From TURN 4 Reporter

Silly Season not slowing down anytime soon!

With 7 races left in The Chase, Nascar's Silly Season is still going strong. The major announcements have been made, Tony Stewart's departure from JGR, Ryan Newman will leave Penske, and Martin Truex Jr will give DEI,Inc one more year. Then the after shocks from the major announcements took place, Mark Martin will drive for Hendricks, Casey Mears will join RCR, and Reed Sorenson will head to GEM. Usually, that sets everything in place for the next season, however this year news and announcements are weekly. This week Paul Menard announced he's leaving DEI and joining Yates, Red Bull is dropping AJ Almendinger and will likely hire Scott Speed, Petty Enterprises is throwing Kyle Petty a retirement party, even though he still wants to stay and drive.

With 7 races left you would think there wouldn't be much left to announce, think again. There's still plenty of questions and very little time left to find the answers. Silly Season has gotten so bad that even this year Robby Gordon announced he was switching manufactures days before the season kicked off at Daytona. It takes teams months to prepare cars for the new season and Gordon switched in days and finished in the Top 10.

There's still some big questions left to be answered, the Charlotte race could beome a media frenzy.

Here's a look at some of the bigger questions yet to be answered:

Who will drive the #41 for Chip Ganassi? Ganassi has Target onboard for sponsorship, but finding the right driver will require some work. The list compiled by most rumor sites have the usual suspects looking for a ride: A.J. Almendinger, Patrick Carpantier, Jeremy Mayfield and Scott Riggs. Currently, A.J. seems to be the front-runner, but Mayfield might be a dark horse.

Out with Petty, In with? It's no seceret the team wants an up and coming young driver and most believe it's down to two, Chad McCumbee and Michael McDowell, but Riggs could be a sleeper if he can bring sponsor State Water Heaters with him.

DEI distress? 4 teams (all locked in the Top 35) , 2 drivers signed, and 1 sponsor (Bass Pro Shop for Truex's team). It's obvious RCR will be interested in acquiring one of the teams for points from DEI, but the #15 team could be a great opportunity for an investor. There's also speculation Robby Gordon could bring his bag of sponsors and drive the #15 (likely to change to #7), or Riggs and State Water Heaters could be relief for the sponsor strapped organization.

Dodge ball? Dodge swears they're committed to Nascar's top two series, even though they're stopping support of the Truck series. Dodge's leading team,GEM, seems to be in position to buy BDR and move over to Toyota for next season. If GEM defects, look for Penske to rebound next season with tons of support from Dodge. Robby Gordon has recently been linked to Penkse as a possible satellite team or merger for 2009.

One Last Run...Mark Martin will pilot the #5 Kellogg's car next season in a last attempt to grab a championship for Hendricks, and although reports were denied, Rusty Wallace seems to have the itch to get back behind the wheel...for DEI. Past Champions Bill Elliott, and Terry Labonte have been busy all season helping bubble teams close to the Top 35 gain points by using there Champions Provisions to make races.

Expect announcement weekly through out the final 7 races, as Silly Season has become just Silly!