D'Hondt Motorsports was a

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and

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team owned by current

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spotter Eddie D'Hondt. The team most notably fielded the Nos. 90 and 91 cars in the

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season. Owner Eddie D’Hondt began his career in

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in 1981 driving Street Stocks at

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and

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. In 1986, he moved to the

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, then moving south to

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in 1996 to begin a career in the

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. He started his Cup career working for famed owner

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. After climbing his way up within the Cup series, managing and owning teams, he now serves as a full-time spotter for the Spire Motorsports No. 7 car driven by Justin Haley.

NASCAR Nationwide Series

D'Hondt entered NASCAR in 2007 as a partner in Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports with Bill and Bob Riley and Jim Matthews as co-owners. They made their debut at

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in the Busch Series with

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qualifying seventh in the No. 91

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and finishing thirtieth. David Green drove the next three races in the 91 and had a best finish of eleventh before Santos drove the car at Loudon, starting 4th and finishing 33rd. Santos also drove two races in a second car, the No. 92, in two races but did not finish either of them. In addition,

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drove in the Sprint Cup Series at

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, where he finished 36th. After the season, Riley left leaving D'Hondt as the sole owner. The team's only start in

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came at

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, where

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finished second in the No. 92

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Toyota. In 2010, D'Hondt formed a partnership with Randy Humphrey of

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and fielded two Nationwide Series entries that were owned by MSRP Motorsports, Prism's former nome de pleur. Danny O'Quinn, Jr. drove the No. 90 for 20 races and

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drove the No. 91 for 16 races, with

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driving the car for 7 races. Both teams started and parked for the season and did not continue beyond 2010.

Car No. 90 results

Car No. 91 results

Car No. 92 results

ARCA RE/MAX Series

On October 24, 2008, D'Hondt Motorsports announced 20-year-old female

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would drive for them part-time in the

in 2009 with sponsorship fro
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Owens had career best finishes in 9 of the 10 races she ran for the team then left to join another team in October 2009. On September 10, 2009 D'Hondt Motorsports announced that they would be running the ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Rockingham Speedway on October 11, debuting 17-year-old

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, sponsored by

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. They also announced that Owens would not be returning in 2010.

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