JTG Daugherty Racing

JTG Daugherty Racing

Owner(s)	Tad Geschickter Jodi Geschickter Brad Daugherty Gordon Smith
Base	Harrisburg, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Cup Series
Race drivers	47. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Sponsors	47. Kroger (NOS Energy Drink, Tide Pods, Energizer, Crest, Nature Valley, Louisiana Hot Sauce, BallPark Buns & Rolls, Dawn, Maxwell House, Little Hug, Healthy Choice), Cottonelle, Bush's Beans, SunnyD, Scott Products, Hungry Jack, Funfetti, Cheerios
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	1995
Career
Debut	Cup Series: 2008 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis) Nationwide Series: 1995 Goody's 300 (Daytona) Craftsman Truck Series: 2006 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Latest race	Cup Series: 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix) Nationwide Series 2010 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) Craftsman Truck Series: 2008 AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)
Drivers' Championships	Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 0 Craftsman Truck Series: 0
Race victories	Total: 5 Cup Series: 1 Nationwide Series: 4 Craftsman Truck Series: 0
Pole positions	Total: 12 Cup Series: 3 Nationwide Series: 8 Craftsman Truck Series: 1

JTG Daugherty Racing (formerly ST Motorsports and JTG Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team is owned by former advertising executive Tad Geschickter and his wife Jodi, along with current NBC Sports analyst Brad Daugherty. The team formerly had alliances with Wood Brothers Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, and Richard Childress Racing. The team currently has a technical alliance with Hendrick Motorsports.^[1][2] JTG Daugherty currently fields the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time for Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Cup Series[]

Car No. 37 history[]

Chris Buescher (2017–2019)

In November 2016, the team announced plans to expand to two cars for the 2017 season. On November 29, Roush Fenway Racing leased their No. 16 charter to JTG, while also loaning driver Chris Buescher to the team.^[3] The new car was revealed to be the No. 37 on December 12.^[4] During the 2016-17 offseason, it was revealed that the sponsors of the 37 car would be products sold at Kroger stores like Cottonelle, Cheerios, Bush's Baked Beans, Kingsford, and Scott Products. Liberty Tax Service was added as a sponsor on June 2, 2017.^[5] In 2018, JTG purchased Furniture Row Racing's No. 77 charter for the No. 37; the charter leased from Roush Fenway Racing was subsequently sold to Team Penske for the No. 12.^[6]

Throughout his three-year tenure in the No. 37, Buescher's best finish was 5th at both Daytona races in 2018, and his best points finish was 20th in 2019. On September 25, 2019, it was announced that Buescher will return to Roush Fenway Racing to replace Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the No. 17 Ford in 2020.^[7][8]

Ryan Preece (2020–2021)

On August 16, 2019, Ryan Preece confirmed he would return to JTG Daugherty Racing for the 2020 season, this time, in the No. 37, with his new teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (who replaced Chris Buescher) in the No. 47 which Preece drove in 2019.^[9][10] Prior to the 2020 Auto Club 400 at Fontana, the No. 37 team was docked 10 owner and driver points and crew chief Trent Owens was suspended for the race after the car was discovered to have an illegal modification during pre-race inspection.^[11] Preece struggled mightily throughout the 2020 season, finishing last a total of four times, three of them consecutively. After a violent wreck at Kansas where he walked away unharmed, Preece managed to score two top-10 finishes but ended the season 29th in the standings. For the 2021 season the 37 would be the only full-time non-chartered team. Following the 2021 season, the 37 team was shut down.

Car No. 37 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
2017	Chris Buescher	37	Chevy	DAY 35	ATL 24	LVS 23	PHO 27	CAL 25	MAR 11	TEX 21	BRI 39	RCH 17	TAL 15	KAN 18	CLT 20	DOV 23	POC 19	MCH 36	SON 19	DAY 10	KEN 16	NHA 25	IND 9	POC 28	GLN 11	MCH 6	BRI 27	DAR 17	RCH 32	CHI 27	NHA 21	DOV 30	CLT 18	TAL 17	KAN 6	MAR 21	TEX 22	PHO 37	HOM 20	26th	564
2018				DAY 5	ATL 25	LVS 15	PHO 29	CAL 30	MAR 23	TEX 15	BRI 36	RCH 26	TAL 11	DOV 20	KAN 34	CLT 29	POC 17	MCH 24	SON 12	CHI 22	DAY 5	KEN 23	NHA 20	POC 37	GLN 20	MCH 20	BRI 19	DAR 13	IND 25	LVS 15	RCH 30	CLT 17	DOV 25	TAL 21	KAN 16	MAR 13	TEX 23	PHO 18	HOM 23	24th	585
2019				DAY 37	ATL 9	LVS 18	PHO 16	CAL 16	MAR 21	TEX 20	BRI 22	RCH 22	TAL 30	DOV 23	KAN 10	CLT 6	POC 14	MCH 16	SON 16	CHI 18	DAY 17	KEN 10	NHA 15	POC 16	GLN 13	MCH 14	BRI 17	DAR 12	IND 15	LVS 18	RCH 31	CLT 18	DOV 36	TAL 20	KAN 13	MAR 12	TEX 19	PHO 16	HOM 16	20th	729
2020	Ryan Preece			DAY 29	LVS 37	CAL 30	PHO 18	DAR 20	DAR 39	CLT 22	CLT 24	BRI 12	ATL 26	MAR 26	HOM 24	TAL 15	POC 20	POC 25	IND 40	KEN 38	TEX 40	KAN 34	NHA 16	MCH 25	MCH 16	DAY 23	DOV 25	DOV 26	DAY 37	DAR 17	RCH 20	BRI 9	LVS 19	TAL 10	CLT 14	KAN 29	TEX 18	MAR 19	PHO 34	29th	477
2021				DAY 6	DAY 9	HOM 21	LVS 15	PHO 26	ATL 25	BRI 18	MAR 36	RCH 29	TAL 14	KAN 32	DAR 25	DOV 18	COA 15	CLT 26	SON 21	NSH 32	POC 23	POC 8	ROA 40	ATL 25	NHA 22	GLN 28	IND 35	MCH 21	DAY 4	DAR 12	RCH 25	BRI 17	LVS 28	TAL 32	CLT 19	TEX 36	KAN 21	MAR 36	PHO 20	27th	557

Car No. 47 history[]

In 2006, JTG Racing started a partnership with Wood Brothers Racing to field the No. 21 car under the banner of Wood Brothers/JTG Racing.^[12] JTG Daugherty attempted to make their Cup Series debut in the third race of 2007 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Ken Schrader behind the wheel of the Ore-Ida Ford, a second car to the Wood Brothers' No. 21, but the team failed to qualify for the race. Jon Wood attempted to qualify the No. 47 in the season's 29th race at Kansas Speedway but also failed to qualify the Little Debbie/Nutty Bars car into the field.

Marcos Ambrose (2008–2010)

With the new ownership at JTG Daugherty Racing in 2008, the team attempted to qualify for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard with Marcos Ambrose at the wheel and he qualified into the race in 24th position. Ambrose finished in the 22nd position. Ambrose finished 3rd in the No. 21 Ford Fusion of Wood Brothers Racing at the Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen International. On October 1, JTG Daugherty signed a deal to enter into a technical alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing for the remainder of 2008 and the 2009 Sprint Cup season. During this technical alliance in 2008 and 2009, the No. 47 ran a Toyota Camry as the third car on the Michael Waltrip Racing team. For the rest of the 2008 season, the 47 switched to Toyota and leased the owner points for MWR's No. 00 entry. Ambrose ran four races for the rest of the season and had the best finish of eighteenth. The 47 became a full-time entry in 2009, running with sponsorship mostly from Little Debbie and the Clorox Company. He had seven top-ten finishes, including a second at Watkins Glen, and finished eighteenth in points. The alliance continued for 2010, with Ambrose again running as the third car for MWR. In 2010, Ambrose had a lower season, statistically speaking, than 2009. His nearest-miss was at Sonoma in June 2010 where he controlled the late stages of the 110-lap race only to be sent to 7th on the final restart after stalling his engine in turn 1 under caution. Ambrose ended up finishing 6th, handing a sure-victory to Jimmie Johnson. Later that season, Ambrose dueled Juan Pablo Montoya for the win at the 2nd road course race of the season, at Watkins Glen, finishing third after leading 8 laps.

Bobby Labonte (2011–2013)

For 2011, however, Ambrose left JTG Daugherty Racing in the Sprint Cup Series to drive for Richard Petty Motorsports although he drove for JTG in a one race deal for Watkins Glen in the Nationwide Series. He was replaced by former series champion Bobby Labonte. Labonte proved a good replacement by scoring 4th in the Daytona 500 and pushing Trevor Bayne to the lead on the final lap. However, the 500 remained their sole high point, and they struggled throughout the season to a 29th-place points finish. As a result, crew chief Frankie Kerr was moved to the shop foreman position, and JTG hired former Richard Childress Racing crew chief Todd Berrier as their new crew chief and general manager. To improve the team's performance beyond MWR, JTG moved back into the Geischeckter's old race shop it shared with the Wood Brothers. However, the team had very few good runs in 2012. For 2013, Labonte and JTG would have the best finish of 15th at Daytona before he was replaced at Kentucky by A. J. Allmendinger. Allmendinger would score a top 10 at Watkins Glen.

A.J. Allmendinger (2013–2018)

On August 29, 2013, Sporting News reported that Allmendinger will be the full-time driver for JTG Daugherty Racing in 2014. The team will also be switching to Chevrolet and form a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.

Allmendinger started 2014 slowly but got hot with back to back top-10 finishes in May. He also raced his way into the Sprint All-Star Race. Allmendinger had the strongest car at Sonoma in June but was involved in an incident that left him a disappointing 37th. However, he got redemption at Watkins Glen by winning the race, beating fellow road course ace Marcos Ambrose for the team's first Sprint Cup win. The win was also the first Chase birth for JTG. Ironically, Ambrose himself had nearly scored the team's first win in 2010. Allmendinger qualified for the Chase, the first Chase birth for JTG Daugherty, and finished 13th in the points standings.

Both Allmendinger and all the team's sponsors returned in 2015. Allmendinger and the #47 started 2015 off with four straight top-20s, including a pair of top-10s. Allmendinger also swept both road course poles, at Sonoma and Watkins Glen. However the team scored only one more top-10, at Pocono in August, and Allmendinger finished 22nd in points. Allmendinger and Kroger inked a multi-year contract extension following the 2015 season.

After starting the 2016 season slowly, the No. 47 picked up momentum with an 8th-place finish at California in the spring. One week later at Martinsville, Allmendinger finished runner-up to Kyle Busch. The team missed the Chase but closed the season strong picking up six more top-10s and a top-5 at Watkins Glen. Allmendinger finished 19th in points.

In 2017, the team got to a great start, finishing 3rd, nearly winning the Daytona 500. At the first Talladega race, the No. 47 flipped over, while trying to push Chase Elliott late in the race while running again in the top 5.

Ryan Preece (2019)

On September 25, 2018, It was announced that Allmendinger will part ways with JTG Daugherty at the end of the 2018 season.^[13] Three days later, it was announced that Ryan Preece will be replacing him as the driver of the No. 47 in 2019. In addition, Preece competed for 2019 Rookie of the Year honors.^[14]

Preece started the 2019 season with an eighth-place finish at the 2019 Daytona 500.

On October 11, 2019, JTG Daugherty Racing announced that team engineer Eddie Pardue would replace Tristan Smith as the crew chief of the No. 47 car for the remaining six races of the season. Smith, meanwhile, will move to an engineer position.^[15]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2020–present)

On October 16, 2019, JTG announced Stenhouse would drive for them in 2020.^[16] The team later announced that Stenhouse will drive this car with Brian Pattie as the crew chief and moved Preece to the 37 car.^[10] Stenhouse got off to a quick start for the team, winning the pole for the 2020 Daytona 500 - the first pole for JTG on an oval.^[17] He followed up a 20th place finish at Daytona with a strong showing at Las Vegas, leading 30 laps and finishing third. Prior to the 2020 Auto Club 400 at Fontana, the No. 47 team was docked 10 owner and driver points and crew chief Brian Pattie was suspended for the race after the car was discovered to have an illegal modification during pre-race inspection.^[11] Stenhouse later finished fourth in the 2020 Alsco Uniforms 500 and followed it up by finishing second at Talladega in a close race. He ended his first season with the team 24th in the standings.

Car No. 47 results[]

Monster Energy NASCAR 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
2007	Ken Schrader	47	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS DNQ	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV									63rd	26
	Jon Wood																															KAN DNQ	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM
2008	Marcos Ambrose			DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND 22	POC	GLN 3	MCH 43	BRI	CAL 32	RCH	NHA	DOV 32	KAN 36	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	52nd	152
2009			Toyota	DAY 17	CAL 22	LVS 20	ATL 38	BRI 10	MAR 14	TEX 41	PHO 14	TAL 4	RCH 11	DAR 33	CLT 26	DOV 20	POC 6	MCH 31	SON 3	NHA 23	DAY 6	CHI 11	IND 22	POC 34	GLN 2	MCH 35	BRI 3	ATL 23	RCH 22	NHA 20	DOV 14	KAN 14	CAL 23	CLT 22	MAR 27	TAL 34	TEX 15	PHO 11	HOM 35	18th	3830
2010				DAY 41	CAL 35	LVS 14	ATL 11	BRI 33	MAR 11	PHO 11	TEX 17	TAL 37	RCH 9	DAR 25	DOV 36	CLT 36	POC 30	MCH 15	SON 6	NHA 13	DAY 32	CHI 28	IND 21	POC 39	GLN 3	MCH 15	BRI 20	ATL 10	RCH 5	NHA 30	DOV 20	KAN 34	CAL 33	CLT 16	MAR 34	TAL 34	TEX 12	PHO 22	HOM 26	27th	3422
2011	Bobby Labonte			DAY 4	PHO 21	LVS 24	BRI 13	CAL 38	MAR 27	TEX 25	TAL 24	RCH 24	DAR 18	DOV 18	CLT 24	KAN 28	POC 28	MCH 22	SON 38	DAY 31	KEN 26	NHA 7	IND 17	POC 25	GLN 19	MCH 16	BRI 34	ATL 38	RCH 20	CHI 37	NHA 19	DOV 26	KAN 30	CLT 29	TAL 35	MAR 32	TEX 28	PHO 21	|HOM 27	29th	670
2012				DAY 14	PHO 16	LVS 26	BRI 28	CAL 28	MAR 17	TEX 27	KAN 35	RCH 17	TAL 21	DAR 29	CLT 28	DOV 20	POC 22	MCH 16	SON 24	KEN 27	DAY 10	NHA 23	IND 26	POC 27	GLN 19	MCH 25	BRI 14	ATL 19	RCH 25	CHI 26	NHA 20	DOV 14	TAL 18	CLT 32	KAN 33	MAR 9	TEX 33	PHO 15	HOM 25	26th	772
2013				DAY 15	PHO 24	LVS 30	BRI 41	CAL 28	MAR 21	TEX 42	KAN 24	RCH 19	TAL 20	DAR 26	CLT 24	DOV 21	POC 27		SON 43		DAY 23	NHA 27	IND 36	POC 19		MCH 35	BRI 38				NHA 40			CLT 28	TAL 34	MAR 32	TEX 40	PHO 22		31st	624
	A. J. Allmendinger																	MCH 19		KEN 22					GLN 10			ATL 14	RCH 15	CHI 21		DOV 26	KAN 20						HOM 36
2014			Chevy	DAY 26	PHO 26	LVS 18	BRI 25	CAL 8	MAR 11	TEX 23	DAR 15	RCH 6	TAL 5	KAN 30	CLT 23	DOV 21	POC 21	MCH 22	SON 37*	KEN 22	DAY 43	NHA 18	IND 18	POC 34	GLN 1*	MCH 13	BRI 14	ATL 40	RCH 23	CHI 22	NHA 13	DOV 23	KAN 11	CLT 12	TAL 23	MAR 9	TEX 14	PHO 16	HOM 40	13th	2260
2015				DAY 20	ATL 7	LVS 6	PHO 17	CAL 34	MAR 43	TEX 21	BRI 34	RCH 13	TAL 17	KAN 14	CLT 29	DOV 24	POC 38	MCH 23	SON 37	DAY 21	KEN 26	NHA 13	IND 23	POC 7	GLN 24	MCH 28	BRI 27	DAR 23	RCH 24	CHI 36	NHA 23	DOV 29	CLT 16	KAN 27	TAL 36	MAR 11	TEX 17	PHO 24	HOM 20	22nd	758
2016				DAY 21	ATL 27	LVS 14	PHO 17	CAL 8	MAR 2	TEX 22	BRI 19	RCH 25	TAL 14	KAN 8	DOV 23	CLT 16	POC 16	MCH 38	SON 14	DAY 13	KEN 36	NHA 21	IND 38	POC 14	GLN 4	BRI 9	MCH 15	DAR 23	RCH 20	CHI 17	NHA 21	DOV 19	CLT 37	KAN 8	TAL 10	MAR 10	TEX 17	PHO 17	HOM 8	20th	830
2017				DAY 3	ATL 26	LVS 24	PHO 26	CAL 17	MAR 6	TEX 20	BRI 30	RCH 37	TAL 31	KAN 30	CLT 18	DOV 18	POC 22	MCH 18	SON 35	DAY 8	KEN 20	NHA 21	IND 10	POC 23	GLN 9	MCH 20	BRI 22	DAR 34	RCH 26	CHI 26	NHA 17	DOV 28	CLT 20	TAL 22	KAN 32	MAR 40	TEX 16	PHO 23	HOM 14	28th	531
2018				DAY 10	ATL 29	LVS 30	PHO 21	CAL 22	MAR 8	TEX 24	BRI 17	RCH 27	TAL 34	DOV 21	KAN 16	CLT 23	POC 22	MCH 17	SON 38	CHI 24	DAY 3	KEN 30	NHA 36	POC 14	GLN 15	MCH 22	BRI 39	DAR 22	IND 37	LVS 14	RCH 29	CLT 7	DOV 22	TAL 6	KAN 21	MAR 14	TEX 20	PHO 12	HOM 19	22nd	603
2019	Ryan Preece			DAY 8	ATL 35	LVS 25	PHO 34	CAL 23	MAR 16	TEX 22	BRI 25	RCH 20	TAL 3	DOV 28	KAN 25	CLT 31	POC 23	MCH 25	SON 29	CHI 28	DAY 32	KEN 21	NHA 21	POC 37	GLN 36	MCH 7	BRI 18	DAR 22	IND 16	LVS 27	RCH 32	CLT 21	DOV 19	TAL 18	KAN 12	MAR 19	TEX 23	PHO 26	HOM 25	26th	495
2020	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.			DAY 20	LVS 3	CAL 20	PHO 22	DAR 40	DAR 25	CLT 24	CLT 4	BRI 34	ATL 13	MAR 21	HOM 20	TAL 2	POC 17	POC 15	IND 36	KEN 29	TEX 38	KAN 40	NHA 14	MCH 32	MCH 19	DAY 16	DOV 10	DOV 37	DAY 32	DAR 19	RCH 18	BRI 40	LVS 23	TAL 38	CLT 17	KAN 16	TEX 12	MAR 20	PHO 27	26th	584
2021				DAY 18	DAY 18	HOM 13	LVS 11	PHO 12	ATL 12	BRI 2	MAR 15	RCH 17	TAL 33	KAN 34	DAR 20	DOV 20	COA 22	CLT 12	SON 37	NSH 6	POC 15	POC 38	ROA 12	ATL 37	NHA 15	GLN 19	IND 11	MCH 12	DAY 22	DAR 17	RCH 23	BRI 20	LVS 17	TAL 16	CLT 21	TEX 34	KAN 24	MAR 19	PHO 36	22nd	666

Nationwide Series[]

Car No. 47 history[]

Larry Pearson (1996)

The second team in the JTG Daugherty stable made its debut in 1996 at the All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300. The car was No. 46, sponsored by Stanley Tools and driven to a 22nd-place finish by Larry Pearson. Pearson drove two more races for the team that year, each one getting regressively worse.

Robert Pressley (2004)

ST would not run a second car again until 2004, when they fielded the No. 47 Ford Taurus driven by Robert Pressley. Pressley had two top ten finishes that year, and finished 15th in points.

Jon Wood (2005-2007)

Pressley was replaced by rookie Jon Wood in 2005. Wood posted six top-ten finishes and finished 15th in overall championship points. He was to continue to drive the No. 47 car in 2007, before medical problems forced him to exit the ride.

Kelly Bires (2007-2008)

Former American Speed Association champion Kelly Bires took Wood's place for most of the year, garnering two top-ten finishes. Andy Lally took his place on road courses, finishing tenth at Watkins Glen International. Bires drove full-time in 2008.

Michael McDowell (2009)

In 2009, Michael McDowell started the season with sponsorship from Tom's Snacks where he had three top-ten finishes, but left the team midway through the season after Tom's Snacks left the team. The team became a start and park team, listing ConstructionJobs.com as the sponsor (the sponsorship funded only practice and qualifying). Kelly Bires returned for three races followed by Coleman Pressley at Iowa. Marcos Ambrose ran full races with STP sponsorship the two road course events at Watkins Glen and Montreal, and would go on to win the event at Watkins Glen. Pressley and Chase Miller finished out the season. The team was suspended at the end of the year, and its owners points were sold to Penske Racing.

In 2010, the team returned with Ambrose driving two road course races; at Watkins Glen, where he won the race, and at Montreal where he did not finish the race, due to electrical problems.

Car No. 59 history[]

Jeff Fuller (1995-1997) and Robert Pressley (1997-1998)

JTG Daugherty Racing (then known as ST Motorsports and owned by Tad Geschickter and crew chief Steve Plattenberger^[18]) made its debut at the 1995 Goody's 300. Jeff Fuller drove the Sunoco-sponsored Chevrolet to an eleventh-place finish. Fuller ran the full season with ST, and had six top-ten finishes en route to a tenth-place finish in points. He was named Rookie of the Year for the Busch Series that year. Fuller returned again in 1996. While he dropped seven points in the standings due to missing two races, he had four top-ten finishes and won from the pole at the Food City 250. Fuller was 18th in points after the 1997 GM Goodwrench/Delco Batteries 200, when he was released from the ride and replaced by Robert Pressley. Pressley had two-top fives and finished 32nd in points despite missing half the season. Pressley could run only half the season in the newly renumbered No. 59 due to Winston Cup commitments with Jasper Motorsports. He ran 18 races and had two pole positions, finishing 31st in points with sponsorship from Kingsford. Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Lepage, Ron Hornaday and Rich Bickle filled in when Pressley was unavailable. Adam Petty drove a second car for the team, the No. 22 Spree Chevy in three races during the season and his best finish was 27th (twice).

Mike Dillon (1999)

For 1999, ST hired Mike Dillon as its new driver. Dillon had a seventh-place finish at the Lysol 200 and finished 16th in points that year.

Phil Parsons (2000) and Rich Bickle (2001)

Dillon left for Richard Childress Racing after the season was over and ST replaced him with Phil Parsons. Parsons qualified for all 32 races, had two top-tens and finished 12th in points. In 2001, he was replaced by Bickle again. However, Bickle struggled in the ride and was replaced by Mark Green and Jeff Purvis after the MBNA.com 200.

Stacy Compton (2002-2006)

In 2002, ST hired Stacy Compton to drive the No. 59, and he remained in the car until the end of the 2006 season. His best finish was 2nd four times, and the best points position was 9th in 2002. The only major change from 2002 until 2007 was the team's switch to the Ford Motor Company in 2004.

Marcos Ambrose (2007-2008)

Australian driver Marcos Ambrose was hired to compete in the No. 59 during the 2007 season, finishing in the top-ten six times and ending the year sixth in points.

Ambrose won the team's first race in 2008 running an STP-sponsored No. 59 at Watkins Glen. For the 2009 Nationwide Series, the No. 59 team ceased operations, running only the No. 47 entry for numerous drivers, and the owner points going to the No. 12 Penske Dodge driven by Justin Allgaier.

Craftsman Truck Series[]

The No. 20 truck debuted in 2006 at the GM Flex Fuel 250 as itself, in a partnership with Wood Brothers Racing. Jon Wood drove the truck for two races, due to Marcos Ambrose not being cleared to run the first two races due to limited experience. Bobby East ran the event at Atlanta. Ambrose finally took over the ride at Martinsville, winning one pole and posting two third-place finishes during the season. In 2007, the truck switched numbers to No. 09. Joey Clanton brought Zaxby's as a sponsor and would share the ride with ex-Busch Series veteran Stacy Compton. Clanton, despite running a partial schedule, was third in the Rookie of the Year standings. Clanton would take both the No. 09 and Zaxby's with him to Roush Fenway Racing for 2008, allowing JTG Daugherty to switch back to the No. 20 and hire Scott Lagasse, Jr. as their new driver. After eight races, JTG Daugherty closed its Truck team due to a lack of funding.

Sponsorship[]

JTG Daugherty Racing has maintained long-term relationships with sponsors Clorox and Kingsford and their associated company since their time in the Busch series, and the two often appear on the decklid of the car even in races they are not the primary sponsor. The team has also maintained good relations with Bush's Baked Beans and more recent partners Kroger, Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex, Scott Products, Viva) and Charter Communications through several driver and manufacturer changes, and have been able to attract new sponsors every season.

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website
• Tad Geshickter Owner Statistics
• JTG-Daugherty Racing Owner Statistics