Brent Sherman

Sherman, and McGill Motorsports have set high goals for the 2007 Busch Series season. As one of the few remaining, non-Cup affiliated teams, the No. 36 will run the full 35-race schedule next year, mcgillmotorsports.com reports.

Sherman's first lap around the Nextel Cup circuit has been a bumpy ride. Sherman said that he has left BAM Racing's Nextel Cup team to form his own team, Sherman Racing. Sherman's team will spend the rest of the 2006 season on the ARCA RE/MAX Series circuit, with plans to try to qualify for Nextel Cup races July 9 in Chicago and November 12 near Phoenix, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Supposedly Sherman has left the BAM Racing team after testing the first session at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Tuesday, jayski.com reports. No word on his plans, if Serta will stay as a sponsor, but this week the No. 49 Dodge has Fire Dex as the sponsor of the car and Mike Wallace will race at Richmond.

Sherman and the BAM Racing team are hoping that history will repeat itself this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway for the Subway Fresh 500. Sherman has enjoyed success at the “Jewel of the Desert” in the Busch Series, and intends to draw upon those experiences in his first Nextel Cup Series race at the one-mile oval, brentsherman.com reports.

The Food City 500 will be Sherman’s fifth Nextel Cup start and second career start at Bristol Motor Speedway. Sherman is currently 36th in the driver points standings and in seventh place for Rookie-of-the-Year honors, brentsherman.com reports.