Swan Racing
Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington) | |
Races competed | 99 |
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Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Swan Racing was a
Team history
The team was established as Inception Motorsports in April 2011 in
Before the 2012 Talladega fall race, McSweeney sold the team to 33-year-old Brandon Davis, a racing enthusiast and CEO of independent petroleum company Swan Energy. Davis vowed to change the team's reputation as a start and park entry, and instead run full races. The team utilized engines from Triad Racing Technologies, hired former crew chief Steve Hmiel to be the competition director, and switched names to Swan Racing Company (Swan Racing for short).[3][4] On January 31, 2013, former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski became a minority owner of Swan Racing. His health supplement company, Nutrition53 (Romanowski wore the No. 53 during his 16-year playing career) was a primary sponsor for ten races and an associate sponsor for the remaining 26.[5]
Prior to the fall race at
On April 17, 2014, team officials announced that they would be reviewing the team's future due to lack sponsorship, though co-owner Anthony Marlowe stated he intended to run Whitt for the rest of the season.
On July 10, 2018, former Swan Racing crew chief
Car No. 26 history
On February 13, 2013, NASCAR approved a temporary number change for the
On January 7, 2014, Swan Racing announced that their new second full-time team would be numbered 26. Former Red Bull Racing and JR Motorsports driver Cole Whitt was hired to drive the 26, after running seven late season races for the team in 2013. New investor Anthony Marlowe was listed as the owner.[17] The car was sponsored by Speed Stick GEAR in the 2014 Daytona 500, and several other early-season races. Whitt qualified for each of the first eight races, and recorded a single top-20 (at Auto Club Speedway). After Darlington, he No. 26 team was sold to former Swan Racing minority partner Anthony Marlowe, who in turn merged his ownership of the team with BK Racing.[12]
Car No. 26 results
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
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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 | |||
2014 | Cole Whitt | 26 | Toyota | DAY 28 |
PHO 27 |
LVS 36 |
BRI 40 |
CAL 18 |
MAR 29 |
TEX 31 |
DAR 38 |
RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 31st | 532 |
Car No. 30 history
The No. 30 team made its debut in the
For the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, the team ran the full 36 race schedule with Stremme driving in all races except the two road course races, where
Following
Overall, the team had five DNF's all season and failed to reach the halfway point of a race only once, when Whitt crashed at Phoenix in November.On January 7, 2014, Parker Kligerman, a former development driver for
Car No. 30 results
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
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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 | |||
2011 | David Stremme | 30 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | TAL | RCH 34 |
DAR 41 |
DOV 42 |
CLT 40 |
KAN 39 |
POC | MCH 41 |
SON | DAY | KEN DNQ |
NHA 37 |
IND DNQ |
POC 38 |
GLN | MCH 40 |
BRI 32 |
ATL DNQ |
RCH 40 |
CHI 41 |
NHA 38 |
DOV 41 |
KAN 40 |
CLT 41 |
TAL | MAR 38 |
TEX DNQ |
PHO DNQ |
HOM 42 |
43rd | 80 | |||
2012 | Toyota | DAY 37 |
PHO 29 |
LVS 28 |
BRI 38 |
CAL 39 |
MAR 30 |
TEX DNQ |
KAN 38 |
RCH 37 |
TAL 39 |
DAR 39 |
CLT 38 |
DOV 33 |
POC DNQ |
MCH DNQ |
KEN 39 |
DAY 35 |
NHA 35 |
IND 24 |
POC 34 |
MCH 34 |
BRI 37 |
ATL 39 |
RCH 37 |
CHI 39 |
NHA 35 |
DOV DNQ |
TAL 33 |
CLT 37 |
KAN DNQ |
MAR 40 |
TEX DNQ |
PHO 34 |
HOM 38 |
38th | 238 | |||||||
Brian Simo | SON DNQ |
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Patrick Long | GLN 42 |
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2013 | Michael Waltrip | 26 | DAY 22 |
33rd | 507 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Stremme | 30 | PHO 30 |
LVS 32 |
BRI 20 |
CAL 31 |
MAR 36 |
TEX 27 |
KAN 32 |
RCH 31 |
TAL 12 |
DAR 40 |
CLT 32 |
DOV 28 |
POC 28 |
MCH 29 |
SON 36 |
KEN 25 |
DAY 37 |
NHA 20 |
IND 40 |
POC 30 |
GLN 33 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 17 |
ATL 29 |
RCH 38 |
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Cole Whitt | CHI 39 |
DOV 27 |
KAN 31 |
CLT 34 |
TAL 31 |
MAR 35 |
PHO 40 |
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Kevin Swindell | NHA 38 |
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Parker Kligerman | TEX 18 |
HOM 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | DAY 29 |
PHO 42 |
LVS 40 |
BRI 34 |
CAL 42 |
MAR 41 |
TEX 40 |
DAR 30 |
RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 53rd | 54 |
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External links
- Official website
- Inception Motorsports owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Swan Racing Company owner statistics at Racing-Reference