You can put any SIM into any phone. What will make it work is if the phone in question is either
a) the SIM card corresponds with the phone (e.g. AT&T SIM into another AT&T phone)
b) the phone is unlocked.
If there was no Chase for the Sprint/NEXTEL Cup then:
2004 - Jeff Gordon (5th Championship)
2005 - Tony Stewart (2nd Championship) (as he did)
2006 - Jimmie Johnson (1st Championship) (as he did)
2007 - Jeff Gordon (6th Championship)
2008 - Carl Edwards (1st Championship)
2009 - Tony Stewart...