I started working on the new driver salaries that will start with the Daytona 500.
There is a change this year as we have dropped the salary cap by $5,000. The new salary cap will be 175k, but the good news is that all B class drivers have dropped by 5k each.

The council felt this would incoroporate more use of the mid grade drivers.

A few drivers changed rides so their new salaries will be a little wacky for the first 5 races of the year.

Here are the salaries based on the owners points for 2008:

A class
Johnson 50k
Gordon 49k
Bowyer 48k
Kenseth 47k
Mears 46k
Stewart 45k
Hornish Jr. 44k
Burton 43k
Edwards 42k
Harvick 41k
Truex 40k
Hamlin 39k

B class
Newman 34k
Biffle 33k
Earnhardt Jr. 32k
Martin 31k
Smith 30k
McMurray 29k
Labonte 28k
Kahne 27k
Montoya 26k
Kyle Busch 25k
Sorenson 24k
Ragan 23k
Yeley 22k

C class
Franchitti 15k
Sadler 15k
R. Gordon 15k
Menard 15k
Kvapil 15k
Mayfield 10k
Gilliland 10k
Riggs 10k
Blaney 10k
Petty 10k

All other drivers including Kurt Busch are listed at 5k each.