Bill Davis Racing

Defunct stock car racing team

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Bill Davis Racing

Owner(s)| Bill and Gail Davis
Base| High Point, North Carolina
Series|

* Sprint Cup Series
* Nationwide Series
* Craftsman Truck Series

Race drivers|

* Dave Blaney
* Johnny Benson Jr.
* Ward Burton
* Scott Wimmer, Michael Waltrip
* Bobby Labonte
* Jeff Gordon
* Mark Martin
* Mike Skinner
* Jacques Villeneuve
* Bill Lester
* Jeremy Mayfield
* Kenny Wallace

Manufacturer|

* Dodge
* Ford
* Pontiac
* Toyota

Opened| 1989
Closed| 2008
Career
Debut| 1993 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Latest race| 2008 Ford 400 (Homestead)
Drivers' Championships| 1 (Craftsman Truck Series)
Race victories| Cup Series: 5
Xfinity: 11
Camping World Truck Series: 24

Bill Davis Racing was a racing team that participated in all three of NASCAR's top divisions until 2009.

The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in the Camping World Truck Series (Toyota Tundra) since 2004 and Sprint Cup Series (Toyota Camry) since 2007. Dodge, Pontiac and Ford previously backed the team. The team was notable for running the No. 22 since its inception and its long relationship with Caterpillar, Inc. BDR was competitive throughout the 1990s and early 2000s with Ward Burton before fading due to an increase in competition and a fallout with manufacturer Dodge.[1] The team was sold to Triad Racing Technologies in late 2008, which shut down the team's racing entries and now produces engines and chassis for various Toyota NASCAR teams.

## Beginnings

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BDR was formed by then-truck rental owner Bill Davis, who himself was a former motocross racer. Davis helped his friend and business partner Julian Martin develop his son Mark's ASA racing program. When Martin signed with J. D. Stacy, Davis took a break from racing, but returned to hire Martin to drive his Busch Series car for 15 races with sponsorship from Carolina Ford Dealers. In 1990, Davis moved the team to High Point, North Carolina, while his wife Gail stayed in Arkansas to oversee the trucking operation.

## Sprint Cup Series

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### Car No. 22 history

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Bobby Labonte (1993–1994)

Upon arriving in Carolina, Davis was asked by Ford to hire up-and-coming Midwest driver Jeff Gordon, who won the NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year in 1991 and won eleven pole positions the next year. Davis was hoping to move him and crew chief Ray Evernham to the Winston Cup Series, but they were lured away by Rick Hendrick. Davis still moved up to the Cup Series full-time in 1993 however, with 1991 Busch Series champion Bobby Labonte, who finished 2nd to Gordon for Winston Cup Rookie of the Year driving the No. 22 Maxwell House-sponsored Ford. The team switched to Pontiac the following season. After 1994, Labonte left to drive for Joe Gibbs Racing. MBNA replaced Maxwell House as the sponsor.

Randy LaJoie (1995)

Originally, Davis went with another rookie — Busch Series standout Randy LaJoie — to drive the car. Midway through the year, LaJoie was fired from the team and replaced by a series of rotating drivers including Wally Dallenbach Jr., who finished second at Watkins Glen. Finally, Ward Burton was hired to finish out the year. He scored the team's first win at North Carolina Motor Speedway in late 1995.

Ward Burton (1995–2003)

With Burton driving, the No. 22 team slowly began to improve, despite not winning any races. In 1998, the No. 22 team cracked the top ten in the final Winston Cup points standings and matched those results in 1999 (by which time Caterpillar, Inc. was their sponsor) and in 2000, when the team finally returned to victory lane at the spring Darlington race. Burton's second career win was the team's last victory in a Pontiac as they joined several teams in switching to Dodge Intrepids for the following season.

Burton returned to victory lane the following season, winning the 2001 Southern 500. This would become Dodge's second win since returning to NASCAR, but the team's streak of consecutive top ten points finishes was broken at three, as the No. 22 finished fourteenth. Burton added 2 more wins in 2002, scoring a victory in the Daytona 500 (Dodge's first Daytona 500 win in twenty-eight years) and later in the year at the New England 300 at New Hampshire, but a series of inconsistent finishes dropped the team to twenty-fifth place in the points standings. Burton's win at New Hampshire, in addition to being his last win in the Cup series, was also BDR's last in Cup racing (although they won races in other series before folding).

Scott Wimmer (2003–2005)

The team's struggles continued in the 2003 season, and with four races left in the season Burton, who had already signed on to drive the No. 0 for Haas CNC Racing the following season, departed for that team and was replaced with Davis's Busch driver Scott Wimmer, who raced full-time in 2004 and finished third in the first race of his rookie season. In late-2005, BDR announced it would part ways with Wimmer at the end of the year.

The No. 22 Caterpillar car in 2008

Dave Blaney (2006–2008)

Dave Blaney, who previously drove the No. 93 for BDR, was hired to drive the No. 22 beginning with the 2006 season. He had two top tens and finished twenty-sixth in the points standings. In 2007, the team switched to Toyota. Blaney won the pole for the 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire, making this the first pole for Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series.[2] Blaney scored his first top ten with Toyota at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 29 and later that season, he finished third at Talladega, the best finish of any Toyota in 2007. Additionally, Blaney was the only Toyota driver in the top thirty-five in owner points after the 2007 season. The team had a rough start to the 2008 season, as they missed the Aaron's 499 which was a hard hit for the team. They returned the next week at Richmond to finish in eighteenth. The following week at Darlington, they finished ninth, scoring their best of the year. In June of that year, Caterpillar announced that it would leave the No. 22 Bill Davis Racing Toyota to sponsor the Richard Childress Racing's No. 31 car, starting in 2009. On December 22, 2008, it was announced that Bill Davis sold majority ownership of his NASCAR teams to Mike Held, a California businessman, and Marty Gaunt, an executive with BDR. That same day, Gaunt and Held announced that they would also be buying into Triad Racing Technologies. Blaney would leave TRT to drive for Prism Motorsports, and Penske Racing would buy the owners points of the No. 22 and transfer them to the No. 77 of Sam Hornish Jr. The addition of Davis would change the team name to Penske Championship Racing.

#### Car No. 22 results

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Bill Davis Racing No. 22  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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1993 | Bobby Labonte | 22  | Ford | DAY
20 | CAR
33 | RCH
29 | ATL
18 | DAR
18 | BRI
24 | NWS
25 | MAR
12 | TAL
35 | SON
16 | CLT
8 | DOV
19 | POC
20 | MCH
36 | DAY
41 | NHA
10 | POC
15 | TAL
15 | GLN
7 | MCH
8 | BRI
15 | DAR
14 | RCH
13 | DOV
7 | MAR
32 | NWS
12 | CLT
28 | CAR
22 | PHO
8 | ATL
14 |  | 19th  | 3221
1994 | Pontiac | DAY
16 | CAR
19 | RCH
24 | ATL
15 | DAR
39 | BRI
6 | NWS
26 | MAR
19 | TAL
22 | SON
17 | CLT
40 | DOV
20 | POC
25 | MCH
15 | DAY
22 | NHA
13 | POC
13 | TAL
12 | IND
16 | GLN
18 | MCH
5 | BRI
31 | DAR
36 | RCH
24 | DOV
17 | MAR
31 | NWS
15 | CLT
42 | CAR
28 | PHO
16 | ATL
37 |  | 22nd  | 3038
1995 | Randy LaJoie | DAY
29 | CAR
25 | RCH
27 | ATL
39 | DAR
16 | BRI
12 | NWS
23 | MAR
DNQ | TAL
13 | SON
32 | CLT
23 | DOV
23 | POC
40 | MCH
41 |  | 28th  | 2688
Jimmy Hensley |  | DAY
30 | NHA
41 | POC
32 | TAL
DNQ | IND
32 |  | MCH
22 |
Wally Dallenbach Jr. |  | GLN
2 |
Ward Burton |  | BRI
34 | DAR
4 | RCH
11 | DOV
21 | MAR
21 | NWS
DNQ | CLT
7 | CAR
1 | PHO
42 | ATL
5 |
1996 | DAY
26 | CAR
41 | RCH
13 | ATL
15 | DAR
38 | BRI
33 | NWS
DNQ | MAR
DNQ | TAL
27 | SON
10 | CLT
11 | DOV
16 | POC
35 | MCH
35 | DAY
41 | NHA
25 | POC
22 | TAL
33 | IND
36 | GLN
32 | MCH
35 | BRI
8 | DAR
40 | RCH
37 | DOV
7 | MAR
DNQ | NWS
DNQ | CLT
7 | CAR
17 | PHO
22 | ATL
12 |  | 33rd  | 2411
1997 | DAY
8 | CAR
23 | RCH
24 | ATL
12 | DAR
18 | TEX
7 | BRI
18 | MAR
18 | SON
10 | TAL
42 | CLT
36 | DOV
34 | POC
38* | MCH
35 | CAL
28 | DAY
26 | NHA
36 | POC
15 | IND
19 | GLN
41 | MCH
28 | BRI
17 | DAR
27 | RCH
7 | NHA
23 | DOV
22 | MAR
7 | CLT
8 | TAL
DNQ | CAR
26 | PHO
42 | ATL
9 |  | 24th  | 2987
1998 | DAY
25 | CAR
11 | LVS
18 | ATL
24 | DAR
11 | BRI
17 | TEX
15 | MAR
28 | TAL
8 | CAL
12 | CLT
34 | DOV
29 | RCH
19 | MCH
8 | POC
24 | SON
40 | NHA
23 | POC
34 | IND
34 | GLN
21 | MCH
37 | BRI
37 | NHA
31 | DAR
12 | RCH
28 | DOV
33 | MAR
11 | CLT
2 | TAL
30 | DAY
7 | PHO
14 | CAR
7 | ATL
14 |  | 16th  | 3352
1999 | DAY
24 | CAR
28 | LVS
2 | ATL
8 | DAR
8 | TEX
16 | BRI
9 | MAR
27 | TAL
32 | CAL
6 | RCH
9 | CLT
8 | DOV
22 | MCH
4 | POC
29 | SON
35 | DAY
7 | NHA
15 | POC
40 | IND
6 | GLN
43 | MCH
43 | BRI
9 | DAR
2 | RCH
34 | NHA
8 | DOV
11 | MAR
13 | CLT
5 | TAL
4 | CAR
2 | PHO
13 | HOM
14 | ATL
11 |  | 9th  | 4062
2000 | DAY
8 | CAR
3 | LVS
23 | ATL
8 | DAR
1* | BRI
3 | TEX
14 | MAR
11 | TAL
10 | CAL
6 | RCH
6 | CLT
13 | DOV
8 | MCH
6 | POC
27 | SON
21 | DAY
7 | NHA
18 | POC
28 | IND
28 | GLN
22 | MCH
9 | BRI
11 | DAR
6 | RCH
8 | NHA
30 | DOV
40 | MAR
43 | CLT
10 | TAL
22 | CAR
8 | PHO
12 | HOM
39 | ATL
3 |  | 10th  | 4152
2001 | Dodge | DAY
35* | CAR
16 | LVS
21 | ATL
11 | DAR
12 | BRI
5 | TEX
21 | MAR
22 | TAL
33 | CAL
42 | RCH
21 | CLT
9 | DOV
14 | MCH
38 | POC
40 | SON
6 | DAY
4 | CHI
20 | NHA
20 | POC
38 | IND
6 | GLN
41 | MCH
33 | BRI
12 | DAR
1 | RCH
12 | DOV
33 | KAN
41 | CLT
3 | MAR
3 | TAL
21 | PHO
13 | CAR
6 | HOM
13 | ATL
5 | NHA
42 | 14th  | 3846
2002 | DAY
1 | CAR
13 | LVS
21 | ATL
7 | DAR
31 | BRI
25 | TEX
43 | MAR
14 | TAL
15 | CAL
18 | RCH
30* | CLT
42 | DOV
37 | POC
33 | MCH
42 | SON
40 | DAY
9 | CHI
41 | NHA
1 | POC
14 | IND
30 | GLN
20 | MCH
29 | BRI
37 | DAR
6 | RCH
8 | NHA
38 | DOV
43 | KAN
43 | TAL
10 | CLT
33 | MAR
5* | ATL
16 | CAR
40 | PHO
19 | HOM
12 | 25th  | 3362
2003 | DAY
38 | CAR
18 | LVS
25 | ATL
18 | DAR
29 | BRI
33 | TEX
12 | TAL
7 | MAR
25 | CAL
21 | RCH
11 | CLT
10 | DOV
37 | POC
8 | MCH
30 | SON
16 | DAY
30 | CHI
19 | NHA
25 | POC
19 | IND
26 | GLN
6 | MCH
14 | BRI
13 | DAR
19 | RCH
15 | NHA
39 | DOV
29 | TAL
14 | KAN
21 | CLT
28 | MAR
18 |  | 21st  | 3550
Scott Wimmer |  | ATL
32 | PHO
9 | CAR
26 | HOM

2004 | DAY
3 | CAR
15 | LVS
39 | ATL
27 | DAR
16 | BRI
13 | TEX
33 | MAR
29 | TAL
18 | CAL
30 | RCH
30 | CLT
28 | DOV
9 | POC
35 | MCH
14 | SON
25 | DAY
32 | CHI
23 | NHA
18 | POC
11 | IND
32 | GLN
19 | MCH
18 | BRI
36 | CAL
21 | RCH
38 | NHA
36 | DOV
23 | TAL
31 | KAN
36 | CLT
26 | MAR
20 | ATL
DNQ | PHO
26 | DAR
22 | HOM
13 | 27th  | 3198
2005 | DAY
33 | CAL
16 | LVS
27 | ATL
20 | BRI
27 | MAR
31 | TEX
42 | PHO
32 | TAL
38 | DAR
25 | RCH
20 | CLT
23 | DOV
31 | POC
36 | MCH
16 | SON
25 | DAY
32 | CHI
17 | NHA
35 | POC
25 | IND
26 | GLN
21 | MCH
23 | BRI
14 | CAL
31 | RCH
24 | NHA
26 | DOV
36 | TAL
17 | KAN
27 | CLT
20 | MAR
25 | ATL
27 | TEX
27 | PHO
21 | HOM
11 | 32nd  | 3122
2006 | Dave Blaney | DAY
22 | CAL
30 | LVS
31 | ATL
32 | BRI
23 | MAR
17 | TEX
29 | PHO
27 | TAL
24 | RCH
20 | DAR
27 | CLT
32 | DOV
30 | POC
27 | MCH
30 | SON
39 | DAY
27 | CHI
17 | NHA
13 | POC
16 | IND
29 | GLN
40 | MCH
24 | BRI
14 | CAL
28 | RCH
4 | NHA
9 | DOV
12 | KAN
21 | TAL
28 | CLT
26 | MAR
33 | ATL
18 | TEX
32 | PHO
23 | HOM
26 | 27th  | 3255
2007 | Toyota | DAY
34 | CAL
39 | LVS
42 | ATL
27 | BRI
23 | MAR
37 | TEX
21 | PHO
39 | TAL
DNQ | RCH
11 | DAR
32 | CLT
18 | DOV
DNQ | POC
43 | MCH
18 | SON
41 | NHA
29 | DAY
23 | CHI
40 | IND
9 | POC
20 | GLN
35 | MCH
6 | BRI
31 | CAL
38 | RCH
34 | NHA
35 | DOV
DNQ | KAN
15 | TAL
3 | CLT
6 | MAR
36 | ATL
38 | TEX
21 | PHO
31 | HOM
12 | 31st  | 2781
2008 | DAY
28 | CAL
30 | LVS
26 | ATL
34 | BRI
34 | MAR
43 | TEX
21 | PHO
30 | TAL
DNQ | RCH
18 | DAR
9 | CLT
17 | DOV
9 | POC
22 | MCH
39 | SON
20 | NHA
33 | DAY
19 | CHI
23 | IND
35 | POC
31 | GLN
41 | MCH
41 | BRI
38 | CAL
29 | RCH
22 | NHA
33 | DOV
12 | KAN
31 | TAL
22 | CLT
27 | MAR
22 | ATL
41 | TEX
29 | PHO
20 | HOM
22 | 30th  | 2851

### Car No. 27 history

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Dave Blaney (2000–2001)

The second full-time team made its debut in Winston Cup as the No. 93 with an Amoco sponsorship in 2000, with Dave Blaney driving. Despite failing to qualify at the spring Rockingham race, Blaney finished 3rd in the Rookie of the year standings. The team flirted with victory lane a few times in 2001, but Amoco decided not to renew its contract, and Blaney left for Jasper Motorsports.

Hut Stricklin (2002)

The car returned for the 2002 season with a new sponsor, number and driver. Hut Stricklin moved over from Donlavey Racing and brought sponsorship from Hills Brothers Coffee with him. Stricklin started off 2002 by failing to qualify for the Daytona 500 and was inconsistent for much of the season. He recorded five top twenty finishes, but also finished 35th or worse 6 times and did not even attempt the race at Watkins Glen. Stricklin left the team after the Sharpie 500 at Bristol, and Hills Brothers announced they would be pulling sponsorship.

Kenny Wallace (2002–03)

Around this time, there was another driver looking for a full time ride that had a sponsor ready to back him. Kenny Wallace had not raced a full season in Cup since Andy Petree released him following the 2000 season, and had been racing primarily in the Busch Series for Innovative Motorsports in their #48 Stacker 2 Chevrolet. However, he had been active as a long-term injury replacement for Steve Park in the #1 Pennzoil Chevrolet at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. earlier in 2002 and had also made several starts in Cup races for his Busch Series team in the #98 car.

Davis and Wallace began to negotiate terms since both sides had ends that each other was desiring, as Wallace was able to bring his backing from Stacker 2 to his new team and Davis needed a driver for his second car. First, Wallace would immediately join BDR and run the #23 for the remainder of the 2002 season with Hills Brothers Coffee remaining as sponsor. When the new season began, Stacker 2 would come aboard to sponsor the #23 with Wallace driving.

Wallace ran at the Southern 500 and nine other races in the #23 to close out the year. He missed the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville due to conflicts with the Busch race weekend at Memphis Motorsports Park, and he had already agreed to run the EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway for Andy Petree in conjunction with a promotion by AT&T. In those ten starts, Wallace's best finish was eleventh at Phoenix. Scott Wimmer and Geoffrey Bodine ran the #23 in the other two events, with Wimmer recording a 17th-place finish at Talladega.

Wallace ran all 36 races in 2003 with one top ten finish, which he recorded at Bristol. After the season, BDR moved Wallace and Stacker 2 to the Busch Series full-time to replace Wimmer, who was promoted to Cup racing. Following the year, Davis shut down his second-full time operation.

Part-time (2004–05)

Dave Blaney made several starts for the team in 2004, including the Daytona 500. In 2004 and 2005 the car ran mostly unsponsored, with a couple of drivers running selected events. Shane Hmiel, Tony Raines, and Blaney ran the car in 2004. Mike Skinner ran six events in 2005.

Michael Waltrip (2006)

In the fall of 2005, it was announced that the team would return to full-time competition as the No. 55 car in 2006 with Michael Waltrip driving and NAPA sponsoring. Plans changed, however, in January 2006, when it was announced that Jasper Motorsports owner Doug Bawel would sell the owner's points of his No. 77 team to Waltrip and Davis to form Waltrip-Jasper Racing.[3] Although this helped the No. 55 get into the first five races of 2006, it did not help the team, as BDR's expansion was painful and occurred without Dodge support, with Waltrip failing to qualify several times and failing to finish in the top 35 in points. The Waltrip-Jasper name was later dropped mid-season, as Bawel was never truly involved with the racing operations. With Waltrip starting his own Toyota team in 2007, and BDR also switching to Toyota, Waltrip took the points with him to MWR.

Jeremy Mayfield (2007)

Jeremy Mayfield was hired drive the car full-time in 2007, with the car renumbered No. 36 for a new sponsorship from 360 OTC. Due to Waltrip taking the team's points, Mayfield needed to qualify on time for the first five races of 2007. After four consecutive failed qualifying attempts, the No. 36 car made its first start of 2007 in the Food City 500 at Bristol. Mayfield drove the car at every track except for Infineon Raceway, when the team did not enter but the R&D team used the No. 36 points. In October, Mayfield departed to Haas CNC Racing, and was replaced by Skinner and Benson for the balance of the season.[4]

Jacques Villeneuve (2008)

The car was then scheduled to continue full-time racing, once again in a renumbered car. Jacques Villeneuve planned to drive the No. 27 in 2008, but the deal fell through after sponsorship could not be found. Benson and Skinner were hired to take over in the interim, before the team folded four races into the season after continued financial difficulties.

#### Car No. 27 results

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Bill Davis Racing No. 27  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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1999 | Dave Blaney | 93  | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | BRI | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH
33 | POC | SON | DAY | NHA
40 | POC | IND
28 | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR | PHO | HOM
23 | ATL
37 |  | 51st  | 332
2000 | DAY
27 | CAR
DNQ | LVS
22 | ATL
20 | DAR
26 | BRI
35 | TEX
22 | MAR
41 | TAL
30 | CAL
38 | RCH
34 | CLT
40 | DOV
25 | MCH
25 | POC
30 | SON
29 | DAY
24 | NHA
34 | POC
18 | IND
23 | GLN
35 | MCH
24 | BRI
43 | DAR
20 | RCH
18 | NHA
26 | DOV
39 | MAR
30 | CLT
28 | TAL
28 | CAR
42 | PHO
8 | HOM
9 | ATL
18 |  | 31st  | 2656
2001 | Dodge | DAY
42 | CAR
9 | LVS
26 | ATL
34 | DAR
22 | BRI
29 | TEX
6 | MAR
29 | TAL
17 | CAL
29 | RCH
33 | CLT
33 | DOV
33 | MCH
8 | POC
11 | SON
32 | DAY
21 | CHI
12 | NHA
37 | POC
22 | IND
40 | GLN
28 | MCH
6 | BRI
18 | DAR
19 | RCH
26 | DOV
35 | KAN
10 | CLT
41 | MAR
29 | TAL
30 | PHO
28 | CAR
14 | HOM
6 | ATL
41 | NHA
11 | 22nd  | 3303
2002 | Hut Stricklin | 23  | DAY
DNQ | CAR
27 | LVS
24 | ATL
43 | DAR
32 | BRI
35 | TEX
27 | MAR
15 | TAL
11 | CAL
40 | RCH
16 | CLT
22 | DOV
26 | POC
22 | MCH
17 | SON
33 | DAY
26 | CHI
36 | NHA
31 | POC
31 | IND
17 |  | MCH
36 | BRI
38 |  | 32nd  | 3077
Tom Hubert |  | GLN
24 |
Kenny Wallace |  | DAR
25 | RCH
14 | NHA
18 | DOV
27 | KAN
16 |  | CLT
25 |  | ATL
36 | CAR
13 | PHO
11 | HOM

Scott Wimmer |  | TAL
17 |
Geoff Bodine |  | MAR
39 |
2003 | Kenny Wallace | DAY
16 | CAR
38 | LVS
30 | ATL
26 | DAR
23 | BRI
10 | TEX
23 | TAL
17 | MAR
12 | CAL
22 | RCH
29 | CLT
42 | DOV
23 | POC
29 | MCH
25 | SON
29 | DAY
15 | CHI
24 | NHA
38 | POC
32 | IND
24 | GLN
34 | MCH
42 | BRI
15 | DAR
24 | RCH
23 | NHA
36 | DOV
28 | TAL
20 | KAN
31 | CLT
32 | MAR
16 | ATL
30 | PHO
25 | CAR
31 | HOM
22 | 30th  | 3061
2004 | Dave Blaney | DAY
15 | CAR | LVS | ATL
11 | DAR | BRI | TEX
11 | MAR | TAL
39 | CAL | RCH | CLT
17 | DOV
33 | POC | MCH | SON |  | 43rd  | 986
Tony Raines |  | DAY
DNQ | CHI | NHA | POC | IND
30 | GLN | MCH | BRI |
Shane Hmiel |  | CAL
39 | RCH
29 | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN
24 | CLT | MAR | ATL
24 | PHO | DAR | HOM

2005 | Mike Skinner | DAY
30 | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL
42 | DAR | RCH | CLT
41 | DOV
DNQ | POC | MCH
34 | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND
29 | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR |  | 52nd  | 459
Johnny Benson |  | ATL
28 | TEX | PHO | HOM
2006 | Michael Waltrip | 55  | DAY
18 | CAL
36 | LVS
35 | ATL
20 | BRI
32 | MAR
29 | TEX
26 | PHO
42 | TAL
25 | RCH
31 | DAR
35 | CLT
DNQ | DOV
32 | POC
28 | MCH
25 | SON
23 | DAY
38 | CHI
30 | NHA
36 | POC
40 | IND
DNQ | GLN
36 | MCH
23 | BRI
16 | CAL
31 | RCH
DNQ | NHA
23 | DOV
28 | KAN
35 | TAL
14 | CLT
38 | MAR
34 | ATL
33 | TEX
43 | PHO
42 | HOM
DNQ | 37th  | 2350
2007 | Jeremy Mayfield | 36  | Toyota | DAY
DNQ | CAL
DNQ | LVS
DNQ | ATL
DNQ | BRI
34 | MAR
40 | TEX
DNQ | PHO
DNQ | TAL
23 | RCH
DNQ | DAR
DNQ | CLT
25 | DOV
38 | POC
DNQ | MCH
DNQ | SON | NHA
40 | DAY
DNQ | CHI
26 | IND
DNQ | POC
31 | GLN
27 | MCH
DNQ | BRI
37 | CAL
36 | RCH
DNQ | NHA
DNQ | DOV
DNQ | KAN
22 | TAL
DNQ | CLT
39 | MAR
DNQ |  | 44th  | 1568
Mike Skinner |  | ATL
DNQ | TEX
24 |
Johnny Benson |  | PHO
36 | HOM

2008 | Jacques Villeneuve | 27  | DAY
DNQ |  | 53rd  | 130
Mike Skinner |  | CAL
DNQ | LVS
30 |
Johnny Benson |  | ATL
DNQ | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM

### R&D Car history

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Bill Davis fielded a third part-time team for R&D purposes on numerous occasions. This car switched numerous times between No. 23 and No. 27. .

The No. 23 car made its debut at the season finale NAPA 500 in 2000 with Scott Wimmer driving the No. 23 AT&T sponsored Pontiac.

In 2001, the car once again did not appear until the final Atlanta race of the year. There, Hut Stricklin, preparing for his 2002 ride with the team, raced to an impressive 11th-place finish.

The following year, Stricklin and the No. 23 car moved to the full-time spot, while the R&D car was renumbered to No. 27. Wimmer returned to the team, attempting seven races. He qualifies for two races, finishing neither.

For the 2003 season, the third BDR team experimented with manufacturers, running Chevrolets as opposed to the standard Dodges. Wimmer attempting three starts for the team before switching taking over for Ward Burton in the No. 22. In the fall Atlanta race, Shelby Howard made his only Cup attempt, failing to qualify. The R&D team merged with the second full-time team in for 2004-05 as Davis scaled back to a two car operation.

With Michael Waltrip reviving the second full time team in the 2006 season, the No. 23 returned running as the third team for Davis. Mike Skinner failed to qualify for the 2006 Daytona 500, but Bill Lester became the first African-American since Willy T. Ribbs to compete in a Cup race at the Golden Corral 500. He started nineteenth and finished thirty-ninth. Lester attempted two more races that season, finishing thirty-second at Michigan International Speedway, but failing to qualify at California Speedway.

The No. 23 car attempted the Daytona 500 in 2007 with Mike Skinner, but did not qualify. Veteran road racing specialist Butch Leitzinger ran the No. 23 car with special CAT sponsorship at Infineon Raceway. In the later stages of 2007, the renumbered No. 27 made the UAW-Ford 500 and the Checker Auto Parts 500 with Jacques Villeneuve driving.

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2000 | Scott Wimmer | 23  | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC | SON | DAY | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR | PHO | HOM | ATL
22 |  | 56th  | 68
2001 | Hut Stricklin | Dodge | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MAR | TAL | PHO | CAR | HOM | ATL
11 | NHA | 54th  | 130
2002 | Scott Wimmer | 27  | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI
DNQ | NHA | POC | IND
DNQ | GLN | MCH | BRI
40 | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV
DNQ | KAN | TAL | CLT
DNQ | MAR | ATL
DNQ | CAR | PHO
42 | HOM | 56th  | 192
2003 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | MAR | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI
24 | DAR | RCH | NHA
24 | DOV
DNQ | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR |  | 53rd  | 220
Shelby Howard |  | ATL
DNQ | PHO | CAR | HOM
2006 | Mike Skinner | 23  | Dodge | DAY
DNQ | CAL | LVS |  | 62nd  | 111
Bill Lester |  | ATL
38 | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH
32 | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL
DNQ | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM
2007 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | DAY
DNQ | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH |  | 55th  | 140
Butch Leitzinger |  | SON
28 | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN |
Jacques Villeneuve | 27  |  | TAL
21 | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO
41 | HOM

## Busch Series

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Mark Martin (1988–1990)

BDR began fielding cars in the Busch Series in 1988, when Mark Martin drove thirteen races in the No. 06 Carolina Ford Dealers Ford, posting two top-tens and one win. The team switched to No. 1 the following season with Martin continuing to drive winning the spring race at Bristol. Geoff Bodine ran one race at Martinsville in the fall. Martin won one race at Mytrle Beach in 1990 running twelve races.

Jeff Gordon (1991–1992)

In 1991, the team went full-time with a young Jeff Gordon. Although he did not win, and even failed to qualify for the Goody's 300, he had five top fives, taking Rookie of the Year honors and an 11th place points position. Martin ran in a second car at Hickory in the spring. Baby Ruth became the main sponsor in 1992 with Gordon winning three races including the spring race at Atlanta where Rick Hendrick took notice of Gordon's talents. Gordon and the team were going to move up to the Winston Cup in 1993 but Gordon signed with Hendrick.

Dave Blaney (1998–1999)

In 1998, the team returned full-time fielding the No. 93 Amoco Pontiac piloted by sprint car ace Dave Blaney. Running a limited schedule, Blaney finished in 6th place 3 times. Blaney had an even better 1999 season, winning the pole position several times and finished eighth in points. That same year, Davis fielded a second car for Burton, the No. 02 sponsored by Polaris. He finished in the top-ten in every race and won a pole at Darlington.

Mike Borkowski (2000)

In 2000, Davis opened the No. 20 ride sponsored by AT&T. Rookie Mike Borkowski started the year in the ride, but after the Busch 200, he was released. Dave Blaney and Tom Hubert shared the ride for the year before Scott Wimmer took over in the final part of the season. Burton's team changed to the No. 22 and had two top-five finishes, then closed up.

Scott Wimmer (2000–2003)

Wimmer took over the No. 20, renumbered the No. 23, for 2001, posting eight top-tens and finishing eleventh in points in a Jani-King sponsored car. Siemens became a part-time sponsor in 2002, but the team threatened to shut down to a lack of finances. However, it remained open, and Wimmer won four races in the second half of the season, finishing 3rd in points. For 2003, Stacker 2 came on board as sponsor, and he picked up a win at Pikes Peak.

Kenny Wallace (2004)

At the end of the season, Wimmer moved to Cup, and Kenny Wallace took his place, posting ten top-ten finishes and finishing ninth in points. After Wallace and Stacker 2 left for ppc Racing, Davis sold the equipment to Keith Coleman Racing. The team still remained involved in Busch supplying engines to MacDonald Motorsports.

### Busch Series Results

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Bill Davis Racing No. 23  NASCAR Busch Series results

Year  | Team  | 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  | NNSC | Pts
1988 | Mark Martin | 06  | Ford | DAY
4 | HCY | CAR
1 | MAR | DAR
9 | BRI
23 | LNG | NZH | SBO | NSV | CLT
33 | DOV | ROU | LAN | LVL | MYB | OXF | SBO | HCY | LNG | IRP
7 | ROU | BRI
10 | DAR
38 | RCH
9 | DOV
35 | MAR
18 | CLT
36 | CAR
39 | MAR |  | 30th  | 1211
1989 | 1  | DAY
21 | CAR
31 | MAR
9 | HCY | DAR
2 | BRI
2 | NZH
35 | SBO | LAN | NSV | CLT
39 | DOV
4 | ROU | LVL | VOL | MYB
26 | SBO | HCY | DUB | IRP
2 | ROU | BRI
1* | DAR
42 | RCH
8* | DOV
2* | MAR
17 | CLT
20 | CAR
24 | MAR |  | 21st  | 1832
1990 | DAY | RCH
35 | CAR
8 | MAR | HCY | DAR
36 | BRI
4 | LAN | SBO | NZH | HCY | CLT
31 | DOV
24 | ROU | VOL | MYB
1 | OXF | NHA | SBO | DUB | IRP | ROU | BRI
6 | DAR
28* | RCH | DOV
34 | MAR | CLT
16 | NHA | CAR
4* | MAR |  | 31st  | 1321
1991 | Jeff Gordon | DAY
DNQ | RCH
17 | CAR
24 | MAR
14 | VOL
13 | HCY
15 | DAR
9 | BRI
32 | LAN
2 | SBO
23 | NZH
5 | CLT
18 | DOV
2 | ROU
9 | HCY
2 | MYB
13 | GLN
6 | OXF
29 | NHA
15 | SBO
20 | DUB
12 | IRP
18 | ROU
11 | BRI
3 | DAR
28 | RCH
13 | DOV
8 | CLT
35 | NHA
19 | CAR
37 | MAR
8 |  | 11th  | 3582
1992 | DAY
23 | CAR
9 | RCH
8 | ATL
1* | MAR
6 | DAR
26 | BRI
5 | HCY
28 | LAN
10* | DUB
5 | NZH
26 | CLT
1 | DOV
18 | ROU
5 | MYB
5* | GLN
19 | VOL
18* | NHA
29 | TAL
11 | IRP
14 | ROU
9 | MCH
19 | NHA
4 | BRI
19* | DAR
3 | RCH
17 | DOV
12 | CLT
1* | MAR
14 | CAR
2 | HCY
11 |  | 4th  | 4053
1998 | Dave Blaney | 93  | Pontiac | DAY
35 | CAR
42 | LVS | NSV
14 | DAR
DNQ | BRI
22 | TEX
34 | HCY | TAL
37 | NHA | NZH | CLT
43 | DOV
36 | RCH
23 | PPR | GLN | MLW
14 | MYB | CAL | SBO | IRP
33 | MCH
DNQ | BRI
29 | DAR
18 | RCH
12 | DOV
6 | CLT
11 | GTY
6 | CAR
20 | ATL
14 | HOM
6 |  | 29th  | 1915
1999 | DAY
43 | CAR
11 | LVS
20 | ATL
2 | DAR
42 | TEX
8 | NSV
31 | BRI
24 | TAL
14 | CAL
28 | NHA
19 | RCH
10 | NZH
4 | CLT
19 | DOV
8 |  | GLN
8 | MLW
6 | MYB
13 | PPR
24 | GTY
8 | IRP
38 | MCH
3 | BRI
9 | DAR
2 | RCH
39 | DOV
24 | CLT
20 | CAR
3 | MEM
11 | PHO
19 | HOM
16 |  | 7th  | 3582
Tom Hubert |  | SBO
18 |
2000 | Mike Borkowski | 20  | DAY
22 | CAR
40 | LVS
40 | ATL
28 | DAR
43 | BRI
DNQ |  | NSV
42 | TAL
10 |  | NHA
21 |  | 20th  | 2564
Dave Blaney |  | TEX
DNQ |  | CAL
18 | RCH
22 |  | CLT
36 | DOV
8 |  | DAR
9 | RCH
21 | DOV
3 | CLT
3 |
Tom Hubert |  | SBO
29 | MYB
21 | GLN
37 | MLW
24 | NZH
36 | PPR
34 | GTY
34 | IRP
38 | MCH
29 | BRI
DNQ |
Scott Wimmer |  | CAR
DNQ | MEM
18 | PHO
19 | HOM
43 |
2001 | 23  | DAY
15 | CAR
31 | LVS
11 | ATL
14 | DAR
12 | BRI
29 | TEX
15 | NSH
3 | TAL
42 | CAL
19 | RCH
7 | NHA
17 | NZH
30 | CLT
35 | DOV
7 | KEN
17 | MLW
30 | GLN
23 | CHI
13 | GTY
10 | PPR
20 | IRP
31 | MCH
23 | BRI
6 | DAR
12 | RCH
15 | DOV
12 | KAN
17 | CLT
11 | MEM
8 | PHO
7 | CAR
13 | HOM
4 |  | 11th  | 3773
2002 | DAY
13 | CAR
19 | LVS
13 | DAR
34 | BRI
3 | TEX
21 | NSH
4 | TAL
28 | CAL
12 | RCH
8 | NHA
11 | NZH
16 | CLT
18 | DOV
4 | NSH
7 | KEN
5 | MLW
3 | DAY
26 | CHI
13 | GTY
21 | PPR
6 | IRP
3 | MCH
7 | BRI
2 | DAR
7 | RCH
9 | DOV
1 | KAN
24 | CLT
43 | MEM
1 | ATL
13 | CAR
17 | PHO
1 | HOM
1 | 3rd  | 4488
2003 | Chevy | DAY
12 | CAR
11 | LVS
10 | DAR
28 | BRI
25 | TEX
8 | TAL
38 | NSH
36 | CAL
14 | RCH
5 | GTY
8 | NZH
13 | CLT
19 | DOV
15 | NSH
8 | KEN
5 | MLW
14 | DAY
16 | CHI
15 | NHA
5 | PPR
1 | IRP
12 | MCH
26 | BRI
32 | DAR
18 | RCH
16 | DOV
14 | KAN
7 | CLT
20 | MEM
6 | ATL
14 | PHO
7 | CAR
8 | HOM
39 | 9th  | 4059
2004 | Kenny Wallace | DAY
12 | CAR
DNQ | LVS
25 | DAR
12 | BRI
16 | TEX
37 | NSH
18 | TAL
6 | CAL
9 | GTY
33 | RCH
9 | NZH
9 | CLT
9 | DOV
11 | NSH
18 | KEN
33 | MLW
25 | DAY
30 | CHI
36 | NHA
7 | PPR
14 | IRP
9 | MCH
19 | BRI
14 | CAL
13 | RCH
33 | DOV
20* | KAN
15 | CLT
9 | MEM
13 | ATL
7 | PHO
22 | DAR
7 | HOM
19 | 9th  | 3851

## Craftsman Truck Series

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### Truck No. 5 history

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Mike Skinner (2004–2008)
The No. 5 truck.

The No. 5 truck started out in 2004 at Bang! Racing as the No. 42 driven by Mike Skinner. Skinner started the year with two top-fives, but his performance began to decline, and his team was sold to Davis, changing to the No. 5, starting at the Las Vegas 350. He won two poles and had a sixth-place run at the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In 2005, he won seven poles and two races, at Bristol and Richmond respectively, finishing fifth in points. In 2006, he had thirteen top-tens including a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and almost won the 2007 championship before suffering tire failures in the season finale. Skinner was signed to drive for TRT through the 2009 season. However, due to concerns over the economy, the team shut down the entire truck program, with Skinner taking the number 5 with him to Randy Moss Motorsports.

### Truck No. 22 history

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Bill Lester (2004–2006)

BDR's original foray into the Truck Series, it debuted in 2004 at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250, where Bill Lester drove it to a sixteenth-place run. He posted just one top-ten that year and finished 22nd in points. The next season, he won two poles (back-to-back at Kansas and Kentucky), had a best finish of fifth and moved up to seventeenth in points. Lester failed to finish in the top-ten during the 2006 season and dropped to twentieth in points.

Tyler Walker and Ryan Matthews (2007)

Tyler Walker began the season driving the renumbered No. 36 truck full-time in 2007, with sponsorship from 360 OTC. Six races into the season, rookie Ryan Mathews replaced Walker after it was learned that Walker was suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, and the team had lost its sponsor, 360 OTC (which wanted No. 36). Mathews, in his short season, posted two top tens, one top five, and one pole at Kentucky Speedway. Mathews then stepped out of the truck for the debut of 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1997 Formula One Champion Jacques Villeneuve. In preparation for this, the truck was renumbered No. 27, which Villeneuve used in his 1995 CART and Indy 500 championship season, as a tribute to his father Gilles.

Phillip McGilton, Scott Speed and Michael Annett (2008)

The Truck switched back to the No. 22 in 2008 and began the year with Phillip McGilton as the driver, before he was replaced by Scott Speed and Michael Annett. The team had the most successful season 2008, with Speed winning his first NASCAR victory at Dover, and Annett scoring two top-tens in seven races. This team was shut down after the 2008 season due to economic concerns.

### Truck No. 23 history

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Shelby Howard (2004)
The 23 truck in 2007.

The No. 23 truck began in 2004 when Davis purchased its equipment from Phil Bonifield. The truck was piloted by Shelby Howard. Howard ran eight races before he was released, and Johnny Benson Jr. took over.

Johnny Benson (2004–2008)

Despite running a limited schedule, Benson finished 25th in points. He became the full-time driver in 2005, and had six top-fives en route to a tenth-place points finish. Benson went on to collect five wins during the 2006 season with additional backing from Exide Batteries and finished runner-up to Todd Bodine for the championship. 360 OTC sponsored the 23 for ten races during the 2007 season. Benson won four races and finished third in points. In 2008 Benson was considered a title favorite. Benson, crew chief Trip Bruce, and truck chief William (Billy) Hagerthey Jr. won five races that year and held off defending champion Ron Hornaday Jr. to win the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship, the first ever NASCAR championship for BDR. Before winning the championship, it was announced that Benson would not return in 2009. Both Benson and Trip Bruce have since been named to the No. 1 truck of Red Horse Racing. ARCA RE/MAX Series driver Tayler Malsam was intended to drive this truck for Rookie of the Year Honors, but he later moved to Randy Moss Motorsports with Skinner after the abrupt closure of Bill Davis Racing.

### Truck No. 24 history

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The No. 24 truck entered as a research and development entry for BDR in 2005. Steve Park drove the No. 67 South Padre Island entry in a pair of races towards the end of the year following his release from Orleans Racing. His best finish was 16th at Texas. In 2006, A. J. Allmendinger drove the newly renumbered 24 for three races, posting a fifth-place run at Talladega Superspeedway. ARCA Re/MAX Series driver Phillip McGilton was to make his NASCAR debut in this truck at Homestead-Miami Speedway before going full-time with the No. 22 team in 2008, however plans were changed as Blaney was put in the No. 22 truck sponsored by Caterpillar. This truck has made only one start, which came at the 2008 Ford 200 with Tayler Malsam driving to a 21st-place finish. This team was also shut down after the 2008 season concluded.

## Controversy

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### Fallout with Dodge

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In 2003, Dodge parent company DaimlerChrysler filed a lawsuit against Bill Davis Racing after they "found the race team to be building (Truck Series) trucks for Toyota," in preparation for entering the Truck Series in 2004.[5][6] In addition, BDR continued to run Pontiacs in the Busch Series through 2002, and Chevrolets in 2003 and 2004 due to Dodge not giving any manufacturer support in the Busch Series. Bill Davis Racing had built a prototype for Toyota's Truck program to present to NASCAR, which Chrysler viewed as a breach of contract. Dodge proceeded to pull manufacturer support from BDR in October 2003.[7] The team continued to run Dodges through 2006; they stopped running Dodge logos on the cars that year after a District Court judge in Detroit ruled in favor of DaimlerChrysler, requiring Davis to pay $6.5 million to the manufacturer in February 2006.[1] Davis switched to Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series in 2007. Although there was a ruling against the team, Davis and Dodge settled out-of-court in November 2006, with the terms not released.[8]

## References

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1. ^ a b "LAWSUITS - DODGE vs. BILL DAVIS RACING". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
2. ^ "Blaney captures first Toyota pole in Nextel Cup". Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
3. ^ Redmayne, Tim (January 21, 2006). "Waltrip-Jasper Racing formed". Autosport. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
4. ^ "NASCAR.COM - Skinner, Benson to share driving No. 36 for BDR - Oct 22, 2007". www.nascar.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24.
5. ^ "Dodge, Bill Davis Racing Reach Settlement In Lawsuit". Sports Business Daily. November 17, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
6. ^ "DaimlerChrysler Motors v. Bill Davis Racing". Casetext. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
7. ^ Jenkins, Chris (June 2, 2003). "Dodge files suit seeking money back from Davis". USA Today. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
8. ^ Rogers, Steve (2007-02-17). "Davis has 'something to prove'". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-08-05.

## External links

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* Bill Davis Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference
* Official website
* Car 22 news
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* Bill Davis Racing News

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Years active|

1989–2008

Personnel|

* Bill Davis

Former drivers|

* A. J. Allmendinger
* Michael Annett
* Johnny Benson Jr.
* Dave Blaney
* Geoff Bodine
* Mike Borkowski
* Ward Burton
* Wally Dallenbach Jr.
* Jeff Gordon
* Jimmy Hensley
* Shane Hmiel
* Shelby Howard
* Tom Hubert
* Bobby Labonte
* Justin Labonte
* Randy LaJoie
* Butch Leitzinger
* Bill Lester
* Donny Lia
* Tayler Malsam
* Mark Martin
* Ryan Mathews
* Phillip McGilton
* Jeremy Mayfield
* Steve Park
* Tony Raines
* Dennis Setzer
* Mike Skinner
* Scott Speed
* Hut Stricklin
* Jacques Villeneuve
* Tyler Walker
* Kenny Wallace
* Michael Waltrip
* Chris Wimmer
* Scott Wimmer

NASCAR Hall of Fame|

* Ray Evernham
* Jeff Gordon
* Bobby Labonte
* Mark Martin

NASCAR Truck Series Championships|

* 2008 (Benson)

Daytona 500 wins|

* 2002 (W. Burton)

Southern 500 wins|

* 2001 (W. Burton)

Partnerships and affiliations|

* Michael Waltrip Racing
* Red Bull Racing Team

Buyouts and mergers|

* Jasper Motorsports (2006)
* Triad Racing Technologies (2008)

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