McGill Motorsports

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McGill Motorsports
McGillLogo.png
Owner(s) John McGill, Nancy McGill
Base Statesville, North Carolina
Series Nationwide Series
Race drivers Jeremy Clements, Steve Grissom, Stanton Barrett, Brent Sherman, Tim Sauter
Sponsors National City
Big Lots
Serta, NOS Energy Drink, Lester Buildings
Manufacturer Chevrolet
Opened2003
Closed2007
Career
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories0

McGill Motorsports was a NASCAR Busch Series team owned by John and Nancy McGill. It fielded the No. 36 Chevy for a few years.

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The team debuted in 2003 as DCT Motorsports with Steve Grissom driving the No. 61 Chevrolet in three races. For their final two races of the season they changed their number and ran the No. 36 Chevrolet. DCT would post its best finish of the season at Richmond, a 14th-place finish. In 2004, Steve Grissom and Travis Geisler shared the driving duties at the start of the season. Grissom left the team in May 2004 and Geisler took over full-time driving duties for the team. Stanton Barrett drove in the last three races of the season. Grissom had the best finish of the year for the team, when he finished 11th at Rockingham.

For the 2005 season, Stanton Barrett returned to the team and ran the first 26 races with DCT. T. J. Bell then took over the car for eight races and Tim Sauter ran the final race of the season. Barrett gave DCT its first ever top ten finish when he finished 10th at New Hampshire. That would also be the best finish for the team during the year. In 2006, the team changed their name to McGill Motorsports and Sauter returned to drive the full schedule. Lester Buildings also joined the team as the primary sponsor for 25 races. Sauter ran 23 races but did not finish in the top ten. In August, Max Papis and Jeff Green filled in for Sauter, who claimed that McGill was punishing him for a rules infraction earlier in the month. [1] He left the team with three races to go in the season. and Papis and Brent Sherman finished out the final two races of the season. Sherman drove for the team full-time in 2007 with sponsorship from Big Lots, but after failing to finish in the top-ten, resigned from the team. He was replaced by ARCA RE/MAX Series driver Jeremy Clements starting at Charlotte. After the season, team crew chief Ricky Pearson told the press that McGill would not participate in the 2008 season due to a lack of sponsorship. They will sell off their remaining equipment on July 8, 2008

Car No. 36 results

YearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435OwnersPts
2003 Toby Porter 61 Pontiac DAY
26
CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW 64th367
Steve Grissom DAY
29
CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI
26
DAR
Chevy RCH
14
DOV KAN
36 CLT
28
MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM
30
2004 DAY
25
CAR
11
LVS
32
DAR
24
BRI
15
TEX TAL
18
CAL NZH
20
CLT
38
DOV 30th2057
Travis Geisler NSH
24
GTY
40
RCH
26
NSH
21
KEN
39
MLW DAY CHI
23
NHA PPR
22
IRP MCH
22
BRI
30
CAL RCH
23
DOV KAN
27
CLT
DNQ
MEM
21
Stanton Barrett ATL
24
PHO DAR
18
HOM
23
2005 DAY
29
CAL
33
MXC
19
LVS
26
ATL
26
NSH
39
BRI
37
TEX
24
TAL
23
DAR
16
CLT
21
DOV
22
NSH
26
KEN
17
DAY
35
CHI
26
PPR
19
GTY
39
GLN
38
MCH
38
29th2765
Pontiac PHO
12
RCH
19
MLW
21
NHA
10
IRP
36
BRI
42
T. J. Bell Chevy CAL
38
RCH
24
DOV
22
KAN
35
CLT
34
MEM
41
TEX
34
PHO
36
Tim Sauter HOM
30
2006 DAY
19
CAL
25
MXC
30
LVS
41
ATL
31
BRI
21
TEX
37
NSH
36
PHO
24
TAL
21
RCH
39
DAR
37
CLT
27
DOV
28
NSH
24
KEN
28
MLW
27
DAY
24
CHI
33
NHA
26
MAR
19
GTY
22
IRP
33
BRI
34
RCH
35
DOV
28
KAN
25
CLT
DNQ
MEM
31
33rd2,608
Max Papis GLN
14
TEX
40
Jeff Green MCH
22
Stanton Barrett CAL
32
Brent Sherman PHO
28
HOM
34
2007 DAY
21
CAL
27
MXC
15
LVS
39
ATL
26
BRI
37
NSH
20
TEX
37
PHO
26
TAL
16
RCH
31
DAR
35
CLT
35
DOV
35
NSH
21
KEN
24
MLW
32
NHA
31
DAY
24
CHI
40
GTY
25
IRP
33
CGV
22
GLN
30
MCH
40
BRI
31
CAL
22
RCH
34
DOV
43
KAN
27
33rd2,578
Jeremy Clements CLT
23
MEM
40
TEX
42
PHO
38
HOM
27

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