Southern 500 Entry List

Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner
1 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Rob Kauffman
2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's Teresa Earnhardt
3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite Walter Czarnecki
4 5 Mark Martin Chevy GoDaddy.com Mary Hendrick
5 6 David Ragan Ford UPS John Henry
6 7 Robby Gordon Toyota BAMVIP/James Otto/ Whitney Duncan Robby Gordon
7 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser George Gillett, Jr
8 09 Mike Bliss Chevy Phoenix Construction/Graceway James Finch
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express J D Gibbs
10 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing Roger Penske
11 13 Max Papis Toyota GEICO Bob Germain
12 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Old Spice / Office Depot Margaret Haas
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Jack Roush
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black John Henry
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota DoubleMint Gum Joe Gibbs
16 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Hunt Brothers Pizza George Gillett, Jr
17 20 Joey Logano Toyota Home Depot Joe Gibbs
18 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy National Guard Facebook / DuPont Rick Hendrick
19 26 David Stremme Ford Air National Guard Bill Jenkins
20 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Shell / Pennzoil Richard Childress
21 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress
22 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota Braun Racing Ralph Braun
23 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy The Hartford Richard Childress
24 34 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's Bob Jenkins
25 36 Casey Mears Chevy TBD Tommy Baldwin
26 37 Kevin Conway # Ford Extenze Doug Yates
27 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell Doug Yates
28 39 Ryan Newman Chevy Haas Automation Tony Stewart
29 42 Juan PabloMontoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi
30 43 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Insignia/Best Buy Richard Petty
31 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge TBA Dusty Whitney
32 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kingsford / Scott Brands Tad Geschickter
33 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon
34 55 Michael McDowell Toyota Prism Motorsports Randy Humphrey
35 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip
36 64 Todd Bodine Toyota TBA Larry Gunselman
37 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons
38 71 Bobby Labonte Chevy TaxSlayer.com Kevin Buckler
39 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 Roger Penske
40 78 Regan Smith Chevy Furniture Row Richard Childress
41 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz
42 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota TBA Andrea Nemechek
44 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy AMP Energy / National Guard Rick Hendrick
45 98 Paul Menard Ford Menards/Turtle Wax George Gillett Jr
46 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac Jack Roush

Teams in Bold are outside the top 35

Teams in Italicize are Start and Parkers

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Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on May 4, 2010 at 2:15am

I don't know if Darlington will bite him or not, Beagle. He's really careful and always uses his turn signal. lol

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on May 4, 2010 at 8:24am

They are swapping the 35th and 36th spots for now, but if they are not careful David Stremme is going to catch them and be in the top 35 by the begining of june.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sweeney on May 3, 2010 at 9:20pm

Hopefully it will be another good race for Robby and we can keep climbing in the owners points!

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Permalink Reply by Jason on May 4, 2010 at 12:23am

I agree blackjack.... but He did something right and got a sponsor all year so props to him...Plus I got a sample and a hat from a hot extenze girl so I'll root for him.

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Permalink Reply by Zippy on May 4, 2010 at 5:06am

yeah it's like they can't see past there own nose!

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on May 4, 2010 at 8:37am

I am beating a dead horse with this one but here goes....

What is the point of the S&P cars? Last year when the phenomenon began many of teams commented that they were trying to gain the awareness of sponsors through their qualifying efforts. Now NASCAR is making these cars run as much as the race as possible. Hats of to Tommy Baldwin's team and Casey Mears with their 13th starting spot and 26th place finish only 1 lap down. Now the 36 team comes into Darlington with no sponsor. If this is the case, what hope does the 32, 64 and 46 teams have to get sponsorship? Personally, I think that if Nemechek can't get a sponsor after his SOLID qualifying runs, then these other teams have NO chance. I know that the members of these teams have jobs and that is why the do it, but unfortunately it is time to look for a new career path becuase these teams cannot last. Not to mention the fact that Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne are looking for sponsors next year. Any big name out there looking to sponsor a car will certainly look that way first.

Blame the economy all you want, but look at the points. The rich keep getting richer. Too bad the COT did not work as intended to help out the less funded teams.

That's all I got for now. Just had to get it off my chest.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Shelton on May 4, 2010 at 11:03am

I think the question is how much better would these teams be if they had full sponsors. Would it make that much difference. These S&P cars are there for a pay check not to run races. I now sure sponsorship would make them any better, but I do wonder how much of a improvement if any would it make to RG and his team. Would we be able to see a improvement on the track? Any thought out their?

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on May 4, 2010 at 3:35pm

Money = Speed...always has

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Permalink Reply by WJM on May 4, 2010 at 5:51pm

Cubic Dollars

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Permalink Reply by MartyP on May 4, 2010 at 7:09pm

Carl Long did something beside the motor issue to piss someone off.That just frosts my *ss when shit like that happens.Any other thoughts on this?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on May 4, 2010 at 10:53pm

Just a reminder,Derek Cope has a couple of Cup winners, the rest not so much.
Before you start shit talking,how many Cup drivers have no wins or one win?