Sprint Cup
Charlie Glotzbach: 1970
This winged Dodge was driven to two Grand National wins.
Jeff Burton: 1996-2004
"The Mayor" drove for Jack Roush for eight and a half seasons, driving a Ford Thunderbird, then a Taurus, and winning 17 races. His main sponsor was Exide from 1996-2000, then Citgo from 2001-2003. By 2004 the Roush #99 team had no permanent sponsor and Burton was released from his contract in August. Dismayed, Burton left Roush to join Richard Childress Racing, thus becoming a Chevrolet driver.
Carl Edwards: 2004-2014
Burton's replacement was "Cousin" Carl Edwards, best known as that backflip guy. Carl, who would likely have been the 2005 Nextel Cup Rookie of the Year had he not competed in more than the maximum seven races in '04, performed his first Cup backflip in March of that year at Atlanta after a photo finish with Jimmie Johnson. The Ford Fusion body was introduced in 2006, the Car of Tomorrow in 2007, the COT-V2 in 2010 and the Gen-6 in 2013. Carl stayed with Roush through it all, taking a total of 23 checkered flags before finally leaving to drive a fourth Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs following the 2014 season.
Xfinity Series
Michael Waltrip: 2001-2009
Darrell's little brother drove a #99 machine for his own team in NASCAR's number two series for the better part of the decade, as a Chevrolet and then a Toyota.
David Reutimann: 2005-2009
Reutimann drove Waltrip's then-Busch Series car to a win at Memphis in 2007.
Trevor Bayne: 2009-2010
Alex Bowman: 2012-2013
James Buescher: 2014
Truck Series
Kurt Busch: 2000
Kurt got his start in the trucks in a Ford F-150 with Jeff Burton's Cup scheme copied and pasted on.
Carl Edwards: 2005-2007
Bryan Silas: 2013-2014
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