He currently does not have a full-time ride in NASCAR as he competes for Tony Stewart Racing in three USAC series.

At the next race at Texas Motor Speedway, he qualified 4th, and ran in the top-15 all day, coming home with an eleventh-place finish.

Hines ran his last two races that season at Martinsville Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway.

88 Menards Chevrolet Silverado for ThorSport Racing, competing for NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

Starting at Texas, Tracy Hines had a streak of 8 straight top-17 finishes, capped off by a 9th at IRP.

43 Channellock Dodge for The Curb Agajanian Performance Group at California, where he started 26th and finishing 36th after a late crash.

6, Evernham Motorsports, who now owned the car, hired Hines to drive at The Milwaukee Mile, where he started ninth and finished nineteenth.

14 Dodge Charger for FitzBradshaw Racing, with sponsorship from TakeMeOn Vacation, Bluegrass, and JaniKing.

After an aborted attempt at Rookie of the Year, Hines resigned from Fitz Bradshaw Racing.

He sustained a fractured pelvis and left femur, and dislocated right knee in an off-road motorcycle wreck on April 30, 2007.

[2] Hines continued his career in the USAC ranks for several years before returning to NASCAR competition in 2013, driving in the Camping World Truck Series for ThorSport Racing in the inaugural Mudsummer Classic on the dirt at Eldora Speedway.