Red Horse Racing
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| Owner(s) | Jeff Hammond Thomas DeLoach |
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| Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Series | Camping World Truck Series |
| Race drivers | 7. John King 11. Todd Bodine 17. Timothy Peters |
| Sponsors | 7. None 11. Good Sam RV Club 17. TBC Retail Group/Apex Tool Group |
| Manufacturer | Toyota |
| Career | |
| Debut | 2005 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 |
| Races competed | 180 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 4 |
| Pole positions | 4 |
Red Horse Racing is an American racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. It is co-owned by business executive Tom DeLoach and NASCAR on Fox broadcaster Jeff Hammond. They field the No. 7 Toyota for John King, No. 11 Toyota for Todd Bodine and the No. 17 TBC Retail Group/Apex Tool Group/K&N Toyota Tundra for Timothy Peters in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
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[edit] Truck Series
[edit] Truck No. 1 history
Red Horse Racing debuted in 2004 as Clean Line Motorsports. It was owned by Daniel Whitt and fielded the No. 38 Ford for his son Brandon. The team debuted at Mesa Marin Speedway finishing 19th. Clean Line was purchased by retired Mobil Oil executive Tom DeLoach, and championship crew chief/sports commentator Jeff Hammond before the 2005 season and was renamed Red Horse Racing. Whitt grabbed the team's first win at Memphis from the pole.
For the 2006 season, David Starr, former driver of the No. 75 Spears Chevy Silverado, drove the team's Toyotas, which switched from No. 38 to #11. Starr then won the fourth race of the season at Martinsville and finished fourth in the standings. Despite their success, the team was forced to release Starr at the end of the year due to a lack of sponsorship. He was replaced by Aaron Fike in 2007, and the team switched numbers again, to #1. After Fike was arrested in Ohio for drug use, Busch Series drivers David Green and Jason Leffler rounded out the season for the team, and Whitt returned at Atlanta. For 2008, David Starr returned to RHR after departing for Circle Bar Racing, with the team running the #11. The team's reunion would garner them four top fives and eight top tens but only a 12th place points finish. Starr would again depart the team, taking new sponsor Zachry Holdings with him to HT Motorsports. Red Horse would bring along former ARCA driver T. J. Bell, who had five top-tens and finished fifteenth in points. The team switched to the No. 1 and hired former Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. briefly. The team returned as the No. 11 truck in 2012, with Todd Bodine driving in the NextEra Energy Resources 250.[1]
[edit] Truck No. 7 history
This truck debuted in 2009 with defending champion Johnny Benson at the wheel as the No. 1 truck. On June 8, 2009, the team announced that the number 1 truck would be shut down due to a lack of sponsorship, leaving Benson without a ride to defend the title he won in 2008. It would run one race later in the season at O'Reilly Raceway Park with Caitlin Shaw driving it to a 24th place finish. The team returned in 2010, fielding 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series champion Justin Lofton in the No. 7 Tundra for Rookie of the Year honors. Lofton would finish second to Austin Dillon in ROTY points, but was released at season's end. He was be replaced by Brazil native Miguel Paludo, who brought sponsorship from Stemco Duroline. Paludo managed a few top tens but was outpaced mostly by Peters. Paludo left after 2011 to join Turner Motorsports. Paludo was replaced by rookie John King for the 2012 season. During the first race of the season, the NextEra Energy Resources 250, King won his first Camping World Truck Series race.[2]
[edit] Truck No. 17 history
Peters joined the team midway through 2009 from Premier Racing with Strutmasters sponsorship, and earned his first win at Martinsville Speedway. Peters returned to the team in 2010 and scored his second win at Daytona en route to finishing 6th in points for the year. Peters returned to the team for 2011 but had Butch Hylton as crew chief. The team won at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and finished fifth in points.
[edit] Nationwide Series
The team has made one Nationwide Series start with Truck Series driver, Justin Lofton in the No. 71 WeekendWarriorsTV.com Toyota Camry at Texas Motor Speedway in the 2010 O'Reilly 300 and finished 37th after starting 31st.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Pockrass, Bob (February 6, 2012). "Two-time champ Todd Bodine lands truck ride for Daytona". SceneDaily.com. http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/truckseries/Two-time_champ_Todd_Bodine_lands_truck_ride_for_Daytona.html. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Jensen, Tom (February 24, 2012). "Green, White Wreckers - King Wins". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/trucks-green-white-wreckers-king-wins. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ "2010 Official Race Results : O'Reilly 300". NASCAR. http://www.nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/races/2010/results-official/7/. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
[edit] External links
- Team Website
- Red Horse Racing owner statistics at Racing Reference
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