- 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. - Jack Roush
Jack Roush (born April 19, 1942) is the founder, CEO, and co-owner along with John Henry of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is Chairman of the Board of Roush Enterprises. Roush Enterprises is the parent company for Roush Racing as well as Roush Industries, a freelance engineering firm, and Roush Performance, an automotive aftermarket development company, both headquartered in Livonia, Michigan. - Joe Gibbs
Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a Hall of Fame American football coach and NASCAR Championship team owner. He is the 20th and 26th head coach in the history of the Washington Redskins. Well known for his long hours and work ethic, Joe Gibbs put together championship teams with players who may have had mediocre careers if playing for other NFL teams. During his first stint in the National Football League, … - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (born October 10, 1974), is a professional American race car driver. He is the son of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. During his career, Earnhardt, Jr. has competed successfully in a number of racing classes and events, is a two-time Busch Series champion (one of 6 people to win back-to-back championships), and was the winner of the 2004 Daytona 500. - 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. - Robby Gordon
Robby Gordon (born in Bellflower, California, on January 2, 1969) is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, owning his #7 Ford Fusion, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Verizon Wireless/Motorola ride which competes part-time in the Busch Series, although he has also raced in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Champ Car, the IRL, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC and Dakar Rally. - Richard Childress
Richard Childress (born September 21, 1945 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing (RCR) in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina. A recent successful business venture was the 2003/2004 opening of a vineyard in the Yadkin Valley wine region of North Carolina. - Michael Waltrip
Michael Curtis Waltrip (born April 30, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a professional race car driver and owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion (now retired). Waltrip is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500 (2001 & 2003), and drives a self-owned #55 NAPA Toyota Camry in the NEXTEL Cup Series. - Dale Jarrett
Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956 in Newton, North Carolina) is an American race car driver. Jarrett currently races in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series exclusively, driving the #44 Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National champion Ned Jarrett, and the father of former Busch Series racer Jason Jarrett. Upon graduation from Newton-Conover High School in 1974, … - Chip Ganassi
Floyd "Chip" Ganassi (born May 24, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and educated at local Duquesne University) is a former American racecar driver and current racecar owner. He is currently the owner and president of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates which operates teams on both the IndyCar and NASCAR circuit. Ganassi began his CART (Champ Car) racing career in 1981 and competed in the Indianapolis 500 five times, with a best finish of 8th in 1983. - Bobby Labonte
Robert Alan Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American race car driver and drives the #43 Cheerios Dodge Charger for the Petty Enterprises NASCAR Racing Team in the Nextel Cup Series and the #77 Dollar General Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series for Kevin Harvick Incorporated. During the mid-1990s, he was diagnosed with Graves Disease. - Martin Truex
Martin Truex Sr. is a former driver in the Busch North Series. He is the father of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver Martin Truex, Jr.. Truex Sr. retired during the 2000 season to advance his son's career. He made fifteen starts in the Busch Series from 1989 to 1998. His best finish came in 1994, when he finished 12th at Nazareth Speedway. - 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. - Kyle Petty
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. - 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, … - J. D. Gibbs
J. D. Gibbs (born February 21, 1969; resides in Mocksville, NC) is the elder son of Joe Gibbs, owner of NASCAR's Joe Gibbs Racing and head coach of the NFL's Washington Redskins. J. D. Gibbs was a driver in NASCAR's Busch Series for a few seasons prior to hanging up the helmet and taking over as President of Gibbs Racing in 2000, at the tender age of 31, competing against his younger brother Coy. - Rick Hendrick
Joseph Riddick Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949 in Warrenton, North Carolina), better known as Rick Hendrick is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars and teams, as well as one of the largest automotive chains in the United States. Hendrick Motorsports, founded in 1984, is one of the most successful teams in NASCAR racing, with championships won in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, and 2006. - Ray Evernham
Ray Evernham is currently a NASCAR team owner for Evernham Motorsports with drivers Kasey Kahne, Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler as well as development driver Erin Crocker. In 1999, Ray won the NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated “Person of the Year”. Evernham was a crew chief for NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon from late 1992 to 1999. The dynamic duo of Gordon and Evernham won 47 Cup races, 3 Cup championships (1995, 1997, … - Bill Davis
Bill Davis is a NASCAR car owner that won the Daytona 500 with Ward Burton in 2002. His team, Bill Davis Racing, currently fields the #22 Caterpillar Inc. Toyota Camry and the #36 360/OTC Camry in the Nextel Cup series, as well as Toyotas in the Craftsman Truck Series for Mike Skinner, Tyler Walker, and Johnny Benson. - Troy Aikman
Troy Kenneth Aikman (born November 21, 1966 in West Covina, California, USA) is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, and currently a television sportscaster for the Fox network. He is also a joint owner of the NASCAR Nextel Cup racing team, Hall of Fame Racing, along with fellow former Cowboys quarterback, Roger Staubach. He is considered one of the best NFL quarterbacks of his era, … - Darrell Waltrip
With the Daytona 500 fewer than two weeks away, three-time champ and Fox Sports NASCAR analyst Darrell Waltrip shares his thoughts on the upcoming season. ... It was Darrell Waltrip who remarked that the second race in California might resemble a "ghost town." That one comment was aired earlier in the week by accident and was actually replaced in the program's re-air with more happy faces and ... - 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. - Robert Yates
Robert Yates is the owner of the longtime NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team Robert Yates Racing. He purchased the team from Harry Rainer in 1989. The driver of the car was Davey Allison. Robert Yates currently owns the cars driven by NASCAR drivers David Gilliland and Ricky Rudd. In 1995, Yates owned the #28 Havoline car driven by Ernie Irvan, who was in a wreck and unable to drive for Yates the rest of the 1995 season. - Roger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach (born February 5, 1942) is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and former American professional football player where he was the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys for most of the 1970s during their reign as America's Team. Staubach first achieved national attention when he was named the starting quarterback of the Navy football team in 1962. - Terry Labonte
Terrance Lee Labonte (born November 16, 1956, in Corpus Christi, Texas) is a former NASCAR driver. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends. He is the older brother of 2000 NASCAR/Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte, and the father of Busch Series driver Justin Labonte. He appeared in the 1983 Burt Reynolds movie Stroker Ace - Bill Elliott
William Clyde "Bill" Elliott (Born October 8, 1955 in Dawsonville, Georgia) is a part-time driver in, and former champion of, the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series. It was announced on February 20, 2007 that Elliott will be inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007. The ceremony will take place in Detroit. - Jim Kelly
James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. Kelly is considered one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL and possibly the best quarterback to line up under center in the short history of the USFL. Kelly was drafted in the legendary draft of 1983, rated just behind John Elway on at least one NFL draft list. - 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. - 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. - Wood Brothers
The Wood Brothers are the oldest continuously team owners in NASCAR Nextel Cup. Wood Brothers Racing was founded by Glen Wood, who along with his brother, Leonard guided its growth and success into the 1980s. Glen’s sons Eddie and Len and daughter Kim are the current team co-owners and managers. Ken Schrader was tapped to drive the #21 Little Debbie Ford Fusion beginning with the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. - Felix Sabates
Felix Sabates (born September 9, 1942) is a Cuban entrepreneur and philanthropist living in the United States. - Jimmy Spencer
Jimmy Spencer (born February 15, 1957 in Berwick, Pennsylvania) is an American NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style. Spencer is currently a co-host with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace on the Speed Channel's prerace and postrace NASCAR shows "NASCAR RaceDay" and "NASCAR Victory Lane". - Teresa Earnhardt
Teresa Earnhardt is the widow of Dale Earnhardt and mother of Taylor Nicole Earnhardt. She is the stepmother of Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. She is the president and Chief Executive Officer of Dale Earnhardt, Inc., thus making her the first woman in NASCAR history to own a team. She was portrayed by Elizabeth Mitchell in the movie "3: The Dale Earnhardt Story". - Roger Penske
Roger S. Penske , Chairman - A. J. Foyt
Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. (born January 16, 1935 in Houston, Texas), is considered by many as the greatest American automobile racing driver of all time. He holds the all-time USAC career wins record with 159 victories. - Gene Haas
Gene Francis Haas (born November, 1952) is founder, president, and sole stockholder of Haas Automation (one of the world's leading CNC machine tool manufacturers). Additionally, he is the owner of a NASCAR team; Haas CNC Racing. - Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison (born December 3, 1937 in Miami, Florida) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. - Boris Said
Boris Said (born September 18, 1962) is an American race car driver from Carlsbad, California. His father, Bob Said, was an Formula 1 racer and US Olympic bobsled driver in 1968 and 1972. He currently drives the #60 SoBe No Fear Energy Drink Ford Fusion. Although he is now making the move to full-time NASCAR competition as co-owner of his SoBe No Fear team alongside crew chief Frank Stoddard and a third partner, Mark Simo, … - Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre (pronounced 'Farv') was born on October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi. He is the current starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Favre started at quarterback for The University of Southern Mississippi for four years before being selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. After one season with the Falcons, Favre was traded to the Green Bay Packers on February 10, …
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