Bill Davis Racing
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Bill Davis Racing was a racing team that participated in all three of NASCAR
's top divisions until 2009.
The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in both the Camping World Truck Series (Toyota Tundra) and Sprint Cup Series (Toyota Camry) since 2007. Dodge, Ford, and Pontiac previously backed the team. The team was notable for running the #22 since its inception and its decades long relationship with Caterpillar, Inc.. BDR was competitive throughout the 1990s and early 2000s with Ward Burton
before fading due to an increase in competition. The team was sold to Triad Racing Technologies
in late 2008, which shut down the team's racing entries and now produces engines and chassis for some Toyota NASCAR teams.
, who himself was a former motocross
racer. Davis helped his friend and business partner Julian Martin develop his son Mark's ASA
racing program. When Martin signed with J.D. Stacy, Davis took a break from racing, but returned to hire Martin to drive his Busch Series
car for 15 races with sponsorship from Carolina Ford Dealers. In 1990, Davis moved the team to High Point, North Carolina
while his wife Gail stayed in Arkansas
to oversee the trucking operation.
to hire an up-and-coming Midwest driver Jeff Gordon
. Gordon won the NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year in 1991, and won 11 pole position
s the next year. Davis was hoping to move Gordon and crew chief
Ray Evernham
to the Winston Cup series, but they were lured away by Rick Hendrick
. Davis still moved up to the Cup series full time in 1993 however, with driver Bobby Labonte
, who finished runner up to Jeff Gordon
for Rookie of the Year driving the #22 Maxwell House
Ford
. The team switched to Pontiac
next season. After 1994, Labonte left for Joe Gibbs Racing
. MBNA
replaced Maxwell House as sponsor. Originally, Davis went with another rookie and Busch Series standout Randy LaJoie
to drive the car. Midway through the year, LaJoie was fired from the team and replaced by a series of rotating drivers including Wally Dallenbach
, who finished 2nd at Watkins Glen. Finally, Ward Burton
was hired to finish out the year. He scored the team's first win when he won at North Carolina Motor Speedway late in the season.
With Burton at the wheel the #22 team slowly began to improve, despite not winning races. By 1998 the #22 team cracked the top ten in the final Winston Cup points standings and matched those results in 1999 (by which time Caterpillar, Inc. was sponsoring the team) and 2000, when the team finally returned to victory lane at the spring Darlington
race. Burton's second career win was BDR's last win in a Pontiac as they joined several teams in switching to Dodge Intrepids for the following season.
Burton returned to victory lane the following season, winning the 2001 Southern 500
, Dodge's second win since returning to NASCAR, but the team's streak of consecutive top-ten points finishes was broken at three as the #22 finished 14th. He added two more wins in 2002, scoring a victory in the Daytona 500
(Dodge's first Daytona 500 win in 28 years) and later in the year at the New England 300 at New Hampshire, but a series of inconsistent finishes dropped the team to 25th in the final standings. Burton's win at New Hampshire, in addition to being his last win in Cup racing, was also BDR's last in Cup racing (although they won races in other series before folding).
The team's struggles continued in the 2003 season, and with four races left in the season Burton, who had already signed on to drive the #0 for Haas CNC Racing the following season, departed for that team and was replaced with Davis's Busch driver Scott Wimmer
. Wimmer raced full-time in 2004, finished 3rd in the first race of his rookie season. In late 2005, BDR announced it would part ways with Wimmer at the end of the year. Dave Blaney
, who previously drove the #93 for BDR, was hired to drive the #22 beginning with the 2006 season. He had two top-tens and
finished 26th in the standings. In 2007, the team switched to Toyota. Blaney won the pole for the 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300
in New Hampshire, the first pole for Toyota in the Sprint Cup Serieshttp://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2007/06/25/scene_daily1106.html. Blaney scored his first top 10 with Toyota at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
on July 29, and later that season finished third at Talladega
, the best finish of any Toyota in 2007. Additionally, Blaney was the only Toyota driver in the top 35 in owner points after 2007 season.The team had a rough start to the 2008 season. They missed the Aaron's 499
which was a hard hit for the team. They came back the next week at Richmond
to finish in the 18th position. The following week at Darlington
they finished in the 9th position, their best of the year. In June 2008 Caterpillar announced that it would leave the #22 Bill Davis Racing Toyota to sponsor the #31 Richard Childress Racing
starting in 2009. On December 22, 2008, it was announced that Bill Davis sold majority ownership of his NASCAR teams to Mike Held, a California businessman, and Marty Gaunt, an executive with BDR. On that same day, Gaunt and Held announced that they would also be buying into Triad Racing Development. Blaney would leave TRT to drive for Prism Motorsports, and Penske Racing
would buy the owners points of the #22 and transfer them to the #77 of Sam Hornish, Jr.
. The addition of Davis would change the team name to Penske Championship Racing
driving the #23 AT&T
sponsored Pontiac. The team didn't race again until the season finale NAPA 500 in 2001 with Hut Stricklin
driving the Hills Brothers sponsored Dodge, where he finished eleventh.
For 2002, the car was renumbered to #27 with Scott Wimmer
behind the wheel as an R&D team. The team made the spring Talladega race with sponsorship from Hooter's and driver Kirk Shelmerdine
, and ran well in the race until being caught in a late race crash. The team returned full time in 2003
with Kenny Wallace
behind the wheel of the #23 Stacker 2 Dodge. Dave Blaney
made several starts for the team in 2004, including the Daytona 500. In 2006 the #23 returned to the track as an R&D team for Davis. Mike Skinner failed to qualify for the 2006 Daytona 500, but Bill Lester became the first African-American since Willy T. Ribbs
to compete in a Cup race at the Golden Corral 500
. He started nineteenth and finished 39th. Lester attempted two more races that season, finishing 32nd at Michigan International Speedway
, but failing to qualify at California Speedway. The 23 attempted the Daytona 500 in 2007 with Mike Skinner, but did not qualify. Veteran road racing specialist Butch Leitzinger
ran the 23 car with special CAT sponsorship at Infineon Raceway
. In the later stages of 2007, the car switched to the 27 and made the UAW-Ford 500 and the Checker Auto Parts 500
with Jacques Villeneuve driving.
Pontiac driven by sprint car
racer Dave Blaney
. The team moved to Winston Cup in 2000
. Despite failing to qualify at the spring Rockingham race, Blaney finished 3rd in the Rookie of the year standings. The team flirted with victory lane a few times in 2001
, but Amoco decided not to renew its contract, and Blaney left for Jasper Motorsports
.
The car was renumbered #23 for the 2002 season and Hut Stricklin, who had just joined the team at the end of the 2001 season from Donlavey Racing
, became the driver and was sponsored by Hills Brothers Coffee. However, Stricklin missed the season-opening Daytona 500, and failed to record any top 10 finishes. He was released following the night race at Bristol. Shortly thereafter Hills Brothers announced they would leave the team at the end of the season. Davis announced Kenny Wallace
would join the team shortly afterward after running a part-time schedule as an injury replacement for Steve Park
at Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
, as a replacement for a suspended Kevin Harvick
at Martinsville, and as Innovative Motorsports
' driver for its limited schedule. Wallace would also bring along his Busch Series sponsor, Stacker 2, to be the primary sponsor for the team beginning in 2003. Wallace ran ten of the last twelve races for Davis, missing Martinsville and running Andy Petree Racing
's #33 at Talladega as part of a previous arrangement, and had a best finish of 11th. Wallace also piloted the car in 2003
with Stacker 2 sponsorship, before moving down to the team's Busch program.
In 2004 and 2005 the car ran mostly unsponsored, with a couple of drivers running selected events. Shane Hmiel
, Tony Raines
, and Blaney ran the car in 2004. Mike Skinner
ran six events in 2005.
In the fall of 2005, it was announced that the team would return to full-time competition as the #55 car in 2006
as a partnership between Bill Davis Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing. The partnership allowed Bill Davis to return his second team to full-time status while Michael Waltrip and his sponsor NAPA Auto Parts would have a car to race while building Michael Waltrip Racing. The agreement also allowed for the transfer of owner points from BDR to MWR following the season. Soon afterwards, Jasper Motorsports
closed down, and Waltrip purchased that team's owners points to be guaranteed a starting spot in the first five races of the 2006 season, with former Jasper owner Doug Bawel being listed as owner.
Jeremy Mayfield
was hired drive the car full-time in 2007, with the car renumbered #36 for new sponsor 360 OTC. After four consecutive failed qualifying attempts, the 36 car made its first start of 2007 at the 2007 Food City 500
at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mayfield drove the car at every track except for Infineon Raceway
, when Butch Leitzinger
drove the re-numbered #23 for one race. In October, Mayfield departed to Haas CNC Racing
, and was replaced by Skinner and Benson for the balance of the season..http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/10/22/mskinner.jbenson.bdr/index.html The car was then scheduled to become the #27 Toyota for Jacques Villeneuve
in 2008, but the deal fell through after sponsorship could not be found. Benson and Skinner were hired to take over in the interim, before the team folded four races into the season after continued financial difficulties.
Pontiac
piloted by sprint car
ace Dave Blaney
. Running a limited schedule, Blaney finished in 6th place 3 times. Blaney had an even better 1999 season, winning the pole position several times and finished eighth in points. That same year, Davis fielded a second car for Burton, the #02 sponsored by Siemens
. He finished in the top-ten in every race and won a pole at Darlington.
In 2000, Davis opened the #20 ride sponsored by AT&T
. Rookie Mike Borkowski
started the year in the ride, but after the Busch 200, he was released. Dave Blaney
and Tom Hubert
shared the ride for the year before Scott Wimmer took over in the final part of the season. Burton's team changed to the #22 sponsored by Polaris
, and had two top-five finishes, then closed up.
Wimmer took over the #20, renumbered the #23, for 2001, posting eight top-tens and finishing eleventh in points in a Jani-King
sponsored car. Siemens became a part-time sponsor in 2002, but the team threatened to shut down to a lack of finances. However, it remained open, and Wimmer won four races in the second-half of the season, finishing 3rd in points. For 2003, Stacker 2 came onboard as sponsor, and he picked up a win at Pikes Peak
. At the end of the season, Wimmer moved to Cup, and Kenny Wallace took his place, posting ten top-ten finishes and finishing ninth in points. After Wallace and Stacker 2 left for ppc Racing
, Davis sold the equipment to Keith Coleman Racing
. The team still remained involved in Busch supplying engines to MacDonald Motorsports
.
The #5 truck started out in 2004
at Bang! Racing
as the #42 driven by Mike Skinner. Skinner started the year with two top-fives, but his performance began to decline, and his team was sold to Davis, changing to the #5, starting at the Las Vegas 350
. He won two poles and had a sixth-place run at the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway
. In 2005, he won seven poles and two races, at Bristol and Richmond respectively, finishing fifth in points. In 2006, he had thirteen top-tens including a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
, and almost won the 2007 championship before suffering tire failures in the season finale. Skinner was signed to drive for TRT through the 2009 season. However, due to concerns over the economy, the team shut down the entire truck program, with Skinner taking the number 5 with him to Randy Moss Motorsports.
drove it to a sixteenth place run. He posted just one top-ten that year and finished 22nd in points. The next season, he won two poles (back-to-back at Kansas
and Kentucky
), had a best finish of fifth and moved up to seventeenth in points. Lester failed to finish in the top-ten during the 2006 season and dropped to twentieth in points. Tyler Walker
began the season driving the renumbered #36 truck full-time in 2007
, with sponsorship from 360 OTC. Six races into the season, rookie Ryan Mathews
replaced Walker after it was learned that Walker was suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, and the team had lost its sponsor, 360 OTC (which wanted #36). Mathews, in his short season, posted two top tens, one top five, and one pole at Kentucky Speedway
. Mathews then stepped out of the truck for the debut of 1995 Indianapolis 500
winner and 1997 Formula One Champion
Jacques Villeneuve
. In preparation for this, the truck was renumbered #27, which Villeneuve used in his 1995 CART and Indy 500 championship season, as a tribute to his father Gilles
.
The Truck switched back to the #22 in 2008 and began the year with Phillip McGilton
as the driver, before he was replaced by Scott Speed
and Michael Annett
. The team had the most successful season 2008, with Speed winning his first NASCAR victory at Dover
, and Annett scoring two top-tens in seven races. This team was shut down after the 2008 season due to economic concerns.
The #23 truck began in 2004 when Davis purchased its equipment from Phil Bonifield
. The truck was piloted by Shelby Howard
. Howard ran eight races before he was released, and Johnny Benson
took over. Despite running a limited schedule, Benson finished 25th in points. Benson became the full-time driver in 2005, and had six top-fives en route to a tenth place points finish. Benson went on to collect five wins during the 2006 season with additional backing from Exide Batteries
and finished runner-up to Todd Bodine
for the championship. 360 OTC sponsored the 23 for ten races during the 2007 season. Benson won four races and finished third in points. In 2008 Benson was considered a title favorite. Benson and crew chief Trip Bruce won five races that year and held off defending champion Ron Hornaday
to win the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
championship, the first ever NASCAR championship for BDR. Before winning the championship, it was announced that Benson would not return in 2009. Both Benson and Trip Bruce have since been named to the #1 truck of Red Horse Racing
. ARCA RE/MAX Series
driver Tayler Malsam
was intended to drive this truck for ROTY, but he later moved to Randy Moss Motorsports with Skinner.
entry for BDR in 2005. Steve Park
drove the #67 South Padre Island
entry in a pair of races towards the end of the year following his release from Orleans Racing. His best finish was 16th at Texas. In 2006, A. J. Allmendinger
drove the newly renumbered 24 for three races, posting a fifth-place run at Talladega Superspeedway
. ARCA RE/MAX Series
driver Phillip McGilton
was to make his NASCAR debut in this truck at Homestead-Miami Speedway
before going full-time with the #22 team in 2008, however plans were changed as Blaney was put in the #22 truck sponsored by Caterpillar. This truck has made only one start, which came at the 2008 Ford 200
with Tayler Malsam
driving to a 21st place finish. This team was also shut down after the 2008 season concluded.
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
's top divisions until 2009.
The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in both the Camping World Truck Series (Toyota Tundra) and Sprint Cup Series (Toyota Camry) since 2007. Dodge, Ford, and Pontiac previously backed the team. The team was notable for running the #22 since its inception and its decades long relationship with Caterpillar, Inc.. BDR was competitive throughout the 1990s and early 2000s with Ward Burton
Ward Burton
John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racer, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007. He is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver Jeff Burton, against whom he first...
before fading due to an increase in competition. The team was sold to Triad Racing Technologies
Triad Racing Technologies
Triad Racing Technologies is an engine and chassis supplier for NASCAR teams that run under the Toyota manufacturer. It was originally formed as Triad Racing Development before it was in late 2008 with Bill Davis Racing by Michael Held and Marty Gaunt...
in late 2008, which shut down the team's racing entries and now produces engines and chassis for some Toyota NASCAR teams.
Beginnings
BDR was formed by then-truck rental owner Bill DavisBill Davis (NASCAR)
Bill Davis is a NASCAR car owner that won the Daytona 500 with Ward Burton in 2002. His former team, Bill Davis Racing, fielded the #22 Caterpillar Inc. Toyota Camry and the #27 Camry in the Sprint Cup series, as well as Toyotas in the Camping World Truck Series for Mike Skinner, Tyler Walker, and...
, who himself was a former motocross
Motocross
Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...
racer. Davis helped his friend and business partner Julian Martin develop his son Mark's ASA
American Speed Association
The American Speed Association is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana and currently is headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida. ASA was most famous for a national touring series which began in 1973 but was...
racing program. When Martin signed with J.D. Stacy, Davis took a break from racing, but returned to hire Martin to drive his Busch Series
Busch Series
The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. It is promoted as NASCAR's "minor league" circuit, and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big leagues"; the Sprint Cup circuit...
car for 15 races with sponsorship from Carolina Ford Dealers. In 1990, Davis moved the team to High Point, North Carolina
High Point, North Carolina
High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. As of 2010 the city had a total population of 104,371, according to the US Census Bureau. High Point is currently the eighth-largest municipality in North Carolina....
while his wife Gail stayed in Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
to oversee the trucking operation.
Car #22 History
Upon arriving in Carolina, Davis was asked by the Ford Motor CompanyFord Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
to hire an up-and-coming Midwest driver Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
. Gordon won the NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year in 1991, and won 11 pole position
Pole position
The term "pole position", as used in motorsports, comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole. The term made its way, along with several other customs, to auto racing. In circuit motorsports, a driver has pole position when he or she...
s the next year. Davis was hoping to move Gordon and crew chief
Pit stop
In motorsports, a pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the pits during a race for refuelling, new tires, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, or any combination of the above...
Ray Evernham
Ray Evernham
Ray Evernham is currently a consultant for Hendrick Companies. In 1999, Evernham won the NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated “Person of the Year”.-Racer:...
to the Winston Cup series, but they were lured away by Rick Hendrick
Rick Hendrick
Joseph Riddick Hendrick III , better known as Rick Hendrick, is the current owner of the American NASCAR team, Hendrick Motorsports and founder of the Hendrick Automotive Group and Hendrick Marrow Program. He attended Park View High School in South Hill, Virginia, and began his career in auto...
. Davis still moved up to the Cup series full time in 1993 however, with driver Bobby Labonte
Bobby Labonte
Robert Alan "Bobby" Labonte is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #47 Kroger/Clorox/Kimberly-Clark/Kingsford/Reese Towpower Hitches Toyota Camry for JTG Daugherty Racing. He currently resides in Trinity, North Carolina. He is married to his wife...
, who finished runner up to Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
for Rookie of the Year driving the #22 Maxwell House
Maxwell House
Maxwell House is a brand of coffee manufactured by a like-named division of Kraft Foods. Introduced in 1892, it is named in honor of the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. For many years until the late 1980s it was the largest-selling coffee in the U.S. and is currently second behind...
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
. The team switched to Pontiac
Pontiac
Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...
next season. After 1994, Labonte left for Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son...
. MBNA
MBNA
MBNA Corporation was a bank holding company and parent company of wholly owned subsidiary MBNA America Bank, N.A., headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, prior to being acquired by Bank of America in 2006...
replaced Maxwell House as sponsor. Originally, Davis went with another rookie and Busch Series standout Randy LaJoie
Randy LaJoie
Randall LaJoie was a driver in the NASCAR Busch Series , where he is a two-time champion. Presently, he does not have a full-time ride. He is the father of racers Casey and Corey LaJoie.-Early racing career:LaJoie started racing go-karts when he was 12 years old...
to drive the car. Midway through the year, LaJoie was fired from the team and replaced by a series of rotating drivers including Wally Dallenbach
Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
Wally Dallenbach, Jr. is an American former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He competed in 226 Winston Cup races from 1991 to 2001 and had 23 top 10 finishes. The son of open wheel racer and former CART chief steward, Wally Dallenbach, Sr., Wally Jr. is also a road racer...
, who finished 2nd at Watkins Glen. Finally, Ward Burton
Ward Burton
John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racer, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007. He is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver Jeff Burton, against whom he first...
was hired to finish out the year. He scored the team's first win when he won at North Carolina Motor Speedway late in the season.
With Burton at the wheel the #22 team slowly began to improve, despite not winning races. By 1998 the #22 team cracked the top ten in the final Winston Cup points standings and matched those results in 1999 (by which time Caterpillar, Inc. was sponsoring the team) and 2000, when the team finally returned to victory lane at the spring Darlington
Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"...
race. Burton's second career win was BDR's last win in a Pontiac as they joined several teams in switching to Dodge Intrepids for the following season.
Southern 500
The Showtime Southern 500 is the annual spring NASCAR Sprint Cup race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, USA, and is the second such event at Darlington to bear the name. It began in 1957 as a race in the Convertible Division, known as the Rebel 300. In 1966, the race was...
, Dodge's second win since returning to NASCAR, but the team's streak of consecutive top-ten points finishes was broken at three as the #22 finished 14th. He added two more wins in 2002, scoring a victory in the Daytona 500
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....
(Dodge's first Daytona 500 win in 28 years) and later in the year at the New England 300 at New Hampshire, but a series of inconsistent finishes dropped the team to 25th in the final standings. Burton's win at New Hampshire, in addition to being his last win in Cup racing, was also BDR's last in Cup racing (although they won races in other series before folding).
The team's struggles continued in the 2003 season, and with four races left in the season Burton, who had already signed on to drive the #0 for Haas CNC Racing the following season, departed for that team and was replaced with Davis's Busch driver Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver. He has a total of 6 wins in the Nationwide Series. His brother Chris Wimmer competed in the Busch Series. Wimmer co-owns State Park Speedway in a Wausau suburb...
. Wimmer raced full-time in 2004, finished 3rd in the first race of his rookie season. In late 2005, BDR announced it would part ways with Wimmer at the end of the year. Dave Blaney
Dave Blaney
David Blaney is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He currently drives the #36 Golden Corral/Big Red Chevrolet Impala for Tommy Baldwin Racing. Blaney was a successful sprint car driver before he started racing in NASCAR...
, who previously drove the #93 for BDR, was hired to drive the #22 beginning with the 2006 season. He had two top-tens and
finished 26th in the standings. In 2007, the team switched to Toyota. Blaney won the pole for the 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300
2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300
The 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 was the 17th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season, held on July 1, 2007, at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire...
in New Hampshire, the first pole for Toyota in the Sprint Cup Serieshttp://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2007/06/25/scene_daily1106.html. Blaney scored his first top 10 with Toyota at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....
on July 29, and later that season finished third at Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
, the best finish of any Toyota in 2007. Additionally, Blaney was the only Toyota driver in the top 35 in owner points after 2007 season.The team had a rough start to the 2008 season. They missed the Aaron's 499
Aaron's 499
The Aaron's 499 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car auto race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. The race has always been held in late April or early May. The Aaron's 499 is also one of four races currently run with restrictor plates, the others being the AMP Energy 500,...
which was a hard hit for the team. They came back the next week at Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
to finish in the 18th position. The following week at Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
they finished in the 9th position, their best of the year. In June 2008 Caterpillar announced that it would leave the #22 Bill Davis Racing Toyota to sponsor the #31 Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing
RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by former driver Richard Childress...
starting in 2009. On December 22, 2008, it was announced that Bill Davis sold majority ownership of his NASCAR teams to Mike Held, a California businessman, and Marty Gaunt, an executive with BDR. On that same day, Gaunt and Held announced that they would also be buying into Triad Racing Development. Blaney would leave TRT to drive for Prism Motorsports, and Penske Racing
Penske Racing
Penske Racing is a racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, and Formula One. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
would buy the owners points of the #22 and transfer them to the #77 of Sam Hornish, Jr.
Sam Hornish, Jr.
Racing League]] championships. He currently drives the #12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger for Penske Racing part-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He also drives the #38 Front Row Motorsports Ford when Travis Kvapil is unable to drive the car....
. The addition of Davis would change the team name to Penske Championship Racing
Car #23 History
The #23 car made its debut at the season finale NAPA 500 in 2000 with Scott WimmerScott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver. He has a total of 6 wins in the Nationwide Series. His brother Chris Wimmer competed in the Busch Series. Wimmer co-owns State Park Speedway in a Wausau suburb...
driving the #23 AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
sponsored Pontiac. The team didn't race again until the season finale NAPA 500 in 2001 with Hut Stricklin
Hut Stricklin
Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey. Hut was the last member of the Alabama Gang.In 1986, Stricklin won...
driving the Hills Brothers sponsored Dodge, where he finished eleventh.
For 2002, the car was renumbered to #27 with Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver. He has a total of 6 wins in the Nationwide Series. His brother Chris Wimmer competed in the Busch Series. Wimmer co-owns State Park Speedway in a Wausau suburb...
behind the wheel as an R&D team. The team made the spring Talladega race with sponsorship from Hooter's and driver Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt.-Crew chief:...
, and ran well in the race until being caught in a late race crash. The team returned full time in 2003
2003 in NASCAR
The 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 16. Matt Kenseth with Roush Racing driving a Ford was crowned the Winston Cup champion, despite winning only one race all year. Chevrolet took home the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship after capturing 19 wins...
with Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace
Kenneth Wallace is an American stock car driver who currently drives the #09 Family Farmers/University of Northwestern Ohio/Federated Auto Parts/American Ethanol/Iowa Corn/G-Oil/Marquis Energy Toyota Camry for RAB Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series...
behind the wheel of the #23 Stacker 2 Dodge. Dave Blaney
Dave Blaney
David Blaney is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He currently drives the #36 Golden Corral/Big Red Chevrolet Impala for Tommy Baldwin Racing. Blaney was a successful sprint car driver before he started racing in NASCAR...
made several starts for the team in 2004, including the Daytona 500. In 2006 the #23 returned to the track as an R&D team for Davis. Mike Skinner failed to qualify for the 2006 Daytona 500, but Bill Lester became the first African-American since Willy T. Ribbs
Willy T. Ribbs
William "Willy" Theodore Ribbs, Jr. is a racecar driver who competed in many forms of auto racing. After retiring, he became a sport shooter in the National Sporting Clays Association....
to compete in a Cup race at the Golden Corral 500
Golden Corral 500
The Atlanta 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race that was run every March at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia from 1960 until 2010...
. He started nineteenth and finished 39th. Lester attempted two more races that season, finishing 32nd at Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than in Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas...
, but failing to qualify at California Speedway. The 23 attempted the Daytona 500 in 2007 with Mike Skinner, but did not qualify. Veteran road racing specialist Butch Leitzinger
Butch Leitzinger
Robert Franklin "Butch" Leitzinger is a professional racecar driver. He is best known as an ALMS driver with Dyson Racing, but he has also driven for a variety of other teams and race series....
ran the 23 car with special CAT sponsorship at Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills...
. In the later stages of 2007, the car switched to the 27 and made the UAW-Ford 500 and the Checker Auto Parts 500
Checker Auto Parts 500
The Kobalt Tools 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The race is sponsored by Lowe's through its Kobalt Tools brand.-Past winners:*1998: Race shortened due to rain....
with Jacques Villeneuve driving.
Car #27 History
The #27 Toyota started as the #93 AmocoAmoco
Amoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company , was a global chemical and oil company, founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States....
Pontiac driven by sprint car
Sprint car racing
Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....
racer Dave Blaney
Dave Blaney
David Blaney is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He currently drives the #36 Golden Corral/Big Red Chevrolet Impala for Tommy Baldwin Racing. Blaney was a successful sprint car driver before he started racing in NASCAR...
. The team moved to Winston Cup in 2000
2000 in NASCAR
The 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 13 and ended on Sunday November 20. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte was crowned champion at season's end. The NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship was won by Ford when they captured 14 wins and 234 points to better Pontiac's 11 wins...
. Despite failing to qualify at the spring Rockingham race, Blaney finished 3rd in the Rookie of the year standings. The team flirted with victory lane a few times in 2001
2001 in NASCAR
The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season began on February 11 at the Daytona International Speedway and ended on November 23 at the New Hampshire International Speedway. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports was crowned series champion for the fourth time in seven years. The season was marked by tragedy,...
, but Amoco decided not to renew its contract, and Blaney left for Jasper Motorsports
Jasper Motorsports
Jasper Motorsports is a former NASCAR Winston Cup/NEXTEL Cup team. It was owned by a variety of owners including D.K. Ulrich and Doug Bawel.- 1970s-1980s :...
.
The car was renumbered #23 for the 2002 season and Hut Stricklin, who had just joined the team at the end of the 2001 season from Donlavey Racing
Donlavey Racing
Donlavey Racing is a stock car racing team that competed from 1950 until 2002 in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was owned by Junie Donlavey and ran a total of 863 races in NASCAR...
, became the driver and was sponsored by Hills Brothers Coffee. However, Stricklin missed the season-opening Daytona 500, and failed to record any top 10 finishes. He was released following the night race at Bristol. Shortly thereafter Hills Brothers announced they would leave the team at the end of the season. Davis announced Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace
Kenneth Wallace is an American stock car driver who currently drives the #09 Family Farmers/University of Northwestern Ohio/Federated Auto Parts/American Ethanol/Iowa Corn/G-Oil/Marquis Energy Toyota Camry for RAB Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series...
would join the team shortly afterward after running a part-time schedule as an injury replacement for Steve Park
Steve Park (NASCAR)
Stephen Park is a professional race car driver. Park is currently racing in the #35 Waste Management Recycle America Monte Carlo in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East....
at Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. was a NASCAR-related organization located in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States working to continue the legacy of Dale Earnhardt. It was originally formed in 1980 by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt who died in a crash on the closing lap of the 2001...
, as a replacement for a suspended Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick
Kevin Michael Harvick is an American stock car auto racing race car driver and car owner currently competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing, driving the No. 29 Budweiser/Jimmy John's/Rheem/Okuma/Realtree Outdoors/Bad Boy Buggies Chevrolet Impala...
at Martinsville, and as Innovative Motorsports
Innovative Motorsports
Innovative Motorsports is a former NASCAR team. It was owned by George DeBidart and began racing in the Busch North Series in the mid-90's, before moving to the Busch Series in 1998.- Winston Cup :Innovative ran four Cup races during its tenure...
' driver for its limited schedule. Wallace would also bring along his Busch Series sponsor, Stacker 2, to be the primary sponsor for the team beginning in 2003. Wallace ran ten of the last twelve races for Davis, missing Martinsville and running Andy Petree Racing
Andy Petree Racing
Andy Petree Racing is a former NASCAR team. Its ownership changed hands several times over the years, with three different owners from its beginning to its close in 2004. The team was based out of North Carolina and was always a steady competitor for the win despite never winning a championship.-...
's #33 at Talladega as part of a previous arrangement, and had a best finish of 11th. Wallace also piloted the car in 2003
2003 in NASCAR
The 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 16. Matt Kenseth with Roush Racing driving a Ford was crowned the Winston Cup champion, despite winning only one race all year. Chevrolet took home the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship after capturing 19 wins...
with Stacker 2 sponsorship, before moving down to the team's Busch program.
In 2004 and 2005 the car ran mostly unsponsored, with a couple of drivers running selected events. Shane Hmiel
Shane Hmiel
Shane Hmiel is a former American racecar driver. He was paralyzed in a near fatal racing accident on October 9, 2010...
, Tony Raines
Tony Raines
Floyd Anthony Raines is an American race car driver. He is a former National Touring Series champion in the now defunct American Speed Association and 1999 Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series...
, and Blaney ran the car in 2004. Mike Skinner
Mike Skinner (NASCAR)
Mike Skinner is an American driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is the primary driver of the #60 Big Red Soda Toyota Camry for Germain Racing. He is the father of former NASCAR drivers Jamie and Dustin Skinner...
ran six events in 2005.
In the fall of 2005, it was announced that the team would return to full-time competition as the #55 car in 2006
2006 in NASCAR
The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and ended on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 17 at New Hampshire...
as a partnership between Bill Davis Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing. The partnership allowed Bill Davis to return his second team to full-time status while Michael Waltrip and his sponsor NAPA Auto Parts would have a car to race while building Michael Waltrip Racing. The agreement also allowed for the transfer of owner points from BDR to MWR following the season. Soon afterwards, Jasper Motorsports
Jasper Motorsports
Jasper Motorsports is a former NASCAR Winston Cup/NEXTEL Cup team. It was owned by a variety of owners including D.K. Ulrich and Doug Bawel.- 1970s-1980s :...
closed down, and Waltrip purchased that team's owners points to be guaranteed a starting spot in the first five races of the 2006 season, with former Jasper owner Doug Bawel being listed as owner.
Jeremy Mayfield
Jeremy Mayfield
Jeremy Allen Mayfield is a former NASCAR driver who last competed in 2009 due to legal troubles and an indefinite suspension by NASCAR. Prior to 2009, Mayfield drove cars for the Sadler Brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas...
was hired drive the car full-time in 2007, with the car renumbered #36 for new sponsor 360 OTC. After four consecutive failed qualifying attempts, the 36 car made its first start of 2007 at the 2007 Food City 500
2007 Food City 500
The Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, and was run on Sunday, March 25, 2007 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.- Overview :...
at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mayfield drove the car at every track except for Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills...
, when Butch Leitzinger
Butch Leitzinger
Robert Franklin "Butch" Leitzinger is a professional racecar driver. He is best known as an ALMS driver with Dyson Racing, but he has also driven for a variety of other teams and race series....
drove the re-numbered #23 for one race. In October, Mayfield departed to Haas CNC Racing
Haas CNC Racing
Stewart-Haas Racing, formerly known as Haas CNC Racing, is a NASCAR racing team based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, which runs Chevrolet Impalas. The team is owned by Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, and runs the #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala driven by Stewart and the #39 United States...
, and was replaced by Skinner and Benson for the balance of the season..http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/10/22/mskinner.jbenson.bdr/index.html The car was then scheduled to become the #27 Toyota for Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, , is a Canadian musician and automobile racing driver. He is the son of the late Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle...
in 2008, but the deal fell through after sponsorship could not be found. Benson and Skinner were hired to take over in the interim, before the team folded four races into the season after continued financial difficulties.
Nationwide Series
BDR began fielding cars in the Nationwide Series in 1996, when Burton drove eight races in the #22 MBNA Pontiac, posting three top-tens. Davis did not field a Busch team again until 1998, when he fielded the #93 AmocoAmoco
Amoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company , was a global chemical and oil company, founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States....
Pontiac
Pontiac
Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...
piloted by sprint car
Sprint car racing
Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....
ace Dave Blaney
Dave Blaney
David Blaney is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He currently drives the #36 Golden Corral/Big Red Chevrolet Impala for Tommy Baldwin Racing. Blaney was a successful sprint car driver before he started racing in NASCAR...
. Running a limited schedule, Blaney finished in 6th place 3 times. Blaney had an even better 1999 season, winning the pole position several times and finished eighth in points. That same year, Davis fielded a second car for Burton, the #02 sponsored by Siemens
Siemens AG
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
. He finished in the top-ten in every race and won a pole at Darlington.
In 2000, Davis opened the #20 ride sponsored by AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
. Rookie Mike Borkowski
Mike Borkowski
Mike Borkowski is an American race car driver. In 1997 he won the Trans-Am Rookie of the year award with two race victories. He qualified for one Indy Racing League event in 1999 at Lowe's Motor Speedway but the event was stopped after debris from a crash killed 3 spectators...
started the year in the ride, but after the Busch 200, he was released. Dave Blaney
Dave Blaney
David Blaney is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He currently drives the #36 Golden Corral/Big Red Chevrolet Impala for Tommy Baldwin Racing. Blaney was a successful sprint car driver before he started racing in NASCAR...
and Tom Hubert
Tom Hubert
Tom Hubert is an American road course racer.Hubert was born in Cottonwood, California. He most recently worked as a rear tire changer and a mechanic for Bill Davis Racing's #22 Sprint Cup team, before the team closed down, and also occasionally races road courses for various teams...
shared the ride for the year before Scott Wimmer took over in the final part of the season. Burton's team changed to the #22 sponsored by Polaris
Polaris
Polaris |Alpha]] Ursae Minoris, commonly North Star or Pole Star, also Lodestar) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star....
, and had two top-five finishes, then closed up.
Wimmer took over the #20, renumbered the #23, for 2001, posting eight top-tens and finishing eleventh in points in a Jani-King
Jani-King
Jani-King is the world's largest commercial cleaning franchise company reporting more than 12,000 franchisees serving tens of thousands of customers worldwide....
sponsored car. Siemens became a part-time sponsor in 2002, but the team threatened to shut down to a lack of finances. However, it remained open, and Wimmer won four races in the second-half of the season, finishing 3rd in points. For 2003, Stacker 2 came onboard as sponsor, and he picked up a win at Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak International Raceway
Pikes Peak International Raceway, also known as PPIR, is a participant focused racetrack located in Fountain, Colorado, south of Colorado Springs and north of Pueblo...
. At the end of the season, Wimmer moved to Cup, and Kenny Wallace took his place, posting ten top-ten finishes and finishing ninth in points. After Wallace and Stacker 2 left for ppc Racing
Ppc Racing
ppc Racing was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Greg Pollex. ppc Racing came about from a merger of Pollex's Busch Series team with a car owned by Steve DeSouza and Ted Campbell in 1999. The team shut down in 2007 due to a lack of funding...
, Davis sold the equipment to Keith Coleman Racing
Keith Coleman Racing
Keith Coleman Racing was a NASCAR Busch Series team. It fielded the #23 and #26 cars for three seasons. The team was formed in 2004 by New Orleans native, Keith Coleman and at the time bought the team's equipment from Holigan Racing and later from Bill Davis Racing.KCR debuted in 2004 at the Mr....
. The team still remained involved in Busch supplying engines to MacDonald Motorsports
MacDonald Motorsports
MacDonald Motorsports is a NASCAR team owned by former driver Randy MacDonald and his wife Pat. They field the #81 Eagle Convenience Stores/Heartland Harley Davidson Dodge Challenger for Donnie Neuenberger, Scott Wimmer and rookie Blake Koch in the NASCAR Nationwide Series...
.
Truck #5 history
2004 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season began on February 13 and ended on November 19. Bobby Hamilton of Bobby Hamilton Racing won the championship.See also: 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, 2004 NASCAR Busch Series- Full-time 2004 teams :...
at Bang! Racing
Bang! Racing
Bang! Racing is a former NASCAR team. It was owned by entrepreneur Alex Meshkin, as well as Larry McReynolds and fielded entries in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. It only ran one season, in 2004....
as the #42 driven by Mike Skinner. Skinner started the year with two top-fives, but his performance began to decline, and his team was sold to Davis, changing to the #5, starting at the Las Vegas 350
Las Vegas 350
The Smith's 350 is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that takes place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The races of 1996-1997 were long and 1998-1999 were long. LVMS did not host a truck race in 2000.-Past winners:...
. He won two poles and had a sixth-place run at the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a race track in Homestead, Florida southwest of Miami.Since 2002 Homestead has hosted the final races of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series...
. In 2005, he won seven poles and two races, at Bristol and Richmond respectively, finishing fifth in points. In 2006, he had thirteen top-tens including a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada near Las Vegas, is a complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.-History:...
, and almost won the 2007 championship before suffering tire failures in the season finale. Skinner was signed to drive for TRT through the 2009 season. However, due to concerns over the economy, the team shut down the entire truck program, with Skinner taking the number 5 with him to Randy Moss Motorsports.
Truck #22 history
BDR's original foray into the Truck Series, it debuted in 2004 at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250, where Bill LesterBill Lester
William Alexander Lester III is a racing driver who competes in the Grand Touring category in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Autohaus Motorsports. In 1984, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley...
drove it to a sixteenth place run. He posted just one top-ten that year and finished 22nd in points. The next season, he won two poles (back-to-back at Kansas
Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. The speedway was built in 2001 and currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at the speedway until 2011...
and Kentucky
Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned...
), had a best finish of fifth and moved up to seventeenth in points. Lester failed to finish in the top-ten during the 2006 season and dropped to twentieth in points. Tyler Walker
Tyler Walker (NASCAR)
Tyler Walker , is a NASCAR driver. Walker began racing bicycles at the age of six and motorcycles at age eight. He then began racing go-karts, and won four California state karting championships and had a total of 200 wins. At the age of sixteen Walker started racing in the All Star Circuit of...
began the season driving the renumbered #36 truck full-time in 2007
2007 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 12th season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season set off on February 16, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Chevy Silverado HD 250, and ended on November 16, 2007 with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway...
, with sponsorship from 360 OTC. Six races into the season, rookie Ryan Mathews
Ryan Mathews (racer)
Ryan Mathews , is an American racecar driver from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He is currently the part-time driver of the #75 Ray Hackett Racing Ford in NASCAR.-Background:...
replaced Walker after it was learned that Walker was suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, and the team had lost its sponsor, 360 OTC (which wanted #36). Mathews, in his short season, posted two top tens, one top five, and one pole at Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned...
. Mathews then stepped out of the truck for the debut of 1995 Indianapolis 500
1995 Indianapolis 500
The 79th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 28, 1995. Sanctioned by USAC, it was part of the 1995 CART Indycar season. Jacques Villenueve won in his second start. After dominating the 1994 race and the 1994 IndyCar season, Marlboro Team Penske failed to...
winner and 1997 Formula One Champion
1997 Formula One season
The 1997 Formula One season was the 48th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 9, 1997, and ended on October 26 after seventeen races.-Season summary:...
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, , is a Canadian musician and automobile racing driver. He is the son of the late Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle...
. In preparation for this, the truck was renumbered #27, which Villeneuve used in his 1995 CART and Indy 500 championship season, as a tribute to his father Gilles
Gilles Villeneuve
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve, better known as Gilles Villeneuve , was a Canadian racing driver. An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, he started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec...
.
The Truck switched back to the #22 in 2008 and began the year with Phillip McGilton
Phillip McGilton
Phillip McGilton is an American race car driver and businessman. He formed PJM Enterprises in 2002, a residential and commercial construction company that eventually grew into include automotive fabrication, and motorsports and educational ventures.McGilton began racing at the age of eight in dirt...
as the driver, before he was replaced by Scott Speed
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed is an American race car driver. Formerly a driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix; becoming the first American to race in F1 since Michael Andretti in 1993...
and Michael Annett
Michael Annett
Michael Annett is an American racecar driver. He currently drives the #62 Pilot Travel Centers Toyota Camry for Rusty Wallace Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series....
. The team had the most successful season 2008, with Speed winning his first NASCAR victory at Dover
Dover International Speedway
Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc. It is co-located with a harness racing track, Dover Downs, and shares the complex with Dover Downs Hotel & Casino...
, and Annett scoring two top-tens in seven races. This team was shut down after the 2008 season due to economic concerns.
Truck #23 history
Phil Bonifield
Phil Bonifield is an owner/driver in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Busch Series. He fielded Team Racing for six years in the Truck Series. Bonifield began his racing career in 1973, when he began competing with BMX bicycles. Racing across the United States, he won several championships from...
. The truck was piloted by Shelby Howard
Shelby Howard
Shelby Dean Howard IV is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver. He is currently a free agentHoward began racing in 1996 in Junior Sprints. In his first season in the National Series, he finished fifth in points. He competed in various racing series...
. Howard ran eight races before he was released, and Johnny Benson
Johnny Benson
Jonathan Benson, Jr. is an American NASCAR driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson, Sr...
took over. Despite running a limited schedule, Benson finished 25th in points. Benson became the full-time driver in 2005, and had six top-fives en route to a tenth place points finish. Benson went on to collect five wins during the 2006 season with additional backing from Exide Batteries
Exide Batteries
Exide Technologies is the world's second-largest producer of automotive lead acid batteries for automotive and industrial applications. The Company’s four global business groups – Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Power Americas and Industrial Power Europe...
and finished runner-up to Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine is a NASCAR driver. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion...
for the championship. 360 OTC sponsored the 23 for ten races during the 2007 season. Benson won four races and finished third in points. In 2008 Benson was considered a title favorite. Benson and crew chief Trip Bruce won five races that year and held off defending champion Ron Hornaday
Ron Hornaday
Ronald Hornaday, Jr. is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and son of the late Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two-time Winston West Champion. Adding on to the family legacy, Ron is a four-time champion in the Truck Series, his most recent...
to win the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series began on February 15, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Chevy Silverado HD 250. The season concluded on November 14 of that year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 200. Johnny Benson of Bill Davis Racing was crowned champion. The season...
championship, the first ever NASCAR championship for BDR. Before winning the championship, it was announced that Benson would not return in 2009. Both Benson and Trip Bruce have since been named to the #1 truck of Red Horse Racing
Red Horse Racing
Red Horse Racing is an American racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. It is co-owned by business executive Tom DeLoach and NASCAR on Fox broadcaster Jeff Hammond...
. ARCA RE/MAX Series
ARCA RE/MAX Series
-History:The series started as a local touring group. Led by John Marcum, the Midwest Association for Race Cars was formed with drivers like Iggy Katona and Nelson Stacy being early drivers.The series became a part of the Daytona Speedweeks in 1964...
driver Tayler Malsam
Tayler Malsam
Tayler Malsam is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.-Early career:...
was intended to drive this truck for ROTY, but he later moved to Randy Moss Motorsports with Skinner.
Truck #24 history
The #24 truck entered as a research and developmentResearch and development
The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
entry for BDR in 2005. Steve Park
Steve Park (NASCAR)
Stephen Park is a professional race car driver. Park is currently racing in the #35 Waste Management Recycle America Monte Carlo in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East....
drove the #67 South Padre Island
South Padre Island
South Padre Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in Cameron County and is a popular vacation destination because the resort city South Padre Island is located on the island. The island itself is considered to have been settled by Padre Jose Nicolas Balli, who had a...
entry in a pair of races towards the end of the year following his release from Orleans Racing. His best finish was 16th at Texas. In 2006, A. J. Allmendinger
A. J. Allmendinger
Allmendinger again failed to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500. After three failures to qualify in 2 attempts , he was replaced by veteran driver Mike Skinner on a temporary basis. Allmendinger returned to the Cup series at Talladega...
drove the newly renumbered 24 for three races, posting a fifth-place run at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
. ARCA RE/MAX Series
ARCA RE/MAX Series
-History:The series started as a local touring group. Led by John Marcum, the Midwest Association for Race Cars was formed with drivers like Iggy Katona and Nelson Stacy being early drivers.The series became a part of the Daytona Speedweeks in 1964...
driver Phillip McGilton
Phillip McGilton
Phillip McGilton is an American race car driver and businessman. He formed PJM Enterprises in 2002, a residential and commercial construction company that eventually grew into include automotive fabrication, and motorsports and educational ventures.McGilton began racing at the age of eight in dirt...
was to make his NASCAR debut in this truck at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a race track in Homestead, Florida southwest of Miami.Since 2002 Homestead has hosted the final races of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series...
before going full-time with the #22 team in 2008, however plans were changed as Blaney was put in the #22 truck sponsored by Caterpillar. This truck has made only one start, which came at the 2008 Ford 200
Ford 200
The Ford 200 is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that takes place at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The races of 1996-2001 were scheduled 250 miles.It has served as the final event of the season for the Truck Series since 2002.-Past winners:...
with Tayler Malsam
Tayler Malsam
Tayler Malsam is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.-Early career:...
driving to a 21st place finish. This team was also shut down after the 2008 season concluded.