Car No. 7 history JR Motorsports

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.