Trail Motorsports (formerly HighLine Performance Group, FitzBradshaw Racing and Fitz Motorsports) was a

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team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near Charlotte. The team was owned by Armando Fitz and Art Shelton, and was previously co-owned by Fitz's former wife Mimi. The team was known as the HighLine Performance Group until the end of the 2001 season, when they teamed up with

Terry Bradshaw Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since 1994, he has been a television sports an ...

and formally created FitzBradshaw Racing. At the end of the

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season FBR announced that it was partnering with

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, which gave them access to more technical and engineering support. In addition to that partnership they also switched manufacturers from

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. The team also formed a partnership with

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for the 2006 season. Bradshaw left the organization at the end of the 2006 season. The team changed its name to Trail Motorsports in early 2009 after Shelton came on board. The team fielded the No. 22

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for

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in the NASCAR

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, the No. 32

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for

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in the NASCAR

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, and the No. 58

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driven by

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, younger brother of seven-time Sprint Cup champion

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, in the

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Sprint Cup Series

While the team was called FitzBradshaw, Trail briefly ran a Cup operation in

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with

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driving No. 8
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Aaron's Chevrolet. The car was fielded with support from Dale Earnhardt, Inc. The team had planned to run full-time in Cup by 2004. Earnhardt failed in each of his attempts, due to rain cancelling qualifying at all three events.

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qualified for that year's

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, finishing 36th. Earnhardt attempted three more races in 2003 with sponsorship from Aaron's,

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, and

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, but also failed to qualify.

Car No. 83 results

Nationwide Series

Beginnings

Armando Fitz Armando Fitz was an owner of Fitz Racing, a NASCAR Nationwide Series team. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Fitz graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1987 with a degree in Business and Human Development. While attending Vanderbilt, he play ...

's team started as a two-car operation during the

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season. He and his wife, Mimi, purchased the team from

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, owned by his father-in-law and current

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co-owner

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at the end of the 2000 season. The team, then known as the HighLine Performance Group ran the No. 8 Chevrolet and No. 11 Chevrolet.

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began the season in the No. 8 car, but after four races, the team cut back to a part-time schedule.

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Jeff Falk Jeff Falk (born in Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake, VA) is a former NASCAR driver. He ran four races in the Busch Series during 2001. Those four races all came in the #8 Chevy owned by FitzBradshaw Racing, Armando Fitz. He started the #8 Chevy in ...

Michael Dokken Michael Dokken (born June 4, 1971) is an American former stock car racing driver and a former competitor in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Career Dokken first achieved notice in 1990, when he won the first race he ever competed in at New Smyr ...

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, Mario Hernandez, Mark Voigt, and Josh Richeson all shared time in the car over the season, with the No. 8 team finishing 42nd in owner's points.

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drove the newly renumbered No. 11 car at the beginning of the year, his best finish being a 13th at the

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, but he was replaced by

after the

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. Hornaday had two top-tens but was released before the season was over, and was replaced by

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who had one top-five in three races at the end of the season.

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and Tim Fedewa also ran races in the car. The No. 11 car ended 21st in owner points, with Bodine finishing 29th in points.

Car No. 8 results

Car No. 11 results

Car No. 12/22 history

, the newly formed FitzBradshaw Racing signed

10-10-220

, and Jani-King as sponsors and

as the driver of the team's No. 12 Chevrolet. The team also formed a technical alliance with Dale Earnhardt, Inc., receiving engines and engineering support from DEI. Earnhardt had two top-fives and finished 22nd in points. Earnhardt did not have a top-ten finish in

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, and was released after the

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. Tim Fedewa, who had been Earnhardt's spotter since 2002, and crew chief for a single race, replaced him for the balance of the season. Fedewa finished in the top-20 eight times. Fedewa had five top-tens in 2004, and finished sixteenth in points. Fedewa struggled in

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, and did not finish in the top-ten, causing him to be released after

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Joel Kauffman Joel Kauffman (born December 9, 1985) is an American stock car racing driver. He was the driver of the No. 12 Supercuts Dodge Charger for FitzBradshaw Racing in the NASCAR Busch Series. Racing career Kauffman began his racing career at the age ...

, Paul Wolfe, Carlos Contreras,

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, and Steadman Marlin all shared the ride for the rest of the season. In

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, the No. 12 car has seen several different drivers through the first 25 races of the season.

was slated to run the full schedule for the team this year, however after struggling the team scaled back his schedule.

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ran the car at

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because Kauffman had not received approval for superspeedway racing.

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and Mike Skinner drove the car in multiple races. For the 2007 season, Fitz Motorsports switched to the No. 22 and signed David Stremme and Mike Bliss as their principal drivers. Both drivers had great success in the No. 22, with Bliss scoring the team's best finish of second at

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. When the team came to

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for the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts 200, the team - in a last-second decision - placed Canadian CART regular

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in the car. Carpentier won the pole position for the race and charged from 6th with less than 2 laps to go to finish second to

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. Bliss returned in 2008 to drive full-time, but left for Phoenix Racing after six races, and was replaced by various Cup drivers including Robby Gordon and Reed Sorenson.

development driver

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became the new driver for thirteen races with one top-five finish. Of note, Fitz switched temporarily to Toyota during Wise's runs with the team. A wide variety of drivers including ex-Champ Car driver

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winner Ryan Newman,

, and

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Marc Davis, took over for the rest of the season. This team shut down in early 2009.

Car No. 12/22 results

Car No. 36 history

The team expanded to two cars in 2003 halfway through the season as the

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came aboard to sponsor the No. 14 for nine races.

Casey Atwood Casey Lee Atwood (born August 25, 1980) is an American former stock car racing driver. A former competitor in NASCAR competition, he is the youngest pole winner in Busch Series history, earning a pole start at the age of 17. Atwood had his most ...

debuted the car at

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, bringing it home in 9th place. Atwood ran 11 races that year, posting four top-ten finishes. Atwood came back in 2004, and had seven top-tens, when he was dismissed after

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. His immediate replacement was

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for one race, with

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David Stremme David Andrew Stremme (born June 19, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Early career Stremme was born in South Bend, Indiana. His racing roots can be traced back to Midwestern short track racing, where he followed in the f ...

named as his permanent replacement. As part of the arrangement to bring Stremme to the team, FitzBradshaw agreed to align themselves with

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, who had him under contract as part of a driver development deal. This would allow the team to finish the season as a Chevrolet team, but beginning the next year both the No. 12 and the No. 14 would switch to Dodge as Ganassi's team was fielding the vehicles at the time. Stremme ran the No. 14 full-time in 2005, and had ten top-tens, finishing 13th in points, before moving up to compete in the

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series.

was hired to run in the No. 14 Dodge for the 2006 season, however sponsorship issues forced the team to compete on a limited basis. Steadman Marlin competed for the team in two races and

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competed in one race for the team. It was announced in July 2006 that

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would sponsor the car for nine races and the team would feature

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, Carlos Contreras, and Mike Skinner as drivers. Fitz Motorsports changed the car number to No. 44 for 2007 and Rubén Pardo qualified for the team's first race at the

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, followed up by another start at

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also drove the No. 44 with

sponsorship at

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in May 2007. For 2008,

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was signed to drive the No. 36 with sponsorship from Shark Energy Drink. Although Wallace missed the season opener at Daytona, he ran all following races until owner Armando Fitz announced on March 17 that the No. 36 team would only run part-time due to a lack of product distribution, and the owner points of the 36 were switched the No. 28 of Wallace's new team. The No. 36 began running part-time with Pardo and Charles Lewandoski driving midway through the season.

Car No. 36 results

Car No. 40 history

The third FitzBradshaw car made its debut in 2003, with

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driving the No. 82 Jani-King Chevrolet at

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, finishing sixth.

attempted the Charlotte spring race in the No. 82

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Chevrolet, failing to qualify. Atwood later drove the car at the Tropicana Twister 300 sponsored by Jani-King, finishing 21st. Randy LaJoie drove the car again at Phoenix, finishing 14th. LaJoie continued to run the car part-time in 2004 with sponsorship from Jani-King and

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, his best finish being 13th at

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also ran two races in the car. In 2005, the team became a driver development team for

, and switched to Ganassi's No. 40 with sponsorship from Jani-King and Cottman Transmission.

began the season with the team, with Carlos Contreras and Ganassi development driver Scott Lagasse Jr. filling in. Towards the end of the season, Contreras, Paul Wolfe, and

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got majority of the starts in the car.

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ran the

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at Atlanta in March in the car after the transmission on his regular No. 41

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car mysteriously locked up during qualifying for the race. For 2006,

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purchased the team's owners points and began a partnership with FBR to run the No. 99 Aaron's Dodge.

Car No. 40 results

Other series

In addition to the Busch Series, Fitz Motorsports operated race teams in other series as well. In 2007, they fielded entries in the NASCAR

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with Ruben Pardo as the team's driver, with Pierre Bourque racing on a part-time basis, and the

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, where

Carlos Pardo Carlos Alberto Pardo Estévez (September 15, 1975 – June 14, 2009) was a Mexican Stock car racing, stock car racing driver from Mexico City. He was the first driver to win the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series championship. Career Pardo won 10 of h ...

drove the team's FitzContreras Racing entry, along with development driver Maxime Dumarey. In 2007, the team partnered with Hyper Sport to race in the

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series. Ruben Pardo raced in 2008 in the East Series for Fitz. For 2009, former

Rusty Wallace Racing Rusty Wallace Racing, LLC (RWR), formerly known as Rusty Wallace, Inc. (RWI) was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near Charlotte. Owned by former NASCAR Winston Cup champion and commentator Rusty Wallace, the team compe ...

driver

was to drive the No. 32 Chevrolet in the

and

, younger brother of seven time Sprint Cup champion

, was to drive in the

. However, the team shut down before their plans could come to fruition.

References

External links

Trail Motorsports HomepageFitz Contreras Vazquez racing team Official Website
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