Ray Evernham announced a new driver lineup in the No. 6 Dodge for 2006. The car number will be changed to the No. 9 with drivers Kasey Kahne, Scott Riggs and Jeremy Mayfield splitting duties. Kahne will drive the majority of the companion events. As far as the standalone Busch races, Evernham says he is unsure who the driver may be and added, "What we'd like to do is add another developement driver." One of those names popping up for consideration is the fourth generation, AJ Foyt IV (09-09-05)

i'm confused now, on the busch race they said erin would be full time busch? so are they making a new number 6 for that?

other than that thats cool!

Erin's in the 98 for Busch

EMS won't have the 6 next year, Ray is trading it to Roush for the 9

Great, it looks like Evernham Motorsports has its Busch plans settled for 2006.

1. There will be two full time cars; the 9 and the 98.
2. Erin will run full time in the 98.
3. Kasey, Jeremy, and Scott will share the 9 at the companion events.
4. A development driver (probably AJ Foyt IV) will race the 9 in the other races.

Cool! I'm glad Kasey's going to run more Busch races next year.

I wonder what will happen with the 79.

Well, now that's settled.

Sounds like a good game plan!

cool !! glad that Kasey will be racing more races in busch.

Yay more cup guys taking the busch guys money. :mad

wonder who will drive the great clips car next year.

yea, I'm real curious about that one too.......my friend that works there doesn't really know anything yet

Well isnt that interesting.

Maybe the 38 will be tyler walker or mike wallace... they drove it a bit this year.

I don't think it will be Tyler.

i think ray should put tyler in his equipment. it'd be nice to have kasey in the busch series, but someone should really give tyler a GOOD chance.

I was wondering about that too..

Also about the 38 Great Clips, I don't see Tyler being brought back..I thought Kasey was going to give him a chance with his racing team to run the sprints more now?

Interested in finding out more info about that!

Yea, Tyler will run some races for Kasey's sprint car teams and hopefully he'll get another shot at Busch or Trucks or something......I think given time and experience he'd be a great driver for a team

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN! GOO TEAM GO!

"DON'T HIT HIM, THAT'S AJ FOYT!"... "really!?"... "YEAH, THE 4TH!"

sorry that made me think of Dukes of Hazzard haha

:rolleyes: This is too confusing.

Go Foytie, go go Foytie. Haha I'm weird.

09/09/05 - Unilever Signs Multi-Year NASCAR Busch Series Deal with Evernham Motorsports

September 9, 2005 – Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – Unilever United States today announced the signing of a multi-year agreement with Evernham Motorsports starting with the upcoming 2006 NASCAR Busch Series season.The new program, named the Ultimate Chargers™ will replace the highly successful Hungry Drivers™ program that began during the 2004 NASCAR Busch Series.

Under terms of the agreement, Evernham Motorsports’ NASCAR Busch Series team will feature an expanded group of Unilever brands, all sharing the sponsorship starting in 2006.Unilever Home and Personal Care Products (HPC) Snuggle® Fabric Softener and Wisk® Laundry Detergent and Unilever food brands Wish-Bone® Salad Dressings and Slim-Fast® weight control products, will join current sponsoring brands Ragu® pasta sauce, Hellmann’s® Mayonnaise, Country Crock® chilled sides and meals, Lipton® Tea and Lawry’s® Spices and Marinades as the sponsors of the Ultimate Chargers™ team.

Lisa Klauser, Unilever Vice President, Brand Building through Customers, US, sees the renewed partnership with Evernham Motorsports as an exciting opportunity to take the already successful Unilever racing program to the next level both on track and off.“This expan ded agreement with Evernham Motorsports encompasses our company’s One Unilever strategy.It’s an ideal opportunity for multiple Unilever brands from different categories to work together to promote our products to the brand loyal NASCAR fan base.”

“We believe that the NASCAR Busch series is the perfect venue to demonstrate to our consumers -- many who are also dedicated NASCAR fans -- that Unilever is a passionate company that strives everyday to help people to feel good, look good and get more out of life,” said Alan Jope, Unilever Group Vice President Home Personal Care, NA.“We are thrilled to add Snuggle and Wisk to the Unilever family of brands who support this highly successful program.It’s truly a One Unilever effort and we look forward to much continued success.”

Fans will see the Evernham family of NEXTEL Cup drivers, including standouts Kasey Kahne, Jeremy Mayfield, and Scott Riggs behind the wheel of the Ultimate Chargers™ No. 9 Dodge Charger. Trip Bruce will remain crew chief of the team.The No. 9 will feature a new primarily red paint scheme featuring the various sponsoring brands.The Ultimate Chargers™ team will race the 23 companion races in the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series.

The newly signed agreement designates the Ultimate Chargers™ brand roster as Official Products of Evernham Motorsports.In addition, Ragu®, Hellmann’s®, Country Crock®, Lawry’s® and Lipton® will continue to be Proud Sponsors of NASCAR and official products of Daytona International Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, and Talladega Superspeedway.Ragu®, Hellmann’s®, Country Crock ®, and Lawry’s ® will continue to be official products of Texas Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway. Campground sampling of Unilever food brands will increase at track. Additionally, the Unilever brands will be promoted through retail activation programs, which will feature simulator appearances at various retail outlets across the country. Unilever brands will also have increased marketing rights to use the Evernham Family of Drivers.

Mooresville, NC based Bulldawg Marketing will continue as the NASCAR agency of record for Unilever in the United States.Bulldawg will execute retail, trackside and hospitality programs as well as coordinate the sponsorships with NASCAR, various tracks and Evernham Motorsports.

“We are extremely excited to expand our relationship with Unilever into the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series season,” said Ray Evernham, CEO of Evernham Motorsports.“Together, we have successfully built a competitive Busch Series team this season and look forward to continued success in the upcoming season.”

Unilever entered the NASCAR Busch Series at the start of the 2004 season with a first of its kind program, providing up and coming, or “hungry” drivers with the chance to showcase their talent driving for a top-notch team, Tommy Baldwin Racing.Unilever expanded the Hungry Drivers™ program to a full NASCAR Busch Series race season in 2005 with Evernham Motorsports.

Source: http://hungrydrivers.com/sections_main/new...owPR.php?id=108

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Hmm, I just noticed that press release from a few days ago. Not sure if anyone else has seen it.

Judging from that, the 9 car only has sponsorship to drive the 23 companion races. I bet they still run the full season with a development driver. If not, the 98 will probably get the 2005 6 car points. With all the Buschwhackers, making the first few races next season will be tough for anyone without the points. That's why I'm hoping that Ray can either get the 2005 40 car points (FBR is falling apart and will probably not have sponsorship for all three teams next season) or the 2005 6 car points (if they're not a full time team, why not transfer the points to their full time car?) for Erin's 98.

haha, I loved that line in that movie!

ummm I'm curious about if it will run the full schedule or not too.....the way that sounds it doesn't sound like it, unless they are only calling Kasey, Jeremy, Scott the "Ultimate Chargers" but umm I don't know, that article confused me.

I can't wait to see what the different paintschemes will look like, I like the idea of it being mostly red though! But one thing that is making me laugh.......the thought of Kasey in a SlimFast car :lmao

:lmbo :lmbo

:lmao :lmao :lmao

:ufunny :lmao :lmao Too funny!

:lmao :lmao :lmao

Yea that's kinda like JMac driving the Viagra car huh.

I think the 6 points should go to the 98 regardless. Don't add having to qual to all that Erin has to deal with. She needs experience and that means being in the race.

The drivers of the 9 are all expereinced.

I hope Ray does that, I really do!

:nod Very good idea!

it will be interesting to see if NASCAR will let them though

the 10s points got left with MB2 for them to use for their new car. So why not move the 6s to the 98.

I think the transfer will be possible. A lot of teams have transferred their points to other teams in the past. For example, when Bill Elliott joined Evernham Motorsports, he transferred his 94 points to the 9.

There's a ton of Busch teams who have been selling and transferring points over the past year. With the new top thirty rule in the Busch series, a lot of teams who are leaving the sport are selling their points to new teams. I personally don't like seeing that happen, but if it's possible, then I hope Ray takes advantage of it to get Erin locked in the field at the beginning of the year. Daytona will be hard to make for everyone because there will probably be 60 teams entering the race.

Can't wait to see the EMS 9 car in the Busch series. I'm happy to see Ray giving all three of his full time Nextel Cup drivers a chance in the Busch car.

I'm just hoping NASCAR lets that trend continue so that we can get Erin locked in. Personally you'd think its in NASCAR's best interest to allow it so she's locked in.....they need her to be in the field, they'll want to market her in their diversity efforts