We're getting within sight of the end of the season, and so it's time to begin our look back. In a feature shamelessly ripped from Puck Daddy's Death Watch and Big League Stew's Walk Toward The Light, we'll be counting down each and every car that fell short of the Sprint Cup this year. And yes, I know there aren't taillights on Sprint cars. It's a metaphor. Roll with it.
Name(s): Of the 65 drivers who ran at Sprint Cup level this year, five ran in two races: Ron Fellows, Boris Said, Erik Darnell, Mike Wallace, P.J. Jones. I would have given you five American dollars if you could have named this list without looking. But you've already read it, so no deal.
Records: Um ... not so great. No top 10s, no poles, nothing. Though, to be fair, many of these guys are road-race specialists brought in to run at Infineon and Watkins Glen.
Where it went wrong: Hmmm ... can it go wrong if it never really went right? Though for a brief instant, Fellows was running No. 1 at Watkins Glen, so that's got to count for something.
Prospects for 2010: Most of these cats will get trotted back out when the road races come 'round again. Darnell has several more 2009 races in his future, running in the 96 in place of Bobby Labonte. He may have the brightest future of this crowd, but it's still a few years away.
Next up: Some more familiar names, including a former champion.
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