The
2008 Gatorade Duels were a pair of qualifying races for the
2008 Daytona 500The 2008 Daytona 500 was the 50th annual running of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. The race took place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was the 50th to be run since the first in 1959, won by Lee Petty. To commemorate...
, and was held on February 14,
2008The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series began on February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout, followed by pole qualifying on Sunday, February 10, 2008 for the 50th Daytona 500 on February 17...
at the 2.5 mile
Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the biggest and greatest race in all of NASCAR, "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. Today the facility has a seating capacity of almost 168,000 spectators...
in
Daytona Beach, FloridaDaytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421. Daytona Beach is a principal city of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had a...
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The races set the field for the 50th running of "The Great American Race". These races are the only ones in the NASCAR Sprint Cup that qualifies drivers and their teams for a points-paying race. As qualifying only sets the front row for the Daytona 500, these races are formatted as follows:
- The pole sitter for the Daytona 500 (Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet Impala SS co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson is the reigning three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion...
) was on the point for the first race, with odd-numbered racers who have times in the first event, with the third fastest driver sitting next to the pole sitter on the front row, then fifth and seventh fastest drivers in the second row, and so on.
- The second fastest overall driver (Michael Waltrip
Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion . Waltrip is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500 , and drives a self-owned #55 NAPA Toyota Camry in the Sprint Cup Series...
) was the pole sitter for race two, with the fourth fastest driver alongside in the front row, then the sixth and eighth fastest cars in row two, and so forth.
Positions three through 39 were filled that way (not counting the pole drivers in each race) along with the top top drivers in each race not locked in from the previous season's Top 35, automatically qualify for the race.
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The
2008 Gatorade Duels were a pair of qualifying races for the
2008 Daytona 500The 2008 Daytona 500 was the 50th annual running of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. The race took place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was the 50th to be run since the first in 1959, won by Lee Petty. To commemorate...
, and was held on February 14,
2008The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series began on February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout, followed by pole qualifying on Sunday, February 10, 2008 for the 50th Daytona 500 on February 17...
at the 2.5 mile
Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the biggest and greatest race in all of NASCAR, "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. Today the facility has a seating capacity of almost 168,000 spectators...
in
Daytona Beach, FloridaDaytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421. Daytona Beach is a principal city of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had a...
.
The races set the field for the 50th running of "The Great American Race". These races are the only ones in the NASCAR Sprint Cup that qualifies drivers and their teams for a points-paying race. As qualifying only sets the front row for the Daytona 500, these races are formatted as follows:
- The pole sitter for the Daytona 500 (Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet Impala SS co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson is the reigning three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion...
) was on the point for the first race, with odd-numbered racers who have times in the first event, with the third fastest driver sitting next to the pole sitter on the front row, then fifth and seventh fastest drivers in the second row, and so on.
- The second fastest overall driver (Michael Waltrip
Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion . Waltrip is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500 , and drives a self-owned #55 NAPA Toyota Camry in the Sprint Cup Series...
) was the pole sitter for race two, with the fourth fastest driver alongside in the front row, then the sixth and eighth fastest cars in row two, and so forth.
Positions three through 39 were filled that way (not counting the pole drivers in each race) along with the top top drivers in each race not locked in from the previous season's Top 35, automatically qualify for the race. After that, the three fastest cars that did not qualify in the races along with a past champions provisional (if needed) completes the 43-car field. Had all past champions made the race, the next fastest car would have been entered into the field.
Race 1
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Car Make |
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88 |
North CarolinaDale Earnhardt, Jr.Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is a professional American race car driver who drives the #88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet Impala SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series for Hendrick Motorsports, and drives in the Nationwide Series part-time for the #5 car for his own team, JR Motorsports...
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ChevroletChevrolet is a brand of automobile produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant in 1911, Chevrolet was acquired by General Motors in 1917...
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Hendrick MotorsportsHendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively...
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| 2 |
41 |
Georgia (U.S. state)Reed SorensonBradley Reed Sorenson is a NASCAR driver who currently drives the #43 Air Force/McDonald's Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series for Richard Petty Motorsports.- Early career :...
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DodgeDodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickup trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
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Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates...
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12 |
IndianaRyan NewmanRyan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 U.S. Army/Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson. Newman graduated from Purdue University in 2001 with a B.S. in vehicle structure engineering., and is the only active...
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Dodge |
Penske Racing Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
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5 |
CaliforniaCasey Mears Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing...
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Chevrolet |
Hendrick Motorsports |
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99 |
MissouriCarl Edwards Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards Drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion...
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Ford The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands, Ford also owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, and a small stake...
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Roush Fenway Racing |
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43 |
TexasBobby LabonteRobert Alan Labonte is an American race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP HDTV/Academy Sports + Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing and the #71 TaxSlayer.com car for The Racer's Group....
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Dodge |
Petty EnterprisesPetty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures. At the time of its folding the team operated the #43 and #45 Dodge Chargers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Petty Enterprises ran from 1949...
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42 |
COLJ.P. Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán is a race car driver in NASCAR and a former Formula One and CART driver. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in top open wheel racing series...
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Dodge |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 8 |
87 |
MissouriKenny WallaceKenny Wallace is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver who currently drives the #28 United States Border Patrol Chevrolet Impala SS for Jay Robinson Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He also works as an on-air personality for Speed Channel, on shows such as NASCAR RaceDay...
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Chevrolet |
Furniture Row RacingFurniture Row Racing is a NASCAR team based in Colorado and fields the #78 Chevrolet Impala SS. The team is owned and sponsored by the U.S. furniture store chain Furniture Row and is headquartered in Colorado....
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| 9 |
77 |
OhioSam Hornish, Jr.Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an American race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships...
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Dodge |
Penske Racing |
| 10 |
15 |
WisconsinPaul MenardPaul Menard is a NASCAR driver currently competing in the Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #98 Menards Ford Fusion for Yates Racing in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series, though the latter is part time. For 2010 he will continue to drive the #98 Menards Ford, but for Richard Petty...
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Chevrolet |
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a NASCAR team based in Concord, North Carolina, United States, owned by Dale Earnhardt's widow Teresa Earnhardt, Chip Ganassi, and Felix Sabates...
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Also Making Daytona 500: 83Red Bull Racing Team, , is an auto racing team that races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The organization is owned by Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz. Jay Frye is the general manager of the operation based in Mooresville, North Carolina...
-Brian VickersBrian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series. He currently drives the #83 Red Bull Toyota Camry for the Red Bull Racing Team.-Early years:Vickers...
(Toyota)
Failed to qualify for the Daytona 500The 2008 Daytona 500 was the 50th annual running of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. The race took place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was the 50th to be run since the first in 1959, won by Lee Petty. To commemorate...
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Red Bull Racing Team, , is an auto racing team that races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The organization is owned by Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz. Jay Frye is the general manager of the operation based in Mooresville, North Carolina...
-A.J. Allmendinger
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Wood Brothers Racing is a American auto racing team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Camping World Truck Series. The team is owned by the Wood Brothers. The Wood Brothers merged with Tad and Jodi Geschickter's JTG Racing in 2006 to increase their competitiveness and bring...
-Bill ElliottWilliam Clyde Elliott, a.k.a. Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007. He won the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship and has garnered 44...
- 60-Boris Said
Boris Said is an American race car driver from Carlsbad, California but considers his hometown to be Stamford, Connecticut. His father, Bob Said, was a Formula One race driver and US Olympic bobsled driver in 1968 and 1972. He currently drives the #60 SoBe No Fear Energy Drink Ford Fusion...
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Phoenix Racing is a NASCAR team owned by James Finch. It currently fields the #1 Miccosukee Indian Gaming Chevrolet Impala in the Nationwide Series driven by Mike Bliss and the #09 Miccosukee Indian Gaming car in the Sprint Cup Series for several drivers...
-Sterling MarlinSterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin. Outside of racing he enjoys watching Tennessee Volunteers football and collecting Civil War artifacts...
- 08-Carl Long
James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic who is currently under suspension after a violation from the car before the Sprint All-Star Race weekend. Prior to his suspension, he was a crew member on the #34 Front Row Motorsports Cup team...
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Race 2
(NOTE: Race extended to 64 laps due to
green-white-checker finishThe green-white-checker finish is a rule implemented into many levels of automobile racing in the United States. When the race would otherwise end during a yellow-flag caution condition , this rule gives the field an attempt to finish the race under a green-flag, racing condition...
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Car # |
Driver |
Car Make |
Team |
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11 |
VirginiaDenny HamlinJames Dennis Alan Hamlin, Jr. is an American race car driver. He currently drives the #11 Fedex Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series.-Racing prior to NASCAR:...
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Toyota |
Joe Gibbs Racing Joe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J.D. Gibbs, his son...
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20 |
IndianaTony StewartAnthony Wayne Stewart is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars, as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation." Tony currently owns...
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Toyota |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 3 |
24 |
CaliforniaJeff GordonJeffery Michael Gordon is a professional American race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina...
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Chevrolet |
Hendrick Motorsports |
| 4 |
9 |
WashingtonKasey KahneKasey Kenneth Kahne is a race car driver full time in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series and part-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson,...
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Dodge |
Gillett Evernham Motorsports |
| 5 |
8 |
ArkansasMark MartinMark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS. Mark is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports. He has also qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup 4 years out of 6 during it's...
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Chevrolet |
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. |
| 6 |
6 |
Georgia (U.S. state)David Ragan David Ragan is a stock car racer who drives for Roush Fenway Racing in the #6 UPS Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the #6 Discount Tire Company Ford in the Nationwide Series, in which he was the 2007 Rookie of the Year...
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Ford |
Roush Fenway Racing |
| 7 |
29 |
CaliforniaKevin HarvickKevin Michael Harvick is an American race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil Chevrolet Impala SS...
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Chevrolet |
Richard Childress RacingRCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina and is owned and operated by former driver now businessman Richard Childress...
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| 8 |
16 |
WashingtonGreg BiffleGregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina.-Early career:...
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Ford |
Roush Fenway Racing |
| 9 |
44 |
North CarolinaDale Jarrett Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former American race car driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett. He is the younger brother of Glenn Jarrett, a former NASCAR driver himself and pit commentator. He is also the father of former...
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Toyota |
Michael Waltrip Racing |
| 10 |
34 |
IndianaJohn AndrettiJohn Andretti , is an American race car driver. He currently drives the #34 Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Front Row Motorsports out of Statesville NC. He has won in CART, NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters, endurance racing and NASCAR stock car racing...
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Chevrolet |
Front Row MotorsportsFront Row Motorsports is team that competes on NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit. The team began running part-time in 2004 as Means-Jenkins Motorsports under a partnership with Jimmy Means and restaurant entrepreneur Bob Jenkins, with Jenkins becoming the full team owner in 2005. The team fields the #34...
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Failed to qualify for the
Daytona 500The 2008 Daytona 500 was the 50th annual running of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. The race took place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was the 50th to be run since the first in 1959, won by Lee Petty. To commemorate...
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BAM Racing was a NASCAR racing team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, owned by Beth Ann and Tony Morgenthau. The team's #49 Toyota Camry ran in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series until 2008....
-Ken SchraderKenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel. He is also the owner of Ken Schrader Racing, and races for his team...
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Richard Petty Motorsports is a racing team in NASCAR. It is owned by former Montreal Canadiens owner and Current Liverpool F.C. co-owner George Gillett and seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Richard Petty...
-Patrick CarpentierPatrick Carpentier is a Canadian race car driver. He is best known for his career in the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series...
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Front Row Motorsports is team that competes on NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit. The team began running part-time in 2004 as Means-Jenkins Motorsports under a partnership with Jimmy Means and restaurant entrepreneur Bob Jenkins, with Jenkins becoming the full team owner in 2005. The team fields the #34...
-Eric McClureEric McClure , is a NASCAR driver. His family owns the NEXTEL Cup team Morgan-McClure Motorsports. A graduate of Emory and Henry College, he drives the #24 Hefty Ford full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Rensi/Hamilton Racing.- Sprint Cup Series Career :McClure has made two Cup career...
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Bill Davis Racing was a racing team that participated in all three of NASCAR's top divisions until 2009.The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in both the Camping World Truck Series and Sprint Cup Series since 2007. Dodge, Ford, and Pontiac previously backed the team...
-Jacques VilleneuveJacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, OQ is a Canadian automobile racing driver. He is the son of Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle...
- 50-Stanton Barrett
Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stuntman. He currently drives the #31 Rick Ware Racing Nationwide Series Chevrolet Impala SS and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels...
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