Hyak Motorsports is an American
stock car racing
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team that competes in the
NASCAR Cup Series
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The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
. The team fields the No. 47
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
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full-time for
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and has a technical alliance with
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 ...
.
History
The team was founded in 1995 as ST Racing by advertising executive Tad Geschickter and crew chief Steve Plattenberger, competing in the Busch Grand National Series (now the
NASCAR Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...
). In 2006, the team rebranded to JTG Racing under the ownership of Geschickter and his wife Jodi, and began competing in the Cup Series, initially as a co-entry with
Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was formed in 1950 by brothers Ray Lee, Clay, Delano, Glen Wood, Glen, and Leonard Wood (racing), Leonard Wood. To ...
. Former
NBA
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All-Star center
Brad Daugherty joined the ownership group in 2008 to form JTG Daugherty Racing. Under this name, the team would begin competing independently from the Wood Brothers in 2009, score their first Cup Series win in 2014 with driver
A. J. Allmendinger
Anthony James Allmendinger (born December 16, 1981), nicknamed "the Dinger,” is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet ZL1 for Kaulig Racing.
Allmendinger ...
, and win the
2023 Daytona 500
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with Stenhouse. Other notable drivers to compete for the team during this period include
Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ross Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series, 2003 and ...
,
Bobby Labonte
Robert Allen Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and current analyst for ''NASCAR on Fox''. He also currently competes part-time in the SMART Modified Tour, driving the No. 18L for Hermie Sa ...
, and
Chris Buescher
Christopher William Buescher (born October 29, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 17 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing ...
.
Before or during the 2024 season, the Geschickters quietly left the team, moving into a role at
Joe Gibbs Racing
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. Entrepreneur Gordon Smith would become principal owner thereafter and rebranded the team to Hyak Motorsports for the 2025 season; Daugherty, Mark Hughes and
Ernie Cope
Ernie Cope (born July 17, 1969) is currently the competition director at Hyak Motorsports. He is a former American stock car racing crew chief and a former competitor in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Craftsman Truck Series and Winston West Se ...
completed the ownership group at that time. The name "Hyak" means "fast" in
Chinook Jargon
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, and is also in reference to Smith's marine transportation company Hyak Maritime.
Cup Series
Car No. 37 history
Chris Buescher (2017–2019)
In November 2016, the team announced plans to expand to two cars for the
2017 season. On November 29,
Roush Fenway Racing
Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, doing business as RFK Racing, is an American professional stock car organization that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. One of NASCAR's largest racing teams in the 2000s and early 2010s, Roush formerly ...
leased their No. 16 charter to JTG, while also loaning driver
Chris Buescher
Christopher William Buescher (born October 29, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 17 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing ...
to the team. The new car was revealed to be the No. 37 on December 12. During the 2016-17 offseason, it was revealed that the sponsors of the 37 car would be products sold at Kroger stores like
Cottonelle
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,
Cheerios
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,
Bush's Baked Beans,
Kingsford, and
Scott Products.
Liberty Tax Service
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was added as a sponsor on June 2, 2017. In 2018, JTGDR purchased
Furniture Row Racing
Furniture Row Racing (FRR) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2005 to 2018. The team was owned and sponsored by Furniture Row, a U.S. furniture store chain, and was based in Furniture R ...
's No. 77 charter for the No. 37; the charter leased from Roush Fenway Racing was subsequently sold to
Team Penske
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for the No. 12.
Throughout his three-year tenure in the No. 37, Buescher's best finish was 5th at both Daytona races in 2018, and his best points finish was 20th in 2019. On September 25, 2019, it was announced that Buescher will return to Roush Fenway Racing to replace
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the No. 17 Ford in 2020.
Ryan Preece (2020–2021)

On August 16, 2019,
Ryan Preece
Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
Preece previous ...
confirmed he would return to JTG Daugherty Racing for the 2020 season, this time, in the No. 37, with his new teammate Stenhouse (who replaced Buescher) in the No. 47 which Preece drove in 2019.
Prior to the
2020 Auto Club 400
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R ...
at
Fontana
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*Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone
* Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino
*Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi
...
, the No. 37 team was docked 10 owner and driver points and crew chief
Trent Owens
William Trent Owens (born January 4, 1975) is an American former stock car racing driver and crew chief who works for Kaulig Racing as the crew chief for their No. 16 Chevrolet ZL1 driven by A. J. Allmendinger in the NASCAR Cup Series. He was ...
was suspended for the race after the car was discovered to have an illegal modification during pre-race inspection.
Preece struggled mightily throughout the 2020 season, finishing last a total of four times, three of them consecutively. After a violent wreck at Kansas where he walked away unharmed, Preece managed to score two top-10 finishes but ended the season 29th in the standings. For the
2021 season
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, the No. 37 would be the only full-time non-chartered team after
Spire Motorsports
Spire Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team competing in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, and the ARCA Menards Series West. The teams ownership group consists of co-founder ...
purchased the team's charter.
Following the 2021 season, the No. 37 team was shut down.
Car No. 37 results
Car No. 47 history
In 2006, JTG Racing started a partnership with
Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was formed in 1950 by brothers Ray Lee, Clay, Delano, Glen Wood, Glen, and Leonard Wood (racing), Leonard Wood. To ...
to field the No. 21 car under the banner of Wood Brothers/JTG Racing.
JTG Daugherty attempted to make their Cup Series debut at
Las Vegas
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with
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 ...
behind the wheel of the No. 47
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* Ford Fusion (Americas), mid-size car produced between the 2006 and 2020 model years
** Ford Fusion Hybrid, gasoline-electric hybrid powered version
** Ford Fusion Energi, plug-in hybrid
...
, a second car to the Wood Brothers' No. 21, but the team failed to qualify for the race.
Jon Wood
Jonathan Wood (born October 25, 1981) is an American motorsport executive who serves as president of Wood Brothers Racing, the NASCAR Cup Series' longest continuously active team founded by a group of brothers that included his grandfather Glen ...
attempted to qualify the No. 47 at
Kansas
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, but also failed to make the field.
Marcos Ambrose (2008–2010)

With the new ownership at JTG Daugherty Racing in
2008
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*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, they fielded the No. 47 car with
Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ross Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series, 2003 and ...
behind the wheel. Ambrose finished 22nd at
Indianapolis
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and 36th at
Kansas
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. On October 1, JTGDR signed a deal to enter into a technical alliance with
Michael Waltrip Racing
Michael Waltrip Racing Holdings LLC, doing business as Michael Waltrip Racing ("MWR"), was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The company was as a 50–50 partnership betwe ...
for the 2009 season, effectively switching from the Ford Fusion to the
Toyota Camry
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.
During the team's first full-time run in
2009
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, Ambrose finished an impressive fourth at
Talladega, third at
Sonoma, second at
Watkins Glen, and third at
Bristol
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. With a total of seven top-10 finishes, he ended the season 18th in the points standings.
The No. 47 car with Ambrose saw a decline in performance in
2010
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, with the highlight being a duel with race winner
Juan Pablo Montoya
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at
Watkins Glen to finish third. With a total of five top-10 finishes, Ambrose ended the season 27th in the points standings. After the season, Ambrose left the team to drive for
Richard Petty Motorsports
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The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) ...
in 2011.
Bobby Labonte (2011–2013)

For the
2011 season JTGDR signed
2000 Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte
Robert Allen Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and current analyst for ''NASCAR on Fox''. He also currently competes part-time in the SMART Modified Tour, driving the No. 18L for Hermie Sa ...
to drive the No. 47 car. Labonte started the season with a fourth place finish at the
2011 Daytona 500
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. Alongside a seventh place finish at
New Hampshire
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, he finished the season 29th in the points standings.
The
2012 season saw a slight improvement in finishes, with top-10 finishes at the
Daytona night race and the
Martinsville fall race, ending the season 26th in the points standings.
After a 15th place finish at the
2013 Daytona 500
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, Labonte struggled through the first 14 races of the
2013 season before splitting the rest of the season with
A. J. Allmendinger
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Allmendinger ...
, who scored the team's sole top-10 finish at
Watkins Glen during the season. The No. 47 car finished 31st in the points standings.
A. J. Allmendinger (2013–2018)

On August 29, 2013, ''Sporting News'' reported that Allmendinger would be the full-time driver for JTGDR in 2014. The team also switched to
Chevrolet
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and formed a technical alliance with
Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by Richard C ...
.
During the
2014 season, Allmendinger scored top-10 finishes at
Fontana
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*Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi
...
,
Richmond
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, and
Talladega. He also made the field at the
Sprint All-Star Race after finishing second to
Clint Bowyer
Clinton Aaron Bowyer (born May 30, 1979) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for ''NASCAR on Fox''. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado ...
on the Sprint Showdown. At
Watkins Glen, Allmendinger led 29 laps to give JTGDR its first win and a spot in the
Chase for the Sprint Cup
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. After scoring a top-10 finish at
Martinsville, he ended the season 13th in the points standings - the highest finish in the team's history.
The
2015 season saw a decline in performance, as Allmendinger scored only three top-10 finishes and ended the season 22nd in the points standings. Allmendinger and Kroger inked a multi-year contract extension following the season.
For
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, Allmendinger scored top-five finishes at
Martinsville and
Watkins Glen, totaling to nine top-10 finishes and ending the season 20th in the points standings.
Allmendinger started the
2017 season with a third place finish at the
2017 Daytona 500
The 2017 Daytona 500, the 59th running of the event, was held on February 26, 2017, and was won by Kurt Busch of Stewart-Haas Racing after Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson ran out of fuel over the final laps of the race. This was Busch's first D ...
. With a total of five top-10 finishes, he ended the season 28th in the points standings.
Allmendinger began the
2018 season with a 10th place finish at the
2018 Daytona 500. He later followed it up with a third place finish at the
Daytona summer race. With a total of five top-10 finishes, Allmendinger ended the season 22nd in the points standings.
Ryan Preece (2019)

On September 25, 2018, it was announced that Allmendinger would part ways with JTG Daugherty at the end of the 2018 season. Three days later, it was announced that
Ryan Preece
Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
Preece previous ...
would replace him as the driver of the No. 47 in 2019. In addition, Preece would compete for
2019 Rookie of the Year honors. Furthermore, JTGDR switched their technical alliance from RCR to
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 ...
.
Preece started the
2019 season
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with an eighth-place finish at the
2019 Daytona 500. Throughout the season, he scored one top-five and three top-10 finishes, and ended the season 26th in the points standings.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2020–present)

On October 16, 2019, JTGDR announced
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. would drive the No. 47 in 2020. The team later announced that Stenhouse would drive the car with
Brian Pattie
Paul Brian Pattie (born April 9, 1975) is an American auto racing crew chief who works for Spire Motorsports as the crew chief for their No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driven by various drivers. He has achieved s ...
as the crew chief and moved Preece to the No. 37 car.
Stenhouse got off to a quick start for the team, winning the pole for the
2020 Daytona 500, the first pole for JTGDR on an oval. He followed up a 20th place finish at Daytona with a strong showing at Las Vegas, leading 30 laps and finishing third. Prior to the
2020 Auto Club 400
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R ...
at
Fontana
Fontana may refer to:
Places
Italy
*Fontana Liri, comune in the Province of Frosinone
*Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone
* Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino
*Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi
...
, the No. 47 team was docked 10 owner and driver points and crew chief
Brian Pattie
Paul Brian Pattie (born April 9, 1975) is an American auto racing crew chief who works for Spire Motorsports as the crew chief for their No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driven by various drivers. He has achieved s ...
was suspended for the race after the car was discovered to have an illegal modification during pre-race inspection.
Stenhouse later finished fourth in the
2020 Alsco Uniforms 500 and followed it up by finishing second at Talladega in a close race. He ended his first season with the team 24th in the standings.

Stenhouse started the
2023 season by winning the
2023 Daytona 500
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, scoring his third career victory, and second for JTGDR. He was eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 16.
Stenhouse began the
2024 season with a 31st place DNF at the
2024 Daytona 500. At the
2024 NASCAR All-Star Race, he was sent to the outside wall by
Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and par ...
on lap 2. After the race, Stenhouse attacked Busch in the garage area, triggering a brawl between the drivers and their pit crew. NASCAR later fined Stenhouse 75,000 for the incident; in addition, his father, Ricky Stenhouse Sr., was suspended indefinitely while team mechanic Clint Myrick was suspended for eight races and tuner Keith Matthews was suspended for four races for their involvement in the fight. Stenhouse Sr.'s suspension was lifted on September 24. Despite mediocre finishes that left him out of playoff contention, Stenhouse won at
Talladega after beating
Brad Keselowski
Bradley Aaron Keselowski (; born February 12, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and entrepreneur. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing, a te ...
by .006 seconds.
Car No. 47 results
Nationwide Series
Car No. 22 history
Adam Petty (1998)
In 1998, ST fielded the No. 22 Spree Chevy in three races with
Adam Petty
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as the driver. His best finish was 27th (twice).
Car No. 22 results
Car No. 42 history
Kevin Lepage (1997)
In 1997, ST fielded the No. 42 Chevy for
Kevin Lepage
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Racing career
Early career
Lepage spent the 1980s driving in both the Busch North series and the Vermont-based ...
at Homestead. He finished 17th.
Car No. 42 results
Car No. 46 history
Larry Pearson (1996)
The second team in the JTG Daugherty stable made its debut in
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
at the
All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300. The car was No. 46, sponsored by
Stanley Tools
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and driven to a 22nd-place finish by
Larry Pearson
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. Pearson drove two more races for the team that year, each one getting regressively worse.
Robert Pressley & Bobby East (2005)
In 2005, the No. 46 made a return as a
Ford Taurus
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driven by
Robert Pressley
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and
Bobby East part-time.
Car No. 46 results
Car No. 47 history
Jeff Fuller (1995–1997)
JTG Daugherty Racing (then known as ST Motorsports and owned by Tad Geschickter and crew chief Steve Plattenberger) made its debut at the
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
Goody's 300
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.
Jeff Fuller drove the No. 47
Sunoco
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-sponsored
Chevrolet
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to an eleventh-place finish. Fuller ran the full season with ST, and had six top-ten finishes en route to a tenth-place finish in points. He was named
Rookie of the Year for the Busch Series that year. Fuller returned again in 1996. While he dropped seven points in the standings due to missing two races, he had four top-ten finishes and won from the pole at the
Food City 250
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. Fuller was 18th in points after the 1997
GM Goodwrench/Delco Batteries 200, when he was released from the ride and replaced by Robert Pressley. Pressley had two-top fives and finished 32nd in points despite missing half the season.
Robert Pressley (2004)
ST would not run the No. 47 car again until 2004, when they fielded the
Clorox
The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company) is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products. As of 2024, the Oakland, California-based company had approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. N ...
-sponsored
Ford Taurus
The Ford Taurus is an automobile that was manufactured and marketed by the Ford Motor Company in the United States from 1985 to 2019. From 1985 to 2009, Ford marketed the Taurus alongside its rebadged variant, the Mercury Sable. Four generati ...
driven by
Robert Pressley
Robert William Pressley (born April 8, 1959) is an American former NASCAR driver who previously served as the promoter at Kingsport Speedway in Kingsport, Tennessee. Pressley currently owns the restaurant Celebrity's Hotdogs in Asheville, North C ...
. Pressley had two top ten finishes that year, and finished 15th in points.
Jon Wood (2005–2007)
Pressley was replaced by rookie
Jon Wood
Jonathan Wood (born October 25, 1981) is an American motorsport executive who serves as president of Wood Brothers Racing, the NASCAR Cup Series' longest continuously active team founded by a group of brothers that included his grandfather Glen ...
in 2005. Wood posted six top-ten finishes and finished 15th in overall championship points. He was to continue to drive the No. 47 car in
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
, before medical problems forced him to exit the ride.
Kelly Bires (2007–2008)
Former
American Speed Association
The American Speed Association (ASA) is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana, Pendleton, Indiana, and later in Daytona Beach, Florida. The ASA sanctioned asphalt a ...
champion
Kelly Bires
Kelly James Bires (born August 25, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most recently drove part-time for Go Green Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series. Previously, Bires drove competitively for ...
took Wood's place for most of the year, garnering two top-ten finishes.
Andy Lally
Andrew Joseph Lally (born February 11, 1975) is an American former professional auto racing driver who currently serves as the president for the Trans Am Series.
He competed full-time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the Audi R ...
took his place on road courses, finishing tenth at
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International, nicknamed "The Glen", is an automobile race track in the Northeastern United States, northeastern United States, located in Dix, New York, just southwest of the village of Watkins Glen, New York, Watkins Glen, at the ...
. Bires drove full-time in 2008.
Michael McDowell (2009)
In 2009,
Michael McDowell started the season with sponsorship from
Tom's Snacks where he had three top-ten finishes, but left the team midway through the season after Tom's Snacks left the team. The team became a start and park team, listing ConstructionJobs.com as the sponsor (the sponsorship funded only practice and qualifying). Kelly Bires returned for three races followed by
Coleman Pressley at Iowa.
Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ross Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series, 2003 and ...
ran full races with STP sponsorship the two road course events at Watkins Glen and Montreal, and would go on to win the event at Watkins Glen. Pressley and
Chase Miller finished out the season. The team was suspended at the end of the year, and its owners points were sold to
Penske Racing
Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Da ...
.
In 2010, the team returned with Ambrose driving two
road course
Road racing is a North American term to describe motorsport racing held on a paved road surface. The races can be held on a closed circuit—generally, a purpose-built racing facility—or on a street circuit that uses temporarily closed publi ...
races; at
Watkins Glen, where he won the race, and at
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
where he did not finish the race, due to electrical problems.
Car No. 47 results
Car No. 59 history
Robert Pressley (1998)
In 1998, ST fielded the No. 59 Chevrolet full-time with
Robert Pressley
Robert William Pressley (born April 8, 1959) is an American former NASCAR driver who previously served as the promoter at Kingsport Speedway in Kingsport, Tennessee. Pressley currently owns the restaurant Celebrity's Hotdogs in Asheville, North C ...
as the driver. However, he could run only half the season in the No. 59 due to Winston Cup commitments with
Jasper Motorsports
Jasper Motorsports was a NASCAR Nextel Cup team. It was owned by a variety of owners including D.K. Ulrich and Doug Bawel.
1970s–1980s
The car started in 1971 at what turned out to be the only Winston Cup race at Smoky Mountain Raceway as t ...
. He ran 18 races and had two pole positions, finishing 31st in points with sponsorship from
Kingsford.
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE for Legacy Motor Club. Johnson has won seven Cup ch ...
,
Kevin Lepage
Kevin Paul Lepage (born June 26, 1962) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, who last drove in NASCAR in 2014.
Racing career
Early career
Lepage spent the 1980s driving in both the Busch North series and the Vermont-based ...
,
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. (born June 20, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He currently owns Team Hornaday Development, a driver development program, as well as Hornaday Race Cars, a Modified racing, D ...
and
Rich Bickle
Richard Allen Bickle Jr. (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. Now retired from NASCAR racing, Bickle, who never completed a full season in the NASCAR Cup Series, had a long history in Short track motor r ...
filled in when Pressley was unavailable.
Mike Dillon (1999)
For
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
, ST hired
Mike Dillon as its new driver. Dillon had a seventh-place finish at the
Lysol 200 and finished 16th in points that year.
Phil Parsons (2000) and Rich Bickle (2001)
Dillon left for
Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by Richard C ...
after the season was over and ST replaced him with
Phil Parsons
Phillip Gregory Parsons (born June 21, 1957) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and analyst for FOX NASCAR since 2003. After years racing in NASCAR Winston Cup, he returned to the Busch Series where he enj ...
. Parsons qualified for all 32 races, had two top-tens and finished 12th in points. In 2001, he was replaced by Bickle again. However, Bickle struggled in the ride and was replaced by
Mark Green and
Jeff Purvis
Jeffery Purvis (born February 19, 1959) is a former race car driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He is a 15-year veteran with four wins and 25 top-five finishes. He suffered a massive brain injury after a 2002 crash and has not run a NASCAR-san ...
after the
MBNA.com 200.
Stacy Compton (2002–2006)
In 2002, ST hired
Stacy Compton
Stacy Marshall Compton (born May 26, 1967) is an American NASCAR former team owner and former driver. He is a former co-owner of Bobby Hamilton Racing-Virginia in the Craftsman Truck Series and is a former racing analyst for ESPN full-time. Before ...
to drive the No. 59, and he remained in the car until the end of the 2006 season. His best finish was 2nd four times, and the best points position was 9th in 2002. The only major change from 2002 until 2007 was the team's switch to the
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational corporation, multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. T ...
in
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
.
Marcos Ambrose (2007–2008)
Australian driver
Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ross Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series, 2003 and ...
was hired to compete in the No. 59 during the 2007 season, finishing in the top-ten six times and ending the year sixth in points.
Ambrose won the team's first race in 2008 running an
STP
STP may refer to:
Places
* São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, IOC country code, and FIFA country code STP)
* St Pancras railway station (National Rail code STP)
* St. Paul Downtown Airport (IATA airport code STP) in Saint Paul, Mi ...
-sponsored No. 59 at
Watkins Glen. For the 2009 Nationwide Series, the No. 59 team ceased operations, running only the No. 47 entry for numerous drivers, and the owner points going to the No. 12 Penske Dodge driven by
Justin Allgaier
Justin Myrl Allgaier (born June 6, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for JR Motorsports and part-time ...
.
Car No. 59 results
Car No. 97 history
Ron Hornaday Jr. (1998)
In 1998, ST fielded the No. 97 Chevy for
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. (born June 20, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He currently owns Team Hornaday Development, a driver development program, as well as Hornaday Race Cars, a Modified racing, D ...
at Fontana. He finished 22nd.
Car No. 97 results
Craftsman Truck Series

The No. 20 truck made its debut in
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
at the
GM Flex Fuel 250
The Fresh From Florida 250 is the first race of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season at Daytona International Speedway and as of 2004 has been held under the lights. It is the Truck Series event of Speedweeks – the series of races leading up ...
, sponsored by the
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
in partnership with JTG Racing.
Jon Wood
Jonathan Wood (born October 25, 1981) is an American motorsport executive who serves as president of Wood Brothers Racing, the NASCAR Cup Series' longest continuously active team founded by a group of brothers that included his grandfather Glen ...
drove the truck at
Daytona
Daytona may refer to:
Locations
* Daytona Beach, Florida
* Daytona Beach Shores, Florida
* South Daytona, Florida
* The Daytona Beach metropolitan area
* Halifax area, also known as Daytona, the region around Daytona Beach
Motor racing
* Dayto ...
and
Fontana
Fontana may refer to:
Places
Italy
*Fontana Liri, comune in the Province of Frosinone
*Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone
* Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino
*Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi
...
, finishing 16th and 9th, respectively.
Bobby East competed in one race at
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
, where he finished 23rd. For the remainder of the season, JTG Racing development driver
Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ross Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series, 2003 and ...
took over, earning one pole position and two third-place finishes. In
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
the truck's number changed to No. 09.
Joey Clanton
Joseph Clanton (born November 1, 1972) is an American race car driver and businessman. He was the 2002 champion in the now-defunct American Speed Association stock car series. He is also the owner of two Zaxby's franchises.
Busch Series
Clanton ...
, who brought
Zaxby’s as a sponsor, shared driving duties with former
Busch Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
veteran
Stacy Compton
Stacy Marshall Compton (born May 26, 1967) is an American NASCAR former team owner and former driver. He is a former co-owner of Bobby Hamilton Racing-Virginia in the Craftsman Truck Series and is a former racing analyst for ESPN full-time. Before ...
. Clanton went on and win
ROTY that year despite only running a few races.
A year later, in
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, Clanton brought both the No. 09 and
Zaxby's
Zaxbys is an American chain of fast casual restaurants offering signature Chicken Fingerz, sandwiches, bone-in and boneless wings and salads - known as Zalads. The chain operates primarily in the Southern United States and has more than 900 loca ...
sponsorship to
Roush Fenway Racing
Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, doing business as RFK Racing, is an American professional stock car organization that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. One of NASCAR's largest racing teams in the 2000s and early 2010s, Roush formerly ...
, which allowed JTG Racing/
Wood Brothers to revert to using the No. 20. However, the truck team only lasted for eight races before shutting down due to a lack of funding.
Sponsorship
JTG Daugherty Racing had maintained long-term relationships with sponsors
Clorox
The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company) is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products. As of 2024, the Oakland, California-based company had approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. N ...
and
Kingsford and their associated company since their time in the Busch series, and the two often appeared on the decklid of the car, even in races they were not the primary sponsor. The team had also maintained good relations with
Bush's Baked Beans and more recent partners
Kroger
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.
Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cinc ...
,
Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational consumer goods and personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments. Kimb ...
(
Kleenex
Kleenex is a brand name primarily known for their line of facial tissues. Often used informally as a genericized trademark for facial tissue, ''Kleenex'' is a registered trademark of Kimberly-Clark applied to products made in 78 countries. The ...
,
Scott Products, Viva) and
Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
With over 32 million customers in 41 states as of 2022, it is the ...
through several driver and manufacturer changes, and have been able to attract new sponsors every season. Kroger wanted to return to the newly renamed HYAK Motorsports, but HYAK Motorsports wanted to start fresh with newer sponsors. On November 19, 2024,
RFK Racing
Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, Trade name, doing business as RFK Racing, is an American professional stock car racing, stock car organization that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. One of NASCAR's largest racing teams in the 2000s an ...
announced the acquisition of former
Stewart–Haas Racing
Stewart–Haas Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in both the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team was co-owned by three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, founder ...
driver
Ryan Preece
Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
Preece previous ...
and the subsequent addition of Kroger as a primary sponsorship driver, thus ending the sponsorship deal between Kroger and JTGDR.
References
External links
Official WebsiteJTG-Daugherty Racing Official WebsiteTad Geshickter Owner StatisticsJTG-Daugherty Racing Owner Statistics
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American auto racing teams
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