Buckshot Racing is a former
NASCARThe 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...
team. It was owned by Billy Jones and competed in the Winston Cup and
Busch SeriesThe 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 league" circuit, the Sprint Cup...
. They compiled a total of four wins.
The team debuted in
1995The 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Season was held February 18 and ended November 5. Johnny Benson of BACE Motorsports won the championship.See also: 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1995 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series- Goody's 300 :...
with Jones' son Buckshot driving. Jones made his debut at The Milwaukee Mile with
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sponsorship. Jones ran a total of nine races that season, finishing ninth at
South Boston SpeedwaySouth Boston Speedway or "SoBo" is a short track located in South Boston, Virginia, U.S.A.. SoBo is located approximately sixty miles east of another area familiar to most NASCAR fans, Martinsville. It is owned by Dr. Joe Mattioli II, who also controls Pocono Raceway...
. The following season, they ran a total of eighteen races with Aquafresh sponsoring.
Buckshot Racing is a former
NASCARThe 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...
team. It was owned by Billy Jones and competed in the Winston Cup and
Busch SeriesThe 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 league" circuit, the Sprint Cup...
. They compiled a total of four wins.
The team debuted in
1995The 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Season was held February 18 and ended November 5. Johnny Benson of BACE Motorsports won the championship.See also: 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1995 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series- Goody's 300 :...
with Jones' son Buckshot driving. Jones made his debut at The Milwaukee Mile with
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sponsorship. Jones ran a total of nine races that season, finishing ninth at
South Boston SpeedwaySouth Boston Speedway or "SoBo" is a short track located in South Boston, Virginia, U.S.A.. SoBo is located approximately sixty miles east of another area familiar to most NASCAR fans, Martinsville. It is owned by Dr. Joe Mattioli II, who also controls Pocono Raceway...
. The following season, they ran a total of eighteen races with Aquafresh sponsoring. Jones won his first career race at Milwaukee and a pole at
North Carolina SpeedwayRockingham Speedway, formerly North Carolina Motor Speedway and later North Carolina Speedway is a racetrack located in Rockingham, North Carolina...
, finishing 25th in the final points. He failed to win another race in 1997, but he finished a career-best seventh in points, and made his Winston Cup debut at
Atlanta Motor SpeedwayAtlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
. The team qualified 32nd but finished last due to a wreck by Jones early in the race.
In
1998The 1998 NASCAR Busch Series Season began on Saturday February 14 and ended on Sunday November 15. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. was crowned champion at season's end.See also: 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series...
,
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/
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became the team's new primary sponsor, and Jones picked up his second career win at the Gumout Long Life Formula 200, but dropped to ninth in points. Buckshot Racing also ran five Cup races under a partnership with
Stavola Brothers RacingStavola Brothers Racing was a NASCAR racing team, owned by Bill and Mickey Stavola, and operating NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series teams from 1984 through 1998. The team won the 1988 Daytona 500 with Bobby Allison behind the wheel of the #12 Miller High Life Buick. Other victories include the...
, and had an eighth-place finish at
Dover International SpeedwayDover 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...
. Jones moved up to Winston Cup full-time in 1999, racing the 00 but without major sponsorship.
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replaced him in the team's Busch Series operation, with Cheez-It sponsorship. Jones struggled running the Cup series, and after several DNQs, he left Cup to replace Pearson in the Busch car, who had only one top-ten finish. Jones had two tenth-place finishes out of nineteen starts. In
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, Jones won his final pole at
Michigan International SpeedwayMichigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near 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...
and improved to 21st in the standings.
Jones returned to Cup for
Petty EnterprisesPetty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures. At the time of its folding the team operated the #43 and #45 Dodge Chargers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Petty Enterprises ran from 1949...
in 2001, and
Todd BodineTodd Bodine is a NASCAR driver. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his reckless driving style and bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion...
was hired as the team's new driver. Despite driving without major sponsorship and switching to
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, Bodine won two of the first three races of the season. When sponsorship forced the team to cutback to a part-time schedule, Buckshot and
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returned to drive a limited races with Georgia Pacific funding, posting four top-ten finishes between them.
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also drove the #04 for a pair of races, his best finishes of 36th. The lack of funding caused Buckshot to sell the team in 2002.
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