2008 Centurion Boats at The Glen - Pre-Race News

Pre-Race News

• As this event is being held on a road course, several cars are changing drivers to use road course ringers in place of their regular drivers. Among those expected to run at The Glen:
  • Marcos Ambrose will be in the #21 Ford Fusion for Wood Brothers Racing;
  • Boris Said was to have brought out the #60 No Fear Ford for his self-owned No Fear Racing team, and his "teammate" Brian Simo was to have driven the #34 Ford, usually raced for Front Row Motorsports as a Chevrolet, however with the cancellation of the qualifying due to rain, neither car made the field;
  • Canadian Ron Fellows, who won the previous week's rain-shortened NASCAR Nationwide Series NAPA Auto Parts 200, will drive the #01 Chevy for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. NASCAR's four-team limit has one exception—a team can run a fifth car in up to seven races in a season for a rookie (or pre-rookie) driver. This exemption would have permitted Regan Smith, the usual driver of the #01 and a Raybestos Rookie contender, to run a fifth (#81) DEI car for his home race; however, it was announced that the #81 car was withdrawn, because Smith had been in 20 races through the Pennsylvania 500.
  • P.J. Jones will be in the #96 Toyota Camry for Hall of Fame Racing, replacing J.J. Yeley, who was released. For the rest of the season starting at Michigan, Brad Coleman will take over.
  • Max Papis will race the #70 Chevrolet for Haas CNC Racing.
• Kyle Petty was planning to return to the Petty Enterprises #45 this week after an absence of nine races - the first due to his daughter's wedding, the next six to be color commentator on TNT, and two following his annual motorcycle charity ride for the Victory Junction Gang camps in North Carolina and Kansas. However, a deal with Boris Said will have him in the car this week.