Ricky Rudd

This will be a new test for the Car of Tomorrow. "Even the guys who are use to winning out there, it's going to hard for them to predict wins because the Car of Tomorrow is different from what they normally run, so they can't just roll out their old setups, roll out their car they sort of push aside and bring out twice a year."

Meanwhile, Rudd is proud of his 788 consecutive starts before temporary retirement in 2005. "It's a pretty neat record because...it doesn't matter ya know, we were still there and we made it happen and did it consecutive." He will be inducted into the Infineon Raceway Wall of Fame this weekend.