Washington-Erving Motorsports

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Washington-Erving Motorsports
Owner(s)
Touchstone Energy 300 (Talladega)
Races competed56
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories0
Pole positions0

Washington-Erving Motorsports is a defunct American

Xfinity Series) from 1998 to 2000.[1][2]

Founding

Washington first piqued his interest in

Winston Cup cars for Rich Bickle.[3] Owner-driver Geoff Bodine was against the team, but others, like Washington's former coach Joe Gibbs and owner-driver Ricky Rudd were in support of the team.[4] The team was only the third fully minority owned team, after Wendell Scott owned his own team and Thee Dixon owned Mansion Motorsports.[5] Before the 1998 season started, the team secured number 50 in honor of that anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier. WEM hired the first female team president in NASCAR, Kathy Thompson.[6]

Busch Series

Car No. 50 History

In 1998, the team failed to qualify for the first two races of the season with Jimmy Foster. Foster managed to qualify for four of the next five races, plus the Milwaukee race.[7] The team then rotated through nine more drivers. Andy Houston, Dennis Setzer, Jimmy Kitchens, Nathan Buttke, and Joe Buford each made one start.[8][9][10][11][12] Stanton Barrett made two starts for the team, while Jeff Green and Mike Wallace made three apiece.[13][14][15] Dave Rezendes made five starts for the team.[16] The team recorded no wins, top five or top ten finishes during that season.

In 1999, Mark Green drove the entire schedule for the team. He failed to qualify for two races. Green failed to finish seven races, two due to crashes and five due to mechanical mishaps. He recorded one top ten finish, a tenth at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Green and the team parted ways after the 1999 season.[17]

In 2000, the team started out with plans to run the entire season with Tony Roper. However, the team disbanded after Dr Pepper pulled its sponsorship after Roper qualified for only three of the first twelve races.[18][19]

Car No. 50 History

NASCAR Busch 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 Owners Pts
1998 Jimmy Foster 50 Ford
DAY

DNQ
CAR

DNQ
LVS

41
NSV

25
DAR

DNQ
BRI

42
TEX

37
MLW

39
MYB
DNQ
38th 1629
Andy Houston HCY
20
Rick Wilson
TAL

DNQ
Stanton Barrett
NHA

34
HOM

29
Jeff Green
NZH

13
CLT

13
RCH

28
Dennis Setzer
DOV

41
Jimmy Kitchens
PPR

32
Dave Rezendes
GLN

14
SBO

30
IRP
26
MCH

35
BRI

12
Mike Wallace
CAL

21
DAR

35
CLT

20
CAR

DNQ
Casey Atwood
RCH

DNQ
Nathan Buttke
DOV

39
Joe Buford
GTY

42
Ken Bouchard
ATL

DNQ
1999 Mark Green Chevy
DAY

24
CAR

23
LVS

32
ATL

10
DAR

33
TEX

31
NSV
30
BRI

17
TAL

37
CAL

36
NHA

27
RCH

21
NZH

22
CLT

16
DOV

29
SBO
26
GLN

37
MLW

26
MYB
DNQ
PPR

23
GTY

32
IRP
19
MCH

41
BRI

42
DAR

33
RCH

19
DOV

22
CLT

40
CAR

28
MEM

17
PHO

31
HOM

DNQ
25th 2466
2000 Tony Roper
DAY

DNQ
CAR

37
LVS

DNQ
ATL

DNQ
DAR

DNQ
BRI

DNQ
TEX

DNQ
NSV
31
TAL

24
CAL

DNQ
RCH

DNQ
NHA

DNQ
59th 370
Stanton Barrett
CLT

DNQ
DOV
SBO MYB
GLN
MLW
NZH
PPR
GTY
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
CLT
CAR
MEM
PHO
HOM

References

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  4. ^ "Erving Revving Up A Nascar Team It Will Be A Racing Rarity: Minority-owned". philly-archives. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  5. ^ Taylor, Todd (August 8, 1997). "Dixon: NASCAR's Forgotten Man". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  6. ^ Taylor, Todd (June 17, 1997). "Her Way: Thompson Breaks Old-Boy Record". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
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  8. ^ "Andy Houston 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  9. ^ "Dennis Setzer 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  10. ^ "Jimmy Kitchens 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  11. ^ "Nathan Buttke 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  12. ^ "Joe Buford 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  13. ^ "Stanton Barrett 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  14. ^ "Jeff Green 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  15. ^ "Mike Wallace 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  16. ^ "Dave Rezendes 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  17. ^ "Mark Green 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  18. ^ "Tony Roper 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  19. ^ Woo, Andrea. "Joe Washington, Running Back OCTOBER 10, 1983". SI.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.