James Dennis "Denny" Hamlin, Jr. (born November 18, 1980) is a race car driver currently contracted to Joe Gibbs Racing. He was born in Chesterfield, Virginia, and currently lives in Davidson, North Carolina with his long time girlfriend Kristin Buntain. Kristin and Denny have been dating since high school.

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.

Terry Cook from Sylvania, OH was born February 26, 1968. He drives the #59 Harris Trucking Toyota Tundra in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is married to former Craftsman Truck pit reporter Amy East. Cook began racing on a professional level in 1987 at Flat Rock Speedway and Toledo Speedway, collecting eleven wins in his first year of competition. Cook doubled his win total in 1988 before he moved up to super late models.

Burney Lamar (born August 21, 1980, West Sacramento, California) is an unemployed NASCAR driver. He began racing go-carts at the age of 5, and won a total of twenty-five track championships and three International Karting Federation Regional titles. At the age of sixteen, Lamar started racing stock cars at Stockton 99 Speedway and finished eleventh in points. Over the next three years, he raced on many West Coast short tracks, and won the Shell Oil Tri-Track championship.

Brandon Ash (born July 17, 1977, in Umpqua, Oregon), is a NASCAR West Coast Competitor. He drives the #3 Racing for the Missing Pontiac in the NASCAR West Series, and the #02 Dodge in the NEXTEL Cup Series. He made his Nextel Cup debut at Infineon Raceway in 2004, where he finished 41st. In 2005, he raised eyebrows by qualifying eighteenth at Kansas Speedway, and ran well in the opening laps before he was spun by Dale Earnhardt Jr. In 2006, Ash has made two races, …

Brandon Whitt (born October 15, 1982, in El Cajon, California) is third-genaration race car driver. He currently races the #72 Dutch Quality Stone Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the NEXTEL Cup Series. Whitt won the Rookie of the Year title in NASCAR's Southwest Touring division in 2002, and made his Craftsman Truck Series debut in 2003, driving the #38 Chevrolet Silverado for Clear Line Motorsports, a team his father owned.

Bobby East, born in Torrance, California on December 17, 1984, is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in the United States Auto Club. He currently resides in Brownsburg, Indiana. In 2001, East became the youngest driver in USAC history to win a feature when he won a USAC National Midget event at the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana at the age of 16 years, six months, and 25 days in 2001.

Jerry Robertson (born January 2, 1962 in San Diego, California) is a champion NASCAR driver. He began his racing career as a high school senior at Colorado National Speedway and won eight races, garnering the Rookie of the Year title. Over the next 12 years, he was a fixture on the national dirt-track racing scene, winning 126 times. In 1994, he switched to paved racing, and was named Rookie of the Year and champion in the NASCAR Grand American Modified Division.

Steve Portenga(pronounced Port-en-GAY) is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the NASCAR Grand National Division, AutoZone West Series. He won the Featherlite Southwest Series championship in 1994 and 1998. Portenga won his first racing championship in 1991 at Silver State Raceway in the Winston Racing Series. In 1995, he competed full-time in the Craftsman Truck Series, winning one pole and finishing in the top-ten three times, finishing 13th in points.

Jaques Lazier is an Indy Racing League driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier. The younger Lazier ran in U.S. Formula Ford competition from 1989 to 1997, and made his IRL debut in 1999. He was unsuccessful his first couple starts, failing to qualify for races at both the Phoenix International Raceway and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Randy Tolsma (born May 4, 1966 in Meridian, Idaho) is a former race car driver. Tolsma began his racing career in go-karts at the age of nine, before moving into sprint cars, running as high as USAC, where he won four track championships. He failed to qualify for the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and then shifted his focus to NASCAR and made his first start in the Craftsman Truck Series later that year. From then until 2002, he made 107 starts in the Truck Series.

Chris Wimmer (born June 23, 1979 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is a NASCAR Busch Series driver. He is currently unemployed. Chris is the younger brother of NEXTEL Cup driver Scott Wimmer. He began his racing career in high school, racing pure stocks. Later, he moved over to late models. Participating in 149 races, Chris won 17 times and had 53 top five finishes. In 2001, he moved up to the American Speed Association (ASA), competing in more than 50 events over the next three years.

Jesus Hernandez (born April 1, 1981) is a developmental driver for Ginn Racing from Fresno, California who is beginning his transition to the NASCAR touring series. Hernandez started his development contract with Ginn Racing last season while driving a late model stock car at several locations throughout the season. Hernandez made his NASCAR debut at Phoenix International Raceway driving the #4 Waste Management Chevy Monte Carlo SS in the NASCAR Grand National Division, …

Armando Fitz is an owner of Fitz Racing, a NASCAR Busch Series team. A native of Nashville, TN., Fitz graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1987 with a degree in Business and Human Development. While attending Vanderbilt, he played linebacker for the Commodore football squad for four years. He and Mimi have four children. Fitz began his career in racing by leading the motorsports division of creative sports before moving to SABCO in 1994.

Gordon Johncock (born 5 August 1937, Coldwater, Michigan) is a former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion. Johncock's first USAC Champ car victory was scored at Milwaukee, Wisconsin in August 1965. He won six further races before winning the Indy 500 in 1973. The 1973 Indianapolis 500 win was a bitter-sweet victory. At the time, Johncock was racing for the STP/Pat Patrick team.

Ryan Moore is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver, who piloted the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado in 2006. In 2005 he debuted driving the #81 Oreo/Kraft Foods Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. He made his debut at New Hampshire International Speedway, and had his best finish at Homestead International Speedway, where he finished thireenth. In 2006 he went to race in the Craftsman Truck Series for Key. He has made one Busch race this season, …

Jim Guthrie (born September 13, 1961 in Gadsden, Alabama) is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He debuted in the Indy Racing League in 1996 with moderately successful results. When the IRL moved to purpose-built chassis in 1997, Guthrie was forced to take out a second mortgage to purchase a new chassis. With no sponsorship and the prospects of losing his house if his venture was unsuccessful, …

Doug George (born November 5, 1960 in Atwater, California) is a NASCAR driver and mechanic. Currently, he is the crew chief of the #72 CJM Racing Dodge Charger in the NEXTEL Cup Series. He has made a total of 58 starts in NASCAR. George made his NASCAR debut in 1995 at Sears Point International Raceway. Driving the #07 Olson Technology Ford Thunderbird, he qualified 42nd and finished 31st in the Winston Cup race.

Roger Mears (born March 24, 1947, Wichita, Kansas), is a former off-road driver who also drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1978-1984 seasons, with 31 combined career starts, and started in the 1982 and 1983 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 17 times, with his best finish in 4th position achieved 3 times. Late in his career, he raced 4 times in the 1995 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, racing for Hendrick Motorsports, …

Butch Gilliland (born February 25, 1958) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup and Craftsman Truck Series driver from California. A Winston West Series driver and based on the west coast, all of his 10 Cup starts came at either Infineon Raceway or Phoenix International Raceway and all 12 of his Truck Series starts came at various west coast tracks. He has one NASCAR top-ten which he recorded in a Truck Series race at Saugus Speedway in Saugus, California in 1995.

Donnie Beechler (born May 18, 1961, Springfield, Illinois), is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings. His best career finish was 3rd, achieved twice, at the 2000 IRL Phoenix 200 won by Buddy Lazier at Phoenix International Raceway and the 2001 200-mile race won by Eddie Cheever, Jr. at Kansas Speedway.

Scott Harrington (born December 24, 1963 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. Starting out on two wheels, Harrington won a number of championships and achieved much success in the world of AMA Motocross and Supercross. In 1986 Sports Car Magazine picked Harrington as one of the three most promising drivers in the U.S. He was a multiple race winner in Toyota Formula Atlantic, …

Mike Groff (born November 16, 1961 in Van Nuys, California) is a former race car driver in CART and the Indy Racing League and the 1989 Indy Lights champion. He made 54 starts in CART beginning in 1990 with a best finish of 6th, occurring at Phoenix International Raceway in 1994. After an otherwise dismal 1994 in CART and spending most of 1995 out of racing, Groff competed in all 3 races of the first IRL season in 1996 finishing 6th in the fledgling championship.

Bobby Gill is a former NASCAR driver. He raced for a number of years in the Craftsman Truck Series, earning four top-tens in sixteen starts. Most of the starts came in 1996, when he started off with Spears Motorsports. In his debut with the team, he started 15th and finished 23rd at Homestead-Miami. Then, the very next race at Phoenix, Gill earned his first career top-10 with a ninth-place showing.

Johnny Unser (born October 22, 1958 in Long Beach, California) is a former race car driver the son of open wheel driver Jerry Unser, cousin of Al Unser, Jr. and Robby Unser, nephew of Al Unser and Bobby Unser, and uncle of Alfred Unser. He made 5 starts in CART in 1993 and 1994 with a best result of 15th.

George Follmer (born January 27, 1934) is a retired American race car driver. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Follmer raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1967-1971 and 1974 seasons, with 25 career starts, including the 1969-1971 Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 11 times, with his one victory in 1969 at Phoenix International Raceway. In 1973, Follmer moved to Formula One. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, …

Kevin Cogan (born in Culver City, March 31, 1956) is a former racecar driver who drove in Formula One from to. Driving a RAM Williams in the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix, he failed to qualify, suffering the same result driving for Tyrrell at the 1981 US GP West. He then moved over to Indy cars in 1982 but his career was cut short by a series of accidents. Cogan sat on the middle of the front row at the 1982 Indianapolis 500 racing for Team Penske.

is a former Formula One driver. He participated in 3 grands prix, debuting in the 1994 European Grand Prix, but did not score any championship points. He replaced Yannick Dalmas in the Larrousse car for the last 3 grands prix of the season, but failed to finish in any of the three races. In 1995, he joined Simtek as a test driver, hoping to get some races in. However, the Kobe earthquake and the folding of the Simtek team ended his brief career.

David Kudrave (born March 10, 1966 in Los Angeles), is an open wheel racecar driver. He raced in the 1993 CART season, with 8 career starts. His best finish came in his first race, the Valvoline 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Kudrave also raced in the 1996 and 1996-1997 Indy Racing League seasons, with 3 starts. Coincidentally, his best IRL finish was in 10th position in the 1996 Dura Lube 200, also at PIR.

Ted Severns is the founder of the Spec Focus (SF) Series of the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) which started in 2006. He approached NASA about the idea of a Spec Series based on the popular Ford Focus platform after winning back-to-back NASA Southern California Regional Time Trial Championship in his white 2004 Ford Focus ZX3. In 2005 with the help of F2 Focus Performance, …