Results and Other Development Deals
The 2005 winner was Erik Darnell, who won a full-time ride in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Jack Roush Racing in the #99 Ford F-150. David Ragan drove a limited number of races in the #6 Ford F-150. He now races for Roush in the Sprint Cup series. Danny O'Quinn won a ride in the #50 World Financial Group Ford Fusion for Roush in the next level up in NASCAR, the Busch Series.
Other competitors in the Driver X series that came out on top were Pete Shepherd, who signed a driver development deal with Roush Racing (he will polish his skills in the ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2006). Also, Matt McCall signed with Robert Yates Racing after the show concluded to co-pilot the #90 Ford in the NASCAR Busch Series for 2006. In 2008, Justin Allgaier won the ARCA Series Championship, and signed a deal to race for Penske Racing in the Nationwide Series. He went on to get his first win in 2010.
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