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unusual facts about NEXTEL Cup



Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce

The company has involved itself with several autoracing sponsorship programs such as the Indy Racing League, NHRA, along with Donlavey Racing and Larry Hedrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Bill Catania in the American Speed Association.

MRD Motorsports

MRD fielded another ARCA driver, this time Rookie of the Year Blake Bjorklund for 12 races in a driver development partnership with NEXTEL Cup team Haas CNC Racing.


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2007 NEXTEL All-Star Challenge

{Rewrite for clarity} A new event, which aired on Speed Channel and was sponsored by Kobalt Tools, was a race among NEXTEL Cup crew chiefs driving small Legends Thunder Roadster Cars (the creation of Lowe's Motor Speedway president H.A. "Humphy" Wheeler) on the quarter-mile oval in front of the main track's grandstand.

A new event that served as a preliminary to the All-Star Challenge, which aired on Speed Channel, was a race among NEXTEL Cup crew chiefs, sponsored by Kobalt Tools.

Bang Racing

He announced he would field the #82 Dodge in the Busch Series in 2005, with Kvapil at the wheel, and possibly expand into Nextel cup that same year, with NetZero sponsoring the #28 Dodge driven by Ward Burton.

Clint Bowyer

He also made his NEXTEL Cup debut in the Sylvania-sponsored #33 Chevy on April 23, 2005, during the Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Mike Garvey

During the 2006 season, Garvey made four Nextel Cup starts for Competitive Edge Motorsports owned by Joe Auer.

RYR

Robert Yates Racing, a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series racing team

Steve Park

He joined Las Vegas-owned team Orleans Racing and piloted the #62 truck, vacated by Brendan Gaughan who was offered a ride in the #77 Kodak Nextel Cup car for Penske Racing.