Michael Waltrip Racing's No. 00 Burger King will get its first taste of Cup action at Chicagoland. Credit: Autostock

Elliott to drive No. 00 Burger King at Chicago

JOLIET, Ill. -- Bill Elliott is entered to drive the No. 00 Burger King car this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, the first of five races he will make for Michael Waltrip Racing.

	Bill Elliott has made only one start this season, finishing 19th in the Daytona 500. Credit: Autostock
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"This will be our first race in the Burger King car," Elliott said. "The five tracks that we are going to are the kind I really enjoy racing.

"To get ready for Chicagoland, we've been testing and preparing for this race and we are glad it's finally here. We tested at the Milwaukee Mile and Kentucky Speedway not long ago. They even tested one of the cars just [Sunday] with David Reutimann at Nashville Superspeedway."

This weekend the 44-time Cup Series winner's focus is topping his best finish of seventh-place at the 1.5-mile D-shaped tri-oval track, which occurred in 2002.

"I've always qualified well at Chicagoland Speedway and finished well there, too," said Elliott, who has two top-10 finishes in three starts at the track. "The last time I was there was in 2003. We started third and we finished 11th in the No. 9 car. When tracks age, the racing is better and I like the track more."

Last month at Michigan International Speedway, Michael Waltrip Racing announced a partnership with Burger King Corporation and Domino's Pizza to be co-primary sponsors of its second 2007 Nextel Cup Series team, when it plans to field multiple, full-time Toyota Camry entries.

"These five races are strictly meant to prepare us for next season," Waltrip said. "It also keeps us in loop as to what's going on in the garage right now. There's a lot of energy built around these races that Burger King is a part of.

"Just [Sunday], I pulled up to the Burger King drive-thru and they handed me a Michael Waltrip Racing No. 00 Burger King Racing Coca-Cola cup with my breakfast. That even got me more keyed up about what's going on this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway."