Xfinity Series JR Motorsports

1 xfinity series

1.1 car no. 1 history
1.2 car no. 5 history
1.3 car no. 7 history
1.4 car no. 9 history
1.5 car no. 88 history

xfinity series
car no. 1 history

elliott sadler @ road america in 2016.

it announced in late 2015 elliott sadler drive newly no. 1. onemain financial chevy, replacing chase elliott moved take on no. 24 jeff gordon. sadler started season fourth-place finish in season opener @ daytona. win 3 races in 2016 , ended finishing second in overall standings after controversial restart less ten laps remaining @ homestead cost sadler , teammate, justin allgaier, shot win title.

car no. 5 history

dale earnhardt jr. , no. 83 navy chevrolet in 2008.

the no. 5 team started in 2006 no. 83 team, part-time second car jr motorsports. car driven shane huffman sponsorship make wish foundation. car returned in 2008 driven dale earnhardt jr. navy sponsoring. in 2010, jr motorsports , richard childress racing announced number switch no. 83 no. 3 dale earnhardt jr. driving car @ daytona in july wrangler sponsoring car. tribute dale earnhardt, being inducted nascar hall of fame in may. earnhardt jr. won race in no. 3 car.

johnny o connell @ road america in 2013.

in 2011, team changed numbers 3 5 jr motorsports 3rd entry, dale earnhardt jr. , ron fellows running handful of races part-time. car returned in 2012 once more dale jr. , fellows driving, , regan smith win ford 200 after announcing addition team. car slated smith in 2013, moved no. 7 when jr s cup teammate kasey kahne , usac driver brad sweet signed drive no. 5 sponsorship great clips. on monday october 14, 2013, jr motorsports announced kevin harvick begin driving no. 5 car in @ least 12 races 2014 season. 4 of races car sponsored hunt brothers pizza. super late model driver austin theriault drove car in 3 races team starting @ iowa. jr development driver josh berry drove 2 races starting @ iowa in august. 2015, no. 5 driven kahne in single race @ charlotte 4th team car, finished 3rd.

michael annett drive car full-time in 2017 pilot flying j sponsor.

car no. 7 history


danica patrick driving no. 7 in 2012 sargento 200

the no. 7 car joined in 2008 no. 5 part of merger hendrick motorsports nationwide teams. driven jimmie johnson, dale earnhardt jr., martin truex jr., mark martin, landon cassill, ron fellows , adrian fernandez, sponsorship lowe s (johnson , fernandez), national guard (truex, earnhardt jr , cassill), delphi, (martin) , godaddy.com (earnhardt , fellows). no. 5 car won 2 races in 2008, martin @ las vegas , ron fellows in montreal, first nascar race run in rain.

regan smith @ road america in 2014.

the 5 car returned in 2009 sponsorship fastenal, godaddy.com, unilever , delphi. team s best finish third earnhardt @ atlanta. team changed numbers no. 5 no. 7 danica patrick driving 12 races jr motorsports in godaddy.com sponsorship in 2010, schedule filled out scott wimmer, dale earnhardt jr., landon cassill, steve arpin, josh wise , j. r. fitzpatrick. patrick ran 12 races godaddy, best finish of 4th @ las vegas. wise returned team few races, recording few top tens. earnhardt jr. drove no. 7 @ talladega, , cup drivers jimmie johnson, kasey kahne , jamie mcmurray drove car too. danica patrick drove no. 7 full-time in 2012 while contesting limited cup schedule stewart-haas racing. patrick departed team cup series after season.

regan smith, former teammate dale earnhardt jr. @ dei served substitute driver in cup series late in 2012, signed drive team in 2013. announced drive no. 5 car, moved no. 7. smith won twice @ talladega , michigan, suffered run of bad luck in summer , finished third in points. in 2014, regan smith returned drive no. 7 car, starting season win in drive4copd 300 @ daytona. there, go on jrm complete one-two points finish behind chase elliott. in 2015, regan smith returned no. 7 full-time. gained 2 victories including mid-ohio , dover. following kansas race, smith stated not return jr motorsports in 2016. justin allgaier later announced new driver of no. 7 chevy, bringing sponsorship brandt.

car no. 9 history

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.

car no. 88 history

mark mcfarland, team s first driver, in 2006.

the no. 88 debuted in 2005 @ ford 300 mark mcfarland driving sponsorship united states navy, qualifying eighteenth , finishing twentieth. mcfarland named full-time driver , had seventh-place finish @ talladega superspeedway, replaced shane huffman after twenty-one races, martin truex jr. , robby gordon filling-in races. huffman hired full-time driver in 2007, , had 2 top-ten finishes before released ride well.

brad keselowski earned 6 victories team 2007 2009.

brad keselowski, son of former craftsman truck series driver bob keselowski, hired replace huffman 3 races, scca driver andy pilgrim in car road course races in montreal , watkins glen. keselowski returned @ hometown track michigan. involved in hard crash @ fontana, in tagged spinning car, collided head first , driver side turn 1 wall, temporarily airborne, , rode guardrail while car on fire before coming stop. keselowski taken local hospital, , later cleared race @ richmond next week. keselowski finished season 5 top-ten finishes keselowski signed two-year contract jr motorsports navy returning sponsor in 2008. won first race @ nashville superspeedway , later picked win @ bristol motor speedway, finishing third in points lost navy sponsorship 2009. godaddy.com , delphi corporation sponsored no. 88 total of 24 races in 2009, unilever brands sponsoring 11 races on no. 88 car. keselowski won 4 races , finished third in points second consecutive season before leaving penske racing.

at end of 2009 season, kelly bires signed two-year contract drive jr motorsports in no. 88 chevy through 2011, earnhardt eager see bires in equipment. bires drove no. 5 ragu chevy junior @ homestead in preparation running full-time in 2010. due sponsorship obligations unilever , hellmann s mayonnaise brand, owner dale earnhardt jr. ran no. 88 car @ 2010 season opener @ daytona , danica patrick ran no. 7 car sponsor godaddy.com, forcing bires sit out. in debut @ fontana, bires scored seventh-place finish. more curious missing daytona when bires removed no. 88 car in favor of cup driver jamie mcmurray after 5 races run, 1 finish below 17th (a crash @ las vegas). earnhardt jr. cited chemistry issues between bires, jr motorsports management, , team including tony eury sr. , jr., , implied bires taking seat next brad [keselowski], next jeff gordon. bires third young driver hastily removed 88 car. elliott sadler, greg sacks, aric almirola, steve arpin, coleman pressley, dale earnhardt jr. , ron fellows ran races in car finish out season. no. 88 team took home 1 win in 2010, driver mcmurray in atlanta. came close winning inaugural race @ road america ron fellows.

aric almirola driving no. 88 car in 2011 bucyrus 200.

former dei development driver aric almirola moved truck series drive car full-time in 2011 part of 2-year deal. sponsorship unilever, grand touring vodka, , taxslayer, almirola ended fourth in points in first full-time season. almirola left jrm after 2011 join richard petty motorsports in cup series, while no. 88 taken former red bull development driver cole whitt in 2012 rookie season. whitt had consistent rookie season despite switching crew chiefs tony eury sr. bruce cook. whitt recorded best finish of 4th @ daytona, talladega, , michigan, finishing 7th in point standings lost rookie of year battle austin dillon. team unable find sponsorship whitt 2013, no. 88 used dale jr. in limited nationwide series schedule (to keep consistency cup series number). dale jr. , kevin harvick drove car first 2 races of 2014 season before switching owners points no. 5. in 2015 no. 5 team became no. 88 team, , driven dale jr. in 4 races, kevin harvick in 12 races, kasey kahne in 7 races , ben rhodes in 10 races. on april 23, 2016, dale earnhardt jr. piloted no. 88 victory @ richmond international raceway, first xfinity win in 6 years , first jr motorsports.

it announced in late-2016 no. 88 downgraded part-time ride 2017 earnhardt jr. , kahne.