Vision Racing (NASCAR)

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Vision Racing
Vision Racing logo.png
Owner(s)Adrian Berryhill
Base Mooresville, North Carolina
Series NASCAR Xfinity Series
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
ARCA Re/Max Series
Race drivers17. Benny Gordon
Manufacturer Chevrolet
Toyota
Dodge
Opened 2005
Closed 2015
Career
DebutXfinity Series:
2006 O'Reilly Challenge (Texas)
Latest raceXfinity Series:
2015 Winn-Dixie 300 (Talladega)
Races competedTotal: 56
Xfinity Series: 47
ARCA Re/Max Series: 9
Drivers' Championships Total: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
ARCA Re/Max Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
ARCA Re/Max Series: 0
Pole positions Total: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
ARCA Re/Max Series: 0

Vision Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Re/Max Series. The team last fielded the No. 17 Toyota Camry for Benny Gordon in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team previously used Dodge Challenger cars and engines previously run by Team Penske before 2012, as well as Toyotas from Joe Gibbs Racing. After Tanner Berryhill failed to qualify Daytona Xfinity race in 2015, [1] the team decided to shut down due to lack of sponsorship, running its final race at Talladega in May with Benny Gordon. [2]

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Following Talladega, Gordon and business partner Larry Mostoller purchased the team to form Performance Energy Group. [3] [4]

History

Vision Racing ran in the ARCA Racing Series in 2005, running at Nashville and Kentucky with Zach Chappel and at Pocono with Damon Lusk. Lusk also ran the season opening ARCA race at Daytona in 2006. Will Vaught ran a No. 13 car at Kansas, then the No. 37 at Gateway. The team began running the No. 37 Chevy in the then-Busch Series in 2006, debuting with Josh Krug at Richmond International Raceway in September. Randy LaJoie drove at Kansas in September and Texas in November, before Krug ran at Phoenix.

In 2010, Berryhill ran the ARCA race at Iowa in the No. 7 Nation Cash Lenders Chevy. In 2011, he ran 7 races in the K&N Pro Series East in the No. 97 Chevy.

2012

The Nationwide team did not run again until 2012. At Richmond in April, J. J. Yeley ran the No. 17 Toyota Camry, while Tanner Berryhill ran the No. 24 Chevrolet Impala, both with sponsorship from New Gulf Resources. Berryhill finished 29th while Yeley finished 37th. Berryhill ran three more races in the No. 17 with a best finish of 26th at Chicago.

2013

Berryhill's 2013 car at Richmond Tanner Berryhill Vision Racing Toyota Richmond April 2013.jpg
Berryhill's 2013 car at Richmond

The team ran the No. 17 and No. 37 in a limited schedule with sponsorship from National Cash Lenders. Berryhill ran 5 races in the 17 and one in the No. 37. Matt DiBenedetto ran 5 races in the No. 37. The team's best finish was a 28th at Richmond in April with Berryhill. Midway through the season, the team switched to Dodge, which had pulled factory support from NASCAR, and began running R6 engines from former Dodge team Team Penske at Charlotte.

2014

Berryhill's 2014 car at Road America 17 Tanner Berryhill pan NASCAR Nationwide 2014 Gardner Denver 200 at Road America.jpg
Berryhill's 2014 car at Road America

In 2014, Tanner Berryhill ran the full season for Rookie of the Year in the No. 17. BWP Bats sponsored the first six races of the season. The 17 and DiBenedetto in the No. 37 both missed the season opener at Daytona. At Talladega, Chad Boat and Billy Boat Motorsports missed the race, then made a deal to run the 17 in the race using their own car, finishing 25th. At Mid-Ohio, Berryhill got the team's best finish of 2014 with a lead-lap finish of 17th.

Ryan Ellis tweeted on August 19 that he would run the No. 37 car at Bristol, [5] but failed to qualify. Berryhill would finish 22nd in points. [6]

2015

The No. 17 and Berryhill planned to run the full 2015 season pending sponsorship, with the team purchasing Toyota Camrys from Joe Gibbs Racing. After crashing in qualifying for the season opener at Daytona, however, the team shut down due to financial woes. The team was later put up for sale by owner Adrian Berryhill. [6] [1] [7]

In April, the team announced it would be fielding the 17 Toyota at Talladega in May, if a driver with $45,000 of sponsorship funds could be found. [8] The car would be run by Benny Gordon and VSI Racing, qualifying 25th and finishing 13th. [2] [3] Gordon has since bought the team and rebranded it as PEG Racing. [3] [4]

Car No. 17 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233OwnersPts
2012 J. J. Yeley 17 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH
29		 TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA 57th50
Tanner Berryhill KEN
28		 DAY NHA CHI
26		 IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH
35		 CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2013 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH
28		 TAL DAR
40		 CLT
DNQ		 DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI
35		 IND
29		 IOW GLN MOH 53rd45
Dodge CLT
29		 TEX PHO HOM
David Starr Toyota BRI
DNQ		 ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN
2014 Tanner Berryhill Dodge DAY
DNQ		 PHO
28		 LVS
25		 BRI
36		 CAL
31		 TEX
30		 DAR
27		 RCH
35		 TAL
QL		 IOW
35		 CLT
40		 DOV
29		 MCH
36		 ROA
28		 KEN
38		 DAY
36		 NHA
27		 CHI
29		 IND
30		 IOW
35		 GLN
31		 MOH
17		 BRI
36		 ATL
23		 RCH
DNQ		 CHI
34		 KEN
34		 DOV
34		 KAN
DNQ		34th384
Toyota CLT
37		 TEX
27		 PHO
33		 HOM
31
2015 DAY
DNQ		 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH 54th0
Benny Gordon TAL
13		 IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM

Car No. 37 results

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435OwnersPts
2006 Josh Krug 37 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH
DNQ		 DOV PHO
DNQ		 HOM N/A40
Randy LaJoie KAN
DNQ		 CLT MEM TEX
41
2013 Matt DiBenedetto 37 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT
DNQ		 DOV
39		 IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI
39		 IND
DNQ		 IOW GLN MOH BRI
37		 ATL
33		 RCH
37		55th30
Tanner Berryhill CHI
37		 KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM
2014 Matt DiBenedetto DAY
DNQ		 PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH 66th0
Ryan Ellis BRI
DNQ		 ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM

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