#2- Brad Keselowski - Primary Chassis: PRS-834. Last Raced - Sonoma backup (not raced). Backup Chassis: PRS-847. Last Raced: Backup at several races (not raced)
#5- Kasey Kahne - For this weekend at Watkins Glen, crew chief Kenny Francis will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-802. Kahne drove this car to a sixth-place finish at Sonoma in June.
#9- Marcos Ambrose - The No. 9 team prepared chassis No. 761 for Sunday’s race. The Stanley team started second and finished seventh with this chassis at Sonoma Raceway earlier this season.
#10-Danica Patrick - Chassis No. 10-759 was first used by Patrick in June at Sonoma Raceway, where she started 31st and finished 29th.
#14- Max Papis - Chassis No. 14-731: This car debuted in impressive fashion last June at Sonoma Raceway as Tony Stewart took Chassis No. 14-731 from its 24th-place starting spot and rallied it to a strong second-place finish. Its second and final start of 2012 came at Watkins Glen International in August. It qualified ninth and Stewart wheeled it up to second, but on lap 71, he spun off the final corner of the 2.45-mile, 11-turn road course and backed into the Armco barrier lining the inside of pit road, sustaining heavy damage. Several trips to the pits allowed the crew the opportunity to repair the car enough to finish the race, and that’s just what Stewart did, rallying from 29th on lap 74 to finish 19th when the checkered flag dropped after lap 90. With 2013 Chevrolet SS bodywork covering it, Chassis No. 14-731 was tested May 28 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., with road-racing standout Ron Fellows. The car returned to the site of its debut when it raced at Sonoma in June. It qualified a respectable 11th and was en route to a top-10 finish before an accident with Jeff Burton in treacherous turn 11 dropped Stewart from ninth to 28th when the checkered flag waved. In preparation for the year’s second and final road-course race at Watkins Glen, Max Papis tested Chassis No. 14-731 July 30 at Road Atlanta. Now, as Stewart recuperates from a leg injury sustained in a Sprint Car crash Monday night, Papis is back behind the wheel of Chassis No. 14-731 for this weekend’s race at Watkins Glen.
#16- Greg Biffle - No. 16 3M / 811 Ford Fusion primary chassis RK-764 last hit the track at Sonoma earning an eighth-place finish and is the same car that crossed the finish line sixth a year ago at The Glen.
#17- Ricky Stenhouse Jr - No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion primary chassis RK-816 is the same chassis that the Sprint Cup rookie contender raced at Sonoma, finishing a respectable 27th. Backup Chassis RK- 758 was back-up chassis for road course races in 2012.
#24- Jeff Gordon - Jeff Gordon will race Hendrick Motorsports chassis No. 24-803 this week at Watkins Glen. This is a brand new chassis for the Drive to End Hunger team.
#43- Aric Almirola - The No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion team will bring chassis No. 760 to Watkins Glen, the same chassis the team raced with at Sonoma earlier this year.
#48- Jimmie Johnson - Johnson will drive chassis No. 801 at Watkins Glen. Chassis No. 543 serves as the backup. No. 801 raced at Sonoma in June, finished 9th. No. 543 raced 8 times on both road courses since 2009 with a best finish of 1st at Sonoma in 2010.
#99- Carl Edwards - The No. 99 Cheez-It Ford Fusion team will unload primary chassis RK- 853 which last ran at Sonoma Raceway where Edwards took the Ford to a third place finish at the first road course of the season. Backup chassis RK – 771 was the backup for Sonoma this year.
- Reported in Team News/Press Releases
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