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2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Carl Edwards, #99 Office Depot Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Download full resolution & extras on Patreon.

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NASCAR Numerology: How NASCAR's Current Teams Got Their Numbers: Part Five.

Alright guys, we've gotten to the last part of this little miniseries.

Today we're covering:

Front Row Motorsports, who run the #34 Ford for Michael McDowell and the #38 for Todd Gilliland in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series.

Legacy Motor Club, who run the #42 Toyota for John Hunter Nemechek and the historic #43 for Erik Jones.

and JTG Daugherty Racing, who run the #47 Chevrolet for Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Fittingly, we get to end on representation for all three brands.

Front Row Motorsports debuted in 2004, running the #92 Ford on a partial schedule with drivers like Brad Teague, Tony Raines, and Stanton Barrett, but they would fail to qualify for any races. Furthermore, the Mach 1 Motorsports team ran the #98/#96 car that year, splitting time between Ford and Dodge, and running drivers such as Todd and Geoff Bodine, Larry Gunselman, Derrike Cope, Chad Chaffin, and Randy LaJoie.

This team did manage to make some races (keyword: some) and in 2005, Mach 1 would attempt the full schedule with a #34 Chevrolet while another slew of drivers (mainly LaJoie, Chaffin, and PJ Jones) but by the end of 2005, the team was up for sale. Front Row Motorsports would buy this #34 car, as well as Mach 1's shop, and build their team around it.

Often running as a start-and-park team with a revolving door of drivers, Front Row finally got some stability in 2009, with John Andretti driving the #34, and dragging it up to three top twenty finishes, at Daytona, Loudon, and Fontana.

Andretti left after the 2010 Daytona 500, but the top twenty streak remained, with Travis Kvapil scoring an 18th at Talladega and Kevin Conway a 14th at the summer Daytona race.

David Gilliland (Todd's father) ran the full 2011 season and scored a third place at the Daytona 500, building on the results of the last three years to make Front Row Motorsports a proper contender on the superspeedways.

For 2012, Gilliland was moved to the #38 (more on that later) while David Ragan took over the #34. This car would top off FRM's superspeedway streak by winning the 2013 Aaron's 499 at Talladega.

Ragan would leave FRM after the 2015 Daytona 500 to get the opportunity to fill in for the injured Kyle Busch, so that season was a bit of a revolving door for the #34 yet again. Yet, for 2016, they got a technical alliance with Roush Fenway Racing in exchange for running Roush development driver Chris Buescher.

And Chris Buescher would win the 2016 Pennsylvania 400 for them on a Monday after a rainy weekend followed by a foggy weekend led to a segmented and ultimately shortened race. It took a bit of luck, but it got FRM its second win, and the first that wasn't on a superspeedway.

Chris Buescher went to JTG Daugherty of all places for 2017 (more on that later), so FRM hired Landon Cassill, without much success, before signing Michael McDowell for 2018.

McDowell has seen FRM become a legitimate team, winning the 2021 Daytona 500 and the 2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at the IMS Road Course. Furthermore, in 2024, now in alliance with Team Penske, Front Row Motorsports is no longer an ironic name, as McDowell has started first or second multiple times this season, including at Daytona, Atlanta, and even Gateway, the latter two being pole positions.

Michael McDowell, however, will be moving to the Spire Motorsports #71 for 2025.

FRM has built their numbering scheme off of the #34, running other cars such as the #35, #37, and most commonly the #36, but its second full time car has been the #38.

Driven by David Gilliland from 2012-2015 and son Todd Gilliand ever since 2022, the car has also seen drives from Landon Cassill, David Ragan (in a return to FRM), John-Hunter Nemechek, Anthony Alfredo, and Zane Smith. With four top tens and a further ten top twenties, 2024 has thus far been the most successful season to date for the #38.

FRM will run a third full time car in 2025, having bought a charter from SHR, and has signed SHR's Noah Gragson, but it is unknown was number he will run. FRM ran the #36 this season for Kaz Grala, but Bob Jenkins says he's not married to this numbering scheme. Still, even numbers in the mid-30s are as close to consistent numbering as FRM has ever gotten, so I hope they do decide to stick with the #36.

Onto Legacy Motor Club.

First things first, this team is a Frankenstein's Monster mess of forgotten NASCAR teams in hilarious fashion. Petty Enterprises, officially ran from 1949 to 2008, when sponsorship could not be found, leading to the team merging with Gillett-Evernham Motorsports for 2009. Gillett-Evernham Motorsports consisted of Evernham Motorsports, the former Dodge factory team that ran the #9 and the #19, MBV Motorsports (which was essentially the #10 car owned by Valvoline at this point), and money from George Gillett, who was at the time the controversial owner of the Montreal Canadiens and Liverpool FC.

So already, you had the Petty #43, Petty #45, Evernham #9, Evernham #19, and Valvoline #10 merging into one team, but for 2010, they also bought Yates Racing to take over Paul Menard and his #98 Ford. This allowed the entire team to switch from Dodge to Ford.

So come 2010, the team is running the #9, #19, #43, and #98 with relics from three different numbering schemes remaining in the team. It's freaking awesome.

The #19 and #98 went away after 2010, leaving the team with the #9 and the #43.

The #9 was initially their most successful car, with Kasey Kahne winning Sonoma 2009 and Fall Atlanta 2009 with the team, before Australian Marcos Ambrose won Watkins Glen for the team in 2011 and 2012.

The #43 would, to its credit, with the 2014 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona with Aric Almirola, and it would become the team's only car after 2016.

After the 2021 season, GMS Racing, a truck team, bought into Petty, becoming Petty GMS. Ahead of the 2023 season, the team became Legacy Motor Club, with Jimmie Johnson buying in, Richard Petty chasing out, and Maury Gallagher of GMS becoming majority owner. Petty remained involved a spokesman for the team, however.

So, finally, onto their numbers. They run the #43 and have since practically the beginning of time, because that was Richard Petty's number? Why, well, that actually takes us to their second car, the #42, which was Lee Petty's number.

Why did Lee Petty pick the #42? Legend has it was the first two numbers in his license plate.

So, Lee Petty ran the #42, his son Richard ran the #43, Richard's son Kyle would eventually run the #44, and Kyle's son Adam would run the #45. Each generation building on the last. When Adam died, Kyle took over the #45 in his memory.

Thad Moffitt in the Truck series is a grandson of Richard Petty through Petty's youngest daughter Rebecca, and he continues this trend by running the #46.

In any case, when Petty GMS bought a second car in 2022, they chose to run the #42 - recently vacated by Chip Ganassi - reuniting the original two Petty numbers.

This arrangement continued as Petty became Legacy and eventually switched to Toyota for 2024. Currently the #43 is driven by Erik Jones, who won Darlington in it in 2022, and the #42 by John Hunter Nemechek.

Also, fun fact, Kyle Petty drove the #42 at Team SABCO (which would eventually become Chip Ganassi Racing) from 1989 to 1996, so it was a Petty number even when it wasn't.

And now JTG Daugherty Racing. It started in 2007, running a second car (#47) in alliance with the Wood Brothers. I cannot find any specific reason for the #47, only that Tad Geschickter ran a #47 Busch car ever since 1996, so maybe it was an availability thing. In any case, they ran the #47 and made their Cup debut in 2007, with Ken Schrader and Jon Wood each trying and failing to qualify for a race.

The #47 managed a few starts in 2008 with Marcos Ambrose, finishing third at the Glen, which prompted JTG to split with the Wood Brothers to try and go full time for the 2009 season with Ambrose in a #47 Toyota. This lasted two years before Mabrose moved to the aforementioned Richard Petty Motorsports, with JTG instead drafting in Bobby Labonte.

They would sign AJ Allmendinger in 2013 as Labonte began scaling back his races, and with AJ full time in 2014, they'd win at Watkins Glen. Allmendinger would last until 2018, when Ryan Preece was hired for that car, but then Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was chosen for 2020. Ricky would win the 2023 Daytona 500 with the team.

JTG Daugherty also briefly has a second car, the #37 - ten less than #47, also apparently Tad used this number in college sports - the #37 ran with Chris Buescher for 2017, 2018, and 2019, before running with Ryan Preece for 2020 and 2021.

This brings up another interesting aspect of JTG Daugherty Racing - despite the fact that they're a Chevy team, they kinda have this unique relationship with RFK Racing. First of all, Chris Buescher was a Roush development driver. Second of all, that #37 car for Buescher was run on the charter for Roush's #16.

Third, was that when Roush took Chris Buescher back for the 2020 season, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. then went the other way, going from the Roush #17 to the JTG Daugherty #47.

Oh, and as recently as 2023, JTG Daugherty's pit crew was on loan from Roush. Yeah, odd.

So yeah, that is all 36 chartered teams for the 2024 NASCAR Cup series and the story of a couple other numbers that are relevant to the story. I hope you guys enjoyed all that, but I think I'm gonna write about some other motorsports for a little while. The blog has been a bit NASCAR heavy lately and this week added a whole five extra blogposts to it.

I do enjoy blabbing on about NASCAR, but I also enjoy blabbing on about MotoGP and Indycar. Formula One is also a sport that exists.

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#NASCAR #Waters #Sports Cam Waters to make NASCAR Cup debut with RFK at Sonoma https://news247planet.com/?p=845286

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-January 10, 2024

By David G. Firestone TRACKHOUSE RACING #1 Ross Chastain #1 Moose Fraternity Chevy Camaro–New scheme for 2024, red roof added. A HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS #5 Kyle Larson #5 Hendrickcars.com Chevy Camaro–No change. A Kyle Larson #5 Valvoline Chevy Camaro–New scheme for 2024, red, white, and blue with series of stripes. B ROUSH-FENWAY RACING #6 Brad Keselowski #6 Fastenal Body Guard Ford…

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"Jugadores clave en la Temporada Tonta 2023-24" "¡Vaya, cosas emocionantes sucediendo en #NASCAR! La temporada tonta 2023-24 promete cambios drásticos y rostros nuevos al frente, muy parecido al reciente rediseño de Land Rover Defender. Sí, esa es una referencia automovilística que solo los fanáticos de los coches entenderían, pero es muy apropiada. Primero, parece que Kurt Busch se aleja del Chip Ganassi Racing después de esta temporada. Parece que volvemos a época donde todo es completamente nuevo y diferente, como por ejemplo cuando salió el Bugatti Veyron. Y, ¿quién no ama un cambio? Claro, puede ser emocionante y aterrador a la vez, pero en última instancia nos permite ver cosas nuevas y emocionantes. Además, no nos olvidemos de Brad Keselowski, quien parece que se moverá de Team Penske a Roush Fenway Racing. ¿Ventaja significativa o decision arriesgada? Bueno, eso es obviamente una incógnita, pero la verdad es que promete ser interesante. ¡Piensa en ello como el Tesla Cybertruck de los cambios de equipo! Intrigante, innovador y ciertamente valiente. También está en la rumorología la movida de Austin Cindric de Team Penske a Wood Brothers Racing. Una elección que, yo diría, podría ser la mayor sorpresa de la próxima temporada. ¿Quién sabe? Podría resultar ser el gran éxito de la temporada, muy similar al impactante éxito del Ford GT al volver a la escena de las carreras. Por último, pero no menos importante, todos nos preguntamos si Aric Almirola continuará con Stewart-Haas Racing. Me recuerda a la indecisión que puedes sentir cuando intentas decidir entre un Porsche 911 y un Ferrari F8. Ambos son fantásticos, pero la elección final depende de factores personales y de qué piense Aric, ambas máquinas magníficas de carreras. ¡Y eso no es todo! Hay tantos intringulis en este asunto que es bastante emocionante y te hace pensar sobre todas las posibilidades que puedan surgir. Decir que estoy emocionado sobre esta temporada tonta sería quedarse corto. Sin duda, cambiará la dinámica del #NASCAR y presentará una serie de escenarios interesantes para las futuras carreras, al igual que cuando un fabricante de automóviles cambia el diseño de un modelo popular. Número de quirk y feature de toda esta situación, ¡es un 10! Muy emocionante, lleno de posibles giros. Así que, como siempre, sigue las actualizaciones y el drama mientras todo se desarrolla. ¡Va a ser una montaña rusa de emociones! #MotorSport".

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NASCAR team could have name changed before 2023 season

NASCAR team could have name changed before 2023 season

Due to the addition of a new team owner, one NASCAR Cup Series organization could undergo a name change in the near future. Before the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, Roush Fenway Racing, which was once known simply as Roush Racing, underwent another name change when former Team Penske driver Brad Keselowski joined the team as not only the new driver of the No. 6 Ford but as a co-owner of the…

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Chris Buescher

Chris Buescher (born on OCT 29, 1992) drives the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford Mustang full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series. He is the 2015 Xfinity Series champion and has three professional Xfinity wins. He recently drove three seasons in Cup for JTG Daugherty Racing. Buescher has one Cup succeed at Pocono in 2016 with Front Row Motorsports and won the second 2022 Bluegreen Vacations Duel at Daytona with RFK Racing.

If you are interested in Chris Buescher-inspired designer products, please see more at Chris Buescher Shirt here!

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2005 Ford Mustang 351R by Roush

2005 Ford Mustang 351R by Roush

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2020 NASCAR Cup Series: Ryan Newman, #6 Koch Industries Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Download full resolution & extras on Patreon.

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NASCAR's Chris Buescher wins at Bristol for Roush Fenway Keselowski

NASCAR’s Chris Buescher wins at Bristol for Roush Fenway Keselowski

As Chris Buescher exited his No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford in victory lane at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sept. 17, his wide smile teased a story he had waited for so long to tell.   He was a winner, and he had waited for quite some time to prove it.   The Texas native had driven in 223 Cup Series races since the last time he had the honor of accepting a Cup Series winner’s trophy. It…

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Shelby Cobra 427 - the first Shelby Cobra was introduced in 1962 created from an AC ace body sent from England. It was powered by Ford’s 260 engine, and later with a venerable 289 V8, and it took the sports car world by a storm. Jack Roush Edition-est 1965. Jack Roush aka “Cat in the Hat” due to his signature Panama Hat is the founder, CEO, and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is Chairman of the Board of Roush Enterprises. #shelby #cobra #acace #shelbycobra #roush #classic #sportscar #convertible (at Beachside Bar and Grill) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNSwo9AyjD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q64yefccb1dp

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-January 3, 2024

By David G. Firestone TRACKHOUSE RACING #1 Ross Chastain #1 Moose Fraternity Chevy Camaro–New scheme for 2024, red roof added. A HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS #5 Kyle Larson #5 Hendrickcars.com Chevy Camaro–No change. A Kyle Larson #5 Valvoline Chevy Camaro–New scheme for 2024, red, white, and blue with series of stripes. B ROUSH-FENWAY RACING #6 Brad Keselowski #6 Fastenal Body Guard Ford Mustang-New…

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Castrol Continues Support for Roush Fenway Keselowski Carbon Neutrality

Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing (RFK) is proud to announce it is bringing back the carbon neutral No. 6 Ford powered by Castrol at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, April 24. RFK Co-owner and driver Brad Keselowski will be behind the wheel of the Castrol Mustang in the now iconic all-white paint scheme. RFK became the first carbon neutral NASCAR race team in 2021.  

The initiative is part of Castrol’s ongoing relationship with RFK and is another step toward supporting its partners in achieving their lower carbon ambitions. RFK continues to make strides on its carbon neutral journey, having been able to achieve reductions across Scope 1, 2 and certain 3 emissions associated with the team and in accordance with internationally recognized PAS2060 standard that RFK utilized in becoming carbon neutral.   

RFK achieved a 40% reduction in absolute carbon emissions from Scope 1 and 2 (twice their initial goal of 20%) and a 23% reduction in absolute Scope 3 emissions. Reductions at these levels were planned for 2022 but achieved a full year ahead of schedule. *  

Beginning at the Talladega race both RFK cars will be using motor oils specially formulated for RFK by Castrol with more than 50% RRBO (re-refined base oil).  Re-refined oil, on average, is 50% lower lifecycle carbon emissions vs. ordinary/conventional oil.** 

Prior to the race on Sunday, Castrol will lead a community-wide clean-up with Keselowski and fellow RFK driver Chris Buescher, who pilots the No. 17 car, on Friday April 22 (which is also Earth Day) in Oxford, Ala. Fans across the country are invited to join in the efforts by posting pictures to Instagram of their own clean-ups with the hashtag #drivingforchange for a chance to win Keselowski’s race-worn, fire suit.  Consumers must post pictures of their local clean ups by May 8.   

��Since RFK’s milestone commitment to carbon neutrality last year, we at Castrol have continued to look for ways to help drive change and to support our partner RFK,” said Castrol's Vice President of Marketing, Americas Rayne Pacek. “And we’re excited to get fans involved this year in the community clean up and to have Chris and Brad leading the charge in Oxford, in addition to raising awareness on the track.” 

Speaking about RFK’s carbon neutral journey Brad Keselowski said, “None of us can change the world overnight by ourselves, but every bit counts and I’m proud to be working alongside Castrol to raise awareness. I hope that RFK and Castrol can help inspire others and help to drive change.” 

“We’re thrilled to work with both Castrol and RFK to help make Oxford, Ala., even more beautiful,” said Alton Craft, Mayor of Oxford, Alabama. “We hope that our efforts can help inspire fans across the country to chip in – a chance for them to win Brad’s white fire suit doesn’t hurt, either!”

Anyone interested in learning more about Castrol’s #drivingforchange initiative should go here.  

* Reductions were made in accordance with the BSI PAS2060 standard for carbon neutrality, whereby an organization commits to reduce carbon emissions within their measured boundary and to report on that progress. Both the measured boundary and emission reductions have been assessed in accordance with BSI PAS2060 and the achievement of carbon neutrality has been assured by ERM CVS, a third-party assurer. RFK’s QES available upon request.

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2022 NASCAR Cup Series: Brad Keselowski, #6 Kohler Generators Ford, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. Download full resolution & extras on Patreon.