It was later announced in early 2007 that the team had partnered with NASCAR team
Richard Childress Racing and will be called
Childress-Howard Motorsports. The team ran a limited schedule in 2008 in preparation for a possible full season in 2009 and Wallace will be the full-time driver for the team. The only race that the team ran in 2008 was the Crown Royal 200 at
Watkins Glen International with the next generation #4
AT&T Pontiac Crawford with Wallace and
Andy Lally driving. The team started the race 13th and finished 19th out of the 20 cars entered. Wallace will continue for the
2009 Rolex Sports Car Series season, and will be joined by
Rob Finlay as full-time drivers of the #2 Crawford-Pontiac. At the
Rolex 24 at Daytona, they will be joined by Childress' #07 NASCAR driver
Casey Mears and
IndyCar Series driver
Danica Patrick. The team receives factory backing from chassis constructor
Crawford Composites. ==References==