Trail Motorsport

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Fitz Motorsports
aka FitzBradshaw Racing, Highline Performance Group, Trail Motorsport
Nationwide Series
Race driversKerry Earnhardt, Tim Fedewa, Casey Atwood, David Stremme, Mike Bliss
SponsorsSupercuts, United States Navy
ManufacturerDodge, Chevrolet
Opened2001
Closed2009
Career
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories0

Trail Motorsports (formerly HighLine Performance Group, FitzBradshaw Racing and Fitz Motorsports) was a

Camping World East Series
.

Sprint Cup Series

While the team was called FitzBradshaw, Trail briefly ran a Cup operation in

Checker Auto Parts 500, finishing 36th.[7] Earnhardt attempted three more races in 2003 with sponsorship from Aaron's, Supercuts, and Hot Tamales, but also failed to qualify.[3][8][9]

Car No. 83 results

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NWCC Pts
2002 Kerry Earnhardt 83 Chevy DAY CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI
TEX
MAR
TAL CAL
RCH
CLT DOV POC
MCH
SON
DAY
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
NHA
DOV
KAN
TAL
DNQ
CLT
DNQ
MAR
ATL

DNQ
CAR
61st 109
Ron Hornaday Jr.
PHO

36
HOM
2003 Kerry Earnhardt DAY CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR BRI
TEX

DNQ
TAL
MAR
CAL

DNQ
RCH
CLT
DOV
POC
MCH
SON
DAY

DNQ
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
NHA
DOV
TAL
KAN
CLT
MAR
ATL
PHO
CAR
HOM 63rd 93

Nationwide Series

The No. 12 (left) and No. 14 cars of FitzBradshaw in 2004.

Beginnings

Outback Steakhouse 300. Hornaday had two top-tens but was released before the season was over, and was replaced by Todd Bodine who had one top-five in three races at the end of the season.[12][13] Andy Santerre and Tim Fedewa also ran races in the car.[12][13] The No. 11 car ended 21st in owner points, with Bodine finishing 29th in points.[12][13]

Car No. 8 results

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Owners Pts
2001 Blaise Alexander 8 Chevy
DAY

30
CAR

16
LVS

43
ATL

12
DAR
BRI
TEX
42nd 1132
Frank Kimmel
NSH

11
TAL
CAL
Jeff Falk
RCH

31
NHA
NZH

29
CLT
DOV
KEN

DNQ
MLW
GLN
CHI
GTY
BRI

24
RCH

25
Michael Dokken
PPR

41
IRP
MCH
DAR

42
CLT

42
HOM

DNQ
Jason Rudd
DOV

40
KAN
Mario Hernandez
MEM

36
Mark Voigt
PHO

43
Josh Richeson
CAR

37

Car No. 11 results

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Owners Pts
2001 Marty Houston 11 Chevy
DAY

13
CAR

42
LVS

36
ATL

33
DAR

20
BRI

14
TEX

25
NSH

23
TAL

37
CAL

32
RCH

38
NHA

30
NZH

25
CLT

32
DOV

17
KEN

21
21st 3282
Ron Hornaday Jr.
MLW

8
GLN

10
CHI

16
MCH

14
BRI

27
DAR

11
RCH

11
DOV

26
KAN

34
Andy Santerre
GTY

16
PPR

13
IRP
17
Todd Bodine
CLT

15
PHO

5
CAR

24
HOM

15
Tim Fedewa
MEM

6

Car No. 22 history

Rear Adm. Jeff Fowler, right, looks-on as the new driver of the Busch Series "Life Accelerator," David Stremme, takes questions during a press conference at Memphis Motor Sports Park. Fowler announced that the Navy would extend its partnership with NASCAR and FitzBradshaw for the 2005 season.

In

Memphis. When the team came to Montreal for the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts 200, the team - in a last-second decision - placed Canadian CART regular Patrick Carpentier in the car. Carpentier won the pole position for the race and charged from 6th with less than 2 laps to go to finish second to Kevin Harvick
.

Bliss returned in 2008 to drive full-time, but left for

Marc Davis
, took over for the rest of the season. This team shut down in early 2009.

Car No. 22 results

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Owners Pts
2002 Kerry Earnhardt 12 Chevy
DAY

41
CAR

28
LVS

19
DAR

18
BRI

28
TEX

23
NSH

8
TAL
18
CAL

21
RCH

33
NHA

18
NZH

20
CLT

28
DOV

16
NSH

18
KEN

7
MLW

27
DAY

38
CHI

43
GTY

12
PPR

18
IRP
35
MCH

21
BRI

31
DAR

28
RCH

27
DOV

39
KAN

2
CLT

31
MEM

5
ATL

41
CAR

31
PHO

10
HOM

27
26th 3145
2003
DAY

14
CAR

15
LVS

14
DAR

33
BRI

34
TEX

31
TAL

17
NSH

26
CAL

40
RCH

19
GTY

17
NZH
14
CLT

35
DOV

14
NSH

30
KEN

34
MLW

15
DAY

33
CHI

41
18th 3170
Tim Fedewa
NHA

12
PPR

13
IRP
13
MCH

25
BRI

24
DAR

19
RCH

18
DOV

17
KAN

18
CLT

25
MEM

20
ATL

24
PHO

24
CAR
24
HOM

42
2004
DAY

16
CAR
18
LVS

7
DAR

16
BRI

12
TEX

15
NSH

12
TAL

37
CAL

31
GTY

9
RCH

17
NZH
15
CLT

42
DOV

9
NSH
11
KEN

34
MLW

17
DAY

10
CHI

17
NHA

2
PPR

25
IRP
34
MCH

23
BRI

16
CAL

27
RCH

35
DOV

13
KAN

38
CLT

31
MEM

23
ATL

33
PHO

18
DAR

14
HOM

21
20th 3480
2005 Dodge
DAY

24
CAL

21
MXC

21
LVS

15
ATL

38
NSH

26
BRI

25
TEX

16
PHO

41
TAL

37
DAR

19
RCH

41
CLT

29
DOV

34
NSH
21
KEN

40
MLW

27
DAY

24
CHI

32
NHA

13
PPR
18
28th 2846
Sterling Marlin
GTY

12
Joel Kauffman IRP
25
BRI

34
DOV

36
KAN

23
MEM

34
PHO

29
HOM

22
Paul Wolfe
GLN

23
MCH

32
RCH

29
Carlos Contreras
CAL

33
Steadman Marlin
CLT

19
Kertus Davis
TEX

40
2006 David Reutimann
DAY

29
34th 2561
Joel Kauffman
CAL

27
MXC

34
LVS

43
ATL

32
BRI

42
TEX

35
NSH

23
PHO

30
RCH

DNQ
DAR

35
CLT

DNQ
KEN

27
MLW

31
Tracy Hines
TAL

25
DAY

29
CHI

41
NHA

34
Mike Skinner
DOV

25
NSH
26
IRP
18
MCH

29
BRI

13
RCH

32
CLT

10
TEX

21
PHO

DNQ
HOM

24
Carlos Contreras
MAR

29
GLN

32
CAL

38
MEM

39
Kevin Hamlin
GTY

DNQ
Scott Wimmer
DOV

11
Ted Musgrave
KAN

30
2007 David Stremme 22
DAY

DNQ
CAL

12
LVS

5
ATL

11
BRI

33
TEX

19
CLT

16
CHI

25
MCH

24
8th 3381
Carlos Contreras
MXC

35
Mike Bliss
BRI

10
NSH

10
PHO

15
TAL

14
RCH

33
DAR

18
DOV

9
NSH
16
KEN

9
MLW

25
NHA

13
DAY

17
GTY

33
BRI

13
RCH

5
DOV

4
KAN

31
CLT

29
MEM

2
TEX

43
PHO

32
HOM

23
Josh Wise IRP
19
Patrick Carpentier CGV
2
GLN

19
Robby Gordon
CAL

9
2008 Mike Bliss
DAY

17
CAL

13
LVS

26
ATL

7
BRI

5
NSH

11
23rd 3409
Robby Gordon
TEX

20
PHO

27
Rubén Pardo MXC
18
DAR

42
Reed Sorenson
TAL

29
Johnny Sauter
RCH

24
Josh Wise
CLT

24
DOV

19
NSH
33
KEN

23
MLW

33
NHA

20
DAY

33
CHI

25
GTY

16
IRP
5
DOV

13
Andrew Ranger CGV
28
BRI

19
RCH

33
KAN
31
CLT

20
Ryan Newman
GLN

12
Josh Wise Toyota
MCH

14
CAL

22
Jarit Johnson Dodge MEM
32
Marc Davis
TEX

30
PHO

27
HOM

27

Car No. 36 history

.

The team expanded to two cars in 2003 halfway through the season as the

Braun Racing's David Stremme named as his permanent replacement. As part of the arrangement to bring Stremme to the team, FitzBradshaw agreed to align themselves with Chip Ganassi Racing
, who had him under contract as part of a driver development deal. This would allow the team to finish the season as a Chevrolet team, but beginning the next year both the No. 12 and the No. 14 would switch to Dodge as Ganassi's team was fielding the vehicles at the time.

Stremme ran the No. 14 full-time in 2005, and had ten top-tens, finishing 13th in points, before moving up to compete in the

Shark Energy Drink. Although Wallace missed the season opener at Daytona, he ran all following races until owner Armando Fitz announced on March 17 that the No. 36 team would only run part-time due to a lack of product distribution, and the owner points of the 36 were switched the No. 28 of Wallace's new team. The No. 36 began running part-time with Pardo and Charles Lewandoski
driving midway through the season.

Car No. 36 results

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Owners Pts
2003 Casey Atwood 14 Chevy
DAY
CAR
LVS
DAR
BRI
TEX
TAL
NSH
CAL
RCH
GTY
NZH
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN

9
MLW

19
DAY

27
CHI
NHA

32
PPR
IRP
MCH
BRI

18
DAR

10
RCH

11
DOV

25
KAN
CLT

32
MEM

7
ATL
PHO

8
CAR
HOM

43
42nd 1243
2004
DAY

15
CAR
19
LVS

36
DAR

9
BRI

34
TEX

21
NSH

20
TAL

13
CAL

29
GTY

23
RCH

14
NZH
6
CLT

17
DOV

18
NSH
7
KEN

22
MLW

32
DAY

24
CHI

13
NHA

31
PPR

9
IRP
8
MCH

25
BRI

10
CAL

26
RCH

2
DOV

24
KAN

22
CLT

20
14th 3680
Dave Blaney
MEM

19
David Stremme
ATL

8
PHO

21
DAR

31
HOM

12
2005 Dodge
DAY

40
CAL

8
MXC

22
LVS

3
ATL

13
NSH

26
BRI

38
TEX

17
PHO

3
TAL

3
DAR

6
RCH

27
CLT

8
DOV

33
NSH
6
KEN

32
MLW

5
DAY

18
CHI

20
NHA

22
PPR
35
GTY

22
IRP
5
GLN

17
MCH

22
BRI

26
CAL

9
RCH

35
DOV

19
KAN

43
CLT

23
MEM

11
TEX

18
PHO

34
HOM

32
16th 3694
2006 Tracy Hines
DAY

20
CAL

33
LVS

38
ATL

41
BRI

13
TEX

30
PHO

43
TAL
40th 1430
Carlos Contreras
MXC

11
HOM

33
Steadman Marlin
NSH

31
A. J. Foyt IV
RCH

DNQ
DAR
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI
NHA
Ricky Craven
MAR

39
GTY
Ted Musgrave IRP
25
GLN
RCH

21
DOV
KAN
CLT

24
TEX

34
Scott Wimmer
MCH

42
BRI

17
CAL
Willie Allen
MEM

28
PHO

35
2007 Rubén Pardo 44
DAY
CAL
MXC

41
LVS
ATL
BRI
NSH

43
TEX
PHO
TAL
RCH
DAR
73rd 80
Mike Bliss
CLT

39
DOV
NSH
Carlos Contreras
KEN

43
MLW
NHA
DAY
CHI
GTY
IRP
Mark Green CGV
40
GLN
MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
TEX
PHO
HOM
2008 Kenny Wallace 36
DAY

DNQ
CAL

18
LVS

13
ATL

25
BRI

11
50th 505
Rubén Pardo
NSH

DNQ
TEX
PHO
MXC
TAL
RCH
DAR
CLT
DOV
NSH
42
KEN
MLW

DNQ
GTY

41
Charles Lewandoski
NHA

41
DAY
IRP
DNQ
CGV
GLN
MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
TEX
PHO
HOM
Chad Blount
CHI

DNQ

Car No. 40 history

Casey Atwood in the 82 in 2003

The third FitzBradshaw car made its debut in 2003, with

Goulds Pumps, his best finish being 13th at Las Vegas.[24] Dave Blaney also ran two races in the car.[23]

In 2005, the team became a driver development team for

Aaron's
Dodge.

Car No. 40 results

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Owners Pts
2003
Jimmy Spencer
82 Chevy
DAY
CAR
LVS
DAR
BRI
TEX

6
TAL
NSH
CAL
RCH
GTY
NZH 57th 481
Casey Atwood
CLT

DNQ
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI

21
NHA
PPR
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
ATL

28
Randy LaJoie
PHO

14
CAR
HOM

Wth
2004
DAY
CAR
LVS

13
DAR
BRI
TEX

23
NSH
TAL
CAL

30
GTY
RCH
NZH
25
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY

16
CHI
NHA
PPR
IRP
MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
56th 619
Dave Blaney
CLT

25
MEM
ATL
PHO

42
DAR
HOM
2005 Sterling Marlin 40 Dodge
DAY

42
CAL

15
LVS

25
ATL

QL
NSH

37
BRI

5
TEX

19
TAL

21
DAR

39
RCH

10
CLT

2
NSH
QL
KEN

6
DAY

41
CHI

35
MCH

12
BRI

25
DOV

17
CLT

5
TEX

22
25th 2987
Carlos Contreras
MXC

36
GLN

32
KAN

38
PHO

30
HOM

25
Reed Sorenson
ATL

18
Scott Lagasse Jr.
PHO

40
DOV

42
MLW

22
NHA

40
PPR
28
Johnny Benson
NSH
18
Paul Wolfe
GTY

29
IRP
38
Stanton Barrett
CAL

41
RCH

42
Erin Crocker
MEM

29

Other series

In addition to the Busch Series, Fitz Motorsports operated race teams in other series as well. In 2007, they fielded entries in the NASCAR

Busch East Series with Ruben Pardo as the team's driver, with Pierre Borque racing on a part-time basis, and the NASCAR Mexico Series, where Carlos Pardo drove the team's FitzContreras Racing entry, along with development driver Maxime Dumarey
.

In 2007, the team partnered with Hyper Sport to race in the Grand-Am Road Racing series.

Ruben Pardo raced in 2008 in the East Series for Fitz. For 2009, former

Camping World East Series
. However, the team shut down before their plans could come to fruition.

References

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