Birthdate: April 14, 1964 Hometown: LaPorte, Ind. Resides: Mt. Pleasant, N.C. Marital Status: Married (Sue) Children: Leland Hobbies: Golf, hunting, gardening, motorcycling

Tony Raines No. 96 DLP HDTV Chevrolet Team: Hall of Fame Racing Team Owner: Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach, Bill Saunders Crew Chief: Brandon Thomas Engine Builder: Joe Gibbs Racing Career Starts: 83 Career Wins: 0 Career Poles: 0 Best Points Finish: 33rd First Full Season: 2003 First Start: June 6, 2002 (Dover) Best Career Finish: 6th – Nov. 9, 2003 (Rockingham) Best Career Start: 4th – Nov. 9, 2003 (Rockingham) Shop Address: 9900 Twin Lakes Parkway Charlotte, NC 28269

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1999 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year Four-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winner Finished sixth in the final 2001 NASCAR Busch Series standings

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
2006 Finished 35th in series points. … Finished with one top 10, a seventh-place effort in the fall event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. … Competed in his first full NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season for new team Hall of Fame Racing. … Shared his seat with two-time series champion Terry Labonte, starting 29 of 36 events. Labonte ran first five races and two road-course events.

2005 Finished 50th in series points. … Best finish was 22nd at the fall Talladega race. … Made six starts, with a season- best starting position of 15th at Michigan in August. … Made 23 starts for Kevin Harvick Incorporated in the NASCAR Busch Series, scoring one top five and nine top 10s.

2004 Finished 53rd in series points. … Top finish was 28th place at Dover in September.… Competed in 18 NASCAR Busch Series races.

2003 Finished 33rd in series points in his rookie season. … Finished third in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings behind Jamie McMurray and Greg Biffle. … Earned career-best finish (sixth) at Rockingham in November for first career top 10. … Also posted best career start (fourth) at that race. … Four of his eight top-20 finishes came in the last four races of the season. … Competed part-time in the NASCAR Busch Series.

2002 Finished 51st in series points. … Debut was at Dover. … Competed in seven races while also racing in the NASCAR Busch Series

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
Made ASA debut in 1988 and ran first full season in that series in 1989. … Took All-Pro Series Rookie of the Year honors in 1990 and finished fourth in the standings. … Returned to ASA in 1991 and won the series title in 1996. … Finished 15th in series standings as a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie in 1997, winning at I-70 Speedway in just his third start. … Won three times in 1998 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, finishing a career-high fifth in the standings. … Won 1999 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year driving for BACE Motorsports, finishing sixth in the standings. … Raced in the NASCAR Busch Series through 2002, finishing sixth in the final standings in 2001.

NOTEWORTHY
Tony grew up helping his father work with stock car teams. … Graduate of Southwestern Michigan with an A.A.S. degree in Aviation Technology. … Favorite professional sports team is the Minnesota Vikings.