Sam Hunt Racing
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| Owner(s) | |
|---|---|
| Principal(s) | Allen Hart (Technical dir.) |
| Base | 222 Pitt Rd, Mooresville, North Carolina, 28115 |
| Series | NASCAR Xfinity Series ARCA Menards Series East |
| Race drivers | Xfinity Series: 26. TBA |
| Sponsors | Xfinity Series: 26. TBA |
| Manufacturer | Toyota |
| Opened | 2013 |
| Career | |
| Debut | NASCAR Xfinity Series: 2019 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead-Miami) K&N Pro Series East: DRIVE4COPD 150 (Bristol) |
| Latest race | NASCAR Xfinity Series: 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) K&N Pro Series East: 2019 General Tire 125 (Dover) |
| Races competed | 99 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
Sam Hunt Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 26 Toyota Supra full-time for TBA.
The team is currently based in Mooresville, North Carolina, although they have Virginia roots and their original shop was located in Chester, Virginia.[1]
History[]
The team, first known as DRIVE Technology, was founded in 2013 by Sam Hunt and Virginian Shayne Lockhart, a former NASCAR driver-turned crew chief. In 2013 they acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East No. 18 team, which was closing down after the 2012 season. They kept using the No. 18. The team picked up sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation for most of the races.[1]
At the end of 2019 Hunt announced the team would move up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with their driver Colin Garrett in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Joe Gibbs Engines under the hood.
For the 2020 season, SHR formed a partnership with Toyota Racing Development in continuation with their partnership on engines with Joe Gibbs Engines.[2]
Starting in 2022, SHR will begin operating out of The Motorsports Group's former shop just up the road from the shop they had rented from Rette Jones Racing.
Xfinity Series[]
Car No. 15 history[]
2021[]
Due to qualifying being largely unavailable in the 2021 season, Kris Wright drove this entry in 2021 at the Charlotte Roval taking owner points from JD Motorsports where he would start 38th and finish 39th.
Car No. 15 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 | NXSC | Pts | |||
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| 2021 | Kris Wright | 15 | Toyota | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH | POC | ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT 39 |
TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 37th | 321 | |||
| – Finished 37th in owner points with 321 points as it was their own entry however the points were owned by JD Motorsports. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Car No. 24 history[]
2021[]
Starting at the Indy RC, SHR started fielding a 2nd entry in the No. 24 for Will Rodgers with continued Partnership from GoodRx where he finished 28th after starting in 9th.
Car No. 24 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 | NXSC | Pts |
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| 2021 | Will Rodgers | 24 | Toyota | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH | POC | ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IND 28 |
MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 47th | 9 |
Car No. 26 history[]
2019[]
On October 28, 2019, the team announced that they would field an Xfinity team for the first time in 2020, the No. 26 Toyota, with Garrett driving. Brian Keselowski became the team's crew chief, moving over from the Brandonbilt Motorsports No. 68 car.[3] They later attempted the season finale at Homestead in 2019, where they qualified 15th and finished 20th in preparation for their 2020 schedule of races.
2020[]
In 2020 Colin Garrett ran select races for the team with a best finish of 14th at Homestead-Miami in June of that year.
Brandon Gdovic would join the team for 2 races at the Indianapolis Road Course and Daytona Road Course finishing 12th and 28th respectively.
On October 26, 2020, it was announced that TD2 driver Mason Diaz would drive the No. 26 Toyota for the final two races of the 2020 season at Martinsville and Phoenix.[4]
2021[]
In 2021 the team ran the full schedule with a huge rotation of drivers Brandon Gdovic, Kris Wright, Santino Ferrucci, Colin Garrett, John Hunter Nemechek. Grant Enfinger, Will Rodgers, and Dylan Lupton splitting the seat.
The team recorded their first ever top 10 with Brandon Gdovic at the season opener at Daytona.
In September at Richmond Raceway the team scored their first ever top 5 with John Hunter Nemechek battling for the win in the closing laps with Justin Haley and eventual race winner Noah Gragson going on to score a 3rd place finish.
2022[]
In 2022 the team will move shops from the shop they had rented from Rette Jones Racing in 2019 to a shop just down the road that The Motorsports Group formerly operated out of from 2008 to 2019.
Car No. 26 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 | NXSC | Pts |
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| 2019 | Colin Garrett | 26 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM 21 |
47th | 16 |
| 2020 | DAY DNQ |
LVS | CAL | PHO | DAR 37 |
CLT | BRI | ATL | HOM 21 |
HOM 14 |
TAL 35 |
POC | KAN 16 |
ROA | 38th | 127 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brandon Gdovic | IND 12 |
KEN | KEN | TEX | DAY 28 |
DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mason Diaz | MAR 20 |
PHO 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Brandon Gdovic | DAY 8 |
MAR 17 |
DAR 36 |
TEX 23 |
NHA 16 |
BRI 21 |
23rd | 485 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kris Wright | DAY 18 |
COA 32 |
MOH 32 |
ROA 25 |
GLN 17 |
IND 30 |
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| Santino Ferrucci | HOM 30 |
LVS 13 |
PHO 15 |
ATL 15 |
POC 14 |
ATL 33 |
TAL 17 |
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| Colin Garrett | TAL 15 |
MCH 20 |
DAY 37 |
DAR 17 |
MAR 14 |
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| John Hunter Nemechek | DOV 32 |
RCH 3 |
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| Grant Enfinger | CLT 36 |
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| Will Rodgers | NSH 14 |
CLT 29 |
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| Dylan Lupton | LVS 35 |
TEX 38 |
KAN 27 |
PHO 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | TBA | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | TEX | CLT | PIR | NSH | ROA | ATL | NHA | POC | IND | MCH | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | CLT | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | TBA | TBA | ||
K&N Pro Series[]
Car No. 18 history[]
2013[]
In 2013 along with former-driver turned crew chief formed DRIVE Technology after they had acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East No. 18 team, which was closing down after the 2012 season. Sam Hunt, ran the full season, moving over from Precision Performance Motorsports. They kept using the No. 18. The team picked up sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation for most of the races.[1] The team later ended up running only part-time, skipping the races at Five Flags, Winston-Salem, both Iowa races, and New Hampshire. Also, Sergio Peña drove the car at the season-finale at Road Atlanta instead of Hunt.
2014[]
In 2014, Hunt ran another part-time schedule. One of his races was set to be Daytona, but after full-time driver Brandon Jones failed to qualify in his own No. 33 car for Turner Scott Motorsports, he replaced Hunt in the No. 18. Other drivers for the team that year were Mason Massey in two races at the Langley and Columbus Speedways. Venezuelan female driver Milka Duno drove the No. 18 at the season-finale, now at Dover as a result of Road Atlanta being taken off the schedule.
2015[]
The team attempted fewer races in 2015. Peyton Sellers drove two races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and at Dover. Full-time ARCA Series driver Sarah Cornett-Ching drove the car at Bristol in a partnership between DRIVE Technology and her ARCA team, RACE 101.[5][6] Justin LaDuke made his only start of the year and to-date of his career at Winston-Salem. Hunt returned for two races at tracks in his home state of Virginia: Langley and Richmond.
2016[]
The team continued to scale back in 2016, with Peña returning to DRIVE Technology for the first time in three years after he was released from Rev Racing. He ran the road course race at Virginia International Raceway, and it is his last NASCAR start to date. The team withdrew with Hunt at the next race at Dominion Raceway, another track in Virginia.
2017[]
Hunt became the sole owner of the team in 2017. He and Peyton Sellers ran two races apiece that year. The new team name was Hunt-Sellers Racing.
2018[]
HSR ran nearly the full season in 2018, with yet another driver from Virginia, rookie Colin Garrett, running all but the first two races of the season. Garrett originally signed on for four races but extended it to the remainder of the schedule after strong initial runs.[7] He finished tenth in points. His best finish was a third at the first of the doubleheader races at South Boston, his only top-5 of the year. Garrett did score four top-10's as well. served as crew chief in 2018.[7]
2019[]
The team announced on January 17, 2019, that Garrett would return to Sam Hunt Racing to run the full season with them in 2019. In addition, the team switched from Toyota to Chevrolet that year.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b c McConnell, Jim (May 8, 2013). "James River grad at home with Drive Technology". Chesterfield Observer. Observer Inc. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ "Sam Hunt Racing announces partnership with TRD". Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ Kristl, Mark (October 28, 2019). "Sam Hunt Racing, Colin Garrett Attempting Move To Xfinity Series". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "Mason Diaz Joining Sam Hunt Racing for Final 2 Races of Season". Frontstretch. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- ^ "KNPSE: Sarah Cornett-Ching Set to Make Her K&N Pro Series Debut at Bristol This Weekend". Race Chaser Online. April 13, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ Donnelly, Doug (April 17, 2015). "On off ARCA weekend, Cornett-Ching, others take talents to Bristol". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Segal, Davey (September 6, 2019). "Behind Sam Hunt's resilient NASCAR journey to stay on track". Autoweek. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Speed51.com". January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
External links[]
- Drive Technology USA
- Sam Hunt Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- NASCAR teams
- ARCA Menards Series teams