Phoenix Racing (NASCAR team)

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Phoenix Racing
Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona
Races competedTotal: 859
Sprint Cup Series: 251
Nationwide Series: 543
Craftsman Truck Series: 1
ARCA Racing Series: 64
Drivers' Championships0
Race victoriesTotal: 24
Sprint Cup Series: 1
Nationwide Series: 13
Craftsman Truck Series: 0
ARCA Racing Series: 10
Pole positionsTotal: 18
Sprint Cup Series: 0
Nationwide Series: 10
Craftsman Truck Series: 0
ARCA Racing Series: 8

Phoenix Racing is a motorsports team that currently competes part-time in the

Chevrolet SS for Jake Finch. Owned by Florida businessman James Finch, the team fielded NASCAR entries across the top three series from 1989 through 2013. The team fielded a wide variety of drivers and often changed manufacturers, though it often maintained a relationship with Hendrick Motorsports. In the Cup Series
, Phoenix Racing was victorious just once in 251 starts over 24 seasons.

In 2013, Phoenix Racing was sold to Turner Scott Motorsports co-owner Harry Scott Jr., who renamed the team HScott Motorsports in 2014. Three years later, HScott Motorsports shut down. Phoenix Racing would reopen its doors in 2020 to help Finch's son Jake start his racing career in Outlaw Late Models locally in Florida, then moving up to Super Late Models in 2021, and moving up to the ARCA Menards Series East in 2022.[1]

NASCAR Cup Series

Car No. 51 history

Early days

Phoenix Racing began racing in the Cup Series in 1990, when it fielded the No. 51 Plasti-Kote Chevrolet Lumina for Jeff Purvis. In four races, Purvis failed to finish a race, his best finishing being a 31st at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Phoenix attempted to run a full schedule in 1991, but soon cut back to a part-time schedule, completing six races in total. Due to a lack of funding, the team only ran two races in 1992, with Finch's company Phoenix Construction of Panama City, Florida, serving as sponsor. In 1993, the team ran all of the restrictor plate races on the schedule, except for the Daytona 500, for which they failed to qualify. For 1994, they picked up sponsorship from Country Time and had planned to run a limited schedule with Neil Bonnett driving. Bonnett was killed in a practice crash at Daytona before the 1994 Daytona 500, and Purvis was brought back to drive the car. In six races, his best finish was 21st. Phoenix changed its number to 44 in 1995, and ran six more races with Purvis and Jackaroo Sauce, only finishing one race. MCA Records became the new sponsor for 1996, and the team had two top-ten qualification starts, but could not finish higher than twelfth.

2000s: Part-time and Talladega win

After staying out of Cup for several years, Finch purchased a number of

Pepsi 400. Mike Wallace ran a limited schedule for Phoenix in 2003, and had two top-ten finishes. Scott Pruett and Buckshot Jones also ran one race deals for the team that season, during which they switched to Dodge
.

The team began 2004 with Johnny Benson Jr., who had also signed to drive the #1 car full-time for Phoenix in the Busch Series for 2002, scheduled to run at least a minimum of seven races, mostly at the longer speedways where the team was stronger. The team would attempt most of the schedule with Benson sharing the ride with Joe Ruttman, who had not raced full-time in the Cup Series since the early 1990s.

After Benson ran the Daytona 500, Phoenix came to Rockingham with their focus being on their Busch effort for the weekend. This was evident on the entry they filled out for the 09, where the team listed Ruttman as the driver but forgot to include Miccosukee as the sponsor. Finch did not even bring a proper crew to the race, with the intent being that they would run the Cup car for a few laps before pulling off and collecting the last place prize. Due to withdrawals from several teams, the potential field was reduced to 43 cars and this meant that every car that entered was assured of making the field.

For that weekend’s Cup race, the Subway 400 Ruttman ran one qualifying lap and was significantly off the pace, settling for a 40th place starting spot. To further complicate things, the crew Finch had assembled for the weekend was not in their pit box when the race began and once NASCAR discovered this, they ordered Phoenix to park the 09 for the remainder of the race. Ruttman collected $54,196 for a last-place finish.[2] The team later said they would be "legitimate racing" after the incident, although Ruttman pulled out of each race he ran early citing some mechanical issue. Benson was eventually let go from his contract altogether and Ruttman’s involvement was scaled back significantly although he would return toward the end of the season and would eventually make seven starts for the team. Bobby Hamilton Jr. drove six races for the team starting at Charlotte, and Mike Wallace would return and record the team’s first top ten since 2002 at Richmond. Tony Raines would drive one race at Dover before retiring early, while Scott Pruett would make the race at Indianapolis but pulled out due in part to injuries received in a practice crash. Johnny Sauter would join the team for the last few races after losing his ride at Richard Childress Racing, crashing out late in the running at Phoenix.

Sauter drove ten races in the No. 09 in

Phoenix International Raceway. Late in the season, Bobby Hamilton and Reed Sorenson
drove the 09 at Martinsville and Homestead, respectively.

Beginning in

Ford 400, but did not finish due to an oil leak. Wallace had a fourth-place finish in the 2007 Daytona 500, but the team did not qualify for another race until the final two races of the year, when Sterling Marlin drove. For 2008
, Marlin ran 10–12 races for Phoenix.

The No. 09 car

Phoenix Racing announced for 2009 that they would be running two different makes of cars for the upcoming Sprint Cup season. The No. 09 was shared by Marlin, Phoenix's Nationwide Series driver Mike Bliss, and Brad Keselowski, who at the time was a developmental driver for Hendrick Motorsports. Ron Fellows also ran as a road course ringer. The team fielded purchased Ganassi Dodges for Marlin and Bliss, and purchased Hendrick Chevrolets for Keselowski and Fellows.

After 19 years in the Cup Series Phoenix Racing finally won its first race, taking the Aaron's 499 with Keselowski behind the wheel. Keselowski turned Carl Edwards when Edwards attempted a second block on Keselowski's passing move, but Keselowski held his ground as Edwards wrecked and drove to the finish to lead his only lap of the day and win the race.

2010s: full-time and sale

Former

F1 driver) Jan Magnussen, and (2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion) Bobby Labonte. Phoenix Racing returned in 2011 despite rumors that Finch had been trying to sell the team. Bill Elliott drove the first 4 races before Landon Cassill
took over the ride with sponsorship from Security Benefit. In June 2011, prior to the Kansas race, the team changed the car number to No. 51, which Phoenix Racing originally used when it first competed in the then-Winston Cup Series. He would later have a best career finish of 9th at Michigan.

Kurt Busch driving the No. 51 at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012

For 2012, Cassill was replaced by 2004 Cup Champion

Nationwide Series race at Dover.[4] David Reutimann replaced Busch in that race, and Busch was welcomed back following a vote by team members.[8] Busch would leave the team following the fall Talladega race for Furniture Row Racing, and was supposed to be replaced by Regan Smith (the former driver with Furniture Row) until Dale Earnhardt Jr. suffered a concussion in the aftermath of the Talladega race and Smith was needed as a sub for the Charlotte and Kansas races in the Chase. A. J. Allmendinger, coincidentally also released from Penske, in the No. 22 car, due to a failed substance test, drove the No. 51 for those two races, with Smith returning later in the year.[9]

Regan Smith in 2013.

For 2013, the team returned full-time, fielding a number of different drivers. The team signed Guy Roofing, a company from the team's hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina, as the sponsor for the Daytona 500 and two other early season races.[10] Regan Smith drove the car in the 500 to a strong seventh-place finish, and would run five other races that season with a best finish of sixth. Allmendinger ran 9 races, including running the retro Country Time scheme Phoenix had run in the past, with three top 15 finishes all in his first four starts.[7] Austin Dillon ran four races, and Ryan Truex made his series debut at Bristol in the fall. Bobby Labonte, Owen Kelly, Mike Bliss, Jacques Villeneuve, and Brendan Gaughan would all make single starts for the team in 2013.

In spite of early success (the team was ranked 9th in owners points after the fifth race of the season) and a more affordable car model in the Gen 6 Chevy SS, lack of long-term funding continued to plague the team.[7] Citing this recurring lack of stable sponsorship, Finch announced in May 2013 that he would close operations after the 2013 Brickyard 400.[11] In late June, Finch announced that he was selling his team. The team found a buyer July 17 and Finch stopped sponsoring the team after Indianapolis. He would continue to own the team through Labor Day weekend, providing assistance in the transition to new ownership. It was announced on August 28 that Harry Scott Jr. of Turner Scott Motorsports had bought the team.[12][13]

Finch's last race as owner was the Labor Day race at Atlanta, where Mike Bliss drove the No. 51 Phoenix Construction Chevrolet to a 33rd-place finish, running six laps down at the checkered flag.[14]

Sprint Cup Series Results

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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 Owners Pts
1990 Jeff Purvis 51 Chevy DAY
RCH
CAR
ATL
DAR
BRI
NWS
MAR
TAL
CLT
DOV
SON
POC
MCH
DAY
POC
TAL
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV

33
MAR
NWS
31
CLT
CAR

38
PHO

36
ATL
55th 238
1991 Olds DAY
36
RCH
CAR

35
ATL

24
DAR
BRI
NWS
DNQ
MAR
TAL

30
CLT
DOV
SON
POC
MCH

DNQ
DAY

30
POC
TAL

DNQ
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV

DNQ
MAR
NWS 45th 399
Chevy
CLT

DNQ
CAR
PHO

38
ATL
1992 DAY
CAR
RCH
ATL
DAR
BRI NWS
MAR
TAL
CLT
DOV
SON
POC
MCH
DAY
POC
TAL
GLN
MCH
27
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT
CAR
PHO

36
ATL 56th 148
1993 DAY
DNQ
CAR
RCH
ATL
DAR
BRI NWS
MAR
TAL
39
SON
CLT
DOV
POC
MCH
DAY

23
NHA
POC
TAL

21
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT
CAR
PHO
ATL
54th 341
1994 Neil Bonnett DAY
Wth
CAR
RCH
46th 484
Jeff Purvis
ATL

21
DAR
BRI NWS
MAR
TAL

35
SON
CLT
DOV
POC
MCH

27
DAY

38
NHA
POC
TAL

36
IND
34
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT
CAR
PHO
DNQ
ATL
1995 44 DAY
38
CAR
RCH
ATL

37
DAR
BRI NWS
MAR
TAL

29
SON
CLT
DNQ
DOV
POC
MCH

39
DAY

39
NHA
POC
TAL

42
IND
DNQ
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT

DNQ
CAR
PHO
ATL
DNQ
47th 391
1996 DAY
12
CAR
RCH
ATL
DAR
BRI NWS
MAR
TAL

35
SON
CLT
DOV
POC
MCH
DAY

21
NHA
POC
TAL

40
IND
DNQ
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT
CAR
PHO
ATL
48th 328
2001 Jeff Purvis 51 Ford DAY
43
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI
TEX
MAR
TAL
34
CAL
RCH
CLT
DOV
MCH
POC
SON
DAY
42
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV KAN
CLT
MAR
TAL

42
PHO
CAR
HOM
ATL
NHA 54th 169
2002 Geoff Bodine 09 DAY
3
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI
TEX
MAR
TAL
12
CAL
RCH
CLT DOV POC
MCH
SON
DAY

10
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
40
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH

38
NHA
DOV
KAN
TAL
DNQ
CLT
MAR
ATL

DNQ
CAR
PHO
HOM

DNQ
44th 590
2003 Mike Wallace Dodge DAY
9
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR BRI
TEX
TAL

30
MAR
CAL
RCH
CLT
DOV
POC
MCH
RCH

12
NHA
DOV
TAL

10
KAN

32
CLT
MAR
ATL

DNQ
PHO

26
CAR
HOM
DNQ
44th 788
Scott Pruett
SON

34
Buckshot Jones
DAY

17
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
2004
Johnny Benson
DAY
27
LVS

31
TEX

40
TAL

29
38th 1647
Joe Ruttman CAR
43
ATL

43
DAR

43
BRI
42
MAR

43
CAL

43
DOV

41
Bobby Hamilton Jr.
RCH

17
CLT
42
DAY
42
CHI

41
NHA

19
POC
MCH

38
Tony Raines
DOV

40
POC
MCH
SON
Scott Pruett IND
42
GLN
Mike Wallace
BRI

28
CAL
RCH

7
NHA

34
TAL

18
KAN
Johnny Sauter
CLT

24
MAR ATL
DNQ
PHO

39
DAR

29
HOM

DNQ
2005 DAY
DNQ
CAL
LVS

DNQ
ATL
BRI
DNQ
MAR
41
TEX

41
PHO

9
TAL

16
DAR

DNQ
RCH

41
CLT
40
DOV
POC MCH
SON
DAY
17
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
BRI

DNQ
CAL
RCH

28
NHA
DOV
TAL

DNQ
KAN
CLT

16
ATL

DNQ
TEX
DNQ
PHO

39
42nd 1053
Bobby Hamilton
MAR

39
Reed Sorenson
HOM

28
2006 Mike Wallace DAY
24
CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO
BRI

DNQ
CAL
RCH

DNQ
NHA DOV KAN 50th 422
Ford TAL
DNQ
RCH DAR CLT DOV POC
MCH
SON
DAY
23
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
TAL
17
CLT MAR
ATL
TEX
Jeremy Mayfield Chevy PHO
DNQ
HOM
42
2007 Mike Wallace DAY
4
CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL
DNQ
RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY
DNQ
CHI
IND
POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN 52nd 223
Sterling Marlin TAL
DNQ
CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO
25
HOM
33
2008 DAY
DNQ
CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL
22
RCH
25
DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY
41
CHI
IND
POC GLN MCH BRI
43
CAL RCH
DNQ
NHA DOV KAN TAL
42
CLT MAR
DNQ
ATL TEX
PHO

32
HOM
29
46th 392
2009 Brad Keselowski DAY
DNQ
TAL
1
NHA
6
DAY
24
RCH
38
TAL
8
38th 1918
Sterling Marlin Dodge CAL
DNQ
LVS
DNQ
BRI
40
MAR
DNQ
PHO
40
DAR
42
POC
39
MCH
41
IND

DNQ
POC
38
CLT
DNQ
MAR
35
Mike Bliss ATL
43
TEX
42
RCH

37
CLT
43
DOV
40
CHI
40
MCH
38
ATL
41
DOV
40
KAN
41
CAL
43
TEX
DNQ
Ron Fellows Chevy SON
27
GLN
29
Aric Almirola Dodge BRI
DNQ
NHA
29
David Gilliland Chevy
PHO

30
David Stremme HOM
DNQ
2010 Aric Almirola DAY
DNQ
CAL
43
LVS
43
ATL
DNQ
BRI
39
MAR
41
PHO
DNQ
39th 1889
Mike Bliss TEX
42
TAL
10
RCH
40
DAR
DNQ
DOV
40
CLT
DNQ
NHA
DNQ
Terry Cook POC
DNQ
Landon Cassill MCH
38
POC
41
MCH
38
ATL
DNQ
CLT
42
TEX
40
Jan Magnussen SON
12
Bobby Labonte DAY
16
CHI
29
IND
31
GLN
35
BRI
38
RCH
39
NHA
39
DOV
27
KAN
41
CAL
38
MAR
43
TAL
38
PHO
20
HOM
22
2011 Bill Elliott DAY
12
PHO
23
LVS
30
BRI
29
30th 618
Landon Cassill CAL
24
MAR
26
TEX
28
TAL
31
RCH
31
DAR
29
DOV
30
CLT
35
51 KAN
35
POC
24
MCH
12
DAY
26
KEN
23
NHA
26
IND
20
POC
27
MCH
31
ATL
22
RCH
25
CHI
30
NHA
33
DOV
31
KAN
17
CLT
28
TAL
16
MAR
42
TEX
26
PHO
29
HOM
36
Boris Said SON
28
GLN
22
Mike Bliss BRI
29
2012 Kurt Busch DAY
39
PHO
15
LVS
35
BRI
18
CAL
9
MAR
33
TEX
13
KAN
17
RCH
28
TAL
20
DAR
21
CLT
27
DOV
24
MCH
30
SON
3
KEN
19
DAY
35
NHA
24
IND
36
POC
30
GLN
31
MCH
30
BRI
28
ATL
13
RCH
28
CHI
32
NHA
35
DOV
23
TAL
39
27th 667
David Reutimann POC
21
A. J. Allmendinger CLT
24
KAN
35
MAR
28
TEX
36
Regan Smith PHO
24
HOM
30
2013 DAY
7
MAR
22
KAN
22
TAL
6
DAR
24
CLT
17
30th 633
A. J. Allmendinger PHO
11
BRI
13
CAL
16
POC
33
DAY
35
NHA
22
IND
22
POC
33
Austin Dillon LVS
21
TEX
33
DOV
27
KEN
24
Bobby Labonte MCH
43
Jacques Villeneuve SON
41
Owen Kelly GLN
24
Brendan Gaughan MCH
33
Ryan Truex BRI
42
Mike Bliss ATL
33
RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

Xfinity Series

Car No. 1 history

2009 No. 1 Nationwide car

Phoenix made its debut in

Charlotte. They ran four races together the following season in the No. 15 car, but had three engine failures. The next season, Phoenix and Purvis ran four consecutive races in the No. 14/23 Seal-Tech Buick, with a best finish of seventeenth. After a seventh-place finish at Talladega in 1992, the team ran as the No. 28 Havoline Ford for three races, and then changed to the No. 4 Kodak Funsaver Camera Chevrolet in 1993. Purvis won his first pole at Talladega in 1994
as the No. 51 Country Time car, then switched back to the No. 4 Kodak car the next year, where he had three top-ten finishes.

Phoenix Racing made its first full-time season in

Lance Snacks sponsoring. Purvis made 26 starts, missing one race due to injury, during which he was replaced by Dennis Setzer, and an additional four races during which he was suspended for rough driving. Nathan Buttke and Matt Hutter
took his place for those races.

Purvis and Lance Snacks departed for

Jimmy Spencer
who drove in eighteen races for Phoenix, winning three races. Bobby Hamilton, Lepage, and Joe Ruttman filled in for Spencer on occasion.

Phoenix dropped to a part-time schedule in 2002, with Spencer winning twice in 23 races, with Martin Truex Jr. running one race. Ruttman also ran Talladega in a second car, the No. 51, which was involved in a massive pileup on lap 15 which took out most of the field, including Spencer. In 2003, they formed a partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing and fielded the No. 1 full-time for two Ganassi drivers: Cup series driver Jamie McMurray and developmental driver David Stremme. McMurray had two wins, both at Rockingham, while Stremme made sixteen starts with two top-fives, earning him Rookie of the Year honors.

Johnny Benson was named full-time driver in 2004, with Miccosukee Resorts being named the new sponsor. He won one pole and had four top-tens when he was released after ten starts. McMurray ran three of the next four races, and Purvis returned for one race at Nazareth Speedway. Buckshot Jones drove the next two races with the return of Yellow Transportation to the team, followed by Tony Raines, Casey Mears, Bobby Hamilton, Sterling Marlin, Reed Sorenson, and Regan Smith
.

Haas CNC Racing and took the sponsorship with him, and Jason Keller was hired to drive. After eight races, Keller was released and replaced by Mike Wallace, who garnered two top-five finishes, with Scott Pruett and development driver Cale Gale filling in. For 2007, J. J. Yeley
was named the new driver of the No. 1, but struggled and only had one top-ten finish and missed six races, with Benson, Marlin and Max Papis filling for most of those races.

In

Lowe's Motor Speedway by taking advantage of fuel mileage and a race-ending caution near the end of the race because of rain. In August 2009, Bliss was released due to conflicts with Reno. Ryan Newman, Reed Sorenson, Max Papis, Martin Truex Jr., David Gilliland, and Landon Cassill also took turns sharing the ride following Bliss' release. Rookie James Buescher
was to drive the car full-time in 2010, but Finch put his entire operation up for sale on April 24. On May 12, 2010, Newman drove the car at Dover after Buescher parted ways with the team.

On July 6, 2012, Phoenix recorded its first Nationwide Series win in three years when

Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona for his fifth win in the series and his first for another team owner besides Roger Penske and Kyle Busch
.

The No. 1 has 13 victories.

Xfinity Series Car No. 1 Results (partial)

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team 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 NXSC Pts Ref
1998 Jeff Purvis 4 Chevy
DAY

2
CAR

20
LVS

28
NSV

18
DAR

32
BRI

27
TEX

36
TAL

15
NHA

4
NZH

2
CLT

31
DOV

22
RCH

12
PPR

5
GLN

32
MLW

3
MYB
29
CAL

6
SBO

28
RCH

6
DOV

7
CLT

9
GTY

3*
CAR

19
ATL

35
HOM

12
Dennis Setzer HCY
31
Matt Hutter IRP
36
Nathan Buttke
MCH

22
BRI

9
DAR

17
1999 Randy LaJoie 1
DAY

1*
CAR

4
LVS

15
ATL

26
DAR

43
TEX

17
NSV
38
BRI

36
TAL

9*
CAL

34
NHA

4
RCH

42
NZH

20
CLT

13
DOV

27
SBO
24
GLN

17
MLW

14
MYB
2*
PPR

13
GTY

2
IRP
13
MCH

40
BRI

11
DAR

16
RCH

33
DOV

2
CLT

38
CAR

26
MEM

26
PHO

17
HOM

29
3379 [15]
2000
DAY

7
CAR

11
LVS

9
ATL

9
DAR

18
BRI

5
TEX

8
NSV
1
TAL

36
CAL

16
RCH

21
NHA

39
CLT

22
DOV

25
SBO
23
MYB
14
GLN

15
MLW

3
NZH

8
PPR

41
GTY

11
IRP
13
MCH

26
BRI

31
DAR

14
RCH

13
DOV

31
CLT

15
CAR

18
MEM

4
PHO

13
3625
P.J. Jones
HOM

37
2001
DAY

27
CAR

37
LVS

27
ATL

17
Jimmy Spencer
DAR

13
BRI

26
TEX

30
CAL

7
RCH

1*
NZH
CLT

8
DOV

1
GLN
CHI

18
GTY
IRP
MCH

31
BRI

7
DAR

8
RCH

1*
DOV

3
KAN

18
CLT

6
MEM
PHO

35
CAR
HOM

36
Pontiac
TAL

2*
Bobby Hamilton Chevy
NSH

20
Kevin Lepage
NHA

35
Joe Ruttman
KEN

33
MLW

38
PPR

21
2002 Jimmy Spencer Pontiac
DAY

28
TAL
37
DAY

8
2530
Chevy
CAR

7
LVS

16
DAR

24
BRI

4
TEX

28
NSH
CAL

35
RCH

32
NZH
CLT

38
DOV

37
NSH
KEN
MLW
CHI

6
GTY
PPR
IRP
MCH

9
BRI

1*
DAR

22
RCH

32
DOV

6
KAN

6
CLT

34
MEM
ATL

38
CAR
PHO

6
HOM

8
Martin Truex, Jr.
Chevy
NHA

29
2003 Jamie McMurray Dodge
DAY

5
CAR

1
DAR

2
BRI

17
TEX

14
TAL

6
CAL

6
CLT

23
DAY

3
CHI

9
NHA

23
MCH

14
BRI

12
DAR

41
KAN

10
CAR
1
HOM

20
8th 4396
Chevy
LVS

33
David Stremme Dodge
NSH

7
RCH

14
GTY

14
NZH
6
DOV

31
NSH

3
KEN

10
MLW

3
PPR

11
IRP
17
RCH

13
DOV

21
CLT

14
MEM

9
ATL

12
PHO

13
2004
Johnny Benson
DAY

41
CAR
9
LVS

34
DAR

6
BRI

13
TEX

4
NSH

7
TAL

36
CAL

21
GTY

29
Jamie McMurray
RCH

41
CLT

2
DOV

8
CHI

27
Jeff Purvis NZH
17
Buckshot Jones NSH
29
KEN

38
Tony Raines
MLW

34
Casey Mears
DAY

7
NHA

20
MCH

4
BRI

35
RCH

31
DOV

19
KAN

8
ATL

42
PHO

20
DAR

6
HOM

26
Regan Smith
PPR

15
Bobby Hamilton IRP
16
Sterling Marlin
CAL

37
CLT

21
Reed Sorenson
MEM

10
2005 Johnny Sauter
DAY

41
CAL

24
LVS

28
ATL

20
NSH

16
BRI

18
TEX

43
PHO

26
TAL

41
DAR

17
RCH

3
CLT

18
DOV

35
NSH
9
KEN

38
MLW

1*
DAY

16
CHI

27
NHA

18
PPR
32
GTY

7
IRP
9
GLN

43
MCH

10
BRI

5
CAL

4
RCH

12
DOV

39
KAN

3
CLT

42
MEM

9
TEX

10
PHO

11
HOM

11
3720
Boris Said
MXC

5
2006 Jason Keller
DAY

11
CAL

15
MXC

22
LVS

16
ATL

23
BRI

15
TEX

28
NSH

16
Mike Wallace
PHO

18
TAL

12
RCH

13
DAR

41
CLT

34
DOV

14
KEN

4
MLW

5
DAY

7
NHA

12
MAR

11
GTY

29
IRP
13
BRI

15
CAL

34
RCH

19
DOV

22
KAN

28
CLT

29
MEM

18
TEX

13
PHO

19
Chevy
HOM

25
Cale Gale Dodge NSH
20
CHI

37
MCH

34
Scott Pruett
GLN

10
2007
J.J. Yeley
Chevy
DAY

DNQ
CAL

23
MXC

37
LVS

19
ATL

22
BRI

22
NSH

12
TEX

18
PHO

24
TAL

17
RCH

12
DAR

16
CLT

26
DOV

25
NSH
18
KEN

12
NHA

36
DAY

22
CHI

11
GTY

9
IRP
16
MCH

17
BRI

39
CAL

34
RCH

19
KAN

33
CLT

37
TEX

33
PHO

11
HOM

40
Johnny Benson
MLW

9
Max Papis CGV
20
GLN

11
Sterling Marlin
DOV

15
MEM

26

Car No. 4 history

Phoenix Racing began running two cars in

Jay Robinson Racing. Robinson ran the No. 4 car on a full-time basis, although Phoenix did field the No. 4 for Landon Cassill
at Mexico City.

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

Truck No. 5 history

On March 3, 2020, it was announced that Phoenix Racing and both former Truck Series teams

Homestead as he sought the Kyle Busch US$100,000 bounty.[16] However, Ballew stated the team had no plans to return besides the one race.[17] Following the postponement of the Homestead race due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jones was announced to compete at Charlotte. Due to the cancellation of qualifying runs, he was unable to make the starting field.[18]

ARCA Menards Series East

In

Pensacola.[19] Finch would return to his family team and the No. 1 car for the East Series race at Nashville. He would start on the pole, lead 44 laps and finish second in the race. In both of his East Series races for Phoenix Racing, Finch drove an unbadged Toyota.[20][21]

References

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