Arnold Motorsports

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Arnold Motorsports
Arnold Motorsports logo.png
Owner(s)Don Arnold
BaseConcord, North Carolina
Series Nextel Cup Series
Race drivers Derrike Cope, P. J. Jones, Todd Bodine, Jimmy Spencer, Jorge Goeters
SponsorsArnold Development Companies, Allied Steel Buildings, U.S. Micro Corporation, Thrifty Rent A Car, Melling
Manufacturer Dodge
Opened2003
Closed2006
Career
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories0

Arnold Motorsports was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team operated by Don Arnold, owner of Arnold Development Companies and Arnold & Arnold Real Estate. [1] [2] 1983 Winston Cup champion Bobby Allison was the Vice President of operations and also served a consultant. From 2004 to 2005, the team formed a partnership with then-Craftsman Truck Series team Germain Racing as Germain-Arnold Racing, although Germain fielded Toyota Tundras in the Truck Series while the Cup Series team fielded Dodges. [2]

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History

Arnold Motorsports was formed in 2003 after the purchase of the race shop and equipment of Melling Racing. [1] [2] The team debuted as the No.79 Arnold Development Companies Dodge, with Pro Cup Series driver Billy Bigley Jr. driving. The team originally planned to run 34 races, but eventually scaled back its plans. After Bigley failed to qualify for the three events he attempted, he was released. Derrike Cope attempted the season finale at Homestead, but also failed to qualify. [1]

The team returned full-time in 2004 with Derrike Cope at the wheel. Cope co-owned the team and merged his Quest Motor Racing team with Arnold's. [1] The team briefly received sponsorship from Redneckjunk.com (unrelated to a RacingJunk.com that sponsored Carl Long during this same time frame), but was forced to remove its decals by NASCAR [3] because the sanctioning body didn't believe it "projected the proper image of [the] sport." [3] [4] After twelve starts, Cope was replaced by Mike Wallace at Dover. Wallace, along with P. J. Jones, Jeff Fuller and Todd Bodine, finished out the year.

In 2005 Jimmy Spencer drove the car [5] in what was a limited schedule due to lack of sponsorship. The team announced Allied Buildings as the sponsor for the rest of 2005 and all of 2006 at the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Arnold also owned a share of a Craftsman Truck Series team with Germain Motor Company as the No.30 Toyota. But Arnold sold the interest in that team to focus on Cup. The team's only attempt in 2006 came at the Daytona 500 with Larry Foyt as driver, but the team missed the race. In May 2006, the team announced it was shutting down. The shop later housed Spraker Racing in the ARCA Re/MAX Series. Team founder Don Arnold died in December 2015.

In other media

The team's 50 car is featured in the video game NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup driven by Cope, and in NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control driven by Jimmy Spencer. Germain Racing's truck series cars in the latter game were listed under Arnold Motorsports.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Car No. 50 results

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536OwnersPts
2003 Billy Bigley 79 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND
DNQ		 GLN MCH BRI
DNQ		 DAR RCH
DNQ		 NHA DOV
DNQ		 TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL
DNQ		 PHO CAR 58th147
Derrike Cope HOM
DNQ
2004 50 DAY
30		 CAR
30		 LVS
33		 ATL
38		 DAR
25		 BRI
26		 TEX
37		 MAR
33		 TAL
38		 CAL
31		 RCH
29		 CLT
34		37th1958
Mike Wallace DOV
35		 DAY
41		 NHA
32
P. J. Jones POC
22		 MCH
25		 SON
39		 CHI
39		 POC
43
Todd Bodine IND
41		 GLN
41		 MCH
43		 BRI
23		 RCH
43		 NHA
23		 KAN
39		 MAR
43		 ATL
39		 PHO
43		 DAR
39		 HOM
DNQ
Jeff Fuller CAL
43		 DOV
43		 TAL CLT
42
2005 Jimmy Spencer DAY CAL LVS ATL
29		 BRI
21		 MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT
42		 DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND
DNQ		 BRI
28		 CAL RCH
36		 NHA
39		 DOV TAL KAN CLT
DNQ		 MAR ATL
DNQ		 TEX
39		 PHO
36		 HOM
31		47th674
Jorge Goeters GLN
35		 MCH
2006 Larry Foyt DAY
DNQ		 CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 74th10

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