall at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Dan Pardus (born April 2, 1963) is an autoracing driver. He has raced in the ARCA series, as well as NASCAR with Jim & Julie Motorsports and Midwest Transit Racing. He made one Winston Cup start, the 1998 Pepsi 400 and 18 Busch Series starts in 2001 and 2002. He was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He is currently a commentator on SPEED Channel ARCA broadcasts.

Larry Foyt is a former NASCAR driver and IRL driver. He is the grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt, and the older brother of A. J. Foyt IV. He also drove in the 2004, 2005, and the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. Foyt began racing in 1993 in the go-kart ranks, and won his first race two years later. He would win the state championship in his first year in 125cc competition one year later. In 1997, he began running USAC's Formula 2000 series.

Cory Witherill (born December 17, 1971) is a native American Navajo race car driver from Los Angeles in the Infiniti Pro Series, Indy Racing League, and ARCA series. He made an improbable bump day run on a brand new engine to qualify for the 2001 Indianapolis 500, becoming the first and only full-blooded native American to race in the Indy 500. He finished 19th. In 2002 and 2003, with the collapse of the IRL team he drove for, …

Anthony Lazzaro (Born August 26, 1963, Charleston, South Carolina) is a NASCAR and sports car driver. He is usually classified as a NASCAR road course ringer, however he has made other starts in the NEXTEL Cup. He also has open-wheel oval racing experience. Lazzaro started in karting, winning numerous World Karting Association championships between 1987 and 1992. Lazzaro came-up through the open-wheel ranks, first racing Formula Ford cars, …

Justin Labonte (born February 25, 1981 in Trinity, North Carolina) was a NASCAR Busch Series driver. He is the son of NASCAR driver Terry Labonte and nephew of driver Bobby Labonte. He currently does not have a ride in the Busch Series, and is rumored to be racing late models on North Carolina short tracks. Labonte began racing at the age of 15 at Ace Speedway and Concord Motorsports Park. He also ran the Legends Summer Shootout Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway, …

Racin Gardner (born February 25, 1972 in Buellton, California), is a former ARCA driver who raced in the 1996 Indianapolis 500 for Dick Simon/Team Scandia. He retired from racing in the late 90's and is now a stunt driver for television and motion pictures.

Will Langhorne (born July 29, 1974 in Washington, D.C.), is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. After coming up through karting and the Skip Barber racing schools, he drove in the Barber Dodge Pro Series from 1997 to 1999 and Toyota Atlantic in 1999 and 2000. He reached his goal of top-level open-wheel racing when he competed in the 2002 IRL season with 3 starts for Treadway Racing.

Wendy Venturini (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a reporter for SPEED's pre-race show, NASCAR Raceday. Along with her pre race interviews around the garage, Wendy is also featured in a segment of the show called "The Real Deal" where she goes one on one with a driver, crew chief or car owner. They say she's like the Barbara Walter's of NASCAR asking the tough questions and getting real, honest and emotional answers.