If you’re starting a team, what free agent are you choosing?

Whew, what an offseason it's been, eh? But as Christmas approaches, silly season looks to be slowing down -- barring any sort of unforeseen driver or crew chief change. (We've certainly had a couple of those, haven't we?) There's only one officially open competitive ride, and that's the No. 43, which is now devoid of sponsorship because of Best Buy's move to Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards and Roush Fenway Racing. Given that the Red Bull cars aren't coming back, now's your chance to break into NASCAR -- all you have to do is "merge" with the remains of the team and acquire their locked-in starting position for the Daytona 500. But you need a driver. Sponsorship isn't an issue, because since this is a hypothetical, you just won the lottery and want to self-fund your team. You want a driver with considerable Sprint Cup experience and a "proven winner." There are plenty of those out there. However, for the purposes of this hypotheti...