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Owner(s) | Craig Martins Tommy Joe Martins Caesar Bacarella |
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Principal(s) | Tommy Joe Martins (President) |
Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
Series | NASCAR Xfinity Series |
Race drivers | Xfinity Series: 4. Parker Retzlaff 5. Caesar Bacarella (part-time) 44. Brennan Poole 45. Caesar Bacarella, Mason Massey, Brad Perez, Vicente Salas, Lavar Scott, Stefan Parsons, Josh Williams |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
Opened | 2009 |
Career | |
Debut | Xfinity Series: 2014 Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Phoenix) Truck Series: 2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Lucas Oil Raceway) ARCA Racing Series: 2010 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 (Daytona) |
Latest race | Xfinity Series: 2025 Pacific Office Automation 147 (Portland) Truck Series: 2017 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) ARCA Racing Series: 2011 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 (Daytona) |
Races competed | Total: 242 Xfinity Series: 199 Truck Series: 41 ARCA Racing Series: 2 |
Drivers' Championships | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
Race victories | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
Pole positions | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
Alpha Prime Racing (formerly Martins Motorsports) is an American stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team was founded in 2009 by Craig Martins, and fields the No. 4 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Parker Retzlaff full-time, the No. 5 for Caesar Bacarella part-time, the No. 44 for Brennan Poole full-time, and the No. 45 full-time for multiple drivers. The team was inactive from 2018 to 2019 and changed to their current name starting with the 2022 season.
On December 18, 2024, it was announced that the No. 43 team would be renumbered to the No. 4, with newcomer Parker Retzlaff announced as the driver for 2025. [1] On April 19, 2025 at Rockingham, Retzlaff scored the team's best finish with a third place finish, also tying his own best finish in an NXS race. However, just hours later, race winner Jesse Love got disqualified in post race inspection, bringing Retzlaff's finish to second place, now overtaking the 2024 season opener as the best finish in his Xfinity Series career.
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 | NXSC | Pts |
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2025 | Parker Retzlaff | 4 | Chevy | DAY 29 | ATL 27 | COA DNQ | PHO 11 | LVS 21 | HOM 17 | MAR 12 | DAR 20 | BRI 18 | CAR 2 | TAL 38 | TEX 14 | CLT 37 | NSH 37 | MXC 35 | POC 22 | ATL 36 | CSC 24 | SON 28 | DOV 19 | IND 14 | IOW 13 | GLN 22 | DAY 38 | PIR 30 | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO |
On August 18, 2025, it was announced that the team would field a fourth car, which would be the No. 5 at the summer Daytona race, with Caesar Bacarella driving. [2] The team obtained owner's points from the No. 5 from Our Motorsports.
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 | NXSC | Pts |
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2025 | Caesar Bacarella | 5 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY 28 | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO |
On September 15, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Ryan Ellis would return for an increased number of races in 2023 with specific partnership announcements coming at a later date. [3] On December 20, the team announced it would be starting a third car with Ellis being the primary driver in 25 races with potentially more races being announced at a later date. He would complete 30 of the 33 races in the 43. [4] Caesar Bacarella drove the car to a sixth place finish at Talladega. Leland Honeyman finished 28th at Portland, while Dylan Lupton finished 24th at Sonoma.
On August 4, 2023, APR announced that Ellis will run full-time in 2024. [5]
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 | NXSC | Pts |
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2023 | Ryan Ellis | 43 | Chevy | DAY 35 | CAL 34 | LVS 27 | PHO 19 | ATL 23 | COA 20 | RCH 15 | MAR 28 | DOV 25 | DAR 33 | CLT 27 | NSH 28 | CSC 31 | ATL 25 | NHA 19 | POC 18 | ROA 35 | MCH 23 | IRC 29 | GLN 30 | DAY 32 | DAR 29 | KAN 17 | BRI 18 | TEX 13 | ROV 36 | HOM 24 | MAR 24 | PHO 26 | 28th | 393 | ||||
Ford | LVS 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caesar Bacarella | Chevy | TAL 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leland Honeyman | PIR 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dylan Lupton | SON 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Ryan Ellis | DAY 11 | ATL 25 | LVS 22 | PHO 21 | COA 33 | RCH 27 | MAR 26 | TEX 26 | TAL 26 | DOV 13 | DAR 38 | CLT 27 | PIR 17 | SON 26 | IOW 14 | NHA 35 | NSH 23 | CSC 21 | POC 36 | IND 23 | MCH 14 | DAY 37 | DAR 21 | ATL 21 | GLN 15 | BRI 24 | KAN 19 | TAL 15 | ROV 31 | LVS 28 | HOM 25 | MAR 18 | PHO 25 | 28th | 441 | ||
On December 24, 2019, two years after shutting down its operations, Martins Motorsports announced its return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020, with longtime sponsor and family friend Rodney Riessen joining Craig Martins as the team's co-owners. The team will field the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Tommy Joe Martins. [6] The team bought chassis from GMS Racing and JGL Racing to help bolster its inventory, which already included a road course car Martins ran for MBM Motorsports in 2019. [7] The team failed to qualify for the season-opening race at Daytona, and had to temporarily lay off all of its employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] Midway through the season, the team hired Buddy Sisco as crew chief and results turned around. [8] On October 24, Martins recorded both his and the team's first top-10 finish at Texas Motor Speedway with a 10th-place finish; Martins had confirmed a 2021 return earlier that month. [9] [10]
On August 30, 2021, the team announced it had formed a partnership with Caesar Bacarella, renaming the team to Alpha Prime Racing (after Bacarella's fitness brand) beginning with the 2022 season. Martins, Bacarella and Rajah Caruth are signed to drive for the team in 2022. [11] [12] [13] On November 22, 2021, Bacarella was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for a violation of the sanctioning bodies substance abuse policy. A team statement issued by Tommy Joe Martins (in his capacity as General Manager) said that Bacarella had taken a workout supplement that he was unaware was on the banned substance list and that Bacarella is expected to be reinstated in time for the first race of 2022. [14] On February 14, 2022, Bacarella was reinstated by NASCAR; [15] Martins would drive the car in the opening race at Daytona, with Bacarella instead driving the No. 45. [16]
On December 13, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing said in a press release that Jeffrey Earnhardt will be competing full time for the team in 2023. One of Earnhardt's long-time sponsors, ForeverLawn, will serve as the primary sponsor for the entry for multiple events. [17] However, in the race at COTA, Earnhardt was swapped out in favor of Sage Karam, who only completed 23 laps before engine issues kept him from finishing the race. Earnhardt continued to race the #44 until Darlington in May, when he was swapped to the No. 45 permanently. Since then, several drivers have driven the No. 44 car, including Karam, Rajah Caruth, Daniel Dye, and Greg Van Alst. The car failed to qualify for 6 races in the season. At Martinsville in October, Rajah drove the No. 44 Chevrolet to a twelfth place finish, the best finish of the season for the team.
On November 9, 2023, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Brennan Poole would drive for the team full-time in 2024 with primary sponsorship from Finance Pro Plus (twenty races) and Macc Door Systems (ten races). [18]
On March 29, 2025, Poole got Alpha Prime their first ever top-five finish on a non-superspeedway with a fourth place finish at Martinsville, while also running in the top-ten for the last twenty laps. Three weeks later at Rockingham, Poole once again got APR a top-five on a non-superspeedway with a fifth place finish (fourth after a post-race inspection disqualification). Parker Retzlaff also finished third (second after the disqualification), giving APR their first ever double top-five.
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 | NXSC | Pts |
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2020 | Tommy Joe Martins | 44 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | LVS 32 | CAL 18 | PHO 28 | DAR 26 | CLT 24 | BRI 23 | ATL 22 | HOM 31 | HOM 20 | TAL 15 | POC 30 | IND 35 | KEN 33 | KEN 27 | TEX 15 | KAN 18 | ROA 18 | DAY 13 | DOV 21 | DOV 15 | DAY 14 | DAR 26 | RCH 15 | RCH 26 | BRI 24 | LVS 22 | TAL 15 | CLT 27 | KAN 14 | TEX 10 | MAR 16 | PHO 34 | 22nd | 481 |
2021 | DAY 24 | DAY 24 | HOM 18 | LVS 15 | PHO 17 | ATL 18 | MAR 34 | TAL 11 | DAR 15 | DOV 20 | COA 35 | CLT 29 | MOH 39 | TEX 21 | NSH 20 | POC 20 | ROA 15 | ATL 16 | NHA 21 | GLN 19 | IND 21 | MCH 19 | DAY 18 | DAR 37 | RCH 37 | BRI 23 | LVS 14 | TAL 18 | CLT 33 | TEX 18 | KAN 23 | MAR 40 | PHO 24 | 22nd | 497 | |||
2022 | DAY 24 | CAL 31 | TEX 14 | 25th | 461 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ryan Ellis | LVS 13 | PHO 16 | TAL 32 | TEX 30 | CLT 13 | NSH 24 | IND 36 | MCH 27 | DAR 22 | BRI 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sage Karam | ATL 32 | COA 16 | ATL 38 | DAY 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rajah Caruth | RCH 24 | DOV 38 | POC 38 | LVS 20 | MAR 12 | PHO 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howie DiSavino III | MAR 36 | NHA 17 | KAN 28 | TAL 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Josh Bilicki | DAR 28 | ROA 13 | CLT 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andy Lally | PIR 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stefan Parsons | GLN 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Julia Landauer | HOM 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | DAY 28 | CAL 26 | LVS 29 | PHO 33 | ATL 34 | RCH 18 | MAR 20 | TAL 31 | DOV 37 | HOM 18 | 35th | 273 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sage Karam | COA 35 | DAR 31 | SON 34 | NSH DNQ | CSC 22 | POC 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rajah Caruth | CLT 25 | NHA 37 | BRI 17 | ROV 19 | MAR 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dylan Lupton | PIR 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greg Van Alst | ATL 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brad Perez | ROA 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mason Massey | MCH DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conor Daly | IRC DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stefan Parsons | GLN 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caesar Bacarella | DAY 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dawson Cram | DAR DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leland Honeyman | KAN DNQ | PHO DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Dye | TEX 17 | LVS 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Brennan Poole | DAY 19 | ATL 20 | LVS 19 | PHO 20 | COA 15 | RCH 28 | MAR 14 | TEX 21 | TAL 5 | DOV 22 | DAR 20 | CLT 31 | PIR 16 | SON 14 | IOW 28 | NHA 16 | NSH 21 | CSC 20 | POC 26 | IND 21 | MCH 33 | DAY 16 | DAR 20 | ATL 15 | GLN 23 | BRI 17 | KAN 18 | TAL 9 | ROV 38 | LVS 21 | HOM 18 | MAR 13 | PHO 24 | 16th | 572 | ||
2025 | DAY 30 | ATL 17 | COA 20 | PHO 17 | LVS 22 | HOM 14 | MAR 4 | DAR 20 | BRI 36 | CAR 4 | TAL 19 | TEX 17 | CLT 22 | NSH 16 | MXC 38 | POC 16 | ATL 17 | CSC 10 | SON 22 | DOV 27 | IND 20 | IOW 20 | GLN 12 | DAY 9 | PIR 13 | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO |
On April 14, 2017, the team announced a nine-race Xfinity slate for 2017 [19] with Tommy Joe Martins, [20] car No. 45 [21] and sponsor Diamond Gusset Jeans, [22] starting with the spring race at Richmond and focusing primarily on short to intermediate tracks with the exception of the Indianapolis race. [23] After failing to qualify and withdrawing from the first two planned events, the No. 45's schedule was folded into a ride with B. J. McLeod Motorsports, which culminated with a career-best 11th-place finish at Iowa for the driver. [24]
On January 5, 2021, Alpha Prime Racing announced the number for their second full-time entry to be 45 and on January 6 announced Sage Karam to be one of the drivers.
On December 2, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Sage Karam would be returning in 2023 for seeventeen races, starting with the spring race at Atlanta. [25] On December 23, 2022, Alpha Prime announced that Stefan Parsons would also be returning for select races in 2023. [26] Caesar Bacarella would also be driving the car at Daytona and Talladega.
The No. 45 scaled back to a part–time schedule in 2024. Confirmed drivers are Bacarella for at least four superspeedway races, and Brad Perez for the race at the Circuit of the Americas. [27] [28] On July 16, Alpha Prime acquired the owner points from the JD Motorsports No. 4 for the No. 45 at Indianapolis, after JD Motorsports filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [29]
This car was the team's secondary focus in their 2014 foray, with Clay Greenfield behind the wheel at Daytona. However, he along with Willie Allen failed to qualify, making Martins Motorsports 0 for 2 in that race. [30] The car withdrew the next week after no driver was found to drive it. The team then took time off to prepare for the spring Bristol race, where Tommy Joe Martins crashed in qualifying and withdrew. [31] To recoup from that, the team did not return until Michigan, when Benny Gordon qualified the car but then switched to Martins when he failed to qualify the No. 76. [32]
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 | NXSC | Pts |
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2014 | Clay Greenfield | 67 | Dodge | DAY DNQ | PHO | LVS | 63rd | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tommy Joe Martins | BRI DNQ | CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ford | MCH 38 | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||
The primary focus in 2014, Nationwide veteran Willie Allen failed to qualify the No. 76 at Daytona and Bristol. [33] Tommy Joe Martins then took over the reins of what was left as the team's only entry after the demise of the No. 67, making eight races in the No. 76 and failing to qualify for four, including its last three attempts. The team primarily start and parked, but ran full races at higher-paying events like at Talladega and Charlotte. [34] The team's last attempt was at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [35]
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 | NXSC | Pts |
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2014 | Willie Allen | 76 | Dodge | DAY DNQ | BRI DNQ | CAL | 44th | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tommy Joe Martins | TEX 35 | DAR 30 | RCH 36 | TAL 14 | CLT 31 | DOV 35 | MCH DNQ | ROA 31 | KEN DNQ | DAY DNQ | NHA | CHI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ford | PHO 35 | LVS 39 | IOW 36 | IND DNQ | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||
The team debuted the No. 42 in 2011 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park with Tommy Joe Martins behind the wheel. The team returned at Iowa Speedway in 2017 with Matt Mills behind the wheel and additional races to be determined. [36] Though the car never hit the track that weekend, the scheme was included in the original version of NASCAR Heat 2. The additional races were in the team's No. 44 entry. Martins returned for the 2017 Jag Metals 350 but a possible suspension problem led to a wrecked truck in practice, and a blown right-front tire three laps into the race ended Martins' weekend. The backup truck was loaned from fellow independent Mike Harmon. [37]
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 | Owners | Pts |
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2011 | Tommy Joe Martins | 42 | Ram | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP 33 | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM | ||
2017 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX 32 | PHO | HOM | ||||||
The first race for Martins Motorsports was in 2009, when Tommy Joe Martins ran a four race schedule, recording a best finish of 21st at Chicagoland. [38] The team and driver returned for one race as the No. 42 in 2011, finishing 33rd at Lucas Oil Raceway. [39] After taking all of 2015 off to recover from a failed Xfinity Series effort, the team returned in 2016 with Martins as the full-time driver except for a qualifying crash at Martinsville (spot sold to Austin Wayne Self), [40] Eldora (dirt racer J. R. Heffner), [41] and a DNQ at Homestead-Miami. [42]
On February 13, 2017, Martins Motorsports announced a partnership with another family Truck team, Brandonbilt Motorsports, [43] to put driver Brandon Brown in the 44 truck for "select races". [44] However, the operations of the 44 truck ceased with the 2017 Xfinity announcement except for Heffner again piloting the truck at Eldora. [45] After ceasing operations, owner points of the 44 truck were sold to Faith Motorsports. When that team ran into organizational trouble mid-season, Matt Mills drove the truck for a race at Kentucky but crashed out. The much-anticipated return of Heffner the following race [46] was derailed due to a blown engine early in the weekend, the entry never making it to the grid. After the Eldora race, the 44 became a joint-prepared effort between Martins and AM Racing. [37] That relationship lasted through the end of the season except for Faith and Ted Minor running a Las Vegas shooting paint scheme at Texas. [47] [48]
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 | Owners | Pts |
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2009 | Tommy Joe Martins | 44 | Ford | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP 22 | NSH 27 | BRI | CHI 21 | IOW | GTW 27 | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||
2016 | Chevy | DAY 32 | ATL 25 | KAN 32 | DOV 24 | CLT 25 | TEX 25 | IOW 30 | GTW 18 | KEN 26 | POC 17 | BRI 31 | MCH 15 | MSP 19 | CHI 24 | NHA 21 | LVS 22 | TAL 16 | MAR 25 | TEX 31 | PHO 30 | HOM DNQ | ||||||||
Austin Wayne Self | Toyota | MAR 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J. R. Heffner | Chevy | ELD 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Brandon Brown | DAY DNQ | MAR 27 | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tommy Joe Martins | ATL 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matt Mills | KEN 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J. R. Heffner | ELD Wth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Wayne Self | POC 16 | MCH 15 | BRI 24 | MSP | CHI 20 | NHA 14 | LVS 20 | TAL | MAR 29 | TEX | PHO 25 | HOM 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Following reports two days earlier that longtime crew chief Kevin Eagle had left the team, primary driver and owner Tommy Joe Martins took to Twitter, Periscope and the media to announce the team's closure in late December 2017. The team had plans to compete in a full 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule; however, two drivers signed to drive on handshake deals failed to follow through, leaving the team's financial security in doubt. [49] Tommy Joe, commenting on the situation, noted the irony of the situation that the team had been founded as an underdog, family team and now had to rely on pay drivers to survive, the antithesis of what the team was founded on. Once those drivers with sponsors backed out, Martins said that his family was unwilling to take the $300,000 or $400,000 loss that the team took in 2017. At different points, he called the decision "hard" to give up on a dream, yet "easy" to make financially. [50] He also did not rule out a return to the Xfinity Series but the return did not seem likely at the time of closure. [49] Martins later disclosed that the team had approached Ford Performance to become a partner team but that the manufacturer turned the team down.
In 2011, the team fielded the No. 42 Dodge at Daytona with Tommy Joe Martins behind the wheel. He finished fourteenth.
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Owners | Pts |
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2011 | Tommy Joe Martins | 42 | Dodge | DAY 14 | TAL | SLM | TOL | NJE | CHI | POC | MCH | WIN | BLN | IOW | IRP | POC | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KAN | TOL | ||
The team debuted in the ARCA Series in 2010. They fielded the No. 95 Ford for Tommy Joe Martins at Daytona. He finished eighth.
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Owners | Pts |
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2010 | Tommy Joe Martins | 95 | Ford | DAY 8 | PBE | SLM | TEX | TAL | TOL | POC | MCH | IOW | MFD | POC | BLN | NJE | ISF | CHI | DSF | TOL | SLM | KAN | CAR | ||