- Dale Earnhardt
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29, 1951 - February 18, 2001) was a race car driver. Best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's top division. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry, Kelley Elledge Earnhardt, Dale Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt. His widow, Teresa Earnhardt (whom he married in 1982) is the owner of Dale Earnhardt, Inc., the race team and merchandising corporation Earnhardt founded with her in February of 1980. - Tony Stewart
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart (born May 20, 1971) is an auto racing driver who has won championships in sprint cars, Indy cars, and stock cars. He currently drives the #20 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS and Chevrolet Impala SS in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing and is sponsored by Home Depot. He also drives in the NASCAR Busch Series part-time in multiple cars, most notably, the #33 Old Spice Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Kevin Harvick Inc. - Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is a professional American race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a four-time NASCAR Winston Cup (now NEXTEL Cup) Series champion, three-time Daytona 500 winner, and driver of the #24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS/Impala SS. His primary sponsor is DuPont, though he occasionally drives a Pepsi-themed car or a Nicorette-themed car. - Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kenneth Kahne (born April 10, 1980 in Enumclaw, Washington) is a driver in NASCAR's NEXTEL Cup series. He currently drives the #9 Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge Charger/Dodge Avenger for Evernham Motorsports with teammates Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler. Off the track, Kasey is active in charitable work and is a member of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. Kahne resides in Mooresville, North Carolina with his younger brother Kale Kahne. - Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is an American former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He is most well-known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat),winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (ten of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone. (A 1972 rule change eliminated races under 250 miles in length, … - Matt Kenseth
Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10 1972) is a stock car racing driver for the Roush Fenway Racing team in NASCAR's Nextel Cup series. Kenseth was born in Cambridge, Wisconsin. - Mark Martin
Mark Anthony Martin (born January 9, 1959 in Batesville, Arkansas) is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver for Ginn Racing, driving the #01 U.S. Army Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS/Impala, and is also a part-time driver in the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series for Hendrick Motorsports, and Wood Brothers/JTG Racing. Martin is often nicknamed Mr. Consistency because he frequently places in the top 10 in races. - Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American race car driver. Currently, he drives the #5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series as well as the #5 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Busch Series. He grew up racing at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He is often nicknamed Shrub, since he is the younger brother of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch and a small bush is called a shrub. - Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick (born December 8, 1975 in Bakersfield, California) is an American race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell/Pennzoil/Reese's Chevrolet in Cup racing full-time and the #21 AutoZone Chevrolet part-time in the Busch Series, and in the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series, where he drives cars and trucks that his own team fields. - Kurt Busch
Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a NASCAR driver. He pilots the #2 Miller Lite Dodge in Nextel Cup Series and part time in Busch Series driving the #12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge. In 2004, he finished 8 points ahead of Jimmie Johnson to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup series championship in the first ever season using the "Chase for the Cup" points format. Busch drove the #97 Sharpie/Irwin Industrial Tools Ford for Roush Racing in 2005. - Rusty Wallace
Russell William "Rusty" Wallace (born August 14, 1956 in Fenton, Missouri) is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Busch Series car owner, and television broadcaster with ESPN and ESPN on ABC. Wallace had his first live broadcast of the Indy 500 on May 28, 2006. Wallace appeared in the 1990 film Days of Thunder. - Ryan Newman
Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977 in South Bend, Indiana) is a driver in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. He drives the #12 Alltel, Mobil Oil Dodge Charger for Penske Racing. Newman, along with the late Alan Kulwicki, is one of the few NASCAR racers with a college degree, graduating from Purdue University in 2001 with a B. S. in vehicle structure engineering (Kulwicki's degree was in mechanical engineering). In 2002, he was the Raybestos Rookie of the Year. - Jeff Burton
Jeffery Brian Burton (born June 29, 1967 in South Boston, Virginia) also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 AT&T Mobility Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. He also races part-time in the Busch Series. Jeff Burton is the younger brother of Ward Burton, who is a fellow Nextel Cup driver. - Carl Edwards
Carl Michael Edwards, II (born August 15, 1979) is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and Busch Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing. In the NEXTEL Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Ford Fusion that is primarily sponsored by Office Depot. Other one-race primary sponsors have included Pennzoil, Stonebridge Life Insurance, and the American Automobile Association. His #60 Busch Series car, also a Ford Fusion, … - Greg Biffle
Greg Biffle 's first year in the Cup series was 2002, but at that point he was by no means inexperienced. With a Craftsman Truck Series championship and a Busch Series championship (the first driver to win the two titles), he is one of only 15 drivers who have won races in all three of NASCAR's premier series. - Jamie McMurray
James Christopher "Jamie" McMurray (born June 3, 1976 in Joplin, Missouri) is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #26 Crown Royal Irwin Industrial Tools Ford Fusion full-time in the NEXTEL Cup Series with crew chief Larry Carter for Roush Fenway Racing. His teammates are David Ragan (#6 AAA), Greg Biffle (#16 Ameriquest), Matt Kenseth (#17 DeWalt) and Carl Edwards (#99 Office Depot). - Ken Schrader
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. - Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd (born September 12, 1956 in Norfolk County, Virginia, now Chesapeake) is a NASCAR driver. Rudd is known as the "Ironman" of NASCAR, holding the record for most consecutive starts in NASCAR racing. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Rudd had made 788 consecutive starts. He is also remembered as one of the "Tide ride" drivers as well as for winning a race in sixteen consecutive seasons (1983 to 1998). Rudd had a total of 23 wins, 194 top 5's, and 373 top 10's. - Scott Riggs
Scott Riggs (born January 1, 1971) is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver from the Bahama community of Durham County, North Carolina. Riggs is currently the driver of the #10 Valvoline / Stanley Tools Dodge Charger for Evernham Motorsports with teammates Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler. In the past, he has been sponsored by Rally's Hamburgers / Checkers Drive-In, the movie "Herbie: Fully Loaded" and the band Nickelback. - Sterling Marlin
Sterling Marlin (born June 30, 1957 in Columbia, Tennessee) is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver who drove the #14 Waste Management Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Ginn Racing until being replaced by Regan Smith July 17, 2007. His future plans are uncertain at this time. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin. Sterling was named after the British Formula One legend Stirling Moss. - Joe Nemechek
Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) in Lakeland, Florida is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He drove the #13 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Ginn Racing until July 17, 2007. Sterling Marlin also lost his job at Ginn Racing to make room for Regan Smith. Aric Almirola has replaced Smith at the #01 Army Chevy. Nemechek's plans are uncertain now that he has no ride. - Bobby Hamilton
Charles Robert "Bobby" Hamilton, Sr. was a driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit and the winner of the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship. Hamilton owned Bobby Hamilton Racing, which regularly fields three entries in each NCTS event. Hamilton's son, Bobby Hamilton, Jr., is currently a driver in the NASCAR Busch Series, and owns Bobby Hamilton Racing, yet he has disavowed his relationship with the team. - Johnny Benson
Johnny Benson (born June 27, 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a NASCAR driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson Sr. His career highlighs include 1993 American Speed Association AC-Delco Challenge series championship in 1993, The 1995 Busch Series championship, and The 1996 Winston Cup NASCAR Rookie of the Year award. - David Pearson
David Pearson (born December 22, 1934 in Whitney, South Carolina) is a former American NASCAR racecar champion. Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the Grand National racing circuit in 1960 and earned Rookie of the Year honors that same season. He went on to win the NASCAR Championship in 1966, 1968 and 1969. Pearson ranks as one of the greatest of all NASCAR drivers and his duels with Richard Petty are legendary. Between August 8, 1963 and June 12, 1977, … - Ricky Craven
Ricky Craven is a NASCAR driver. He last drove in the NEXTEL Cup in 2004 and raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2005. He does not have a racing job at this time. He is currently a NASCAR analyst for Yahoo! Sports. - James Hylton
James Hylton (born August 26, 1934) is a part-time race car driver. He is a two-time winner in NASCAR and competed part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series until 2006, finishing 16th in points. He made headlines while attempting to qualify for the 2007 Daytona 500 at age 72. His official website states that he is scheduled to attempt to qualify for two more races this season, the April 29th Aaron's 499 and July 7th Pepsi 400. - Travis Kvapil
Travis Kvapil (pronounced "kwah-pil") (born March 1, 1976, in Janesville, Wisconsin) is a German-American NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He pilots the #6 Ford F-150 for Roush Fenway Racing. - Alan Kulwicki
Alan Dennis Kulwicki (December 14, 1954 - April 1, 1993) was an American NASCAR championship racer. He drove the #7 Ford Thunderbird, first sponsored by Zerex antifreeze and later by Hooters. His first sponsor was Quincy's Steakhouse, and the car number was 35. He was nicknamed "Special K". He won the 1992 Winston Cup Champion and the 1986 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. - Mike Skinner
Mike Skinner (born June 28, 1957) is a NASCAR driver from Susanville, California who drives the #5 truck in the Craftsman Truck Series for Bill Davis Racing. - Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace (born August 23, 1963) is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and Busch Series driver who currently drives the #78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet in Nextel Cup. He also works as an on-air personality for SPEED Channel, on shows such as NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane. He was also featured on the show NASCAR Drivers: 360 on FX. He has two brothers who are also NASCAR drivers: Rusty Wallace and Mike Wallace, and a nephew Steve Wallace. - Donnie Allison
Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison (born September 7, 1939) is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. He was part of the "Alabama Gang," and is the brother of 1983 champion Bobby Allison and uncle of Davey Allison. Donnie is possibly most remembered for his involvement in a final-lap crash and subsequent fight with Cale Yarborough at the 1979 Daytona 500. - Davey Allison
David Carl "Davey" Allison (February 25, 1961 - July 13, 1993) was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28 Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy. The family moved to Hueytown, Alabama and along with Bobby's brother Donnie Allison, family friend Red Farmer, and Neil Bonnett, became known in racing circles as the Alabama Gang. - David Stremme
David Andrew Stremme (born in South Bend, Indiana on June 19, 1977) is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup racecar driver. Stremme was a contender for the 2006 Rookie of the Year award, and currently drives the #40 Coors Light Dodge Charger for Chip Ganassi Racing. - Dick Trickle
Dick Trickle (born October 27, 1941 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) is an auto racer. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle has competed in the ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, Hooters Pro Cup, USAC and the CWRA. In more than 2,200 races Trickle has logged one million laps and legends has it that he has won over 1,200 features, although no one has been able to verify this win total. - Geoff Bodine
Geoffrey Bodine (born April 18, 1949 in Chemung, New York) is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers (Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine) who are all NASCAR drivers. Geoff currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina. Geoff's racing career seemed to be on track right from the start as his father and grandfather, Eli Bodine Jr. and Sr. built Chemung Speedrome just a year after he was born. - Dick Brooks
Dick Brooks (14 April 1942 - 1 February 2006) was an American NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500. After he retired, he served as a NASCAR sportscaster for a brief period of time. His Grand National Statistics include the win at Talladega Superspeedway, 57 top fives, 150 top tens, 4 top ten point finishes (1975 through 1978), and 358 career races. - Brendan Gaughan
Brendan Gaughan (born July 10, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is a truck racer from Las Vegas, Nevada. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate. He drives the #77 South Point Casino Chevrolet in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for his family-owned team, South Point Racing. - Steve Park
Stephen Park from East Northport, New York was born August 23, 1967. He is currently unemployed. Park began racing not in an entry-level class, but in NASCAR Modifieds on Long Island (New York) as the son of longtime National Modified Championship contender Bob Park. After establishing himself in weekly Modified racing at Riverhead Raceway, he advanced to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (then known as the Featherlite Modified Series). - Tony Raines
Floyd Anthony Raines (born April 14, 1964) is an American NASCAR driver. Born in LaPorte, Indiana, he drives the #96 Texas Instruments Chevy for Hall of Fame Racing. - Jody Ridley
Jody Ridley (born May 19, 1942, in Chatsworth, Georgia) is a former NASCAR driver. He won the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award and one race at Dover International Speedway the next year, the only Cup victory for Donlavey Racing. His career statistics include 140 career starts, 1 win, 7 top fives, 56 top tens, and 2 top ten points finishes (5th in 1981, and 7th in 1980). He now resides in Chatsworth, Georgia.
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