Both Kasey Kahne (Left) and Elliott Sadler (Right) will race Fords in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

No. 19 — Like his RPM teammates, Elliott Sadler will campaign Fords in 2010 as part of the merger with Yates Racing.

No. 34 — Former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Travis Kvapil replaces John Andretti at Front Row Motorsports, which will switch to Fords in 2010.

No. 36 — Veteran Mike Bliss is the new driver for Tommy Baldwin’s Toyota team, which last year ran mostly in start-and-park mode.

No. 37 — Kevin Conway apparently will be the only rookie in the Sprint Cup Series in 2010, as he campaigns a second Front Row Motorsports Ford.

No. 43 — AJ Allmendinger moves from the No. 44 Dodge to the No. 43 Ford RPM entry this season. The ‘Dinger ran Fords in the final three races of 2009 with some success, and that may portend well for this season.

No. 55 — After points finishes of 37th, 44th, 29th and 33rd in the last four seasons, Michael Waltrip will cut back to a handful of races and concentrate on the ownership of Michael Waltrip Racing, an organization that showed vast improvement in 2009.

No. 56 — With Waltrip scaling back his driving, MWR adds the No. 56 Toyota for 2010, with driver Martin Truex Jr. and crew chief Pat Tryson. This pairing could make some noise this season.

No. 71 — Bobby Labonte joined TRG Motorsports late last year and will return for a full season in 2010 with new crew chief Doug Randolph, who moves over from the No. 07 Richard Childress Racing entry of Casey Mears.

No. 78 — After a year of running part-time, the Furniture Row Chevrolet will be back to full-time status with 2008 Raybestos Rookie of the Year Regan Smith behind the wheel. Ryan Coniam replaces Jay Guy as crew chief.

No. 98 — Now part of RPM, the Paul Menard-driven Ford will have a new crew chief in veteran Slugger Labbe.

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