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JR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the #5/#7 and #88 Chevrolet Impalas in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
[edit] History of JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports began in a shed on the property of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in 1998 with just one employee, as the marketing division of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s race team. The original intent of the business was to help Earnhardt, Jr. sell t-shirts and negotiate sponsorship deals.[citation needed] It wasn't until 2002 that Earnhardt, Jr. turned the business into a race team, when T. J. Majors drove street stock division at Concord Motorsports Park, in North Carolina. The first win for the team came at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, VA, in 2004. Today the team operates out of a 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) race shop near Mooresville, North Carolina. Upon Earnhardt, Jr.'s signing with Hendrick Motorsports the Hendrick and JR Nationwide Series teams were merged. [edit] Nationwide Series[edit] #5/#7 car historySee also: Hendrick Motorsports The #5 car is inherited from the Hendrick Motorsports' Busch Series stable, competing in the series since 1984. Shortly after Dale Earnhardt, Jr. signed with Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series, Hendrick Motorsports announced that it would merge its operations with the JR stable to field a two-car team with the #5 and the #88, starting in 2008, using Hendrick engines and chassies.[1] The #5 was scheduled to be driven by seven drivers in 2008; Jimmie Johnson, Earnhardt, Jr., Martin Truex, Jr., Mark Martin and Landon Cassill as well as road course specialists Ron Fellows and Adrian Fernandez[2], with sponsorship from Lowe's, National Guard, Delphi, and Godaddy.com. The 5 car won twice in 2008, with Martin at Las Vegas and Ron Fellows in Montreal, the first NASCAR race run in wet conditions. The 5 car will run 21 races with sponsorship from Fastenal, GoDaddy.com, Unilever and Delphi in 2009. The team's best finish was a third with Earnhardt at Atlanta. Danica Patrick will drive a number of races with JR Motorsports in with GoDaddy.com sponsorship as the #7. [edit] #88 car historyThe #88 debuted in 2005 at the Ford 300 with Mark McFarland driving with sponsorship from the United States Navy, qualifying eighteenth and finishing twentieth. McFarland was named the full-time driver and had a seventh-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway, but was released by Shane Huffman after twenty-one races,[3][4] with Martin Truex, Jr. and Robby Gordon filling-in for certain races. Huffman was hired as the full-time driver in 2007, and had two top-ten finishes before he was released from the ride as well[5]. Brad Keselowski was hired to replace Huffman for three races,[6] with SCCA driver Andy Pilgrim to be in the car for the race in Montreal and Watkins Glen.[7] Brad Keselowski finished the season with five top-ten finishes[8] signed a two year contract with JR Motorsports with the Navy returning as sponsor in 2008[9]. He won his first race at Nashville Superspeedway and later picked up another win at Bristol Motor Speedway, finishing third in points but lost the Navy sponsorship[10]. GoDaddy.com and Delphi will sponsor the #88 for a total of 24 races in 2009, with Unilever sponsoring 11 races on the #88 car. [edit] Sprint Cup Series and Future of JR MotorsportsDuring a press conference at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 16, 2008, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stated that once the Nationwide Series starts using the Car of Tomorrow chassis, which is set for a July 2010 debut at the Daytona International Speedway, his Nationwide teams possibly will leave the Nationwide Series, due to the costs of switching cars. When asked if he will move JR Motorsports to the Sprint Cup Series, Earnhardt Jr. said that due to the Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series almost having the same expensive costs, he might move the team to the Sprint Cup Series as early as 2009 "if the right opportunity comes along with the right sponsorship and driver..." [11] IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick is to drive for JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series for the 2010 Season.[12] [edit] Other racing series
JR Motorsports fields the No. 88 Racing Clubs of America Chevrolet Monte Carlo Late model driven by Curtis Truex, The No.72 Champion Spark Plug Chevrolet driven by Richard Boswell, the 06 Champion Spark Plug chevy driven by Davin Scites., the No. 50 Southern Pipeing Chevy driven by Jamey Cadill, and the No.73 R and B Chevy driven by Owen Kelly. [edit] Speed 1In 2007, JR Motorsports supplied cars for Speed Channel's NASCAR coverage. The Speed 1 fleet for NASCAR RaceDay included a superspeedway car, and car for intermediate tracks, and a Car of Tomorrow. Speed 1 was driven by Hermie Sadler.[13] [edit] External links
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