Owner(s) | Bill Baumgardner |
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Base | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Series | Winston Cup, Busch Series |
Race drivers | Johnny Benson, Randy LaJoie, Chad Little, Tony Raines, Tim Fedewa |
Sponsors | Lipton Tea, Fina, Bayer, Outdoor Channel |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
Opened | 1993 |
Closed | 2005 |
Career | |
Drivers' Championships | 3 (Busch Series) |
Race victories | 16 |
BACE Motorsports was a championship-winning NASCAR team. It was owned by entrepreneur Bill Baumgardner, who also founded Staff America. Baumgardner was inspired to start his own team after Staff America was a sponsor in the Busch Series for two years. The team was famous during its tenure for always running its familiar No. 74.
BACE made its debut in 1993 at the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway. Jack Sprague was the driver, and he finished 44th after the engine expired. After that less-than-stellar debut, Sprague and BACE made a good turn around, and they soon became a consistent top-20 contender, and had three top-10 finishes. After the fall race at Dover International Speedway, BACE and Sprague parted ways, and Winston Cup star Ernie Irvan occupied the car for one race, but another driver took the reins as well, a young short-track driver named Johnny Benson.
With Steve "Birdie" Bird as the crew chief, Benson's rookie year with BACE started off slow, as he originally didn't finish higher than 16th. After a long string of finishes 22nd or worse, Benson put together two consecutive top-5 finishes at The Milwaukee Mile and South Boston Speedway, then had three more top-ten finishes before winning his first race at Dover. At the end of 1994, Benson was named the Busch Series Rookie of the Year and was sixth in points. Benson's momentum carried over into the following year. Along with Lipton Tea coming on board as sponsor, Benson won twice early in the season, and finished outside of the top-ten only nine times. The consistency was enough for him to clinch that year's championship. When Benson signed on with Bahari Racing for 1996, veteran Randy LaJoie was tabbed his replacement along with a new sponsor in Fina. LaJoie had no problem adjusting, and he won five times as well as a second straight championship for BACE; then he repeated the performance in 1997. 1997 also saw the appearance of a second BACE car, the No. 33 Kleenex team driven by Tim Fedewa. In two seasons, Fedewa won twice and finished 7th in points in 1998. After a seemingly disappointing 1998 season that saw just one victory and a fourth-place finish in points, LaJoie left for Phoenix Racing while Fedewa signed with Cicci-Welliver Racing, and sponsor Kleenex departed for Progressive Motorsports.
BACE had an entirely different look in 1999. Alka-Seltzer and Bayer sponsored the 33 car driven by Jason Jarrett, while the rookie Tony Raines drove the unsponsored No. 74. [1] [2] The results were mixed. Raines showed consistency and came out of left field to win Rookie of the Year, [2] while Jarrett was released after the race at California Speedway, [3] and was replaced by a series of rotating drivers including Mike Wallace, Hermie Sadler, and Benson returning to the team briefly. For 2000, Raines slid over to the No. 33, while rookie P. J. Jones signed to drive the 74 car. [4] Raines finished second at South Boston, and finished 15th in points, while the 74 team disappeared briefly due to operating expenses, [5] before Chad Little became the driver towards the end of the year. Raines (No. 33) and Little (No. 74) returned in 2001, and both drivers finished in the top ten in points (Raines-6th, Little-9th). Raines finished 12th in point for the 2002 season in the No. 33. Little started the season out in the unsponsored No. 74 but after the first couple of races that season, BACE decided to make the move to Winston Cup running a part-time schedule in the No. 74 Monte Carlo. After missing several races, Little left the team. Raines drove the rest of the part-time schedule in 2002 and made the move to full-time Winston Cup in 2003. Raines got a sixth-place finish at North Carolina Speedway, but was left in the dust for the Rookie of the Year running. BACE returned to the Busch Series for 2004, but this time, Raines was not their original driver until later in the year, when he replaced Damon Lusk. BACE was forced to cut back to a part-time schedule because of their decreasing finances, and put Jimmy Spencer in the car with a few races to go in the season. In 2005, BACE announced they would temporarily suspend operations but return as soon as sponsorship was found. Its equipment was sold to Kevin Harvick Incorporated, and the team has not been heard from since.
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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 | NWCC | Pts | |||
2002 | Tony Raines | 73 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV 31 | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 68th | 70 |
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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 | NWCC | Pts | |||
1997 | Randy LaJoie | 74 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | TEX DNQ | BRI | MAR | SON | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | CAL | DAY | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR | PHO | ATL | N/A | - | |||||||
2002 | Chad Little | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL DNQ | RCH | CLT DNQ | DOV 33 | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | 45th | 572 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Raines | CHI DNQ | NHA | POC | IND DNQ | MCH 43 | BRI | DAR 35 | RCH | NHA | DOV 31 | KAN 41 | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL 29 | CAR DNQ | PHO 43 | HOM DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Varde | GLN 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Tony Raines | DAY 33 | CAR 37 | LVS 24 | ATL 24 | DAR 41 | BRI 42 | TEX 42 | TAL 16 | MAR 33 | CAL 31 | RCH 14 | CLT 37 | DOV 31 | POC 30 | MCH 33 | SON 31 | DAY DNQ | CHI 22 | NHA 33 | POC 16 | IND 25 | GLN 41 | MCH 24 | BRI 20 | DAR 42 | RCH 35 | NHA 33 | DOV 30 | TAL 31 | KAN 26 | CLT 25 | MAR 23 | ATL 18 | PHO 19 | CAR 6 | HOM 13 | 35th | 2800 |
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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 | Owners | Pts | ||||||
1996 | Greg Sacks | 7 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | NSV | DAR | BRI | HCY | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | MYB | GLN | MLW | NHA | TAL | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | HOM 31 | ||||||||||||
1997 | Bryan Wall | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | LVS | DAR | HCY | TEX | BRI | NSV | TAL | NHA | NZH 25 | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAL | CAR | HOM |
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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 | Owners | Pts | ||||
1998 | Johnny Benson Jr. | 26 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | NSV | DAR | BRI | TEX | HCY | TAL | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | RCH | PPR | GLN | MLW | MYB | CAL | SBO | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT 17 | GTY | CAR | ATL | HOM 7 | 71st | 146 | |||||
1999 | DAY 37 | CAR 14 | LVS 11 | ATL 43 | DAR | TEX 15 | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL 38 | NHA | RCH | NZH | CLT 35 | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | PPR | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | MEM | PHO | HOM | 57th | 562 |
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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 | NBSC | Pts | ||
1997 | Tim Fedewa | 33 | Chevy | DAY 34 | CAR 10 | RCH 18 | ATL 7 | LVS 15 | DAR 14 | HCY 3 | TEX 38 | BRI 7 | NSV 3 | TAL 5 | NHA 39 | NZH 11 | CLT 35 | DOV 15 | SBO 19 | GLN 32 | MLW 10 | MYB 12 | GTY 6 | IRP 4 | MCH 25 | BRI 27 | DAR 15 | RCH 9 | DOV 14 | CLT 27 | CAL 33 | CAR 19 | HOM 10 | 9th | 3398 | ||||||
1998 | DAY 20 | CAR 18 | LVS 19 | NSV 8 | DAR 34 | BRI 34 | TEX 13 | HCY 3 | TAL 27 | NHA 11 | NZH 1* | CLT 18 | DOV 17 | RCH 15 | PPR 35 | GLN 7 | MLW 8 | MYB 6 | CAL 17 | SBO 1 | IRP 38 | MCH 32 | BRI 5 | DAR 26 | RCH 21 | DOV 15 | CLT 30 | GTY 18 | CAR 9 | ATL 27 | HOM 10 | 8th | 3515 | ||||||||
1999 | Jason Jarrett | DAY 27 | CAR 21 | LVS 38 | ATL 23 | DAR 41 | TEX DNQ | NSV 24 | BRI DNQ | TAL 43 | CAL 39 | 32nd | 2167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johnny Benson Jr. | NHA 21 | RCH DNQ | DOV 12 | DOV 34 | CAR 6 | PHO 14 | HOM 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brad Leighton | NZH 34 | GLN 43 | MLW 37 | IRP 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Wallace | CLT DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Curtis Markham | SBO DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hermie Sadler | MYB 31 | PPR 11 | GTY 14 | MCH 32 | BRI DNQ | DAR DNQ | RCH 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geoff Bodine | CLT 17 | MEM 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | Tony Raines | DAY 21 | CAR 24 | LVS 16 | ATL 12 | DAR 21 | BRI 22 | TEX 15 | NSV 36 | TAL 33 | CAL 20 | RCH 15 | NHA 15 | CLT 25 | DOV 16 | SBO 2 | MYB 17 | GLN 14 | MLW 26 | NZH 12 | PPR 43 | GTY 28 | IRP 40 | MCH 35 | BRI 11 | DAR 39 | RCH 41 | DOV 24 | CLT 19 | CAR 26 | MEM 12 | PHO 18 | HOM 33 | 19th | 3061 | ||||||
2001 | DAY 36 | CAR 38 | LVS 4 | ATL 10 | DAR 22 | BRI 8 | TEX 20 | NSH 16 | TAL 14 | CAL 8 | RCH 2 | NHA 12 | NZH 6 | CLT 24 | DOV 10 | KEN 3 | MLW 10 | GLN 27 | CHI 11 | GTY 23 | PPR 19 | IRP 12 | MCH 3 | BRI 17 | DAR 10 | RCH 21 | DOV 7 | KAN 7 | CLT 14 | MEM 31 | PHO 16 | CAR 22 | HOM 14 | 8th | 3975 | ||||||
2002 | Pontiac | DAY 34 | TAL 20 | 13th | 3804 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | CAR 9 | LVS 36 | DAR 7 | BRI 11 | TEX 20 | NSH 30 | CAL 25 | RCH 37 | NHA 24 | NZH 10 | CLT 21 | DOV 27 | NSH 22 | KEN 3 | MLW 5 | DAY 13 | CHI 18 | GTY 5 | PPR 35 | IRP 9 | MCH 16 | BRI 8 | DAR 9 | RCH 4 | DOV 11 | KAN 5 | CLT 11 | MEM 15 | ATL 19 | CAR 23 | PHO 28 | HOM 36 | |||||||||
2003 | DAY | CAR | LVS 33 | DAR | BRI 2 | TEX 36 | TAL | NSH | CAL 31 | RCH 3 | GTY | NZH | CLT 36 | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI 8 | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI 8 | DAR | RCH 8 | DOV 22 | KAN 38 | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO 23 | CAR | 39th | 1339 | ||||||
Damon Lusk | HOM 18 |
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