Wauters Motorsports

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Wauters Motorsports
Owner(s)Richie Wauters
Base Mooresville, North Carolina
Series NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Late Models
Manufacturer Toyota
Opened 1999
Career
DebutCamping World Truck Series:
1999 NAPA 250 (Martinsville)
ARCA/CRA Super Series:
2013 SpeedFest 200 (Watermelon Capital)
Latest raceCamping World Truck Series:
2017 Active Pest Control 200 (Atlanta)
ARCA/CRA Super Series:
2004 Snowball Derby (Five Flags)
Races competedTotal: 136
Camping World Truck Series: 45
ARCA/CRA Super Series: 91
Drivers' Championships Total: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
ARCA/CRA Super Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 2
Camping World Truck Series: 0
ARCA/CRA Super Series: 2
Pole positions Total: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
ARCA/CRA Super Series: 0

Wauters Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, fielding the No. 5 Toyota Tundra part-time. The team also competes in late models. The team is primarily owned by Wauters, with former NASCAR team owners Billy Ballew and James Finch also part of the organization as co-owners since 2020.

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History

Truck No. 5 history

Team's 2013 truck at Rockingham Tim George Jr Wauters Motorsports Ford Rockingham 2013.jpg
Team's 2013 truck at Rockingham

In January 2012, veteran NASCAR crew chief Richie Wauters reformed the team after buying the remnants of the Randy Moss Motorsports team and its owner points.

Wauters Motorsports debuted in 2011 as the number 51 Ford, in a joint venture with Richie Wauters' longtime team Billy Ballew Motorsports. The truck utilized the paint scheme Ballew ran early in their history, and Wauters served as crew chief. Colin Braun drove the truck in two races with sponsorship from Bullet Liners, scoring a ninth-place finish in the team's debut.

The No. 5 truck began racing in 2012 with former Drive for Diversity member Paulie Harraka, who intended to contend for Rookie of the Year in the No. 5 Ford. Midway through the season the team chose to skip races at Michigan International Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway to regroup; [1] but before the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Harraka was released from the team. [2] Harraka had an average finish of 23.8 in 11 races, with a best finish of 17th at Dover and Kentucky. After the split with Harraka, Aric Almirola drove the truck at Atlanta, Talladega and Texas II, John King at Kentucky II and Phoenix, Josh Richards at Martinsville II, and Ryan Reed at Las Vegas. Only Almirola would earn a top-5 and top 10 (twice) finish in the year, the best results for the team during the year.

In 2013, former Richard Childress Racing development driver Tim George Jr. announced his addition to the team for the season, bringing sponsorship from Applebee's. [3] In May after four races, the team switched manufacturers from Ford to Chevrolet, with engines coming from ECR Engines. [4] Jason Bowles drove a single race at Eldora with Valvoline sponsorship, [5] and after 11 races the team shut down. [6]

In 2014, the team signed John Wes Townley, who brought longtime sponsor Zaxby's from Red Horse Racing. The team also switched to Toyota, with engines from Joe Gibbs Racing. [7] [8] Prior to the Iowa race, Townley moved to Athenian Motorsports owned by his father. [7] Wauter's team shut down for the remainder of the season. [7]

For 2015, the team planned to return to competition with driver Germán Quiroga at Kansas in May, with funding coming from a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign, however, failed to raise the desired amount of money. [9] [10] K&N Pro Series East driver Dalton Sargeant, who also runs late models for Wauters, made his Truck Series debut with the team in 2015 at Bristol in August. [11] Sargeant did well in his races, including a 9th-place finish at Bristol.

After being absent for most of 2016, the team returned for the round of Talladega in October with Korbin Forrister driving.

On February 22, 2017, Wauters announced a deal with Forrister to drive the full 2017 season. [12] After crashing in the first two races of the season, Forrister and Wauters split and Wauters focused on his Super Late Model program with Mason Mingus, Trevor Noles, and Spencer Wauters for the remainder of 2017. [13] The arrangement with Mingus continued into 2018 with only him driving it in select events. [14]

The team returned to the Truck Series in 2020 with Erik Jones at Charlotte. They did not qualify.

Truck No. 5 results

YearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223OwnersPts
2012 Paulie Harraka 5 Ford DAY
19		 MAR
22		 CAR
26		 KAN
27		 CLT
30		 DOV
17		 TEX
28		 KEN
17		 IOW
33		 CHI
19		 POC
24		 MCH BRI 23rd425
Aric Almirola ATL
5		 IOW TAL
26		 TEX
9
John King KEN
25		 PHO
29		 HOM
Ryan Reed LVS
17
Josh Richards MAR
17
2013 Tim George Jr. DAY
16		 MAR
22		 CAR
18		 KAN
14		31st272
Chevy CLT
16		 DOV
25		 TEX
21		 KEN
18		 IOW
23		 POC
16		 MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
Jason Bowles ELD
24
2014 John Wes Townley Toyota DAY
14		 MAR
20		 KAN
11		 CLT
4		 DOV
12		 TEX
5		 GTW
8		 KEN
21		 IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 29th257
2015 Dalton Sargeant DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI
10		 MSP CHI NHA
9		 LVS TAL MAR
28		 TEX PHO
19		 HOM 35th110
2016 Korbin Forrister DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL
27		 MAR TEX PHO HOM 47th6
2017 DAY
20		 ATL
22		 MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 42nd36
2020 Erik Jones DAY LVS CLT
DNQ		 ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO N/A-

Truck No. 18 history

Noah Gragson was scheduled to drive the No. 18 truck from Kyle Busch Motorsports, but since KBM wanted to focus their assets on William Byron and Christopher Bell in their 2016 championship bids, Wauters fielded the No. 18 truck for Gragson in the final two races of the season finishing 16th and 15th respectively.

Truck No. 18 results

YearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223OwnersPts
2016 Noah Gragson 18 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO
16		 HOM
15		40th35

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