Despite the plan of getting the No. 00 in the top-35 before the end of the season, Michael Waltrip Racing has decided to replace the No. 00 with the No. 47 to prepare Marcos Ambrose for the 2009 Sprint Cup Season.

The No. 47 team is owned by JTG-Daugherty Racing, and they plan to run a full schedule in 2009 with Ambrose behind the wheel. Originally a Ford team, JTG-Daugherty Racing formed a technical alliance with MWR and will instead field a Toyota Camry.

With seven races under his belt so far, Ambrose boasts a third place finish that he assembled at Watkins Glen that he collected in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford. With the success that Toyota has found in 2008, Ambrose and the No. 47 have a lot to look forward to in 2009.

"I’m thankful MWR is giving Frankie and me the opportunity to work together these last four races in the equipment we will be running next year,” Ambrose stated. “Driving Toyotas and working with MWR’s engineering staff these last four weeks will really get us ahead of schedule for 2009. Our goal is to learn as much as we can about these cars so we can represent JTG-Daugherty and our sponsors better next year.”