CJM Racing

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CJM Racing
CJM Racing logo.jpg
Owner(s) Bryan Mullet
Tony Mullet
Greg Pollex
Base Mooresville, North Carolina
Series Sprint Cup Series
Nationwide Series
Camping World Truck Series
Race drivers Mike Bliss, Kertus Davis, David Gilliland, Denny Hamlin, Jason Keller, Scott Lagasse Jr., Brent Sherman, Mike Skinner, Brandon Whitt
Sponsors America's Incredible Pizza Company, Carfax, FedEx, Force Protection Inc., Ridemakerz
Manufacturer Chevy
Ford
Toyota
Opened 2006
Closed 2009
Career
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories0

CJM Racing was a NASCAR Nationwide Series team. It fielded the No. 11 car for a variety of drivers.

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Sprint Cup Series

Businessmen Bryan and Tony Mullet formed Victory Motorsports in 2006 when they purchased the Sprint Cup equipment of Faith Motorsports from Morgan Shepherd. After failing to make the field for each of the early attempts, Shepherd and the team went their separate ways and the team changed its name to CJM Racing. Kertus Davis and David Gilliland, and Brent Sherman took over the newly renumbered Dutch Quality Stone No. 72 car. Mike Skinner drove the car for two races that season.

Car No. 72 results

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536OwnersPts
2006 Kertus Davis 72 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT
DNQ
DOV DAY
DNQ
CHI NHA POC IND 56th317
Brent Sherman POC
DNQ
MCH
David Gilliland SON
32
Dale Quarterley GLN
DNQ
MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL
Mike Skinner Chevy CLT
43
MAR
39
ATL
DNQ
TEX
DNQ
Brandon Whitt PHO
43
HOM
DNQ
2007 DAY
DNQ
CAL
DNQ
LVS
DNQ
ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 62nd32

Nationwide Series

The team announced that Brandon Whitt would be the team's Cup driver for 2007, but after three races, it switched to the Busch Series and the No. 11. [1] Jason Keller served as the team's driver and Force Protection Inc. and vehicle history company Carfax signed as sponsors. [2] Keller was moderately successful in the No. 11, with four of his five top 10 finishes for 2007 coming in that car. Keller also made his historic 418th start in the No. 11, beating the record set by Tommy Houston.

CJM started 2008 unsponsored, but negotiated a one race contract for Las Vegas with America's Incredible Pizza Company, which turned into a race by race sponsorship and eventually a season long sponsorship. Desiring new direction, the team released Keller after the fall Richmond race, heading to Baker Curb Racing. The team signed former Chip Gannasi Racing driver, Scott Lagasse Jr. for the rest of 2008 and 2009.

The team switched to Toyota with support from Joe Gibbs Racing for 2009. After the U.S. Cellular 250, it released Lagasse and replaced him with Trevor Bayne, Kelly Bires, Mike Bliss, Denny Hamlin, Andrew Ranger, and Brian Scott. With the driver's release, America's Incredible Pizza left as well, leaving Ridemakerz and FedEx to assume sponsorship. The team also fielded the No. 14 Lofton Cattle Toyota to Justin Lofton in the Carfax 200, starting 19th and finishing 16th in Lofton's series debut.

Car No. 11 results (primary entry)

YearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435OwnersPts
2007 Jason Keller 11 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR
14
CLT DOV
13
NSH
6
KEN NHA
26
DAY CHI
35
GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH
22
BRI
24
CAL RCH
10
DOV
8
KAN
16
CLT
34
MEM
8
TEX
22
PHO
35
HOM
28
39th1672
Marc Mitchell MLW
20
2008 Jason Keller DAY
36
CAL
14
LVS
18
ATL
14
BRI
15
NSH
18
TEX
12
PHO
32
MXC
17
TAL
21
RCH
19
DAR
7
CLT
17
DOV
16
NSH
15
KEN
10
MLW
9
NHA
11
DAY
18
CHI
14
GTY
3
IRP
24
CGV
23
GLN
32
MCH
17
BRI
12
CAL
14
RCH
16
17th3801
Scott Lagasse Jr. DOV
31
KAN
20
CLT
13
MEM
24
TEX
25
PHO
20
HOM
37
2009 Toyota DAY
43
CAL
12
LVS
9
BRI
13
TEX
16
NSH
10
PHO
32
TAL
8
RCH
17
DAR
22
CLT
32
DOV
27
NSH
11
KEN
13
MLW
16
NHA
16
DAY
18
CHI
20
GTY
33
IRP
37
IOW
9
15th3951
Denny Hamlin GLN
34
MCH
32
HOM
5
Brian Scott BRI
30
KAN
14
Andrew Ranger CGV
3
Kelly Bires ATL
32
Trevor Bayne RCH
7
CAL
19
Mike Bliss DOV
2
CLT
2
MEM
4*
TEX
10
PHO
8

Car No. 12/14 results (secondary entry)

YearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435OwnersPts
2007 Marc Mitchell 12 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
DNQ
TEX PHO HOM N/A-
2009 Justin Lofton 14 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH
16
BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 70th115

Suspending operations

On December 18, 2009, the team announced that it would suspend operations for 2010. [3]

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