 One team made its début at the race . Red Bull Racing Team elected to start operations early as part of a warm @-@ up exercise to running a full @-@ time schedule in 2007 with 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott driving the No. 83 car . Elliott would attempt to qualify the car at three races towards the end of the year . He said that his decision to join Red Bull was because of the organization , and its wiliness to become competitive , which had attracted him to the team . Elliott stated that he was required to qualify the car for the race and move up the field , and provide input that would allow the team to be prepared for the 2007 Daytona 500 . 
