The following NASCAR teams and drivers will be utilizing EMP Stewart Components Pro Series Water Pumps/Cooling Products on their race cars and trucks this season.

Ryan Newman

Ryan Newman scored one NASCAR Nextel Cup win and a division high nine pole positions in 2005 and was one of the 10 drivers in the “Chase for the Championship.”

Newman eventually finished seventh in the final 2004 Nextel Cup standings earning $4,762,399 in the process.

One of the reasons for the success of Newman’s No. 12 Penske South Racing Dodge was an advanced performance water pump designed and manufactured by EMP Stewart Components.

Developed with engine builder Mike Ege, the EMP Stewart Components Pro Series Dodge Water Pump also propelled Newman’s Penske Jasper Engine powered Dodge to six NASCAR Busch Series wins in nine 2005 starts.

Newman will again compete in select NASCAR Busch Series events in 2006 behind the wheel of the No. 39 Dodge Charger.

Newman is 28 years old and a native of South Bend, IN.

Kurt Busch

It will be a fresh start for Kurt Busch at Penske South Racing 2006 after spending his entire NASCAR career at Roush Racing.

Busch, who will take over the wheel of the No. 2 Dodge Charger formerly driven by Rusty Wallace, finished 10th in the final 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup championship standings.

Busch, a Las Vegas, NV native, won the 2004 Cup title while driving for Roush.

Busch has 14 wins in 184 NASCAR Cup Series starts heading into the 2006 season. He was also the 2003 IROC champion.

Busch’s Dodge Charger will be powered by a Penske Jasper Racing Engine cooled by the EMP Stewart Components/MERE Dodge Pro Series Water Pump.

Mark Martin

Mark Martin was headed for retirement from the NASCAR Nextel Cup ranks when he decided to come back for another season late in the 2005 campaign.

Martin, a 23-year Cup veteran, has 35 wins in 638 career starts heading into 2006.

Last year, Martin’s Roush Racing Ford notched one win (Kansas) and made the Chase For The Championship eventually finishing fourth in the final standings on the strength of 19 Top-10 finishes in 36 starts.

Martin is also a veteran of the NASCAR Busch Series with 47 career victories as the 2006 season opens.

The champion of the IROC Series in 2005, Martin has claimed that title a record five times in his illustrious career.

Martin will also compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on a select event basis in 2006 before joining the series on a full-time basis in 2007.

Martin’s Roush Racing Ford Fusion stock car will be powered by a Yates/Roush Racing Engine this season which features and EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

A native of Batesville, AK, Martin now lives in Daytona Beach, FL.

Matt Kenseth

A product of the ultra tough Wisconsin short track pavement stock car ranks, Matt Kenseth will return to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series behind the wheel of the No. 17 Roush Racing Ford Fusion in 2006.

Kenseth, the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup champion, rallied from more than 200 points out with a handful of races remaining to make the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Chase For The Championship eventually finishing seventh in the final standings.

In all, Kenseth has made 220 Cup starts since finishing sixth in his first event at Dover in 1998. Kenseth has 10 career Cup wins and 18 NASCAR Busch Series event wins to his credit heading into 2006.

In 2005, the Cambridge, WI native won in each division capturing the fall Cup race at Bristol and the Busch Series race at Darlington.

This season, both Kenseth’s NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series Roush Racing Fords will be powered by Yates/Roush Racing Engines that are cooled by the EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

Greg Biffle

Greg Biffle burst on to the national NASCAR scene in 1998 as a member of the Craftsman Truck Series and won that division’s championship in 2000.

Driving for Roush Racing, Bifffle moved to the NASCAR Busch Series where he was equally successful capturing that division’s crown in 2002.

Since jumping to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in 2003, Biffle has won nine events – including six in 2005 when he finished second in the championship battle behind Tony Stewart.

Biffle also was a force in the NASCAR Busch Series last season scoring a staggering 21 Top-10 finishes in just 27 events.

He finished 10th in the final Busch Series season standings despite not competing in nine division events last season.

Biffle will again return to the seat of the No. 16 Roush Racing Ford Cup entry this season propelled by a Roush-Yates engine employing the EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

Kenny Schrader

Veteran NASCAR Nextel Cup campaigner Kenny Schrader will jump from Dodge to Ford in 2006 as he takes over the wheel of the famed No. 21 Wood Brothers entry.

Schrader hopes to rebound after a disappointing 31st-place finish in the final 2005 Nextel Cup standings.

A veteran of 668 Nextel Cup starts (entering 2006) since debuting at the old Nashville (TN) Fairgrounds Speedway in 1984, the Fenton, MO native has posted 182 Top-10 finishes including three last season.

This year, Schrader’s Ford Fusion will be powered by a Yates/Roush engine featuring the EMP Stewart Components/Yates Pro Series Water Pump.

He will also split driving time with Michael Waltrip in the No. 66 Brewco Ford for a select number of NASCAR Busch Series events in 2006.

Schrader, who is one of America’s busiest race car driver competing in several different stock car and open wheel divisions each season, will turn 51 on May 29.

Jamie McMurray

Jamie McMurray was one of the most sought after drivers heading into the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.

The 29-year-old driver landed at Roush Racing where he will take over the controls of the No. 26 (No. 97 last year) Ford Fusion.

McMurray just missed making the final 10 drivers in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Chase For The Championship last season coming home 11th behind the wheel of the No. 42 Dodge.

A winner in just his second ever Cup start in 2002, McMurray has been winless since and will be looking to change that when he moves to the potent Roush organization this season.

McMurray, who scored 10 Top-10 finishes last year, will also have the benefit of a Yates/Roush Racing Engine cooled by an EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump this season.

Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick joins the EMP Stewart Components list of drivers this year thanks to a switch to the EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump by his Richard Childress Racing team.

A product of the tough West Coast late model ranks, Harvick made his NASCAR premiere division debut in 1995 in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, CA.

Harvick, 30, competed in the Truck Series on a full-time basis through 1999 before moving on to the Busch Series. There, the Bakersfield native won three times in 2000 before taking the Busch division championship in 2001.

Harvick also competed in the Cup Series on a full time basis and won in just his third race at Atlanta. In all, Harvick has steered his No. 29 Chevy to victory five times in 178 Cup starts (entering 2006) – including the 2005 spring race at Bristol.

Harvick will also drive the RCR powered, EMP Stewart Components cooled No. 21 entry in the NASCAR Busch Series on a select event basis this season.

Harvick is also the owner of the No. 33 Busch Series entry which he will share driving duties with Tony Stewart, Ron Hornaday, Jr. and Ron Fellows. That car also shares RCR engines and EMP Stewart Components cooling.

Jeff Burton

Veteran Jeff Burton will enter his 14th season of NASCAR Nextel Cup Series competition in 2006.

The Virginia native owns 17 career victories in 406 starts heading into this year and finished 18th in the final 2005 Cup Series championship standings with three Top-5 and six Top-10 finishes.

Burton also owns 20 NASCAR Busch Series career wins, the first coming in 1990 at Southern National Speedway in Rougemont, NC.

Last year, Burton scored two Top-5 finishes in just five NBS starts. Burton’s No. 31 Chevy Cup car, and the RCR No. 21 Busch Series car which he will drive on a select event basis this season, will be powered by Richard Childress Racing Engines cooled by the EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump.

Elliott Sadler

Elliott Sadler scored 12 Top-10 finishes and notched four pole positions behind the wheel of the No. 38 Robert Yates Racing Ford in 2005.

The Virginia driver also scored fiveTop-5 finishes in just 16 NASCAR Busch Series starts last year as well.

Sadler, 30, broke into the NASCAR Busch Series ranks at South Boston (VA) Speedway in 1995 and has scored five career wins in that division.

Like last year, Sadler’s Robert Yates Racing Ford Fusion will be powered by a Robert Yates Racing engine feature an EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

Dale Jarrett

Dale Jarrett grew up in a racing family as the son of the 1965 NASCAR Grand National (now Nextel Cup) champion Ned Jarrett.

Jarrett began to make his own mark in NASCAR racing winning his first Busch Series race at Langley (VA) Speedway in 1986.

Jarrett joined the Cup Series on a full-time basis in 1987 and scored his first division win at Michigan in 1991 while driving for the Wood Brothers.

Jarrett then moved on to Joe Gibbs Racing and provided results winning the 1994 Daytona 500. One year later, Jarrett moved to Robert Yates Racing and has scored all but two of his 32 career Cup wins.

Last year, Jarrett won the pole position for the Daytona 500 and visited Victory Lane at Talladega, AL

This season, he will return in the No. 88 Ford Fusion with power from a Robert Yates Racing Engines cooled by an EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

Carl Edwards

Carl Edwards was the breakout sensation in NASCAR last season winning four Nextel Cup and five Busch Series events.

The Missouri native made the most of his first full season in Cup scoring 14 Top-5 finishes and finishing third in the Chase For The Championship behind the wheel of the No. 99 Roush Racing Ford.

For good measure, Edwards competed in all but one of the 36 Busch Series events last year also finishing third in that division’s final point standings.

Edwards broke on to the national scene in 2002 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winning six events in just 57 starts over two and a half seasons.

Edwards will again compete in both the Cup and Busch division this season behind the wheel of a pair of potent Roush Racing Fords powered by Yates/Roush Racing engines cooled by EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pumps.

Clint Bowyer

Clint Bowyer’s spirited charge toward a NASCAR Busch Series championship came up one positions short last season, but it earned him a Nextel Cup Series ride for Richard Childress Racing in 2006.

Bowyer will take over the controls of the No. 07 RCR Cup mount this season as well as return to the No. 2 RCR Chevy in Busch Series competition.

Bowyer, 26, scored two wins and a solid 22 Top-10 finishes in 35 Busch Series starts last season. He made his Cup debut at Phoenix in November finishing 22nd, one lap down at the finish.

Both Bowyer’s No. 07 Chevy Cup car and his No. 2 Bowtie Busch machine will be powered by Richard Childress Racing engines this season cooled by an EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump.

Travis Kvapil

Travis Kvapil enters the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season with a new team after completing his rookie season in NASCAR’s top division at Penske Racing South in 2005.

A former short-track standout, Kvapil got his NASCAR start in the Winston Racing Series at Rockford (IL) Speedway.

The Janesville, WI native graduated to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ranks in 2001 and won the 2003 Truck Series championship.

In 2004, Kvapil again switched teams and later that year gave Toyota its first-ever NASCAR win when he took home the checkered flag at Michigan International Speedway.

Kvapil, 29, will steer the No. 32 for PPI Motorsports this season. His car will feature a Richard Childress Racing powerplant cooled by an EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump this season.

Joe Nemechek

Joe Nemechek, a longtime NASCAR Nextel Cup Series veteran, will again compete in select NASCAR Busch Series events in 2006.

The Lakeland, FL native, who has 16 NASCAR Busch Series career wins, broke into the NBS ranks in 1989.

Nemechek’s best NBS season came in 2003 when he captured three victories. The 43-year-old driver also won the 1992 Busch Series championship winning a pair of events en route to the title.

Nemechek, who will also pilot the No. 01 Nextel Cup entry this season, will again field a family operated and owned car in the Busch Series in 2005.

A Carl Wegner engine that features the new EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump will power Nemechek’s Busch Series No. 87 Chevy this year.

Nemechek resides in Mooresville, NC.

John Andretti

John Andretti brings his famous family name to the EMP Stewart Components racing ranks this season behind the wheel of the No. 10 ppc Racing Ford Fusion NASCAR Busch Series car.

Andretti, who also lists Indy car and Drag Racing on his career resume, broke into the NASCAR Cup Series ranks in 1993 steering a Tex Powell prepared Chevrolet to a 24th-place finish at North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway.

His two Cup wins came at Daytona in the 1997 summer race and in 1999 at Martinsville (VA) Speedway.

Heading into the 2006 Busch Series season, Andretti owns just one career NBS start – a 13th-place effort in the NAPA 300 at Daytona in 1998.

Andretti’s ppc Racing entry will be powered by a Robert Yates Racing engine cooled by an EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

Kenny Wallace

One of the most engaging personalities in all of racing, Kenny Wallace will return to the seat of the No. 22 ppc Racing Ford Fusion NASCAR Busch Series entry this season.

Wallace, the brother of Rusty and Mike Wallace, raced his way through the late model short track ranks to NASCAR finishing 11th in his Busch Series debut at Martinsville (VA) Speedway in 1988.

Entering the 2006 season, Wallace’s racing resume includes 347 Busch Series and 310 Cup Series starts.

Wallace also owns nine career Busch Series wins, the last one coming at Rockingham, NC in 2001.

Wallace’s ppc Racing Ford will have the benefit of a Robert Yates Racing engine cooled by an EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump this season.

David Green

David Green has had a stellar driving career winning the 1994 NASCAR Busch Series championship and nine division events along the way.

In 2005, Green piloted his No. 27 Brewco Motorsports tooled Ford to a win at Pikes Peak International Raceway (Fountain, CO) and an eighth-place finish in the Busch Series championship standings.

Green, an Owensboro, KY native, has also earned more than $7 million in NASCAR Busch Series career. Green will benefit from engines out of the Robert Yates Racing shops in 2006.

Those engines are cooled by an EMP Stewart Component/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

Tim Sauter

Veteran Wisconsin short track campaigner Tim Sauter will take another swing at the NASCAR Busch Series in 2006, this time behind the wheel of the No. 36 McGill Motorsports Chevrolet.

A former American Speed Association champion and the son of 1970-80s NASCAR Winston Cup driver Jim Sauter, Tim Sauter has 83 career NASCAR Busch Series starts heading into the 2006 season.

In 2005, Sauter campaigned a limited schedule of events competing in 12 NBS races. His best finish was a 12th at Talladega, AL.

Sauter’s McGill Motorsports Chevy will feature Carl Wegner power with cooling from an EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump.

Jon Wood

Jon Wood will carry his famous family name to the race track this season behind the wheel of the No. 47 ST Motorsports Ford Fusion in the NASCAR Busch Series and the No. 20 Ford F-150 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this season.

Wood, just 23 years old, competed in all 35 NBS races last year posting a season-best second-place effort at the Talladega, AL spring race.

 Wood burst on to the NASCAR scene in the Truck Series in 2001 and scored a pair of victories for Roush Racing in 2003.

Wood’s ST Motorsports Fords will be powered by a Robert Yates Racing engine cooled by an EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump this season.

Jay Sauter

Veteran Jay Sauter returns to the NASCAR Busch Series this season driving the No. 01 Dusenberg and Like Motorsports Chevrolet.

Sauter made his NASCAR debut behind the wheel of a Team Sabco entry in the Truck Series in 1996.

A year later, the Necedah, WI native took over the driving chores of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevy in the Truck Series and scored his first major NASCAR win at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Last year, Sauter split time between the Truck and Busch Series.

His 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Busch Series car will feature a Carl Wegner racing engine cooled by an EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump.

Todd Kluever

Todd Kluever is the latest driver to break out of the Wisconsin short track ranks for a shot at NASCAR riches.

The winner of the Roush Racing “Gong Show” in 2005, Kluever piloted the No. 50 Roush Ford F-150 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series scoring a dozen Top-5 finishes in 25 events.

That performance earned Kluever a promotion to the NASCAR Busch Series in 2006 as well as being tabbed as Mark Martin’s successor in the No. 6 Roush Racing Cup car in 2007.

Kluever’s No. 06 Roush Racing Busch Series entry this season will be powered by a Yates/Roush Racing engine cooled by an EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

Kluever, 26, is a native of Sun Prairie, WI.

Green Light Racing

Green Light Racing, led by former driver Bobby Dotter, will field two EMP Stewart Components cooled entries in the NASCAR CraftsmanTruck Series this season.

Dotter will field the No. 07 and 08 Chevrolet Silverados in NCTS competition with various drivers at the controls throughout the season.

Both Green Light Racing Chevy trucks will feature Carl Wegner power and the EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump in 2006.

Terry Cook

Sylvania, OH native Terry Cook made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at The Milwaukee (WI) Mile I 1996 and has been a division mainstay ever since.

Cook scored his first NCTS win at Flemington (NJ) Speedway in 1998.

Cook’s biggest Truck Series season came in 2002 when he scored four victories.

Last year, Cook piloted the No. 10 ppc Racing Ford F-150 to eight Top-10 finishes and 15th-place finish in the Truck Series championship standings.

In 2006, Cook will return to the No. 10 Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford with power from Robert Yates Racing Engines and cooling from the EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

Ron Hornaday, Jr.

One of the fiercest competitors to ever strap on a race car, Ron Hornaday, Jr. roared his way on the national scene during the 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series “Winter Heat” events.

Hornaday, the all-time winner in the Truck Series with 27 victories, owns an incredible 106 Top-10 finishes in just 150 NCTS career starts heading into the 2006 season.

Along the way, the Palmdale, CA native has also notched four wins in 158 career NASCAR Busch Series starts.

Hornaday returned to the Truck Series on a full-time basis last season scoring one win and 13 Top-10 finishes en route to an eighth-place finish in the championship points chase.

His truck, owned by NASCAR Nextel Cup star Kevin Harvick, will change from No. 6 to No. 33 this season.

Hornaday, who will also drive select events in Harvick’s No.

33 NASCAR Busch Series car this season, will benefit from Richard Childress Racing Engines horsepower cooled by an EMP Stewart Components GM Pro Series Water Pump.

Erik Darnell

As the winner of the 2005 Roush Racing “Driver X” competition, Erik Darnell will get his first taste of big-time NASCAR racings in the Truck Series in 2006.

Darnell is a graduate of the Midwestern short track ranks and the grandson of famous 1960s USAC stock car racer, Bay Darnell.

Last year, Darnell split time between the short track and ARCA ranks.

This year, Darnell will steer the No. 50 Roush Racing Ford F-150 in NCTS competition.

The Truck Series rookie of the year candidate will have the benefit of Yates/Roush Racing Engines power and cooling from the EMP Stewart Components/Yates Ford Pro Series Water Pump.

NASCAR teams/drivers featuring sponsorship from EMP - the parent company of EMP Stewart Components - in 2006. 

Brian Vickers

Brian Vickers competed in all 36 NASCAR Nextel Cup events in 2005 scoring five To-5 finishes. His best finish was a second at Pocono in June.

Vickers also won a pole position capturing the top qualifying spot for the New England 300 in July at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Vickers, the youngest driver to ever win the NASCAR Busch Series championship (2003), will also compete in select Busch Series event in 2006.

Vickers will drive the No. 25 Chevy Monte Carlo Hendrick Motorsports Chevy in the Cup Series this season that again will feature associate sponsorship from EMP.

Vickers is a native of Thomasville, NC.