Guide to NASCAR Drivers
The cars are awesome and the pit crews are sharp, but it’s the drivers that really make NASCAR the sport that it is. Here are some of the better-known drivers on the circuit today.
Name Nationality Car Number Rookie Year
Bobby Labonte United States (Texas) 43 1993
Brian Vickers United States (North Carolina) 83 2004
Carl Edwards United States (Missouri) 99 2004
Casey Mears United States (California) 5 2003
Clint Bowyer United States (Kansas) 7 2006
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. United States (North Carolina) 88 2000
Dario Franchitti Scotland 40 2008
Dave Blaney United States (Ohio) 22 2000
David Gilliland United States (California) 38 2006
David Ragan United States (North Carolina) 6 2007
David Reutimann United States (Florida) 44 2007
Denny Hamlin United States (Virginia) 11 2006
Elliott Sadler United States (Virginia) 19 1999
Greg Biffle United States (Washington) 16 2003
J. J. Yeley United States (Arizona) 96 2006
Jamie McMurray United States (Missouri) 26 2003
Jeff Burton United States (Virginia) 31 1994
Jeff Gordon United States (California) 24 1993
Jimmie Johnson United States (California) 48 2002
Joe Nemechek United States (Florida) 78 1994
John Andretti United States (Indiana) 34 1994
Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia 42 2007
Kasey Kahne United States (Washington) 9 2004
Kevin Harvick United States (California) 29 2001
Kurt Busch United States (Nevada) 2 2001
Kyle Busch United States (Nevada) 18 2005
Martin Truex Jr. United States (New Jersey) 1 2006
Matt Kenseth United States (Wisconsin) 17 2000
Michael Waltrip United States (Kentucky) 55 1986
Patrick Carpentier Canada 10 2008
Paul Menard United States (Wisconsin) 15 2007
Reed Sorenson United States (Georgia) 41 2006
Regan Smith United States (New York) 1 2008
Robby Gordon United States (California) 7 1997
Ryan Newman United States (Indiana) 12 2002
Sam Hornish, Jr. United States (Ohio) 77 2008
Scott Riggs United States (North Carolina) 66 2004
Tony Stewart United States (Indiana) 20 1999
Travis Kvapil United States (Wisconsin) 28 2005