Not only will Jack Roush have a new driver for 2006 -- the team also is changing the car number. McMurray replaces Busch, and it's out with the No. 97 and in with No. 26 -- which was last run Nov. 16, 2002, by Geoffrey Bodine at Homestead (a 32nd-place finish).

PPI Motorsports has announced that Bobby Hamilton Jr. will no longer be the driver of the No. 32 Chevrolet. Travis Kvapil, who was released by Penske, will take over the No. 32 car. More

Morgan-McClure Motorsports announced the signing of both Scott Wimmer as driver and AERO Exhaust as sponsor of the No. 4 Chevrolet on Dec. 20.

Bill Davis Racing confirmed its future plans for the No. 22 team Dec. 1, announcing that Dave Blaney has returned to BDR to drive the No. 22 Caterpillar car in the Nextel Cup Series, with Kevin Hamlin joining him as crew chief.

Ken Schrader will drive the No. 21 Ford in 2006 with Little Debbie as the primary sponsor for 19 races. Motorcraft Quality Parts and the U.S. Air Force will rotate their sponsorship for the remaining races. Schrader takes over for the seat vacated by Ricky Rudd. "I still have the desire and ability to win races, but a little burn out is beginning to set in," Rudd said. More

Brent Sherman, the talented rookie driver from the Chicago metro area, will drive the No. 49 Dodge for BAM Racing beginning with the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. More

Joe Gibbs Racing's youth movement continued when the team announced J.J. Yeley as the driver of the No. 18 Chevrolet for the 2006 Nextel Cup season. Bobby Labonte and JGR previously announced that they were parting ways at the end of the 2005 season. More

Bobby Labonte will drive the No. 43 Dodge for Petty Enterprises beginning in 2006, the team announced at Phoenix International Raceway. More

With Jamie McMurray moving over to Roush Racing now in 2006, Casey Mears is sliding over to take his vacated seat in the No. 42 machine for Ganassi Racing. More

With Rusty Wallace retiring at the end of this season, Penske worked out a deal with Roush Racing to release Kurt Busch so he can drive the No. 2 starting in 2006 rather than 2007. More

Joe Gibbs Racing named Denny Hamlin as the driver of the No. 11 for the remainder of the 2005 season and all of 2006. JGR released Jason Leffler from his driving duties with the No. 11 car following Indianapolis. More

Hall of Fame Racing, headed by former Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach, announced that Terry Labonte and Tony Raines will share driving duties for its No. 96 DLP HDTV Chevrolet in the Nextel Cup Series beginning with the 2006 Daytona 500. More

With time running out, Roush Racing locked in Martin to return for a 19th season. Todd Kluever, who currently drives for Roush in the NASCAR truck series, will replace Martin in 2007. AAA, a new company to NASCAR, will replace Viagra as sponsor of the car. More

MB2 Motorsports announced that two-time Daytona 500 champion Sterling Marlin has agreed to a multiyear contract to drive the team's No. 14 Chevrolet, beginning in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season.

Unsuccessful in a quest to agree to terms for a contract extension, Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. have mutually agreed to part ways following the 2005 Nextel Cup Series season. DEI’s No. 15 Cup team will campaign a seven-race schedule in 2006, with Paul Menard driving and sponsorship from Menard’s, the hardware chain owned by the driver’s father. More

Clint Bowyer will replace Dave Blaney in the No. 07 Chevrolet for the 2006 Nextel Cup season. In addition, Jack Daniel's has extended its primary sponsorship of RCR's No. 07 Chevrolet through 2009. More

Michael Waltrip and NAPA announced they have entered into a partnership with Bill Davis Racing for the 2006 Nextel Cup Series season. More

Scott Riggs, who has become synonymous with the No. 10 Valvoline car, will move from MBV to pilot the same setup for Evernham Motorsports beginning in 2006. Earlier this summer, Valvoline announced it would end its team partnership with MB2 Motorsports effective at the end of 2005. More

Reed Sorenson, the hotshot 19-year-old Busch Series driver, will run a full Nextel Cup schedule next season in a fourth team for Chip Ganassi Racing.

At the end of last season, DEI announced plans for Truex -- who recently signed a three-year contract extension -- to compete this season for the Busch Series championship and for his Chance 2 Motorsports team to move, intact to the Nextel Cup Series in 2006 with the same Bass Pro Shops sponsorship. More

Petty Enterprises plans to restructure its primary sponsorship of the No. 45 Dodge driven by Kyle Petty in 2006 following Georgia-Pacific's announcement that they won't return as Petty's primary sponsor. More

David Stremme was officially introduced as driver of Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 40 Dodges for 2006. Marlin, who has driven the No. 40 Coors entry for the past eight seasons, will finish out the 2005 campaign in that machine. More