GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing was an American

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team based in

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that competed in the

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and

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. The team campaigns the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance

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-powered

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, driven by Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty. Primary sponsorship comes from car insurance company

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. Initially, the team's owner and founder,

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national champion and GAINSCO executive Bob Stallings, drove No. 99. In 2006, with hopes of his team reaching its "championship potential", Stallings decided, two races into the season, to "step out of the cockpit", signing Jon Fogarty as his full-time replacement.

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drives for the team in select endurance races, and Rocky Moran, Jr. has also driven No. 99. At

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in 2008, for the first time the team campaigned a second car, driven by Vasser and fellow Champ Car champion

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, the latter making his first racing start since a critical injury in a 2006 testing crash. DP99 Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney 2011 Road America

In 2005 and 2006, the team was known as GAINSCO/Blackhawk Racing. Prior to the 2010 season, the GAINSCO DP was powered by

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. It has since been rebadged as Chevrolet.

First victory and championship

In 2007, GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing won its first

race – the Mexico City 400k at the

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. This success would lead to six more wins to break the single season record of victories. This included a streak of three in a row broken at

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. Eventually, their victory at Sonoma gave them a one-point advantage over Pruett and three markers over

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. In the Sunchaser 1000k season finale, Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty rallied to finish eighth after a series of mishaps and claim GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing's first Rolex championship.

References

External links

GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing official website
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