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The Michigan Speedway 3M Performance 400 -- two days late.  These photos are from Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007. 

The 08 crew made this "Fans on Board" pit sign for the end of the pole used to let driver spot his pit area as he comes in.

This is the flip side of the pit sign, also featuring sponsor Precision Gear.

08 car is roled out to pit row for line up Tuesday, race day at MIS.

The view from the 08 pit box about an hour before the race at MIS.

08 crew member Lee is using the 08 car as a backrest.

Another pre-race view from near the 08 pit box.

The crew chief and 08 crew have a pre-race talk in the pit box area.

This is a view of the back of the pit box, where monitors help the crew see in real time what is happening on the track and with the 08 car.

Joe Nemechek arrives at the 08 car to check out the 08 car on pit row.

More of Joe Nemechek at the 08 car.

The 08 crew is getting ready for Joe to climb into the car.

Joe's getting ready before the MIS race.

The 08 pit crew lined up for driver's introductions. We haven't bought 08 pit crew uniforms yet, so they wear what they already had.

08 Crew Chief Mark Tutor sitting on top of the pit box just before the start of the MIS race.

The Fans on Board pit sign in action.

The 08 car rolls down pit row for its first pit stop.

View from begin the 08 pit area during the race, with owner John Carter and Crew Chief Mark Tutor on top.

The 08 car on the track during the MIS race.

Another view of the 08 car as the field follows the pace car.

The man, the myth, the legend. The 08 Team's Doug Barron behind the pit box during the race at MIS.

08 tire changer at during a pit stop.

More 08 pit stop action.

The 08 car's tires after the tire change at MIS.

Another pit stop for the 08 car.

Same pit stop.

Almost done.

Crew Chief examines the tires after they were taken off in the last stop. It gives him important information.

The 08 car is at the lead of this pack.

Oh, the 08 pain. This is just after the crash with Waltrip's 55 car.

It doesn't take long before they know the 08 car is done for the day.

Amazingly, the beautiful Fans on Board hood was undamaged.

A frustrated Joe Nemechek sits on the hauler steps, looking at the damaged 08 car.

The front view of the 08 car damage.

One final parting shot.

 
Photos of rain and waiting at  the Michigan International Speedway Sunday.  The 08 Team  was ready for the 3M Performance 400 but Mother Nature said wait another day.

Joe Nemechek and 08 Team owner John Carter sporting the new Precision Gear shirts. Very Sharp!

ESPN crew trying to stay dry near the 08 hauler.

08 Team crew member Lee was all wet Sunday.

Gas, tires and water. Too much water.

More just handing out around the 08 hauler Sunday.

This backstretch photo taken on the track shows why there was no race Sunday.

Jimmy and Fred drive the 08 hauler.

A Rock Hill, S.C. firefighter -- known as "Army of 1" on the JoeNemechek.net message board -- built this radio-controlled model car of the 08 car.

 
These photos are from Saturday at  the Michigan International Speedway as the 08 Team and Joe Nemechek prepared for practice and qualifying for the 3M Performance 400.

This tent was pitched next to the 08 Team hauler for the crew and friends to take their breaks.

Owner John Carter works the cell phone near the 08 Team hauler Saturday.

Owner John Carter with Race Week Media/08 Team's Doug Barron.

The 08 Car undergoing the transformation from qualifying set up to race set up Saturday.

Tires are lined in for the 08 car.

Joe leans against a tool box talking to the 08 crew Saturday.

In the 08 Team garage Saturday.

Car Chief Charles Swing taking a Red Man break Saturday.

The 08 Team tent Saturday.

The 08 car Saturday in the garage.

 
These photos are from the Michigan International Speedway garage area on Friday as the 08 Team and Joe Nemechek prepared for practice and qualifying for the 3M Performance 400.

Joe Nemechek's 08 Fans on Board Dodge ready for qualifying Friday, Aug. 17, 2007 at Michigan.

Nemechek working under the hood Friday, making adjustments before qualifying at MIS.

Nemechek and crew around 08 car.

Recognize those legs and feet? For answer, see next photo.

Yeap, that was Joe checking the set up.

08 Team Owner John Carter (with hat)

08 Team garage activity Friday at MIS.

Key 08 Team crew members around the hauler.

Do you recognize this angle? No more comment.

At the 08 Team hauler Friday at MIS.

More folks around the 08 Team hauler.

More around the garage Friday.

The 08 car's hood was up much of the time between practice and qualifying Friday. But they got it done!

Another Nemechek garage action photo.

Crew and others in the garage Friday.

This is just after practice and just before the hood vinyl was added Friday.

 
The photos are from the Indy garage area on Saturday during the rain-delayed practice and qualifying for the 2007 Allstate 400.

ESPN interviews Joe Nemechek live while the crew troubleshoots a mysterious electrical problem that robbed the car of horsepower during practice.

Crew Chief Mark Tutor crouches to talk to Joe about the electrical problem.

The 08 car is pushed out of the garage to head back to practice Saturday.

Lots of folks drop by to see Joe and wish him well. Fox/SpeedTV's Jeff Hammond is just one of the garage visitors Saturday.

Richard Childress visits the 08 garage to say hey to Joe Nemechek.

John Andretti stops by to talk to Crew Chief Mark Tutor, with whom he drove several races earlier in 2007.

08 Team owner John Carter joins the chat with Mark Tutor and John Andretti at the 08 garage in Indy.

 
Atlanta Motor Speedway was the third week with John Andretti in the 37 car and it was his first week in the Huddle House Dodge.

John Andretti talks to the 37 team (car owner John Carter in right foreground) before qualifying laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The hood of the Huddle House Dodge as prepared for Atlanta.

John Andretti wearing the Huddle House hat and shirt in the car hauler Friday evening at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

This show car is parked at the Huddle House near Atlanta Motor Speedway, I-75, exit 212, Locust Grove, Ga. leading up to the Atlanta race.

Can your sharp eye detect the differences in this car and the other? Answer: This is a road race car (gas intake on right side.)

A "head on" shot of the show car.

The left front side view.

A look into the driver side window.

 
 
The Huddle House Dodge driven by Bill Elliott in the Gatorade Duel, Daytona International Speedway, Feb. 15, 2007.  Six days after Huddle House signed on as primary sponsor of the #37 Dodge, the new look was applied.  The design was the work of Ted Asbury's team at Ignite Communications.  (To see the evolution of the Huddle House Dodge starting with the Bud Shootout, view the photo galleries lower in this page.)

 
 

Dressed up and ready to race: Bill Elliott with the newly-wrapped Huddle House Dodge just before the Gatorade Duel, Daytona 2007.

The Huddle House Dodge with Bill Elliott behind the wheel in the Gatorade Duel.

Another Gatorade Duel action shot for the Huddle House Dodge.

(left to right) Race Week Media's Alan Duke, Huddle House CEO Phil Greifeld, #37 owner John Carter.

Huddle House CEO Phil Greifeld sees the Huddle House Dodge for the first time.

(left to right) RWM's Alan Duke, Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins, Huddle House CEO Phi Greifeld, #37 owner John Carter, Huddle House CMO Robyn Bailey, Ignite's Ted Asbury.

Just before driving in the Gatorade Duel, James Hylton (age 72) stops by the #37 hauler to meet Huddle House CEO Phil Greifeld.

Bill Elliott greets Huddle House CEO Phil Greifeld as he arrives at the #37 hauler to prepare for the Gatorade Duel.

Bill Elliott stops to sign an autograph at the #37 hauler before putting on his driver suit for the Gatorade Duel.

Bill Elliott walks alone toward the track for the Gatorade Duel.

The Huddle House Dodge is rolled out to the track for the Gatorade Duel.

Bill Elliott looks over the new Huddle House Dodge paint scheme for the first time as it sits on pit row for the Gatorade Duel.

Bill Elliott talks with crew members just before climbing in the Huddle House Dodge for the Gatorade Duel.

A quick tire change for the Huddle House Dodge during a Gatorade Duel pit stop.

On top of the #37 pit box, Huddle House CEO Phil Greifeld gives the thumbs up. Sitting nearby, CMO Robyn Bailey, Ignite's Ted Asbury, Front Row owner Bob Jenkins, owner John Carter.

 
 
Qualifying Day at Daytona -- The Sunday a week before the Daytona 500,  The car prepared for the Daytona 500 competition, including the Gatorade Duel, was not the same car entered in the Bud Shootout (see photos in the next lower section of this page.) 
 

Chuck Freeman of Barron Signs applies the Huddle House logo to the #37 car Bill Elliott will drive just hours later in the Daytona 500 qualifying.

The #37 car was literally moving along the inspection line as Freeman applied the vynal to the Huddle House Dodge.

James Hylton with Race Week Media's Alan Duke. Hylton, at 72 is the oldest driver ever to attempt to qualify in the Daytona 500, stepped in to help Freeman and Duke. A REALLY NICE GUY!

Hylton's car, which was just ahead of the #37 car in the inspection line Sunday.

#37 Huddle House Dodge with vynal almost completed, just minutes before the deadline for inspection Sunday.

Driver Boris Said with Race Media Week's Alan Duke. Said's hauler was next door to the #37's hauler. ANOTHER REALLY NICE GUY!

Race Week Media's Doug Barron standing in front of Jr.'s #8 car awaiting inspection before qualifying for the Daytona 500.

#34 (Kevin Lepage) & #37 (Bill Elliott) are the two Front Row Motorsports Daytona entries, awaiting another stop in the inspection line.

With inspections finally complete, the Huddle House Dodge is ready for its Daytona 500 qualifying laps.

 
 
Call it "24 hours to Daytona."  Race Week Media's Alan Duke and Doug Barron brought Huddle House CEO Peter Greifeld and #37 owner John Carter together on a sponsorship agreement which was signed at 5:30 p.m. Friday, and the car wearing the Huddle House logo when it was lined up on pit row ready to run in the Budweiser Shootout 24 hours later.  These photos show some of what happened behind the scenes over the weekend. 
 

Chuck Freeman of Barron Signs starts applying the vinyl which will make #37 the Huddle House Dodge for the Bud Shootout just hours away.

23 hours after signing the sponsorship contract, #37 owner John Carter is helping place the Huddle House name on the hood of the car.

Carter's son and son-in-law help as the 4 p.m. deadline nears for the 37 car to be pushed out of the garage for inspection.

Race Week Media's Alan Duke satisfied the car was ready with just minutes to spare before the 4 p.m deadline for pushing it out for inspections.

The #37 Bill Elliott will drive in four hours in the Budweiser Shootout.

The Bud Shootout #37 heads to the inspectors.

Chuck Freeman's been awake for 36 hours, but there is still no time for rest. He must next prepare to put the Huddle House logo on the Daytona 500 car

The Huddle House Dodge makes its debut in front of the Bud Shootout fans, lined up ready to ride.

A closer look at the Huddle House Dodge #37 waiting for Bill Elliott to arrive for the Bud Shootout.

Bill Elliott waiting for the Bud Shootout.

The race is about to begin.

More waiting for the start of the Bud Shootout.

Doug Barron, partner in Race Week Media and owner of Barron Signs, standing in the pit just before the Bud Shootout.

Chuck Freeman is ready to watch his artwork travel at 185 mph.