104-532: Xfinity Series : 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race ( Phoenix ) Joe Gibbs Racing ( JGR ) is an American professional stock car racing organization founded by Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs . His son, J. D. Gibbs , ran the team with him until his death in 2019. Founded in Huntersville, North Carolina , in 1992, JGR has won five Cup Series championships, four Xfinity Series championships and one ARCA Series championship. For
208-573: A best finish of 2nd at the July Iowa race to teammate Ryan Preece . Regan Smith returned to the Xfinity series in a one-race deal in the No. 18 at Mid-Ohio with sponsorship from Interstate Batteries . Denny Hamlin also drove one race in the No. 18, running a throwback scheme at Darlington with Sport Clips sponsoring, Hamlin won the race. Ryan Preece drove the No. 18 car at Homestead with Safelite as
312-456: A best finish of 7th, while Denny Hamlin finished a strong sixth at the fall race at Darlington . Yeley ran the car full-time in 2005, finishing in the top-ten twelve times and finishing 11th in points. Yeley continued to run full-time in 2006, finishing 5th in the points standings with three poles, nine Top 5s, 22 Top 10s, and 27 Top 15s. Yeley announced in Daytona that he would be driving in
416-436: A caution due to obligations to his sponsorship from Rockwell. Almirola was credited as the winner for starting the race but did not participate in the victory celebration. He would leave JGR after the season. The No. 20 finished 2nd in the owners points behind RCR's No. 29. In 2008, the No. 20 was shared by Hamlin, Kyle Busch , and Stewart for nine races before defending NASCAR Camping World East Series champion Joey Logano
520-468: A combined average finish of 31.2 and had 10 DNF's which made Rick Hendrick put his driver development program on hold. In 2006, Busch drove 34 of 35 races, winning at Bristol and finishing seventh in points. Justin Labonte drove for 1 race at Memphis . In 2007, Busch ran the No. 5 on a part-time basis, sharing the ride with Mark Martin , Landon Cassill , Casey Mears , and Adrián Fernández, running
624-550: A fourth-place points finish. Sadler scored his first win for JGR at Talladega in 2014, leading a race high 40 laps. On October 31, 2014, it was announced that Sadler would depart for Roush Fenway Racing 's Nationwide program, taking the OneMain sponsorship with him. The team's points and crew were moved to the No. 18 for the 2015 season, and the number was reassigned in 2016 to Kaulig Racing for Blake Koch . The current 18 car came under JGR control when owner Joe Gibbs purchased
728-543: A full-time ride, leaving McLaughlin without a ride. In his rookie season, The now late Coy Gibbs drove the No. 18 full time in 2003. Gibbs had two Top 10 finishes and finished runner-up to David Stremme for Rookie of the Year. The team scaled back to a part-time schedule for 2004. In November 2003, JGR signed highly touted USAC Champion J. J. Yeley to a multi-year contract, beginning his stock car career with eight ARCA Menards Series events and 10-12 Busch Series races in
832-486: A last lap pass to Kyle Busch . Suárez scored three victories and won the 2016 championship, becoming the first foreign-born driver to win a NASCAR National championship. It was announced that in 2017, Matt Tifft would drive full-time in the No. 19, with rookie crew chief Matt Beckham on the box. Tifft struggled to repeat the success of Suárez failing to win any races and finishing 7th in points. On November 15, 2017, JGR announced that Brandon Jones would replace Tifft in
936-552: A limited schedule, with former sponsor NOS Energy Drink (owned by Monster Beverage ) funding both Busch and Labonte's efforts. Matt Tifft was scheduled to drive 13 races for the team, but was replaced for several races as he recovered from a removal of a tumor in his brain. Sam Hornish Jr. replaced Tifft for the June Xfinity race at Iowa , and won the race. David Ragan ran the July Xfinity race at Daytona , and won
1040-501: A partnership with Gene Haas. Stewart-Haas Racing , at the time, received engines, chassis, and technical support from Hendrick Motorsports. In 2003, 18-year-old development driver Kyle Busch made his entry into Busch Series , driving a No. 87 car in seven races in an alliance with NEMCO Motorsports (owned by then-Hendrick driver Joe Nemechek ). The car received sponsorship from GMAC company Ditech .com, and Busch scored three top tens including two-second-place finishes. For 2004,
1144-1062: A prelude to the new contract, it was announced in April 2024 that the final eight races of the season (including the regular season finale Food City 300 , and the playoff races) would be moved from NBCUniversal networks to The CW , but with NBC Sports continuing to produce the broadcasts. ( key ) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. – Stage 1 winner. – Stage 2 winner – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8 ( key ) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. – Stage 1 winner. – Stage 2 winner – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8 Hendrick Motorsports Hendrick Motorsports
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#17327914653921248-615: A single start at Daytona in July with Interstate Batteries sponsorship. Kenny Wallace made his final career start in the No. 20 car at Iowa Speedway in August, with longtime sponsor U.S. Cellular . Wallace started seventh and finished 15th. Matt Tifft made his Xfinity Series debut at Kentucky in September, finishing 10th. Denny Hamlin drove a total of six races in the 20; two with SunEnergy 1 sponsorship, three with Hisense , and running
1352-462: A technical alliance with 23XI Racing in 2021 and sold minority stakes to Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) and Arctos Partners in 2023. Gibbs founded the team in 1991 after exploring opportunities with Don Meredith , who currently serves as the team's Executive Vice President. In 1997, Gibbs' son J. D. Gibbs was named team president. In 1998, the team began building its facility in Huntersville, North Carolina . The team expanded to
1456-513: A technical alliance with Furniture Row Racing , a single-car team based in Denver , Colorado , which closed after the 2018 season. In June 2023, JGR sold minority stakes to Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), founded and managed by Josh Harris and David Blitzer , and Arctos Partners. Gibbs became a limited partner of HBSE in the transaction. The No. 11 team began racing in 2011. JGR signed 22-year-old Brian Scott (former driver of
1560-450: A throwback scheme at Darlington in September with Sport Clips sponsoring. Hamlin scored three wins, all of which were from the pole starting position. Matt Kenseth ran five races with Reser's Fine Foods , scoring four-second-place finishes. Erik Jones drove the car full-time in 2016, with Gamestop, Reser's, Hisense, Interstate Batteries and Dewalt as the sponsors. Jones won 4 times but finished 4th in points after getting trapped behind
1664-526: A total of 22 races that year, with five top-five finishes and winning two pole positions. Labonte ran five races that year in that car in 1998, winning the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 . The team switched to No. 18 with sponsorship from MBNA for 1999. Labonte ran only one race before he suffered shoulder injuries in a qualifying crash at Darlington. Late in the year, Jason Leffler , like Stewart an accomplished open wheel racer , ran four races in
1768-411: A total of 26 races. The car carried a number of different sponsors including Lowe's, Delphi, Spectrum, and Hendrick Autoguard. Busch drove the car to victory lane four times in 2007, while Martin finished second twice in three races. The No. 5 team moved to JR Motorsports in 2008, and featured eight drivers, including Johnson and Earnhardt Jr., and four primary sponsors in its first year. In 2009,
1872-597: A two-car operation in 1999 with Tony Stewart 's No. 20 Home Depot -sponsored car, then in 2005 added the No. 11 FedEx -sponsored car driven by Denny Hamlin and owned by Coy Gibbs. For the 2015 season, the team added the No. 19 car driven by Carl Edwards , who followed former Roush Racing teammate Matt Kenseth to JGR. After winning three Cup championships and more than 70 NASCAR races in Chevrolet and Pontiac equipment, team officials announced in September 2007 that they would switch to Toyota (who had just entered
1976-656: Is an American professional auto racing organization that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series . The team was founded in 1984 as All-Star Racing by Rick Hendrick . Hendrick Motorsports has won a NASCAR -record 312 Cup Series races and 14 Cup Series owners and drivers championships to go with three Truck Series owners and drivers titles and one Xfinity Series drivers crown. Additionally, the team has 28 Xfinity Series race wins, 26 Truck Series race wins, and seven ARCA Menards Series race wins. For 2024 , Hendrick Motorsports fields four full-time Cup Series teams with
2080-594: The 24 Hours of Le Mans with a modified version of the current NASCAR Cup car, in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of NASCAR. Hendrick Motorsports fielded in-house entries in the Busch Series from 1984 to 1990, and again from 2000 to 2007, primarily the No. 5 entry. Following the conclusion of the 2007 racing season, Hendrick Motorsports and JR Motorsports (owned by then-Hendrick Motorsports driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. ) officially combined Xfinity Series operations. The No. 5 Chevrolets began running full-time under
2184-572: The Camping World East Series (now known as the ARCA Menards East Series) with Logano. The team won the 2021 ARCA Menards Series championship with Ty Gibbs . The organization teamed up with former NFL player Reggie White in 2004 to create a diversity program, fielding drivers such as Almirola, Marc Davis , and Bubba Wallace , and forming the basis for NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program. JGR formed
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#17327914653922288-586: The Charlotte Roval and Rajah Caruth competing in the season finale at Phoenix . For the 2024 , a ten–race schedule was announced on February 27, 2024, with Cup Byron, Larson, Bowman and Chase Elliott all competing in at least one race, with Said also competing for the team at Sonoma . The organization claimed their first win in the Xfinity Series since 2009 with Larson at the Circuit of
2392-627: The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 ; the No. 5 for Kyle Larson , the No. 9 for Chase Elliott , the No. 24 for William Byron , and the No. 48 for Alex Bowman . The team formerly fielded teams in the now- NASCAR Xfinity Series before merging its efforts with JR Motorsports before returning on a part-time basis in 2022 . Hendrick Motorsports also fielded several trucks in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series , most recently for Elliott in 2013 . The team has fielded cars in
2496-596: The Nationwide Series Championship . In 1986, Hendrick fielded the No. 15 car for one race at Atlanta with Brett Bodine as the driver. He won the pole and finished 2nd. In 1991, Rick Hendrick drove the No. 15 Tide car at Heartland Park Topeka . He started third and finished 23rd after a braking issue in his only career ARCA start. In 2003, Hendrick fielded Kyle Busch in the ARCA RE/MAX Series for seven races. Busch drove
2600-514: The 20, Logano grabbed his first superspeedway win at the July Daytona race with help from Kyle Busch . The No. 20 was also driven by Denny Hamlin at Las Vegas, Richmond, and Darlington, with Hamlin winning at Richmond. Drew Herring drove the No. 20 with Sport Clips at both Iowa races, where Herring won the pole for the May race, and Lucas Oil Raceway. Ryan Truex stepped into the No. 20 late in
2704-573: The 2004 season. The Home Depot 's Vigoro Lawn and Garden Products would sponsor Yeley's efforts, making their BGN debut at Las Vegas in March. In his first race, Yeley qualified a strong seventh, but finished 23rd and two laps down. Yeley would end up running 17 races, garnering four Top 10 finishes and finishing fourth in Rookie of the Year standings behind future Cup drivers Kyle Busch , Clint Bowyer , and Paul Menard . Bobby Labonte ran two races with
2808-562: The 2007 season, the team shut down. The 48 car made its debut in the Busch Series in 2004 at Lowe's Motor Speedway , running a one-race deal with sponsorship from Lowe's and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie . Jimmie Johnson drove it to a third-place finish. He drove the car for five races in 2005, winning a pole at Lowe's . During 2006, he started three races, both Lowe's races and the Ameriquest 300 at California. His best finish
2912-476: The 2013 season, 2003 Busch Series Champion Brian Vickers joined the team driving the No. 20 for the full season with sponsorship from Dollar General , in addition to a partial Sprint Cup Series schedule in Michael Waltrip Racing 's 55 car. Dollar General had sponsored Vickers in the past with Braun Racing , and like teammate Elliott Sadler , Vickers was attempting to reclaim his career in
3016-614: The Aaron's Company . Longtime Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Lance McGrew served as the team's crew chief. Elliott made his debut at age 16 at Mobile International Speedway , scoring a pole and six top tens in six races. Elliott returned to the team in 2013, scoring his first career win at Pocono Raceway . Elliott, at age 17, became the youngest superspeedway winner in ARCA Racing Series history, beating fellow 17-year-old Erik Jones . Elliott scored four top tens, including
3120-512: The Americas after overtaking a dueling Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill on the final lap. Elliott took the No. 17 to victory lane at Charlotte . The No. 24 team started in 1999 with Gordon-Evernham Motorsports , owned by Jeff Gordon and crew chief Ray Evernham . Gordon and Ricky Hendrick combined to compete in 10 races. In 2000, Rick Hendrick bought out Evernham's share, renaming
3224-422: The Busch Series at Rockingham Speedway . Ron Bouchard , Dick Trickle , Glenn Jarrett all ran one race, while Tim Richmond ran one. In 1985, Brett Bodine ran one race in the No. 15 car. Geoff Bodine also ran one race in the No. 15. Tim Richmond ran two races in the No. 15, winning once at Charlotte . In 1986, the team ran seven races, three with Bodine and Richmond, and one with Rob Moroso . Richmond would get
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3328-494: The Cup Series after the season, but he continued to drive the No. 5 Busch Series car part-time for several more years. Adrián Fernández drove the car for six races in 2005, finishing tenth at Autódromo , his only top ten finish of the season. Hendrick development drivers Blake Feese , Boston Reid , and Kyle Krisiloff also periodically drove the No. 5 car, running a combined fifteen races. Busch and Jimmie Johnson ran
3432-776: The Cup series that year) after their contract with General Motors ended at the end of the season. Joe Gibbs said Toyota offered the team resources and options they "were not going to be able to afford to do" if they remained at GM. It was also reported that JGR executives felt they were treated by GM as less important than other GM teams such as Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing . In 2012, JGR shuttered its in-house Sprint Cup Series engine program, merging with California-based Toyota Racing Development which provides engines to JGR and 23XI Racing . The team builds engines for its own Xfinity Series operations and ARCA Menards Series operations of Venturini Motorsports .The team had
3536-547: The JR Motorsports banner in 2008, and the team receives engines and technical support from Hendrick Motorsports, with several of its employees moving to JR Motorsports. Rick Hendrick is an equity partner in JRM and continues to be listed as car owner of the No. 5 team. The No. 5 car debuted in 1985 with Brett Bodine ran 12 races. The younger Bodine brother would win three races for the team. Geoff Bodine ran four races in
3640-557: The No. 1 Miccosukee Gaming and Resorts-sponsored Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series . In January 2007, former Brewco Motorsports development driver and ARCA standout Brad Coleman signed to drive the No. 18 car for 17 of the 35 races, with Carino's Italian Grill sponsoring his efforts. Kevin Conway was signed for eight races beginning at Bristol in March with Z-Line Designs sponsoring, while Tony Stewart and development driver Aric Almirola filled out
3744-583: The No. 11 car for the full season. Despite showing speed, the team continued to struggle finishing races (7 DNF's), and had a best finish of 3rd at Dover, with Scott finishing 9th in points. In 2013, Scott was replaced by veteran Elliott Sadler , who finished second in the championship standings in the two prior seasons. Sadler brought sponsorship from OneMain Financial with him from Richard Childress Racing . After winning four races in 2012, Sadler went winless in 2013, though he did score 20 top 10s en route to
3848-462: The No. 11 with Braun Racing ) to a two-year contract, with Kevin Kidd announced as the crew chief, and Scott bringing sponsorship from his family-owned Shore Lodge. The new team was constantly hampered by bad luck during races, with 5 DNF's on the season. Scott earned a pole, two top 5s and seven top 10s, finishing 8th in points. For 2012, Dollar General expanded its sponsorship deal with JGR, sponsoring
3952-505: The No. 15 Tide car at Heartland Park Topeka in 1991, starting third and finishing 23rd after a braking issue in his only career ARCA start. In February 2000, Ricky Hendrick made his Daytona stock car in the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series , driving the No. 17 GMAC Chevrolet to a fifth-place finish. Hendrick would run the race again the next year in the renumbered 71 car, finishing 9th. In 1985, Hendrick fielded
4056-601: The No. 17 in three Xfinity races in 2022, with Kyle Larson running at Road America , Alex Bowman at Indianapolis , and William Byron at Watkins Glen . This marked Hendrick Motorsports' return to the Xfinity Series after Tony Stewart won for the team at Daytona in 2009 . Larson dominated at Road America, but eventually lost to Ty Gibbs on the final lap. Bowman ran the car at the Indianapolis road course, but it again finished second, this time to A. J. Allmendinger . At Watkins Glen, Byron fiercely battled Gibbs for
4160-533: The No. 18 and finished seventh in points that year. Coy Gibbs ran five races in the No. 20 in 2002, with a sponsorship from ConAgra Foods . His best finish was a 14th at Kentucky Speedway . After he moved to the 18, Gibbs was replaced by Mike Bliss and Rockwell Automation came aboard as a sponsor. Bliss had fourteen Top 10s and finished 10th in points. In 2004, he pulled off a win at Lowe's Motor Speedway and had three poles. In 2005, Denny Hamlin came aboard and posted eleven Top 10s and finished fifth points,
4264-533: The No. 18 at Dover. 18-year-old JGR development driver Marc Davis made his one and only national series start for the team in October at Memphis Motorsports Park with DLP HDTV sponsoring. In 2009, Kyle Busch went full time in the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 18 Z-Line Designs / NOS Toyota. Busch won 9 races and won the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Title. In 2010, Kyle Busch ran most of
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4368-435: The No. 18 full-time in 2015 with a sponsorship from Arris, running for Rookie of the Year. Suárez had a strong rookie season, earning eight top fives, 18 top tens, and three poles to finish fifth in points and beat out Darrell Wallace Jr. for Rookie of the Year. The team inherited the No. 54's points and equipment in 2016, fielding multiple drivers, starting with former JGR driver Bobby Labonte at Daytona. Kyle Busch drove
4472-481: The No. 18. Daniel Suárez drove 12 races beginning at Daytona in February with sponsorship from Juniper . Kyle Busch drove 10 races with sponsor NOS Energy Drink beginning at Atlanta in March, winning 5 races at Atlanta, Kentucky, Loudon, Watkins Glen, and Bristol. Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Christopher Bell made his Xfinity Series debut with the No. 18 team at Charlotte, finishing 4th. Bell would also drive
4576-402: The No. 18. Bires ran at Richmond and Chicago with International Comfort Products Corporation , Herring drove at the second Nashville race with Sport Clips, and Logano drove the No. 18 at Chicago, Dover, Kansas, and Phoenix. For 2012, the No. 18 would have a similar lineup, featuring Hamlin, Logano, Herring, McDowell, and Ryan Truex . Logano would take seven victories with the No. 18 team, handing
4680-443: The No. 18. The team would go winless in 2022. On December 6, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Sammy Smith would drive the No. 18 full-time in 2023 with sponsorship from Pilot Flying J . During the season, Smith scored his first win at Phoenix ; at age 18, he became the youngest Xfinity Series winner. On December 13, 2023, it was announced that Sheldon Creed will run the No. 18 full-time for 2024 . On October 21, 2024, it
4784-515: The No. 19 Camry for Chase Briscoe , the No. 20 Camry for Christopher Bell , and the No. 54 Camry for Ty Gibbs . In the Xfinity Series , the team fields three full-time entries: the No. 18 Toyota GR Supra for William Sawalich , the No. 19 Supra for Brandon Jones , and the No. 54 Supra for Taylor Gray . The team has a driver development program that groomed future Cup winners Joey Logano and Aric Almirola and won one championship in
4888-534: The No. 19 in 2018. Tifft would move to Richard Childress Racing in a driver swap. Chris Gabehart was announced as his crew chief, moving from the No. 20 Xfinity team and replacing Matt Beckham. From 2018 to 2022, Jones score five wins and made the top-10 in the playoffs. On September 14, 2022, Jones announced he would leave JGR at the end of the 2022 season and move to the JR Motorsports No. 9 in 2023. On December 8, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that
4992-446: The No. 19 would run full time with a number of drivers, including Ryan Truex and Joe Graf Jr. . Truex scored his first career win at Dover . Ty Gibbs took the No. 19 to victory lane at Indianapolis . Denny Hamlin won his sole Xfinity race of 2023 at Darlington . For the 2024 season , the No. 19 was shared between Ryan Truex, Aric Almirola , Ty Gibbs , Taylor Gray , Joe Graf Jr. , and William Sawalich . After JGR purchased
5096-459: The No. 20 at Chicagoland in September with Sport Clips, finishing 32nd after a blown engine. Development driver Justin Boston , running the full ARCA schedule, made his debut in the No. 20 at Kentucky later in the month, with sponsor Zloop E-Recycling. Kenseth scored a win in the final race of the season at Homestead Miami Speedway , and the No. 20 would finish 9th in owners points. Erik Jones
5200-402: The No. 20 car, with Hamlin winning at Darlington and Logano winning at Kentucky and Kansas. For 2011, Logano returned to the No. 20 with sponsorships from GameStop and Sport Clips. Logano ran the first 10 races but picked up last-minute sponsorship from Harvest Investments to run Nashville. Due to a lack of sponsorship, the No. 20 was unable to run a full schedule for the owner's championship. In
5304-497: The No. 20 in a total of 18 races, with GameStop sponsoring 10 races and Reser's Fine Foods sponsoring 7 races. Sam Hornish Jr. and Kenseth each ran 1 race and Kenny Habul 2 races with Habul's Sun Energy 1 sponsoring. Darrell Wallace Jr. ran at Talladega in the spring with Toyota Care and Daytona in July with Coca-Cola "Share a Coke" . Daniel Suárez made his debut at RIR , finishing 19th. Michael McDowell ran at both Iowa races with Pizza Ranch. Denny Hamlin returned to
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#17327914653925408-465: The No. 24 full-time. Sprague ran the full 2002 season, bringing truck series sponsor NetZero with him. He earned three poles and a win at Nashville en route to a fifth-place points finish. Sprague moved to Hendrick-affiliated Haas CNC Racing in 2003. In 2007, the No. 24 returned with Casey Mears and Landon Cassill as the drivers, with the National Guard providing sponsorship. After
5512-497: The No. 44 Shell Oil -sponsored Pontiac from his Cup Series driver Bobby Labonte , who had been operating the team under his control. The team made its debut under the Gibbs banner at the 1998 NAPA Auto Parts 300 with then- IndyCar driver Tony Stewart driving. Stewart, he qualified 9th but finished 31st after a crash. At the next week at Rockingham Speedway , Stewart qualified on the pole, led 60 laps, and finished 2nd. Stewart ran
5616-469: The No. 5 car for one race at IRP with Brett Bodine as the driver. He won the pole and finished 25th after engine issue. In 2004, development drivers Blake Feese , Boston Reid , and Kyle Krisiloff ran a combined eight races in ARCA in the No. 5 car fielded by Bobby Gerhart Racing . Feese scored a win at Nashville, while Krisiloff scored a victory at Chicagoland Speedway . In 2004, Boston Reid ran
5720-489: The No. 5 car in 2003. Vickers won three races and the Busch Series championship, finishing just 14 points ahead of Hendrick test driver and former No. 5 team spotter David Green . When Vickers moved up to the Cup Series, Kyle Busch became the No. 5 car's driver after he had run seven races the previous season. In his rookie year, Busch won five races and was runner-up to Martin Truex Jr. in points. He moved up to
5824-582: The No. 5 car ran a part-time schedule due to sponsorship limitations. Fastenal , Unilever and GoDaddy.com sponsored seven different drivers over the course of the season. A variety of drivers ran the car in subsequent NASCAR Xfinity Series seasons until it was shut down for the 2019 season. Hendrick Motorsports began competing in the 1984 debut season of the Busch Series , fielding the No. 15 car for 17 races with sponsorship coming from Levi Garrett , with Cup Series driver Geoff Bodine running 12 of them. Bodine would score Hendrick Motorsports' first win in
5928-433: The No. 5 car. Bodine won the season opener Goody's 300 . In 1986, Geoff Bodine drove the No. 5 for one race at Bristol. He won the pole and finished 16th. The current No. 5 car debuted as the No. 14 of JG Motorsports in 2000, with Rick Hendrick's son Ricky Hendrick finishing 39th in the season finale at Homestead . The number was switched to No. 5 when the car began competing full-time in 2002. After Ricky Hendrick
6032-437: The No. 5 driven by Geoff Bodine . At the 2021 Coca-Cola 600 , Hendrick Motorsports became the winningest team in NASCAR Cup Series history when it won its 269th race with the No. 5 driven by Kyle Larson . This eclipsed the record held by Petty Enterprises at 268 wins, which had held the record of the winningest team in the series since 1960. In 2023 , Hendrick worked with NASCAR, Chevrolet , and Goodyear Tires to enter
6136-423: The No. 7 Chevy fielded by Bobby Gerhart Racing at Talladega. He finished 23rd. Kyle Krisiloff ran the No. 7 Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevy in 14 races in 2005, with sponsorship from Ditech .com and Delphi . Krisiloff scored 3 top fives and five top tens. In 2012, Hendrick began fielding the No. 9 Chevrolet for development driver Chase Elliott , with father Bill Elliott as the listed owner and sponsorship from
6240-520: The No. 87 Ditech .com Chevrolet (the same car he drove in his Busch Series starts) to three poles and two wins. Busch ran the 2004 season opener at Daytona , starting second and finishing first. In 2007, Hendrick Motorsports resurrected the No. 87 for development driver Landon Cassill , with sponsorship from Stanley Tools . Cassill attempted three races (failing to qualify at Talladega ) with two top ten starts but finishes of 38th at Kentucky and 32nd at Pocono . Cassill and Stanley would move to
6344-641: The alliance with NEMCO continued. Development drivers Blake Feese and Boston Reid ran 3 races each in the No. 87 ditech.com Chevy, with a best finish of 26th by Reid at Atlanta Motor Speedway . In 1995, the team fielded the No. 5 DuPont Chevrolet part-time for Terry Labonte . He won once at Richmond . Roger Mears drove the No. 5 truck once at Mesa Marin Raceway sponsored by Budweiser . The No. 17 Craftsman Truck Series team made its debut in 2000 with Ricky Hendrick driving with GMAC / Quaker State sponsorship. He made six races that season and finished in
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#17327914653926448-433: The car at Mid-Ohio. For 2020, Riley Herbst will be driving this car full-time. Dave Rogers will serve as crew chief. He qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated following the first round and ultimately finished 12th in the standings. On November 12, 2020, it was confirmed that Daniel Hemric would replace Riley Herbst for the 2021 season. On September 25, 2021, it was confirmed that Hemric would not be returning to
6552-474: The car at Road America, Kansas, Texas, and Phoenix. Bell won the race at Kansas after catching and passing teammate Erik Jones for his first career Xfinity Series win in his 5th start. Bell had sponsorship from SiriusXM at Charlotte, Toyotacare at Road America, JBL at Kansas, and Safelite at Texas and Phoenix. ARCA driver Kyle Benjamin drove the No. 18 with sponsorship from Reser's Fine Foods and Sport Clips at both Iowa races and Kentucky in September with
6656-426: The car in seven races in 2006. Tony Stewart also drove the car at select races in 2006, using his NEXTEL Cup crew when he raced. The No. 19 team was disbanded after the 2006 season. The No. 19 car was returned for 2016 with Daniel Suárez and sponsor Arris moving from the No. 18 team, maintaining the same sponsor-number combination used by Carl Edwards in the Cup Series. Suárez got his first win at Michigan after
6760-403: The car that Hamlin would later drive. Hamlin took the car to victory lane in four races, including Darlington , Milwaukee , Michigan , and Dover . The win at Milwaukee was controversial, with Almirola putting the car on the pole and starting the race because Hamlin was delayed flying from Sonoma Raceway . Almirola started the car and led the first 43 laps but was still relieved by Hamlin during
6864-725: The car that year, his best finish being a 20th at Memphis Motorsports Park . Leffler ran the car full-time in 2000, winning a pole at Texas Motor Speedway , and posting three top-ten finishes. After that season, he left for the Cup Series with Chip Ganassi Racing , and Jeff Purvis took his place. Purvis started strong and was seventh in points but was released after the GNC Live Well 250 because of sponsorship issues. Mike McLaughlin replaced him, finishing seventh in points that season. McLaughlin returned for 2002, and despite going winless in 2002, he moved up to fourth place in points. However, owner Joe Gibbs wanted his son Coy in
6968-415: The championship by three points. In 1999, Sprague won the championship again but fell to fifth in 2000. In 2001, NetZero came on board as the team's sponsor, and Sprague won his third championship. After Sprague moved his ride to the Busch Series, Ron Hornaday Jr. drove the No. 24 in a one-race deal at Daytona, finishing twelfth. The team closed after that race to focus on its Busch Series efforts. In 1995,
7072-535: The first teams in NASCAR to be successful operating multiple entries, partly based on the model used at the Hendrick car dealerships. The team has also been credited for innovations in engine construction and pit crew training. In 2020, Hendrick Motorsports partnered with AdvoCare in its performance and fitness teams. Hendrick Motorsports (as All-Star Racing) won its first race in 1984 at Martinsville with
7176-588: The lead throughout most of the race until they both spun off-course during the final restart, resulting in Byron finishing 25th. At the September Darlington race , Larson finished fifth after engaging in a three-car battle with Noah Gragson and Sheldon Creed over the closing laps. Larson attempted a pass on Creed for the lead on the final lap, only for both to be passed by race-winner Gragson. On March 8, 2023, Hendrick Motorsports announced that, for
7280-449: The past for many NASCAR drivers, including Hall of Famers Jeff Gordon , Mark Martin , Terry Labonte , Darrell Waltrip , Benny Parsons , Dale Earnhardt Jr. , and seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson , and others such as Geoff Bodine , Tim Richmond , Ricky Rudd , Ken Schrader , Ricky Craven , Jerry Nadeau , Joe Nemechek , Kyle Busch , Casey Mears , and Kasey Kahne . Hendrick Motorsports maintains an in-house engine shop, with
7384-401: The pole, and was in contention for the win, but crashed on the final lap of the race. Road course specialist Owen Kelly ran the road course races at Mid-Ohio and Road America , and Dakoda Armstrong ran the July Xfinity race at Iowa . The No. 18 car won 12 races in 2016, ten with Busch, one at Charlotte with Hamlin, and one with Hornish at Iowa. For 2017, multiple drivers again raced in
7488-544: The races that were paired with Sprint Cup Series races, while Brad Coleman returned to run the stand-alone races. For 2011, Busch drove the No. 18 for a majority of the season, splitting the ride with Michael McDowell , who ran both Iowa races, Lucas Oil Raceway , and the road courses Road America and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with sponsorship from Pizza Ranch . McDowell won the pole at Road America and dominated until late-race contact with another car. Drivers Kelly Bires , Drew Herring, and Joey Logano also took turns in
7592-463: The races where a 2024 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in whenever year they were last held are listed (if applicable). This is Fox and NBC's last year broadcasting the series as part of the 2015 –2024 TV contract. The CW will take over the TV rights to the entire Xfinity Series schedule as part of the next TV contract which runs from 2025 to 2031. As
7696-456: The rest of the schedule, with Busch winning at Lowe's while also scoring one top five and two top tens and scoring a pole at Bristol while Johnson scored only one top five and a pole at Darlington. As for Fernández, Feese, Reid, and Krisiloff, the 4 drivers driving the 5 car combined 21 starts scoring no wins, no top fives, and only one top ten with Fernández's 10th place run in Mexico along with
7800-404: The schedule with Goody's Headache Powder and ConAgra Foods sponsorships. Almirola put the car on the pole at the season opener at Daytona, and had a best finish of 4th at Charlotte . Coleman earned his first career Busch Series pole at Talladega, and had three Top 5s and five Top 10s. Without sponsorship for a full-time ride with JGR, Coleman returned to the renamed Baker Curb Racing following
7904-418: The season and signed a development contract with Hall of Fame Racing . For 2008, the No. 18 was piloted by the team of Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch with sponsorship coming from Southern Farm Bureau, Interstate Batteries , and Z-Line Designs. Despite running a partial schedule, Busch won ten races in 2008, including eight in the No. 18, and would finish sixth in points while Hamlin scored a single victory in
8008-605: The season as the defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion. Following the 2024 Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway , Custer won the regular season championship. At season's end, Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports became the 2024 Xfinity Series champion. Notes: The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2023 and consists of 27 oval races, 5 road course races, and one street course race. Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2024. For
8112-415: The season for six races, finishing second to Logano at Dover after dominating the race. The No. 20 team returned in 2012 to run most of the season. Its primary driver lineup consisted of Logano, Hamlin, Truex, and JGR development driver Darrell Wallace Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer also drove the No. 20 at Daytona when Hamlin was sidelined from the race by back problems. Starting in
8216-425: The second year in a row, it would field the No. 17 in four Xfinity races in 2023, with Byron running at Circuit of the Americas , Larson at Sonoma and Darlington , and Bowman at Watkins Glen . On July 12, Hendrick Motorsports added a fifth race to their Xfinity schedule, with Elliott driving the No. 17 at Pocono . On September 26, two further races were added to the No. 17 schedule, with Boris Said competing at
8320-420: The second-tier series. After 30 starts, Vickers was sidelined with a second incidence of blood clots, replaced by Denny Hamlin and Drew Herring in the final three races of the season. Though he went winless, Vickers scored 13 top 5s and 18 top 10s to finish 10th in points. He would leave for a full-time ride at MWR at the end of the year. The No. 20 team continued to run full-time in 2014. Matt Kenseth drove
8424-819: The slow car of Cole Whitt on the last restart of the final race at Homestead. 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series The 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 43rd season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series , a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States . The season started on February 19 with the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 9 at Phoenix Raceway . Cole Custer of Stewart–Haas Racing entered
8528-680: The sponsor and finished 5th in preparation for an expanded ten–race schedule with the team in 2018. Preece shared the car with JGR's cup series drivers Busch, Suárez, Hamlin, and Jones in 2018. Preece would go on to win at Bristol. In 2019, Busch returned for seven races with Hamlin running the Darlington race. Jeffrey Earnhardt was signed to nine races while the rest of the schedule was filled out by development drivers Harrison Burton and Riley Herbst . On August 7, 2019, Earnhardt announced that he parted ways with sponsor and XCI affiliate iK9, as well as Joe Gibbs Racing. Jack Hawksworth would drive
8632-477: The standings. In 1996, Jack Sprague drove the No. 24 full-time with Quaker State sponsoring. He won five races and was second in the points. The following season, he won three times and clinched his first NASCAR championship. The team lost the Quaker State sponsorship after 1997 but signed GMAC Financial as a sponsor after a one-race deal with Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce. He won an additional five races but lost
8736-482: The team JG Motorsports . Gordon and Ricky Hendrick once again shared the ride, with Hendrick running 15 events. The team also formed an alliance with Cicci-Welliver Racing . Hendrick Motorsports took full control of the team in 2001, with GMAC Financial Services sponsoring the No. 24 team in each of its three races. Ricky Hendrick drove in those 3 races. In 2002, Hendrick moved to the No. 5 Busch Series car and three-time truck series champion Jack Sprague took over
8840-633: The team after the 2021 season, moving to Kaulig Racing 's No. 11 in 2022 as the replacement for Justin Haley 's Xfinity seat. Despite being winless during the regular season, Hemric used his consistency to advance to the Championship 4 at Phoenix where he finally won his first career Xfinity race as well as the Championship. In 2022, JGR downsized to three teams including the No. 18, No. 19, and No. 54. Drivers such as Drew Dollar , Trevor Bayne , Ryan Truex , John Hunter Nemechek , and Sammy Smith drove
8944-429: The team fielded the No. 25 Budweiser Chevrolet part-time with Hendrick Sr. and Roger Mears driving. Midway through the season, Jack Sprague came on board to finish out the season for the team, winning a pole at Phoenix International Raceway . In seven races, Sprague had three top-5 and five top-10 finishes. Hendrick Motorsports revived its truck program in 2013, fielding a part-time entry for Chase Elliott . The team
9048-566: The team for certain races. In 2009, Hendrick Motorsports announced that they would run a No. 80 HendrickCars.com Chevy driven by Tony Stewart in the Xfinity Series Camping World 300 at Daytona. The number 80 represented the number of affiliates in the Hendrick Automotive Group. Stewart won the race in this car, with this being his only race for Hendrick Motorsports while focusing on his team in
9152-504: The team from Gary Bechtel in 2000, the team received sponsorship from Porter-Cable . Despite missing three races, driver Jeff Purvis had eleven Top 10s and one pole, finishing 11th in points. The team switched to No. 20 for 2001, and Mike McLaughlin was named the driver. Without a major sponsor, McLaughlin was able to win the Subway 300 and was sixth in points when Gibbs decided to shut down his team due to sponsorship problems. He moved to
9256-466: The team leasing some of its engines to technical partners such as JTG Daugherty Racing . What is now Hendrick Motorsports was founded prior to the 1984 season by Rick Hendrick , a Charlotte, North Carolina -based car dealership owner who currently operates a network of dealerships called Hendrick Automotive Group. The team was formed with crew chief and car builder Harry Hyde as All-Star Racing . The team, renamed Hendrick Motorsports in 1985 ,
9360-482: The team the Nationwide Owners' Championship. For 2013, the No. 18 and 20 teams swapped. Matt Kenseth drove the No. 18 for 16 races with sponsorship from Reser's Fine Foods and GameStop . He won the July race at Daytona and the October race at Kansas. The No. 18 car did not run in 2014. On August 19, 2014, JGR announced that Toyota Series and K&N Pro Series East driver Daniel Suárez would drive
9464-419: The team would only run five races, with Geoff Bodine and Ken Schrader driving. While Schrader would DNF his two starts, Bodine would once again get a single win at Darlington. In 1990, Greg Sacks drove the No. 15 once at Charlotte, He finished 2nd. After the 1990 season, Hendrick Motorsports shut down its Busch Series operation for the time being. On June 2, 2022, Hendrick Motorsports announced it would field
9568-512: The team's first 16 seasons, Joe Gibbs Racing ran cars from General Motors , winning three championships: two in Pontiac Grand Prixs and one in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo . The team switched to Toyota beginning in the 2008 season, and in 2015 brought Toyota their first Premier series championship with Kyle Busch 's victory. The team fields four full-time entries in the NASCAR Cup Series : the No. 11 Toyota Camry for Denny Hamlin ,
9672-425: The team's only win of the year at Charlotte. In 1987, the team ran nine races utilizing the No. 15. Eight of them were driven by Geoff Bodine, and one with team owner Rick Hendrick . While Hendrick would DNF in his start, Bodine would once again win the season opener at Daytona. The team ran eight races as the No. 15 in 1988 with Geoff Bodine being the only driver. Bodine would win once at Darlington Raceway . In 1989,
9776-414: The third-place finisher in rookie points. He ran the full schedule in the No. 20 in 2006, winning two races and finishing fourth in points. Hamlin and developmental driver Aric Almirola split duties in the No. 20 in 2007 with sponsorship from Rockwell Automation , with Tony Stewart also piloting the No. 20 at Atlanta . With Hamlin running several non-companion races, Almirola would occasionally qualify
9880-586: The time at Bristol in August, and later the youngest race winner in the Truck Series at the time by winning the inaugural Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park . Elliott departed the No. 94 to join JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series in 2014. Hendrick fielded cars for five ARCA races from 1985 to 1996, twice for Brett Bodine in 1985 and 1986 (who won the pole for both races), and once each for Tommy Ellis (1988), Jack Sprague (1996), and Rick Hendrick himself. Rick Hendrick drove
9984-451: The top-ten four times. In 2001, Hendrick won his only career Truck race at Kansas Speedway , becoming the youngest driver at the time to win a truck race at age 21. He finished sixth in points, runner-up to Travis Kvapil for Rookie of the Year honors. The team did not run after 2001. The No. 24 truck debuted with the Truck Series in 1995 with Scott Lagasse driving and DuPont sponsoring. Lagasse posted two top-fives and finished ninth in
10088-520: The win at Pocono, in five races in 2013. Elliott ran the 2014 ARCA season opener at Daytona , in order to gain NASCAR approval to run the Nationwide Series race the next week. Sponsored by HendrickCars.com and NAPA Brakes , Elliott was involved in a 15-car crash on the 13th lap. In spite of that, Elliott finished 9th, and NASCAR approved him to run on superspeedways; he would go on to win
10192-552: Was announced that 2 time ARCA Menards Series East champion William Sawalich will run full-time for the 2025 season. The No. 19 team was to make its debut at the 2004 Michigan race driven by Bobby Labonte and sponsored by Banquet Foods , however, qualifying was rained out and the team with no owner's points missed the race. The team finally made its first start in 2005 CarQuest Auto Parts 300 . Labonte ran seven races that year, with three top-tens. With Labonte moving to Petty Enterprises , JGR development driver Aric Almirola ran
10296-432: Was injured in a wreck at Las Vegas , Ron Hornaday Jr. took over for the next six races before Hendrick returned at Richmond . Toward the end of the season, Hendrick suddenly announced his retirement from driving due to lingering effects from the crash, but he remained as car owner until his death in 2004. David Green finished out the season for the team. Ricky Hendrick selected 19-year-old Brian Vickers to drive
10400-546: Was involved with the GM Goodwrench IMSA GTP Corvette and twin-turbo V6 engine development effort and competed in the IMSA GTP series from 1985 through 1988 with drivers Doc Bundy and Sarel van der Merwe. Hendrick Motorsports and GM ceased the project in 1988. Hendrick Motorsports expanded its NASCAR efforts to two full-time cars in 1986 , three in 1987 , and four in 2002 . It was one of
10504-460: Was named the driver of the No. 20 for the rest of the season's races except for Loudon (which Stewart won in the No. 20), Daytona (which Hamlin won in the No. 20), and Chicago (which Busch won in the No. 18). All four drivers of the No. 20 won races driving it in 2008. For 2009, 20-year-old Brad Coleman returned to JGR for a part-time schedule, sharing the ride with Logano and Hamlin. In 2010, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, and Matt DiBenedetto shared
10608-466: Was scheduled to run a limited schedule in the No. 20 car in 2015, with Kenny Habul and SunEnergy1 also returning for the three road courses. Jones, whose schedule was expanded due to Kyle Busch 's injury, scored his first Xfinity win in his 9th career start at Texas in April, leading a race-high 79 laps. Ross Kenseth , son of Sprint Cup Series champion Matt Kenseth , made his Xfinity Series debut at Chicagoland Speedway on June 20. David Ragan made
10712-527: Was seventh in the first Lowe's race. Johnson drove the 48 car in the same three Busch races for the 2007 races, with a best finish of fourth at California. In 2005, Hendrick Motorsports fielded the No. 57, a number taken from the sponsorship of Heinz and its " 57 varieties ". Several drivers piloted the No. 57 in 2005 and 2006, with Brian Vickers competing in the majority of races. Additional sponsors, including Lowe's and Mountain Dew , signed deals to sponsor
10816-436: Was sponsored by Aaron's and ran nine races. The trucks were not built directly by Hendrick Motorsports, but were instead provided by Hendrick-affiliated Turner Scott Motorsports . However, the trucks were fielded directly by Hendrick, with crew chief Lance McGrew . Elliott made his debut at Martinsville Speedway on April 6 and finished in the sixth position. Elliott became the youngest pole winner in Truck Series history at
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