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Owner(s) | William Woehlemann Michael Kohler Matthew Kohler Derrike Cope |
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Base | Salisbury, North Carolina [1] |
Series | Michelin Pilot Challenge, NASCAR Cup Series (Formerly) |
Race drivers | 12. TBA |
Manufacturer | Hyundai |
Opened | 2017 |
Career | |
Debut | 2017 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas) |
Latest race | 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix Raceway) |
Races competed | 164 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
StarCom Racing (SCR) is an American racing team that competes part time in the Michelin Pilot Challenge and formerly competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series. Based in Salisbury, North Carolina, the team fields the No. 12 Hyundai Elantra TCR in a partnership with Nitro Motorsports, with Andy Lally. [2] [3] [4] In NASCAR, the team fielded the No. 00 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE full-time for Quin Houff [1] in a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing. Veteran NASCAR driver Derrike Cope served as the team's manager. [5] [6] The team folded in 2021 and its assets were bought by 23XI Racing later that year.
On February 1, 2024, it was announced that the team would reopen and run select races in the Michelin Pilot Challenge in collaboration with Nitro Motorsports. [7]
On September 25, 2017 StarCom Fiber announced their intentions to field a car in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team selected veteran driver Derrike Cope to drive the No. 00 StarCom Fiber Chevrolet, whom they had previously sponsored throughout the 2017 season at Premium Motorsports. [8] Almost a month later, ESPN reported SCR would be making its Cup Series debut at Kansas Speedway for the 2017 Hollywood Casino 400. [9]
On September 1, 2021, Catchfence.com reported that StarCom sold its charter. [10] On September 15, shop foreman and mechanical director Charlie Langenstein confirmed that StarCom Racing would shut down operations at the end of the 2021 season. [11] On November 16, it was revealed that StarCom's charter was sold to 23XI Racing. [10] Following the team's closure, Woehlemann and the Kohler brothers would join The Money Team Racing, owned by boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. [12]
On September 25, 2017, StarCom Fiber, who had sponsored Derrike Cope throughout the season at Premium Motorsports, announced their intentions to field a car in the MENCS, selecting driver Derrike Cope to drive No. 00 StarCom Fiber Chevrolet. [8] On October 17, 2017, it was reported StarCom Racing would make its MENCS debut at Kansas Speedway for the 2017 Hollywood Casino 400. [9]
Before their first planned attempt at Dover, the No. 00 withdrew from the race due to not having sufficient staff for the team to successfully operate. On October 22, The team would go on to successfully debut at Kansas, starting 40th and finishing in 40th after numerous problems plagued the team. On October 29, Cope would later announce the team would attempt two more NASCAR premier series races next month at Texas and Phoenix. [13] That same day, SCR announced the team had decided that they would no longer attempt to race in Texas, instead focusing all of their effort on Phoenix. Phoenix once again got off to a rough start for the team, as they had to cut the first practice short with engine issues. When the problem was not fixed by qualifying, Cope and the team decided to skip qualifying and take the last position on the grid. The race, however, went much better for the team. After starting last, the team quickly moved out of the last position. After a series of problems for other teams, the No. 00 car managed a 32nd-place run, completing the race.
On January 24, 2018, StarCom announced that they had secured a charter and will run the full schedule, with Cope planning to drive the majority of the races. [14] The charter was leased from Richard Childress Racing, which had closed down the No. 27 team. [15] However, Jeffrey Earnhardt was later announced as the driver for the 2018 Daytona 500. [16] Earnhardt piloted the car for the first five races of the season with sponsorship from VRX Simulators. He earned a best finish of 21st at Daytona. On March 18, 2018, Earnhardt and StarCom Racing had agreed to part ways. [17] Earnhardt was replaced by Landon Cassill, who brought two races of sponsorship from USFRA.org. [18] On April 10, 2018, the team announced that TW Cable, LLC and Superior Essex would sponsor Cassill at Bristol. [19] On April 17, 2018, it was announced that NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Joey Gase would drive the car at Talladega with sponsorship from Gase's Xfinity Series sponsor, Sparks Energy. [20] Cassill returned to the car at Dover with sponsorship from RNH Electric. [21] Road course ringer Tomy Drissi was hired to drive the #00 at Sonoma. At the fall Las Vegas race, Cassill finished 18th place, the best finish by the team so far, and the feat was achieved again at the 2018 1000Bulbs.com 500 with Joey Gase behind the wheel.
After the 2018 season, StarCom Racing announced that Cassill had signed full-time with the team for the 2019 season. In addition, the team purchased the charter they were leasing from RCR. [1] [22] [15] He finished the season 33rd in points.
On November 25, 2019, crew chief Joe Williams announced that he had left the No. 00 team. StarCom Racing announced his replacement for 2020 was George Church. [23] The next day, it was announced that Quin Houff would pilot the 00 full time in 2020 and 2021.
StarCom had a disappointing 2020 campaign, earning just one top 15 finish the entire year, at Talladega. [24] During the 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas, Houff made an ill-timed maneuver towards pit road, causing damage to the cars of Christopher Bell and Matt DiBenedetto before colliding with the outside wall. He was heavily criticized by DiBenedetto and Brad Keselowski for his actions. [25] [26] The team's average finish decreased from 29.3 in 2019, [27] (with Cassill at the helm), to 31.3 in 2020 [28] with rookie Houff.
The team's run in 2021 fared worse, with just one top-20 finish at Talladega. The No. 00 finished the season 38th in points; three places lower than the previous season. The team closed its doors and sold its charter after NASCAR threatened to seize the charter. It would have been the first time that NASCAR exercised their charter seizure policy, where teams finishing in the bottom of the owner points standings for three seasons in a row could be required to sell their charter at NASCAR's discretion. The charter would then be sold to 23XI Racing for US$13.5 million. [29]
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 | Owners | Pts |
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2017 | Derrike Cope | 00 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV Wth | CLT | TAL | KAN 40 | MAR | TEX | PHO 32 | HOM | 43rd | 6 |
2018 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | DAY 21 | ATL 34 | LVS 31 | PHO 35 | CAL 36 | 34th | 259 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Landon Cassill | MAR 38 | TEX 21 | BRI 20 | RCH 34 | DOV 31 | KAN 25 | CLT 28 | POC 31 | MCH 32 | CHI 36 | KEN 33 | NHA 37 | POC 34 | GLN 31 | MCH 29 | BRI 25 | DAR 30 | IND 31 | LVS 18 | CLT 29 | DOV 33 | KAN 29 | TEX 35 | PHO 26 | HOM 31 | ||||||||||||||||
Joey Gase | TAL 27 | DAY 25 | RCH 35 | TAL 18 | MAR 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomy Drissi | SON 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Landon Cassill | DAY 24 | ATL 33 | LVS 32 | PHO 33 | CAL 29 | MAR 28 | TEX 30 | BRI 26 | RCH 35 | TAL 34 | DOV 31 | KAN 37 | CLT 37 | POC 31 | MCH 29 | SON 31 | CHI 31 | DAY 11 | KEN 32 | NHA 26 | POC 28 | GLN 29 | MCH 30 | BRI 25 | DAR 25 | IND 40 | LVS 29 | RCH 28 | CLT 28 | DOV 26 | TAL 14 | KAN 37 | MAR 26 | TEX 27 | PHO 33 | HOM 28 | 32nd | 285 | ||
2020 | Quin Houff | DAY 39 | LVS 32 | CAL 35 | PHO 34 | DAR 36 | DAR 26 | CLT 35 | CLT 32 | BRI 27 | ATL 32 | MAR 34 | HOM 33 | TAL 27 | POC 40 | POC 31 | IND 23 | KEN 35 | TEX 34 | KAN 24 | NHA 32 | MCH 27 | MCH 32 | DAY 33 | DOV 33 | DOV 34 | DAY 23 | DAR 31 | RCH 32 | BRI 29 | LVS 34 | TAL 13 | CLT 28 | KAN 33 | TEX 33 | MAR 33 | PHO 39 | 35th | 214 | ||
2021 | DAY 29 | DAY 40 | HOM 35 | LVS 33 | PHO 32 | ATL 33 | BRI 25 | MAR 24 | RCH 34 | TAL 37 | KAN 37 | DAR 30 | DOV 29 | COA 34 | CLT 32 | SON 36 | NSH 38 | POC 31 | POC 33 | ROA 34 | ATL 35 | NHA 35 | GLN 32 | IND 22 | MCH 30 | DAY 38 | DAR 30 | RCH 35 | BRI 34 | LVS 34 | TAL 19 | CLT 30 | TEX 31 | KAN 35 | MAR 34 | PHO 37 | 38th | 176 |
Team manager Derrike Cope was originally intended to pilot the No. 00 for the majority of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, however, after the hiring of Jeffrey Earnhardt to drive full-time, StarCom announced that they intended to field a second car, the No. 99, part-time for Cope and possibly other drivers. Cope announced that they were hoping to field the No. 99 beginning at Texas Motor Speedway, with Cope planning to drive unless another driver with sponsorship was found. However, the team didn't race at Texas, instead delaying the #99 car debut until the AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway. [21] An early wreck relegated Cope to 37th in his first race in the 99. The 99 car returned at Pocono with Cope, finishing 34th. Garrett Smithley made his debut in the 99 at Michigan. The race did not last long, as Smithley stripped the gears in the transmission on lap 1. [30] Kyle Weatherman would take over the 99 for Chicagoland, finishing 33rd. Landon Cassill would pilot the 99 at Daytona while Joey Gase was in the 00. Smithley and Weatherman would run the next 3 races, with Smithley finishing 36th at Kentucky, while Weatherman would finish 31st at both New Hampshire and Pocono. Gray Gaulding would pilot the car for two races, finishing 33rd and 40th. Cope would return at Darlington to participate in the annual throwback weekend, with Bojangles sponsoring the car, paying homage to Cope's time with Cale Yarborough Motorsports. The 99 would finish second in Darlington's paint scheme contest while finishing 33rd in the race. Kyle Weatherman and Landon Cassill would split time between the 99 for the remainder of the season, with Weatherman's best finish coming at Las Vegas, a 26th, and Cassill's best finish coming at Talladega, a 22nd. After a 36th-place finish at Homestead with Weatherman, StarCom closed their No. 99 team for 2019 and they did not run a second car again.
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 | Owners | Pts |
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2018 | Derrike Cope | 99 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV 37 | KAN | CLT | POC 34 | DAR 33 | IND | 39th | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Garrett Smithley | MCH 39 | SON | KEN 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyle Weatherman | CHI 33 | NHA 31 | POC 31 | GLN | LVS 26 | KAN 35 | TEX 34 | PHO | HOM 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Landon Cassill | DAY 24 | RCH 36 | CLT | DOV | TAL 22 | MAR 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gray Gaulding | MCH 33 | BRI 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On January 18, 2024, Derrike Cope teased an announcement relating to the team on his personal Facebook page.
On February 1, StarCom Racing announced its part-time involvement in the Michelin Pilot Challenge in a partnership with Nitro Motorsports. They would field a Hyundai Elantra in the TCR class, starting with the round at Sebring in March. The team will also participate in the rounds at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Road America, Indianapolis, and Road Atlanta. [31] A driver lineup has yet to be announced. [4]
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