| Owner(s) | Hal Needham Burt Reynolds |
|---|---|
| Series | NASCAR Winston Cup Series |
| Race drivers | Stan Barrett Harry Gant Morgan Shepherd |
| Manufacturer | Buick |
| Opened | 1981 |
| Closed | 1989 |
| Career | |
| Race victories | 9 |
Mach 1 Racing was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team. It was owned by Hollywood stuntman Hal Needham and actor Burt Reynolds.
The team made its debut in 1981, fielding the No. 22 Skoal Pontiac driven by Stan Barrett. Barrett ran ten races for the team that season, his best finish coming at Talladega Superspeedway, where he finished 9th. Midseason, Mach 1 created a second car, the No. 33, driven by Harry Gant. Gant did not win that season, but he won three poles and had thirteen top-tens, finishing third in points.
In 1982, Gant drove the No. 33 Buick full-time with sponsorship from 7-Eleven/Skoal. He won at Martinsville and Charlotte and finished fourth in points. After just one win the following season, the team switched to Chevrolet, and Gant won three races, finishing a career best second in points. He followed that season up with another three wins in 1985.
For the next three years, Gant and Mach 1 failed to visit victory lane. Midway into the 1988 season, Gant suffered injuries at the Coca-Cola 600. Morgan Shepherd filled in for him, and had one top-five and two top-tens. After Gant finished 27th in the final standings, he left the team for Jackson Bros. Motorsports, taking Skoal and No. 33 with him.
In 1989, Needham sold the team to Bill Edwards, a North Carolina businessman, switched to the No. 66 and signed rookie driver Rick Mast. In their first race together, the Daytona 500, Mast drove the unsponsored car to a sixth-place finish, an accomplishment he later said was the one he was the most proud of. Mast and Mach 1 ran twelve more races together that season, they were unable to duplicate that effort. Edwards closed the team and sold it to their crew chief, Travis Carter. Travis Carter Motorsports entered NASCAR competition in the 1990 Daytona 500.
| 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 | Owners | Pts |
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| 1981 | Stan Barrett | 22 | Pontiac | RSD | DAY 13 | RCH | CAR 36 | ATL 16 | BRI | NWS | DAR | MAR | TAL 35 | NSV | DOV | CLT 32 | TWS | RSD 11 | MCH 18 | DAY 26 | NSV | POC 14 | TAL 9 | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | RSD |
| 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 | Owners | Pts |
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| 1981 | Harry Gant | 33 | Pontiac | RSD | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | NWS | DAR 2 | MAR | TAL 34 | NSV | TWS 10 | MCH 2 | NSV 8 | POC 4 | MCH 4 | BRI 11 | DAR 14 | RCH 2 | DOV 23 | MAR 2* | NWS 24 | CLT 41 | CAR 3 | ATL 20 | RSD 8 | |||||||
| Chevy | DOV 16 | CLT 2 | RSD 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buick | DAY 2 | TAL 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | DAY 7 | RCH 30 | BRI 6 | ATL 5 | CAR 8 | DAR 19 | NWS 6 | MAR 1* | TAL 14 | NSV 29 | CLT 13 | POC 4 | RSD 35 | MCH 10 | DAY 24 | NSV 3 | POC 22 | TAL 38 | MCH 3 | BRI 3 | DAR 11 | RCH 7 | DOV 12 | NWS 2 | CLT 1 | MAR 8 | CAR 32 | ATL 2 | RSD 26 | |||||||
| Pontiac | DOV 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Buick | DAY 37 | RCH 5 | CAR 5 | ATL 11 | DAR 1 | NWS 3 | MAR 2 | TAL 4 | NSV 3 | DOV 9 | BRI 27 | CLT 25 | RSD 3 | POC 18 | MCH 8 | DAY 11 | NSV 8 | POC 5 | TAL 5 | MCH 30 | BRI 6 | DAR 22 | RCH 20 | DOV 17 | MAR 8 | NWS 9 | CLT 29 | CAR 23 | ATL 37 | RSD 31 | |||||
| 1984 | Chevy | DAY 6 | RCH 8 | CAR 24 | ATL 6 | BRI 23 | NWS 2 | DAR 6 | MAR 13 | TAL 2 | NSV 16 | DOV 27* | CLT 4 | RSD 29 | POC 2 | MCH 4 | DAY 2 | NSV 9 | POC 1* | TAL 7 | MCH 4 | BRI 5 | DAR 1* | RCH 9 | DOV 1* | MAR 4 | CLT 4 | NWS 2 | CAR 2* | ATL 26 | RSD 8 | |||||
| 1985 | DAY 26 | RCH 5 | CAR 2* | ATL 24 | BRI 20 | DAR 14 | NWS 10 | MAR 1* | TAL 38 | DOV 2 | CLT 2 | RSD 2 | POC 2 | MCH 16 | DAY 24 | POC 5 | TAL 7 | MCH 3 | BRI 6 | DAR 21 | RCH 6 | DOV 1* | MAR 3 | NWS 1* | CLT 24* | CAR 3 | ATL 8 | RSD 4 | ||||||||
| 1986 | DAY 30 | RCH 28 | CAR 2 | ATL 12 | BRI 4 | DAR 14 | NWS 7 | MAR 25 | TAL 21 | DOV 14* | CLT 4 | RSD 9 | POC 26 | MCH 2* | DAY 31 | POC 30 | TAL 22 | GLN 34 | MCH 8 | BRI 5 | DAR 27 | RCH 7 | DOV 35 | MAR 3 | NWS 5 | CLT 2 | CAR 4 | ATL 28 | RSD 37 | |||||||
| 1987 | DAY 31 | CAR 29 | RCH 25 | ATL 34 | DAR 7 | NWS 11 | BRI 6 | MAR 27 | TAL 29 | CLT 24 | DOV 30 | POC 32 | RSD 25 | MCH 13 | DAY 9 | POC 30 | TAL 31 | GLN 18 | MCH 26 | BRI 8 | DAR 39 | RCH 25 | DOV 25 | MAR 14 | NWS 31 | CLT 33 | CAR 13 | RSD 28 | ATL 24 | |||||||
| 1988 | DAY 29 | RCH 28 | CAR 28 | ATL 21 | DAR 38 | BRI 18 | NWS 12 | MAR 26 | TAL 36 | CLT 30 | POC 10 | TAL 16 | GLN 31 | MCH 21 | BRI 6 | DAR 40 | RCH 32 | DOV 11 | MAR 30 | CLT 24 | NWS 30 | CAR 7 | PHO 12 | ATL 30 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan Shepherd | DOV 2 | RSD 42 | POC 16 | MCH 34 | DAY 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Owners | Pts |
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| 1989 | Rick Mast | 66 | Chevy | DAY 6 | CAR 21 | ATL 25 | RCH 16 | DAR 34 | BRI 14 | NWS 25 | MAR 32 | TAL DNQ | CLT 11 | DOV | SON | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL 32 | GLN | MCH | BRI 13 | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT 13 | NWS | CAR | PHO | ATL 31 |