MacDonald Motorsports (MMS) was a

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team owned by former NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver Randy MacDonald, his mother, Pat MacDonald and his daughter Jenifer MacDonald.

Craftsman Truck Series

MacDonald made its NASCAR debut in

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. Randy MacDonald drove the No. 72 3M

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to a sixth-place finish. MacDonald drove the truck full-time for the rest of the season and finished nineteenth in points. MacDonald’s bid for the championship the next season ended early when he suffered a

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injury in a wreck at Daytona. Rob Morgan took over for the next race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he finished 27th, before

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, Jerry Hill, and

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finished out the year in the truck, which finished 18th in owner’s points. Throughout the season, the team also got sponsorship from the

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book series as well. Randy MacDonald returned to the driver’s seat of the 72 in

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, where he had ten top-twenty fishes and finished nineteenth in points. He followed that up with a fifteenth-place points finish in

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. During the 2002 season, Teri MacDonald made two races for the team, one in the new No. 71 truck, and the other in the No. 72 while Randy raced for Troxell Racing. MacDonald made his final Truck race in

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at Daytona, where he finished 21st with Drill Doctor sponsorship. Jerry Hill and Teri MacDonald then took over for two races apiece in the 2004 season, where Macdonald, had a best finish of 25th at

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, and Hill a 26th at

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. The team soon stopped running the Truck Series following that season.

Nationwide Series

MacDonald’s Nationwide Series team made its debut in

at the

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. Randy MacDonald finished 22nd in the 72

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. He ran five more races that season, with the Koolerz 300 garnering his best result. In

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ran the first three races for MacDonald, finishing 22nd at Daytona, before

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, MacDonald, Jason White, and Jamie Mosley began running select races.

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and Stan Boyd finished out the year for the team. For

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, Donnie Neuenberger began the year as driver at Daytona, where he finished 38th after suffering an engine failure, then

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and Ruben Garcia Novoa ran the next two races.

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was then announced as the team’s full-time driver, but left the team after the

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. Wade Day, Lepage, and Dale Quarterly were among those who finished out the year for the team. At the end of the season, the team announced it was closing down and selling its equipment and shop, but that was soon retracted.

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ran eleven races for MacDonald in

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, with a best finish of twenty-third at Dover. MacDonald switched to Dodges and the No. 81 in 2008 and attempted a full schedule, with Kennington running about 20 races. During the races Kennington missed he was racing in the

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. He was signed on for another season in 2009, but left after nine races to focus on his Canadian Tire championship bid. After his departure, many drivers took over for the rest of the season, including Patrick Sheltra,

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, Kevin Hamlin, Sean Murphy,

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, Jeff Green,

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, Blake Koch, and

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. In 2010, Michael McDowell drove the 81 for MMS, finishing 21st in points. McDowell left for HP Racing at the end of the year, and MacDonald signed on Neuenberger for 10 races in the 81 while Koch returned to drive 20 races for ROTY honors. However, Koch's sponsorship from

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was expanded to the rest of the year, putting Koch in the 81 for the rest of 2011. Koch lost the Rookie title to

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by a single point.

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was hired on the weekend of the Kansas race to drive the team's second car after being released from the Turner Motorsports team. Sorenson stayed with MacDonald the rest of 2011 and ended up 5th in points at the end of the year. At one point during the 20 K&N West Series champion

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drove the No. 81 with sponsorship from American Majority and PledgeToVote.com during the 2012 racing season and finished 13th in points.

K&N Pro Series East

Starting in 2012, the daughter of Randy, Jenifer became a K&N Pro Series car owner fielding No. 49 and No. 94

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s and

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s for Scott Saunders,

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Akinori Ogata is a Japanese professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 63 Toyota Tundra for Akinori Performance. He has also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series ...

, Harrison Rhodes and

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. The best finish of the team was 8th with Rhodes behind the wheel at CNB Bank Raceway Park. The team returned in 2013, now with only Toyotas. Ray Courtemanche, Jr, Jordan Anderson, Harrison Rhodes,

Josh Reaume Joshua Robert Reaume (born October 11, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver, engineer, and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the Nos. 2 and 22 Ford F-150s for Reaume Brothers Rac ...

and Clint King drove for the team that year.

External links

MacDonald MotorsportsDoc MacDonald Owner StatisticsPat MacDonald Owner StatisticsRandy MacDonald Owner Statistics
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