StarCom Racing
Owner(s) | William Woehlemann Michael Kohler Matthew Kohler Derrike Cope |
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Series | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series |
Race drivers | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 00.Landon Cassill Joey Gase 99. Derrike Cope Garrett Smithley Kyle Weatherman Landon Cassill Gray Gaulding (part-time) |
Sponsors | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 00. StarCom Fiber, VRX Simulators, USFRA.org, Superior Essex, TW Cable, RNH Electric 99. StarCom Fiber |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
Career | |
Debut | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 2017 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas) |
Latest race | 2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona) |
Races competed | 27 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
StarCom Racing (SCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team currently fields the No. 00 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 full-time for Landon Cassill and Joey Gase, and the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 part-time for Cup series veteran and 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope, NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Garrett Smithley, Kyle Weatherman, Gray Gaulding and Cassill when the 00 is occupied by Joey Gase. Cope also serves as the team's manager. StarCom Racing has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.[1]
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
StarCom Fiber on September 25, 2017; announced their intentions to field a car in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team selected veteran driver Derrike Cope to drive the No. 00 StarCom Fiber Chevrolet, whom they've previously sponsored throughout the 2017 season at Premium Motorsports.[2] Almost a month later, ESPN reported SCR would be making its Monster Energy debut at Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400.[3]
Car No. 00 history
On September 25, 2017, StarCom Fiber, who had sponsored Derrike Cope throughout the season at Premium Motorsports, announced their intentions to field a car in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, selecting driver Derrike Cope to drive No. 00 StarCom Fiber Chevrolet.[4] On October 17, 2017, it was reported StarCom Racing will make its NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series debut at Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400.[5]
Prior to their first planned attempt at Dover, the No. 00 withdrew from the race due to not having a sufficient staff for the team to successfully operate. On October 22, The team would go on to successfully debut at the Hollywood Casino 400 in Kansas, starting 40th and finishing in 40th after numerous problems plagued the team. On October 29, Cope would later announce the team would attempt two more NASCAR premier series races next month at Texas and Phoenix.[6] That same day, SCR announced the team had decided that they would longer attempt to race in Texas, instead focusing all of their effort on Phoenix. Phoenix once again got off to a rough start for the team, as they had to cut the first practice short with engine issues. When the problem was not fixed by qualifying, Cope and team decided to skip qualifying and take the last position on the grid. The race, however, went much better for the team. After starting last, the team quickly moved out of the last position. After a series of problems for other teams, the No. 00 car managed a 32nd-place run, completing the race.
On January 24, 2018, StarCom announced that they had secured a charter and will run the full schedule, with Cope planning to drive the majority of the races.[7] However, Jeffrey Earnhardt was later announced as the driver for the 2018 Daytona 500.[8] Earnhardt piloted the car for the first 5 races of the season with sponsorship from VRX Simulators. He earning a best finish of 21st at Daytona. On March 18, 2018, Earnhardt and StarCom Racing had agreed to part ways.[9] Earnhardt was replaced by Landon Cassill, who brought two races of sponsorship from USFRA.org.[10] On April 10, 2018 they announced that TW Cable, LLC and Superior Essex would sponsor Cassill at Bristol.[11] On April 17, 2018, it was announced that NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Joey Gase would drive the car at Talladega with sponsorship from Gase's Xfinity Series sponsor, Sparks Energy.[12] Cassill returned to the car at Dover with sponsorship from RNH Electric.[13] Road course ringer, Tomy Drissi was hired to drive the #00 at Sonoma for the 2018 Toyota/Save Mart 350. On the 2018 South Point 400 at Las Vegas fall race, Landon Cassill finished 18th place, the best finish by a team so far.
Car No. 00 results
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
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2017 | Derrike Cope | 00 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | TAL | KAN 40 |
MAR | TEX | PHO 32 |
HOM | 43rd | 6 |
2018 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | DAY 21 |
ATL 34 |
LVS 31 |
PHO 35 |
CAL 36 |
-* | -* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Landon Cassill | MAR 38 |
TEX 21 |
BRI 20 |
RCH 34 |
DOV 31 |
KAN 25 |
CLT 28 |
POC 31 |
MCH 32 |
CHI 36 |
KEN 33 |
NHA 37 |
POC 34 |
GLN 31 |
MCH 29 |
BRI 25 |
DAR 30 |
IND 31 |
LVS 18 |
CLT 29 |
DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||
Joey Gase | TAL 27 |
DAY 25 |
RCH 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomy Drissi | SON 32 |
Car No. 99 history
Team manager Derrike Cope was originally intended to pilot the No. 00 for the majority of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, however, after the hiring of Jeffrey Earnhardt to drive full-time, StarCom announced that they intended to field a second car, the No. 99, part-time for Cope and possibly other drivers. Cope announced that they were hoping to field the No. 99 beginning at Texas Motor Speedway, with Cope planning to drive unless another driver with sponsorship was found. However, the team didn't race at Texas, instead delaying the #99 car debut until the AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway.[13] An early wreck relegated Cope to 37th in his first race in the 99. The 99 car returned at Pocono with Cope and Garrett Smithley made his debut in the 99 at Michigan.[14]
Car No. 99 results
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
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2018 | Derrike Cope | 99 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV 37 |
KAN | CLT | POC 34 |
DAR 33 |
IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | -* | ||||||||||
Garrett Smithley | MCH 39 |
SON | KEN 36 |
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Kyle Weatherman | CHI 33 |
NHA 31 |
POC 31 |
GLN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Landon Cassill | DAY 24 |
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Gray Gaulding | MCH 33 |
BRI 40 |
References
- ^ Beard, Brock (June 23, 2018). "Cope says Starcom Racing has "come a long way in a short period of time"". Jayski's Silly Season Site/ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/20820336/starcom-racing-launches-compete-monster-energy-nascar-cup-series
- ^ http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/21049958/starcom-racing-debut-kansas
- ^ http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/20820336/starcom-racing-launches-compete-monster-energy-nascar-cup-series
- ^ http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/21049958/starcom-racing-debut-kansas
- ^ http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/21202556/cope-plans-attempt-phoenix
- ^ "Derrike Cope, StarCom Racing Acquire Charter for 2018 Season". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "StarCom Racing signs Jeffrey Earnhardt for 2018 season | NASCAR.com". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Jeffrey Earnhardt and StarCom Racing part ways". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Landon Cassill to drive next two races for StarCom Racing | NASCAR.com". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "StarCom Racing partners with TW Cable, LLC, Superior Essex and Landon Cassill for the Food City 500". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Joey Gase Joins StarCom Racing for Talladega". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ a b "StarCom Racing Set to Field Second Car at Dover with Drivers Cassill & Cope - StarCom Racing". StarCom Racing. 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ Beard, Brock (2018-05-06). "CUP: Corey LaJoie scores third engine-related last-place finish in four starts". LASTCAR. Blogger. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
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