Team Bristol Motorsports

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Team Bristol Motorsports
Owner(s)Rick Goodwin
Base Bristol, Virginia
Series Busch Series
Race drivers Kelly Denton, Tom Hubert, Steadman Marlin, Tim Fedewa, Kevin Grubb, Jerry Nadeau, Hermie Sadler
SponsorsGeneral Creation, Toys "R" Us
Manufacturer Chevrolet
Career
Debut 2001 Auto Club 300
Latest race 2003 Hardee's 250
Races competed64

Team Bristol Motorsports was a former NASCAR Busch Series team owned by Rick Goodwin and was based out of Bristol, Virginia.

Contents

Cup Series

2002

The team entered their only Cup race at the spring Richmond race with Kevin Grubb driving. They were 36th fastest in practice, which would've been fast enough to make the race, however during qualifying, Grubb spun out on his second lap and they would only record the 37th fastest time. Without any owner provisionals, they would be the only team that would fail to qualify for the race. The team had plans to run full time Cup in 2003 with Grubb, but the plans would fall through.[ citation needed ]

Car No. 54 results

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536OwnersPts
2002 Kevin Grubb 54 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH
DNQ
CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 74th31

Busch Series

2001

The team was formed early in the 2001 season, Kelly Denton was picked as the driver, with sponsorship coming from a local toy maker company, General Creation. They made their debut at California, finishing 34th. They would run a total of 20 races in their first season, with a pair of 13th-place finishes being the best result. Tom Hubert, Steadman Marlin, and Tim Fedewa all made a start late in the year.[ citation needed ]

2002

Denton drove the first two races in 2002, but would be released from the team after qualifying in Las Vegas. Kevin Grubb was named his replacement and would drive the remainder of the season. [1] The team would also announce Toys "R" Us as their primary sponsor starting at the spring Bristol race. [2] Grubb would secure the teams first top five finish a few weeks later at Richmond and would follow that up with another top ten in Loudon. A 3rd-place finish later in the season at Gateway would end up being the teams best result. After crashing out in back to back weeks, Grubb would sit out a few races due to dizziness symptoms he experienced while practicing in Kansas, Fedewa and Jerry Nadeau would fill in. At the end of the season, Grubb and the team would part ways.[ citation needed ]

2003

The team announced plans on having Deborah Renshaw drive full time for the 2003 season, however, after breaking her leg in a wreck that fatally killed Eric Martin, the deal fell through. [3] Prior to the accident, she had plans on making her debut with the team in late 2002 at Memphis. [4] Hermie Sadler would end up signing with the team to drive full time. [5] Despite finishing a season best 11th at Richmond, Sadler asked for his release due to the team struggling financially. The team had lost their primary sponsorship and were going to skip the next few races. [6] They would shut down soon after.

Car No. 54 results

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearDriverNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334OwnersPts
2001 Kelly Denton 54 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL
34
RCH
41
NHA NZH
24
CLT
42
DOV
16
KEN
13
MLW
13
GLN
25
CHI
40
GTY
21
PPR
25
IRP MCH
38
BRI
37
DAR
27
RCH
42
DOV
30
KAN CAR
28
HOM 39th1405
Tom Hubert CLT
35
Steadman Marlin MEM
42
Tim Fedewa PHO
26
2002 Kelly Denton DAY
16
CAR
27
LVS
QL
23rd3273
Kevin Grubb LVS
41
DAR
32
BRI
12
TEX
24
NSH
16
TAL
11
CAL
19
RCH
5
NHA
10
NZH
32
CLT
8
DOV
10
NSH
39
KEN
35
MLW
30
DAY
9
CHI
16
GTY
3
PPR
11
IRP
30
MCH
31
BRI
20
DAR
14
RCH
33
DOV
35
KAN
QL
MEM
29
ATL
25
CAR
31
PHO
13
HOM
35
Tim Fedewa KAN
25
Jerry Nadeau CLT
20
2003 Hermie Sadler DAY
32
CAR
20
LVS
21
DAR
29
BRI
29
TEX
21
TAL
22
NSH
19
CAL
37
RCH
11
GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 43rd907

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