Hall of Fame Racing

Hall of Fame Racing
Owner(s)	2006-2007 Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman and Bill Saunders - 2008-2009 Jeff Moorad (principal) ; Tom Garfinkel (principal) ; Tom Davin (principal)
Base	Concord, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Race drivers	Terry Labonte (2006) ; Tony Raines (2006–2007) Ron Fellows (2007) ; J. J. Yeley (2008) ; P. J. Jones (2008) ; Brad Coleman (2008) ; Ken Schrader (2008) ; Joey Logano (2008) ; Bobby Labonte (2009) ; Erik Darnell (2009)
Sponsors	Ask.com ; Texas Instruments/DLP HDTV ; Academy Sports + Outdoors
Manufacturer	Chevy (2006–2007); Toyota (2008) ; Ford (2009)
Opened	2005
Closed	2010
Career
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0

Last updated July 25, 2023

Hall of Fame Racing was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing team principally owned by former Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman and veteran Trans Am driver Bill Saunders. The team was founded in 2006 and sponsored by Texas Instruments DLP division. In 2007 with drivers Tony Raines and Ron Fellows (for the road courses) behind the wheel of the No. 96 DLP Chevrolet, the team would finish 25th in owners points. The team was sold to Jeff Moorad and Tom Garfinkle after the 2007 season and eventually closed after the 2009 season.

History

Car No. 96 history

Terry Labonte and Tony Raines (2006)

Hall of Fame Racing was first rumored in 2003, but it took three years to start competing. The team announced at Texas Motor Speedway on November 3, 2005, that for the 2006 season, the team would be operating only one car, the No. 96 sponsored by Texas Instruments' Digital Light Processing technology. As a new team with nothing to fall back on, Terry Labonte took advantage of the Past Champion's Provisional and drove the car for the first five races, placing it inside the top 35 in the point standings, and guaranteeing a starting spot in upcoming races. Labonte also drove the car at the two road courses, with Tony Raines racing at the others. Raines and the team had a solid night during the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, taking the lead for 28 laps and finishing in 7th place.^[1] The team's highest finish in 2006 was third at Infineon Raceway with Labonte at the wheel, and finished 26th in owners points.

Tony Raines (2007)

Raines was to compete in 2007 on a full-time basis, however those plans changed after the year began, when it was announced that road course driver Ron Fellows would take the wheel at the road courses at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen. Fellows went on to finish 15th at Infineon and 4th at the Glen, and Raines' best finish was 9th at the UAW-Ford 500. Raines was able to earn the team 25th in the final owners' points standings, however, the highest finish for any single car team in the Sprint Cup Series since 2005 with the Wood Brothers and Ricky Rudd, and also improving upon HOF's 26th-place finish the year before. Raines ended 2007 with 18 top 25 finishes.

J. J. Yeley (2008)

For 2008, the team decided to hire J. J. Yeley from Joe Gibbs Racing. The contract was to last throughout 2010, and it was announced that they would be switching to Toyota. With Yeley at the wheel, the team quickly fell out of the top 35 in points and, by the end of the year, failed to qualify for five races. In August 2008, Hall of Fame Racing released Yeley, replacing him with Brad Coleman for one race, and later Ken Schrader and Joey Logano. P. J. Jones also ran a one-off race for HOF Racing at Watkins Glen, finishing 37th. The team's highest finish in 2008 was 3rd at New Hampshire with Yeley in a rained shorted race, but finished better than 25th only 5 times out of 36 attempts, and ended the year 39th in the Nextel Cup Series owners standings (out of 43 full-time teams). It was also announced in September 2008 that Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach, Bill Saunders and Mark Griege were no longer part of the ownership group, leaving only Moorad, Garfunkel, and Whitman as the owners.^[2]

Brad Coleman had signed a development contract with Hall of Fame and was expected to drive the car in 2009, but he was reported to be released at the end of the year and replaced by Bobby Labonte after running only one race for the team in 2008.

Bobby Labonte (2009)

On January 13, 2009, Hall of Fame Racing announced an alignment with Yates Racing. Technically, Hall of Fame Racing closed its doors, laying off all of its employees, and brought over sponsorship to the former No. 38 car, changing the number to No. 96. Bobby Labonte was to be the full-time driver with sponsorship from search engine Ask.com, who provided primary sponsorship for 18 races, Academy Sports and Outdoors for 5 races, and Texas Instruments/DLP for 8 races. However, in August due to sponsorship problems, Labonte was replaced by Roush Fenway Racing Nationwide Series driver Erik Darnell, for 7 of the last 12 races. Darnell came over with sponsorship from Northern Tool and Equipment and Labonte replaced David Gilliland in the 71 TRG Motorsports car. The team ended the season 31st in owners points, with only 1 top-5 finish.

Following the 2009 season, Yates Racing merged with Richard Petty Motorsports and Front Row Motorsports, and the No. 96 team was shut down. The car owner points were transferred to Front Row for the 2010 season.

Car No. 96 results

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	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	NSCC	Pts
2006	Terry Labonte	96	Chevy	DAY 17	CAL 34	LVS 24	ATL 22	BRI 27											SON 3						GLN 37															26th	3259
2006	Tony Raines								MAR 21	TEX 24	PHO 17	TAL 17	RCH 30	DAR 20	CLT 40	DOV 26	POC 16	MCH 38		DAY 21	CHI 40	NHA 22	POC 21	IND 11		MCH 32	BRI 25	CAL 37	RCH 39	NHA 26	DOV 23	KAN 28	TAL 20	CLT 7	MAR 14	ATL 34	TEX 19	PHO 21	HOM 20	26th	3259
2007	Tony Raines			DAY 33	CAL 23	LVS 19	ATL 38	BRI 24	MAR 20	TEX 13	PHO 14	TAL 22	RCH 22	DAR 39	CLT 14	DOV 21	POC 36	MCH 39		NHA 20	DAY 39	CHI 24	IND 41	POC 15		MCH 34	BRI 28	CAL 27	RCH 35	NHA 21	DOV 36	KAN 18	TAL 9	CLT 31	MAR 14	ATL 23	TEX 20	PHO 37	HOM 29	25th	3203
2007	Ron Fellows																		SON 15						GLN 4															25th	3203
2008	J. J. Yeley		Toyota	DAY 25	CAL 29	LVS 27	ATL 37	BRI 25	MAR 27	TEX 42	PHO 39	TAL DNQ	RCH 34	DAR 26	CLT 38	DOV 24	POC DNQ	MCH 41	SON DNQ	NHA 3	DAY DNQ	CHI 24	IND 28	POC 39																39th	2368
	P. J. Jones																								GLN 37
	Brad Coleman																									MCH 38
	Ken Schrader																										BRI 21	CAL 41	RCH 27		DOV 33		TAL 16	CLT 38	MAR 28	ATL 35	TEX 30	PHO 27	HOM DNQ
	Joey Logano																													NHA 32		KAN 39
2009	Bobby Labonte		Ford	DAY 22	CAL 20	LVS 5	ATL 40	BRI 22	MAR 16	TEX 40	PHO 29	TAL 28	RCH 31	DAR 18	CLT 12	DOV 28	POC 28	MCH 28	SON 20	NHA 21	DAY 21	CHI 21	IND 23	POC 36	GLN 20	MCH 43	BRI 36		RCH 31		DOV 23		CAL 26	CLT 31	MAR 13					31st	3035
2009	Erik Darnell		Ford																									ATL 30		NHA 30		KAN 29				TAL 37	TEX 30	PHO 31	HOM 36	31st	3035

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References

↑ Pockrass, Bob (January 31, 2014). "NFL and NASCAR: Former NFL stars who dabbled in stock-car racing". Sporting News . Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
↑ "Jayski's 96 Team page". Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

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[1] Pockrass, Bob (January 31, 2014). "NFL and NASCAR: Former NFL stars who dabbled in stock-car racing". Sporting News . Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.

[2] "Jayski's 96 Team page". Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

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v t e Hall of Fame Racing
Years active	2005–2010
Personnel	Jeff Moorad Tom Garfinkel Tom Davin Roger Staubach Troy Aikman Bill Saunders
Former drivers	Brad Coleman Erik Darnell Ron Fellows P. J. Jones Bobby Labonte Terry Labonte Joey Logano Tony Raines Ken Schrader J. J. Yeley
NASCAR Hall of Fame	Bobby Labonte Terry Labonte
Buyouts and mergers	Front Row Motorsports Richard Petty Motorsports Yates Racing