NASCAR - "Silly Season"/Off-Season Thread.

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With one more race to go, the Hendrick cup all but wrapped up, Carl Edwards with the Grand National Series (Busch/Nationwide) title, and the Craftsman truck title still up for grabs, I decided to go ahead and create this thread, it is mainly for news regarding the off-season, Driver/sponsor/number/team changes, Paint schemes for 2008 and anything related, I will make a 2008 thread in Jan-Feb. (News & 2008 Driver list coming soon)

From,
Chris.

 

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[SIZE=-1]2008 Rookie of the Year
Candidates (ROTY)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]Patrick Carpentier, #10
Dario Franchitti, #40
Sam Hornish, #77
Regan Smith, #01
Jacques Villeneuve, #27[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]2008 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Site
Feb 9 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona – Daytona International Speedway*
Feb 17 Daytona International Speedway
Feb 24 California Speedway
Mar 2 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Mar 9 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Mar 16 Bristol Motor Speedway
Mar 30 Martinsville Speedway
Apr 6 Texas Motor Speedway
Apr 12 Phoenix International Raceway
Apr 27 Talladega Superspeedway
May 3 Richmond International Raceway
May 10 Darlington Raceway
May 17 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Challenge – Lowe’s Motor Speedway*
May 25 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Jun 1 Dover International Speedway
Jun 8 Pocono Raceway
Jun 15 Michigan International Speedway
Jun 22 Infineon Raceway
Jun 29 New Hampshire International Speedway
Jul 5 Daytona International Speedway
Jul 12 Chicagoland Speedway
Jul 27 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Aug 3 Pocono Raceway
Aug 10 Watkins Glen International
Aug 17 Michigan International Speedway
Aug 23 Bristol Motor Speedway
Aug 31 California Speedway
Sep 6 Richmond International Raceway
Sep 14 New Hampshire International Speedway
Sep 21 Dover International Speedway
Sep 28 Kansas Speedway
Oct 5 Talladega Superspeedway
Oct 11 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Oct 19 Martinsville Speedway
Oct 26 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Nov 2 Texas Motor Speedway
Nov 9 Phoenix International Raceway
Nov 16 Homestead-Miami Speedway[/SIZE]

Remember this is all unofficial, dates are subject to change at any time.

All information compiled from Jayski.com.

A updated driver chart is available at: http://www.nascar.com/promos/sillyseason/

From,
Chris.