THIS SEASON’S INDIGESTION-CAUSING TOP 10 TUMS® MOMENTS

PITTSBURGH (Nov. 29, 2007) – The 2007 Nextel Cup Series season had its fair share of indigestion-causing incidents, mishaps and moments, from penalties handed down at the season’s first event to an unsurprising finish to the Chase. TUMS has hand picked the Top 10 TUMS® Moments from this past season. For the 2007 Nextel Cup season, top TUMS honors go to:

10. Michael Waltrip Racing’s first season in the Nextel Cup Series. The team’s struggles started with a penalty to owner/driver Michael Waltrip and things didn’t get much better as the season progressed. All three teams will start next season outside the coveted Top 35 in owner’s points.

9. Gillett Evernham Motorsports was another team that had its problems start in Daytona. The No. 9, No. 10 and No. 19 all started the season with negative points due to penalties handed down at Daytona.

8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had more than a few heartburn inspiring moments this season. He announced this season that he would be leaving Dale Earnhardt, Inc., the organization that his father built and the only team he has ever known, while multiple engine failures derailed his championship hopes and farewell tour with DEI.

7. After not missing a race in 788 consecutive starts, Ricky Rudd’s final season was marked by a shoulder injury at California Speedway. The Iron Man had to give up his seat for several weeks while he recovered.

6. Team owners, crew chiefs, mechanics, engineers, etc. throughout the garage consumed almost 100 cases of TUMS this season as they had to prepare two distinctly different types of racecars thanks to the introduction of the Car of Tomorrow program.

5. Toyota’s first year as a manufacturer in the Nextel Cup Series turned out to be extremely TUMS-worthy. Between Bill Davis Racing, Team Red Bull and Michael Waltrip Racing only the No. 22 Caterpillar Toyota of Dave Blaney cracked the Top 35 by season’s end.

4. The many people who lost their jobs with Ginn Racing when the operation shut down two of their three teams and merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

3. Dale Jarrett made just 24 starts in his final season as a full-time driver in the Nextel Cup Series. Jarrett will start the first five races of next season in the No. 44 UPS car using his coveted past-champions provisional before handing the seat over to teammate David Reutimann.

2. Mark Martin looked like he was about to win his first Daytona 500 before a late race melee saw him fall short to Kevin Harvick by inches in a controversial finish.

1. Jeff Gordon had a remarkable year by anyone’s standards, but six victories, seven poles, 21 top-5s, and 30 top-10s doesn’t quite get you what it used to anymore. Gordon fell short of teammate Jimmie Johnson to finish second in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.