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NASCAR: Silly Season for 2009

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Khatir Soltani
Team: Red Bull Racing Team
Sponsor: Red Bull
Manufacturer: Toyota
Red Bull Racing Team and driver A.J. Allmendinger have agreed to part ways after the 2008 season.

Carl Edwards
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Sponsor: Aflac
Manufacturer: Ford
Edwards brokered his own deal to remain at Roush Fenway Racing, announcing a three-year extension with Aflac will become the No. 99 car's primary sponsor.

Paul Menard
Team: Yates Racing
Sponsor: Menard's
Manufacturer: Ford
Menard is leaving DEI to drive a third car for Yates Racing in 2009.

A.J. Allmendinger
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Sponsor:
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The future for Allmendinger, who is in his second Cup Series season driving the No. 84 Toyota, is still to be decided.

Reed Sorenson
Team: Gillett Evernam Motorsports
Sponsor: TBA
Manufacturer: Dodge
He doesn't have a number, he doesn't have a sponsor, he doesn't know if he'll be driving a third or fourth car. None of that seems to matter to Sorenson, who will move next year to Gillett Evernham Motorsports.

Scott Riggs
Team:
Sponsor:
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The team Riggs joined at the end of 2007 -- Haas CNC Racing -- becomes Stewart-Haas Racing next year. The move has Riggs, for a second time in two years, looking for a new job.
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Khatir Soltani
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