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team based in
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, near the sport's hub in Charlotte. The team was founded by Read Morton, Tom Beard, and Nelson Bowers, from which the original team name derived. Bowers was the longest tenured of the original owners, and the listed owner of the teams' entries when resort and real-estate developer Bobby Ginn bought out the team (with his family having 80% ownership; longtime team director Jay Frye owned the remaining 20% of the rebranded team) in 2007, renaming it to Ginn Racing for that season only. The
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corporation co-owned the No. 10 (later the No. 14) car with the principal owners from 2001 to 2005 as MBV Motorsports, while the No. 36 entry (later the No. 13) was co-owned by Centrix Financial, LLC owner Robert Sutton as MB Sutton Motorsports in 2005. Throughout the existence of the team in both MB2 Motorsports and Ginn Racing iterations, the organization ran General Motors brands.


NASCAR Cup Series


Car No. 01 history

;Derrike Cope (1997) The No. 01 car started out as the No. 36
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in 1997 with sponsorship from M&M-Mars through its Skittles candy brand, and driver
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. Cope finished 27th in the final point standings. ;Ernie Irvan (1998–1999) Veteran driver
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took over from Cope in 1998. The season was highlighted by Irvan's pole win at the
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replaced Skittles as the team's sponsor in 1999. Irvan retired from racing in September following a crash at
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temporarily replaced Irvan before the driving chores were permanently turned over to journeyman
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. ;Ken Schrader (2000–2002) Nadeau left MB2 due to a prior commitment to drive for
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, and MB2 signed four-time winner
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to fill the seat. Schrader drove the No. 36 for three seasons before leaving for
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. ;Jerry Nadeau (2003) In 2003, the
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replaced M&M's as the team's sponsor. The car number was switched from 36 to 01 to support the Army's slogan, "An Army of One." Nadeau returned to MB2 as the driver of the No. 01 car, and in his first 10 races with the team he had only two top-20 finishes, with a fourth-place finish at
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. On May 2, 2003, during practice at
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, Nadeau lost control of the No. 01 while trying to avoid another car in turn one, spun and slammed driver-side first into the concrete wall. He suffered fractures to his skull and several ribs along with a collapsed lung and temporary paralysis on his left side, and the cumulative effects forced him into retirement at age 33.
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veteran
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replaced Nadeau at the Richmond race and finished 32nd. The team went through several substitutes for the rest of the year.
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ran the next four races, then four more races afterwards (skipping Sonoma) with a best finish of 19th at
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. Mike Skinner, released from Morgan McClure Motorsports, made eleven starts in the #01, earning a pole at
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ran both road course races, with both a pole and sixth-place finish at Sonoma. Said and Skinner earned spots in the 2004
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for their respective pole runs, with Said in the #01 finishing 10th, and Skinner finishing 15th in the #10
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car. ;Joe Nemechek (2003–2006)
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, who had been released from
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' No. 25 car (where he had replaced Nadeau), was signed by MB2 as the new permanent driver of the No. 01 car starting with the last four races of 2003, and earned a Top 10 finish at
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. Nemechek finished 19th in points in
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, but won two consecutive poles with the second leading to victory at the
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, in which he led the final 37 laps to win his fourth and final career Nextel Cup race and giving him a weekend sweep at
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, after having won the Mr. Goodcents 300 Busch Series race the day before. Nemechek finished with three Top 5 finishes and nine Top 10s, and signed a contract extension that kept him with MB2 through 2005. Nemechek started off 2005 with a strong run at the second race of the season at
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. Coming off a solid 13th-place finish at
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, Joe started 4th and led leading a race-high 63 laps before his
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-built engine expired on lap 178. This was one of six Hendrick engine failures, which included that of teammate
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. By race 26 at
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, the No. 01 team found itself as a longshot of making the Chase, sitting 16th in the standings 135 points out of 10th place as the last mathematical contender for a spot in the 10-race playoff. The team's chase hunt was ultimately foiled when
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collided with Nemechek under caution right after he had gotten back on the lead lap, relegating them to a 26th-place finish. Overall, Nemechek improved on the previous years points performance, ranking 16th with one pole and nine Top 10s but no wins and only two Top 5s. 2006 was a struggle for Nemechek and the No. 01 team, with the team not scoring a Top 10 until finishing 9th at Charlotte in October, the 31st race of the season. Nemechek went winless again, with no pole starts, only two Top 10s, and a dismal 27th-place points finish. ;Part-time Mark Martin (2007) Veteran
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, coming off his final year with
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, was signed drive the car for 23 races (21 points races plus the Budweiser Shootout and Nextel All-Star Challenge) in 2007, with
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moving over to the team's new No. 13 team. Regan Smith was pinned to fill the remaining 16 races of the season, while driving in the
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for the team as well. The team also changed its name to Ginn Racing to reflect
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's new majority interest in the team. Martin was leading in the final turn of the season-opening
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, after lining up on the final restart with former Roush teammates
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and
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behind him. Coming down the front stretch, and with the field wrecking behind him, Martin looked to have finally come through at Daytona. But the caution was not called, and
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caught Martin on his outside, beating him to the line by two-hundredths of a second. Martin put together more strong finishes, and after the fourth race at
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was leading the points standings in what was supposed to be his first season of semi-retirement. Resisting the chance to capture his first championship, Martin did step out of the car as scheduled, breaking a streak of 621 consecutive starts. In 24 starts for the team, Martin scored five Top 5s and 11 Top 10s, and finished 27th in points despite missing 12 races. ;DEI Merger and Beyond (2007) Rookie Regan Smith meanwhile made his debut at
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in March, finishing 25th. Smith would run six more races in the car, with a best finish of 24th at
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. On July 17, it was announced that Smith would move to the No. 14 car on a full-time basis, replacing veteran
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. Meanwhile, 23-year-old
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, who was granted his release from
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after being pulled out of a car he qualified on the pole during a
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race in favor of
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, signed on to be the new co-driver of the No. 01. With the merger of Ginn and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. not long afterwards, Smith was left on the sidelines while Almirola ran five races. Aric's results were not much better than Regan's, with a best finish of 26th at Phoenix. Both drivers would continue with DEI in 2008 running for ROTY, and both would become winners later in their Cup careers.


Car No. 01 and 36 results


Car No. 13 history

;Part time No. 36 (2004-2006) On April 30, 2004, MB2 Motorsports announced a partnership with CENTRIX Financial, LLC, coming on as an associate sponsor for the No. 01 car and No. 10 car. In addition, the team's original number 36 would be resurrected to field a third team part-time for
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Boris Said Boris Said III (born September 18, 1962) is an American professional racing driver. Said has competed in a variety of disciplines including stock car racing, stock cars, sports car racing, sports cars and touring car racing, touring cars. Said la ...
, who had driven the No. 01 for two races in 2003 which included a pole at Sonoma. Centrix was scheduled to sponsor two races, debuting with a 6th-place finish at Sonoma. Centrix sponsored Said again at the oval track
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, where he finished one lap down in 30th. USG Sheetrock (an associate on the No. 01) came on to sponsor two more races for Said, DNQing at Watkins Glen and finishing 28th in the season finale at
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after a transmission failure late in the race. The No. 36 team returned for 2005, expanding Said's schedule to a minimum of 10 races beginning with the
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. Like the 10 team which was co-owned by Valvoline executive James Rocco, sponsor Centrix's owner and racing enthusiast Bob Sutton came on as an equity partner for the No.36 car, changing the team name to MB Sutton Motorsports. Said had stated that he would have liked to drive the car on a full-time basis if sponsorship was found. Veteran crew chief Frankie Stoddard would lead the No. 36 team. Said ultimately attempted 12 races, struggling on oval tracks, with a best finish of 27th at Daytona and Texas and three DNQs. He did run well at Talladega in May, qualifying 12th and running in the Top 15 before a 25-car pileup ended his day with 35 laps remaining. Boris was, however, strong as always in his road course element. At Sonoma in June, Said was running well when he entered the pits while they were closed after a caution was thrown with 40 laps to go. Sent back to 32nd place, he made it up to 13th place with 10 laps to go, but was relegated to a 17th-place finish after a caution with seven laps to go. Said shined later in the year at Watkins Glen, starting 41st after qualifying was rained out, and racing with
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Road Course aces
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and
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for the win. Said would score a career-best 3rd-place finish. Said left the team to drive for
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in the No. 60
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in 2006. Early in 2006, 1988 Cup Champion and two-time Daytona 500 winner
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announced that he would pilot the No. 36 Chevrolet in the 2006
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, with
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coming on to sponsor the effort. Elliott qualified 33rd, but avoided several wrecks to finish 19th in the Great American Race. The team would not run again in 2006. ;Joe Nemechek (2007) The team went full-time in 2007, switching to No. 13 with Joe Nemechek moving over from the No. 01 and Peter Sospenzo taking on crew chief duties.
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was announced as the primary sponsor of the car for 18 races, with associate sponsor status for the other half of the season.
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's Ginn Resorts filled out the remaining races. Nemechek opened the year with a 9th-place finish at the
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, but missed the fifth race of the season at
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and did not have another Top 10 with the team for the rest of the year. After sitting 33rd in points following the race at
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, Nemechek was released from the No. 13 car as well as teammate
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from his No. 14 ride, with the team's status "being evaluated because of lack of sponsorship." Ultimately, the No. 13 team was shut down after the merger with DEI, and Nemechek would move to
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for the remainder of the season beginning at
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.


Car No. 13 results


Car No. 14 history

;Johnny Benson (2000-2003) What became the No. 14 team originally ran several different numbers part of
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and the
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. At the second Pocono race weekend in 2000, MB2 Motorsports purchased Tyler Jet's unsponsored No. 10 team, driven by
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. When MB2 bought the team, Benson remained the driver, with an announcement that Aaron's and
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would sponsor the No. 10 for the remainder of 2000 and
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would begin sponsoring the car in 2001. Benson finished the season driving full-time for MB2 with Aaron's and RCA on the car. In 2001, Valvoline became the team's new sponsor, with Benson remaining the driver. Additionally, Valvoline purchased an ownership stake in the No. 10 team, becoming the first corporation to own a NASCAR team. The No. 10 team's name was changed to MBV Motorsports to reflect Valvoline's presence (though the overall team remained MB2). Benson and Valvoline returned for the full season in 2002. He eventually drove to his first career win at the 2002 Pop Secret 400 at Rockingham. Both Benson and Valvoline remained with the car in 2003. Midway through the season, the team announced it was parting ways with Benson at the conclusion of the season. ;Scott Riggs (2004-2005) 32-year-old
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driver
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was signed to a multi-year contract, and would to replace Benson for the 2004 season. Riggs was set to compete against a strong rookie class that included his former
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competitors
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,
Kasey Kahne Kasey Kenneth Kahne (; born April 10, 1980) is an American professional dirt track racing and stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet SS for Richard Childress Racing. Currently, K ...
,
Scott Wimmer Scott Allan Wimmer (born January 26, 1976) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has a total of six wins in the Xfinity Series. His brother Chris Wimmer competed in the Busch Series. Wimmer co-owns State Park Speedway in ...
, and
Johnny Sauter Jonathan Joseph Sauter (born May 1, 1978) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. He has also driven in the NASCAR Cup ...
as well as Truck Series driver
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. With
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leaving the sport, the team was forced to switch to
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. Mike Skinner ran the exhibition
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in the No. 10 after winning a pole at Richmond driving the No. 01 in 2003 subbing for
Jerry Nadeau Jerry Anthony Nadeau (born September 9, 1969) is an American former stock car racer. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He started racing go-karts before moving up to car racing, driving in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the European Formu ...
. Riggs missed the fall race at
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, and scored only two Top 10 finishes and had eight DNFs en route to a 29th-place finish in the points standings in his rookie season. In 2005, Riggs won the pole at Martinsville and finished 4th in the
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. Riggs had a career best performance at
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, using a fuel mileage gamble to drive from 29th to 2nd place in the final 51 laps. Riggs statistics improved slightly (four Top 10 finishes), but he had seven DNFs and finished 34th in the season standings. Valvoline announced that it was to sell its ownership stake back to MB2's principal owners and ended sponsorship of the car, taking Riggs and the No. 10 to
Evernham Motorsports Evernham Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing organization that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in 2000 by former Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Ray Evernham, entering full-time competition as a two-c ...
. ;Sterling Marlin (2006-2007) In November 2005, it was announced that veteran driver
Sterling Marlin Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995. He ...
would come over from
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to drive for MB2 in 2006. The team would be sponsored by
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in 12 races, with Centrix Financial returning and
Ginn Resorts MB2 Motorsports was a NASCAR Cup Series team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near the sport's hub in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. The team was founded by Read Morton, Tom Beard, and Nelson Bowers, from which the original team name ...
coming on to fill the remainder of the schedule. In tribute to Marlin's father Coo Coo who had passed away the previous year, the team took on the No. 14. Midway through the season, the team replaced crew chief Doug Randolph with Scott Eggleston, who worked with Marlin at
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. The team had only one Top 10 finish and ranked 34th in points at the end of the year. For 2007, Marlin returned as did
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for 12 races, while new sponsor
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signed on for 12 races as well, and veteran crew chief Slugger Labbe handled the team. After a 2007 season filled with struggles and a best finish of 13th, in July Marlin was to be replaced by Regan Smith, who had previously been co-piloting the No. 01, for the remainder of the year. However, upon the merger of Ginn Racing and DEI at Indy, and before Smith even got the chance to drive the No. 14, the No. 14 team was merged with the No. 15 team, and its owner points were carried to the
Paul Menard John Paul Christian Menard (born August 21, 1980) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who currently competes full-time in the Trans-Am Series, driving the No. 3 Ford Mustang for 3GT Racing. Menard is the 2024 Trans-Am ...
-piloted
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car. Smith would pilot the No. 01 full-time in 2008 with DEI.


Car No. 14 results

Johnny Benson raced races 1-18 of the 2000 season with
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before the team (and its Owners Points) were purchased by MB2.


Car No. 39 history

In addition to his 16-race schedule in the No. 01 shared with
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, Regan Smith was set to make his Nextel Cup debut at the 2007 Daytona 500 in a fourth Ginn Racing car, with
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sponsoring. The car was numbered 39 due to the No. 36 being taken by
Bill Davis Racing Bill Davis Racing was a racing team that participated in all three of NASCAR's top divisions until 2009. The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in the Camping World Truck Series (Toyota Tundra) since 2004 and Sprint Cup Series ( T ...
and
Jeremy Mayfield Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969) is an American former stock car racing driver. He drove cars for the Sadler brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas. In 2009, he d ...
. In his debut, Smith qualified 26th, which earned him a 12th starting position in the 2nd Gatorade 150 duel race. He finished 19th of 30 cars, and 7th out of the 13 drivers who needed to race their way into the 500, which was not enough to get him into the race. The No. 39 was on the
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entry list the next week, but was withdrawn. Smith would make his Cup debut in the No. 01 at
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.


Winston/Nextel Cup Series drivers

*
Derrike Cope Derrike Wayne Cope (born November 3, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He is best known for his surprise win in the 1990 Daytona 500. He last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet ...
(1997) *
Ernie Irvan Virgil Earnest Irvan (born January 13, 1959), occasionally referred to as Swervin' Irvan, is an American former professional stock car racing driver. A retired NASCAR competitor, he is perhaps best remembered for his comeback after a serious head ...
(1998-1999; retired after injury) *
Ricky Craven Richard Allen Craven (born May 24, 1966) is an American stock car racing analyst and former driver. Prior to his broadcasting duties, he was a NASCAR driver who won in four different series—the ARCA Menards Series, and the three national series. ...
(1998 injury replacement for Irvan) *
Dick Trickle Richard Leroy Trickle (October 27, 1941 – May 16, 2013) was an American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in the ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All ...
(1999 injury replacement for Irvan) *
Jerry Nadeau Jerry Anthony Nadeau (born September 9, 1969) is an American former stock car racer. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He started racing go-karts before moving up to car racing, driving in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the European Formu ...
(injury replacement for Irvan in 1999; Benson in 2002; regular driver in 2003) *
Ken Schrader Kenneth William Schrader (born May 29, 1955) is an American professional racing driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while also competing part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 11 Ford Motor ...
(2000–2002) *
Johnny Benson Jonathan Thomas Benson Jr. (born June 27, 1963) is an American retired stock car racing driver and the son of former Michigan modified racing, modified driver John Benson Sr. Benson has raced across NASCAR's three national series (Nextel Cup Seri ...
(2001–2003) *
Joe Nemechek Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Nemechek has made the second mos ...
(2002 injury replacement for Benson; 2003–2007) *
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(injury replacement for Benson in 2002; Nadeau in 2003) *
Jason Keller Jason Keller (born April 23, 1970) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. Previously, he was a mainstay in NASCAR's second-tier series, competing in 519 Nationwide Series races between 1991 and 2010. On May 15, 2010, Keller ...
(2003 injury replacement for Nadeau) *
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(2003–2006; road courses & limited ovals) * Mike Skinner (2003) *
Scott Riggs Russell Scott Riggs (born January 1, 1971) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the 92 for RBR Enterprises in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Racing career Early career Riggs was born in Bahama ...
(2004–2005) *
Sterling Marlin Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995. He ...
(2006–2007) *
Bill Elliott William Clyde Elliott Sr. (born October 8, 1955), also known as "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville", "Million Dollar Bill", or "Wild Bill" is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the Superstar Racing Experienc ...
(2006; limited schedule) *
Mark Martin Mark Anthony Martin (born January 9, 1959), nicknamed "the Kid", is an American former stock car racing driver. He most notably drove the No. 6 Ford Motor Company, Ford for Roush Racing for the majority of his career. From 1989 to 2009, Martin wo ...
(2007; limited schedule) * Regan Smith (2007; limited schedule)


Driver development

Beginning in 2006, MB2 Motorsports established a partnership with Morgan-Dollar Motorsports in the
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, fielding a full-time truck with MB2/Ginn development driver
Kraig Kinser Kraig Kinser (born October 8, 1984) is an American professional racing driver. He was previously a developmental driver for MB2 Motorsports/Ginn Racing, and while with them, competed in both the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the ARCA Re/Max ...
(son of
Steve Kinser Dennis Steven Kinser (born June 2, 1954), nicknamed "the King", is a former professional sprint car racing driver. He has won 20 championships in the World of Outlaws (WoO) series. Kinser left the World of Outlaws in 2006 to compete with the N ...
). Kinser struggled in his rookie season and was pulled from the ride late in the season. For 2007, Ginn expanded its development program, signing motocross racer
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and
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member Jesus Hernandez to development contracts. Kinser returned to the Truck Series, scheduled to share the ride with Hernandez, with
Ginn Resorts MB2 Motorsports was a NASCAR Cup Series team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near the sport's hub in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. The team was founded by Read Morton, Tom Beard, and Nelson Bowers, from which the original team name ...
sponsoring. The team also started a
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team for Cup rookie Regan Smith and Kinser, also funded by
Ginn Resorts MB2 Motorsports was a NASCAR Cup Series team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near the sport's hub in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. The team was founded by Read Morton, Tom Beard, and Nelson Bowers, from which the original team name ...
. This was originally numbered No. 04, but NASCAR reassigned No. 4 to Ginn after
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shut down in January 2007. The No. 4 Busch Series team was shut down after the Kentucky race in June, with Smith 12th in the championship standings at the time. Following the DEI/Ginn merger, Smith was placed in the 47 Morgan-Dollar truck for the balance of the season.
Aric Almirola Aric Michael Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. Almirola previously compete ...
ran a single truck race at
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, finishing 23rd.


DEI/Ginn merger

On July 25, 2007, Ginn Racing announced it had merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. The No. 01 team joined the No. 1, No. 8 and No. 15 teams. The merger did not affect the DEI team name. The acquisition had the following effects: * The No. 01 (
Mark Martin Mark Anthony Martin (born January 9, 1959), nicknamed "the Kid", is an American former stock car racing driver. He most notably drove the No. 6 Ford Motor Company, Ford for Roush Racing for the majority of his career. From 1989 to 2009, Martin wo ...
/
Aric Almirola Aric Michael Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. Almirola previously compete ...
) team was added to the DEI teams. * The No. 15 (
Paul Menard John Paul Christian Menard (born August 21, 1980) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who currently competes full-time in the Trans-Am Series, driving the No. 3 Ford Mustang for 3GT Racing. Menard is the 2024 Trans-Am ...
) inherited the owner points from the former No. 14 (
Sterling Marlin Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995. He ...
), which guaranteed a starting spot for Menard at
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. * The No. 13 (
Joe Nemechek Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Nemechek has made the second mos ...
) and the No. 14 (Sterling Marlin) teams of Ginn Racing were disbanded. * Bobby Ginn was listed as the owner of the No. 01 and No. 15 for the remainder of 2007; these cars were housed at the Ginn Racing shop, renamed DEI West which also houses the team's fabrication work. * Teresa Earnhardt was listed as the owner of the No. 1 and No. 8 for the remainder of 2007; these cars remain housed at DEI's shops. Dale Earnhardt, Inc., would eventually merge with
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in 2009 after DEI's star driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and broadcaster. A third-generation driver, he is the son of the late 7-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt and relative ...
left for
Hendrick Motorsports Hendrick Motorsports 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 316 Cup Series ra ...
the year prior; the resulting team was known as Earnhardt Ganassi Racing until 2013, after which it reverted to Chip Ganassi Racing name before being purchased by
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in 2021.


References


External links


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