Car No. 9 history JR Motorsports

chase elliott @ road america in 2014.

the no. 9 car began no. 48 car made debut in busch series in 2004 @ charlotte motor speedway (then called lowe s motor speedway), running one-race deal sponsorship lowe s , spongebob squarepants movie. jimmie johnson drove third-place finish. drove car 5 races in 2005, winning pole @ lowe s. during 2006, started 3 races, both lowe s races , ameriquest 300 @ california.[110] best finish seventh in first lowe s race. johnson drove 48 car in same 3 busch races 2007 races, best finish of fourth @ california. in 2008 johnson drove 48 @ watkins glen , finished 29th. car did not run again until 2014, when 18-year-old hendrick development driver named chase elliott signed drive fourth entry jr motorsports. car renumbered 9, longtime number of chase s father bill elliott. in surprise move, napa auto parts, left michael waltrip racing , rumored depart sport, signed on sponsor full season. after boyd gaming 300 @ las vegas motor speedway, team revealed have violated sections 12–4.2 (p2 penalty) , 20a–12.8.1b (car exceeded minimum front height) of nascar rulebook. result, crew chief greg ives placed on probation until december 31. @ o reilly auto parts 300, elliott passed teammate kevin harvick first nationwide series win. elliott s second win came @ vfw sport clips hero 200 @ darlington raceway, led 52 laps. late race caution , slow pit stop find elliott restarting in 6th 2 laps go. elliott managed outstanding feat of passing 5 cars in front of him en route second win of season. elliott win third race of season in enjoyillinois.com 300 @ chicagoland speedway after holding off trevor bayne. elliott won 2014 nationwide series championship, first rookie win nascar national series championship.

in 2015, elliott returned no. 9 full-time defend championship. elliott s 2014 crew chief greg ives move dale earnhardt jr. s cup series team, replaced longtime xfinity crew chief ernie cope. no. 9 team never raced in 2016.

on august 18, 2016, william byron , hendrick motorsports announced multi-year driver development agreement, byron running full-time in xfinity series driving no. 9 chevrolet camaro jr motorsports in 2017. first time since 2015 no. 9 driven rookie driver. @ 2017 ford eco boost 300, william byron , elliott sadler battling late, byron took advantage of sadler s mistake of trying pass ryan preece when far back, slowing sadler , byron passes him, passing preece, when sadler tried follow, sadler made contact preece,sending preece sideways , sadler in wall. after byron pulled away , finished 3rd, , winning championship , rookie of year honors.