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Sam Hunt Racing
Owner(s)	Sam Hunt
Principal(s)	Allen Hart (Technical dir.)
Base	Mooresville, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers	Xfinity Series:; 24. Parker Chase, Connor Mosack, Tyler Reddick, TBA; 26. Kaz Grala
Sponsors	Xfinity Series:; 24. Ontivity, Gearwrench; 26. Island Brands USA, Island Coastal Lager, CRUSH, Fire Department Coffee
Manufacturer	Toyota
Opened	2013
Career
Debut	NASCAR Xfinity Series:; 2019 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead-Miami) ; K&N Pro Series East:; 2013 DRIVE4COPD 150 (Bristol)
Latest race	NASCAR Xfinity Series:; 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) ; K&N Pro Series East:; 2019 General Tire 125 (Dover)
Races competed	116
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0
Pole positions	0

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Sam Hunt Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 24 Toyota Supra primarily for Connor Mosack and the No. 26 Toyota Supra full-time for Kaz Grala.

The team is currently based in Mooresville, North Carolina, although they have Virginia roots and their original shop was located in Chester, Virginia.^[1]

History

The team, first known as DRIVE Technology, was founded in 2013 by Sam Hunt and Virginian Shayne Lockhart, a former NASCAR driver-turned crew chief. In 2013 they acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East No. 18 team, which was closing down after the 2012 season. They kept using the No. 18. The team picked up sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation for most of the races.^[1]

At the end of 2019 Hunt announced the team would move up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with their driver Colin Garrett in the season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Joe Gibbs Engines under the hood.

Xfinity Series

They started fielding the No. 26 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2019 in the season finale at Homestead–Miami Speedway for Colin Garrett, he started 15th and would end up finishing 21st.

For the 2020 season, SHR formed a partnership with Toyota Racing Development in continuation with their partnership on engines with Joe Gibbs Engines.^[2]

In 2022, SHR began operating out of The Motorsports Group's former shop just up the road from the shop they had rented from Rette Jones Racing from 2020-2021 as well as forming a larger partnership with TRD on the technical side.

Car No. 24 history

2021

Starting at the Indy RC, SHR started fielding a 2nd entry in the No. 24 for Will Rodgers with continued Partnership from GoodRx where he finished 28th after starting in 9th.

2022

Jeffrey Earnhardt would drive the No. 24 at Daytona and would finish 15th. Joe Nemechek would attempt to race against his son John Hunter Nemechek however, due to qualifying being cancelled due to rain, the elder Nemechek did not qualify. He was originally entered for the Talladega race, but his entry was withdrawn because of the high chance of qualifying being rained out.

Car No. 24 results

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	NXSC	Pts
2021	Will Rodgers	24	Toyota	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND 28	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	47th	9
2022	Jeffrey Earnhardt			DAY 15	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	GLN												47th	22
2022	Joe Nemechek																									DAY DNQ	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	47th	22
2023	Parker Chase			DAY 16	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	NSH	CSC	ATL	NHA	POC	ROA	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

Car No. 26 history

2019

On October 28, 2019, the team announced that they would field an Xfinity team for the first time in 2020, the No. 26 Toyota, with Garrett driving. Brian Keselowski became the team's crew chief, moving over from the Brandonbilt Motorsports No. 68 car.^[3] They later attempted the season finale at Homestead in 2019, where they qualified 15th and finished 20th in preparation for their 2020 schedule of races.

2020

In 2020 Colin Garrett ran select races for the team with a best finish of 14th at Homestead-Miami in June of that year.

Brandon Gdovic would join the team for 2 races at the Indianapolis Road Course and Daytona Road Course finishing 12th and 28th respectively.

On October 26, 2020, it was announced that TD2 driver Mason Diaz would drive the No. 26 Toyota for the final two races of the 2020 season at Martinsville and Phoenix.^[4]

2021

In 2021 the team ran the full schedule with a huge rotation of drivers Brandon Gdovic, Kris Wright, Santino Ferrucci, Colin Garrett, John Hunter Nemechek. Grant Enfinger, Will Rodgers, and Dylan Lupton splitting the seat.

The team recorded their first ever top 10 with Brandon Gdovic at the season opener at Daytona.

In September at Richmond Raceway the team scored their first ever top 5 with John Hunter Nemechek battling for the win in the closing laps with Justin Haley and eventual race winner Noah Gragson going on to score a 3rd-place finish.

2022

On January 13, 2022 Ryan Truex was announced to drive the No. 26 at Daytona as well as several other races throughout the season and the next day Jeffrey Earnhardt was announced to compete in at least 7 races bringing sponsorship from ForeverLawn.

On January 25, 2022, it was announced John Hunter Nemechek would drive the car at both races at Las Vegas in the season with sponsorship from Berry's Bullets. Other drivers such as Parker Chase, Derek Griffith, and Chandler Smith would also drive the No. 26.

On October 27, 2022, it was announced that Kaz Grala would drive the car in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway^[5] on November 5, 2022, marking Grala's Toyota Racing debut.^[6]

Car No. 26 results

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	NXSC	Pts
2019	Colin Garrett	26	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM 21	47th	16
2020	Colin Garrett			DAY DNQ	LVS	CAL	PHO	DAR 37	CLT	BRI	ATL	HOM 21	HOM 14	TAL 35	POC					KAN 16	ROA																38th	127
	Brandon Gdovic															IND 12	KEN	KEN	TEX			DAY 28	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX
	Mason Diaz																																		MAR 20	PHO 24
2021	Brandon Gdovic			DAY 8						MAR 17		DAR 36					TEX 23					NHA 16							BRI 21								23rd	485
	Kris Wright				DAY 18									COA 32		MOH 32				ROA 25			GLN 17	IND 30
	Santino Ferrucci					HOM 30	LVS 13	PHO 15	ATL 15										POC 14		ATL 33										TAL 17
	Colin Garrett										TAL 15														MCH 20	DAY 37	DAR 17								MAR 14
	John Hunter Nemechek												DOV 32															RCH 3
	Grant Enfinger														CLT 36
	Will Rodgers																	NSH 14														CLT 29
	Dylan Lupton																													LVS 35			TEX 38	KAN 27		PHO 15
2022	Ryan Truex			DAY 12																																	18th	624
	Jeffrey Earnhardt				CAL 29			ATL 13							TEX 19	CLT 37		NSH 7		ATL 19									BRI 12	TEX 38
	John Hunter Nemechek					LVS 12	PHO 5							DAR 4					ROA 18					MCH 19		DAY 35	DAR 9						LVS 16
	Parker Chase								COA 19								PIR 27
	Derek Griffith									RCH 26	MAR 21										NHA 18							KAN 27			TAL 23				MAR 15
	Chandler Smith											TAL 38	DOV 21																					HOM 7
	Santino Ferrucci																					POC 35	IND 17
	Connor Mosack																								GLN 15
	Daniil Kvyat																															CLT 15
	Kaz Grala																																			PHO 23
2023	Kaz Grala			DAY 32	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	NSH	CSC	ATL	NHA	POC	ROA	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

K&N Pro Series

Car No. 18 history

2013

In 2013 Sam Hunt along with former-driver turned crew chief Shayne Lockhart formed DRIVE Technology after they had acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East No. 18 team, which was closing down after the 2012 season. Sam Hunt, ran the full season, moving over from Precision Performance Motorsports. They kept using the No. 18. The team picked up sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation for most of the races.^[1] The team later ended up running only part-time, skipping the races at Five Flags, Winston-Salem, both Iowa races, and New Hampshire. Also, Sergio Peña drove the car at the season-finale at Road Atlanta instead of Hunt.

2014

In 2014, Hunt ran another part-time schedule. One of his races was set to be Daytona, but after full-time driver Brandon Jones failed to qualify in his own No. 33 car for Turner Scott Motorsports, he replaced Hunt in the No. 18. Other drivers for the team that year were Mason Massey in two races at the Langley and Columbus Speedways. Venezuelan female driver Milka Duno drove the No. 18 at the season-finale, now at Dover as a result of Road Atlanta being taken off the schedule.

2015

The team attempted fewer races in 2015. Peyton Sellers drove two races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and at Dover. Full-time ARCA Series driver Sarah Cornett-Ching drove the car at Bristol in a partnership between DRIVE Technology and her ARCA team, RACE 101.^[7]^[8] Justin LaDuke made his only start of the year and to-date of his career at Winston-Salem. Hunt returned for two races at tracks in his home state of Virginia: Langley and Richmond.

2016

The team continued to scale back in 2016, with Peña returning to DRIVE Technology for the first time in three years after he was released from Rev Racing. He ran the road course race at Virginia International Raceway, and it is his last NASCAR start to date. The team withdrew with Hunt at the next race at Dominion Raceway, another track in Virginia.

2017

Hunt became the sole owner of the team in 2017. He and Peyton Sellers ran two races apiece that year. The new team name was Hunt-Sellers Racing.

2018

HSR ran nearly the full season in 2018, with yet another driver from Virginia, rookie Colin Garrett, running all but the first two races of the season. Garrett originally signed on for four races but extended it to the remainder of the schedule after strong initial runs.^[9] He finished tenth in points. His best finish was a third at the first of the doubleheader races at South Boston, his only top-5 of the year. Garrett did score four top-10's as well. Clinton Cram served as crew chief in 2018.^[9]

2019

The team announced on January 17, 2019, that Garrett would return to Sam Hunt Racing to run the full season with them in 2019. In addition, the team switched from Toyota to Chevrolet that year.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c McConnell, Jim (May 8, 2013). "James River grad at home with Drive Technology". Chesterfield Observer. Observer Inc. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
^ "Sam Hunt Racing announces partnership with TRD". Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
^ Kristl, Mark (October 28, 2019). "Sam Hunt Racing, Colin Garrett Attempting Move To Xfinity Series". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ "Mason Diaz Joining Sam Hunt Racing for Final 2 Races of Season". Frontstretch. October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
^ Sam Hunt Racing [@Team_SHR26] (October 27, 2022). "One last surprise to end the season 🥳 @KazGrala will pilot our No. 26 Toyota GR Supra in the @NASCAR_Xfinity season finale at @phoenixraceway next weekend! #TeamToyota | #NXS | #LetsGoPlaces https://t.co/6cEUdbuPCk" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Grala, Kaz [@KazGrala] (November 1, 2022). "Last race of the season, and first race with @Team_SHR26! This will be my @ToyotaRacing debut, so I'm really looking forward to seeing what our Ruedebusch Toyota GR Supra can do on Saturday! 💪🏻 https://t.co/h882OK9Q7m" (Tweet). Retrieved December 4, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ "KNPSE: Sarah Cornett-Ching Set to Make Her K&N Pro Series Debut at Bristol This Weekend". Race Chaser Online. April 13, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ Donnelly, Doug (April 17, 2015). "On off ARCA weekend, Cornett-Ching, others take talents to Bristol". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Segal, Davey (September 6, 2019). "Behind Sam Hunt's resilient NASCAR journey to stay on track". Autoweek. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^ "Speed51.com". January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

External links

Drive Technology USA
Sam Hunt Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference

[SamHunt-1] McConnell, Jim (May 8, 2013). "James River grad at home with Drive Technology". Chesterfield Observer. Observer Inc. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

[2] "Sam Hunt Racing announces partnership with TRD". Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.

[3] Kristl, Mark (October 28, 2019). "Sam Hunt Racing, Colin Garrett Attempting Move To Xfinity Series". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

[4] "Mason Diaz Joining Sam Hunt Racing for Final 2 Races of Season". Frontstretch. October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.

[5] Sam Hunt Racing [@Team_SHR26] (October 27, 2022). "One last surprise to end the season 🥳 @KazGrala will pilot our No. 26 Toyota GR Supra in the @NASCAR_Xfinity season finale at @phoenixraceway next weekend! #TeamToyota | #NXS | #LetsGoPlaces https://t.co/6cEUdbuPCk" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022 – via Twitter.

[6] Grala, Kaz [@KazGrala] (November 1, 2022). "Last race of the season, and first race with @Team_SHR26! This will be my @ToyotaRacing debut, so I'm really looking forward to seeing what our Ruedebusch Toyota GR Supra can do on Saturday! 💪🏻 https://t.co/h882OK9Q7m" (Tweet). Retrieved December 4, 2022 – via Twitter.

[7] "KNPSE: Sarah Cornett-Ching Set to Make Her K&N Pro Series Debut at Bristol This Weekend". Race Chaser Online. April 13, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[8] Donnelly, Doug (April 17, 2015). "On off ARCA weekend, Cornett-Ching, others take talents to Bristol". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

[Autoweek-9] Segal, Davey (September 6, 2019). "Behind Sam Hunt's resilient NASCAR journey to stay on track". Autoweek. Retrieved May 11, 2020.

[10] "Speed51.com". January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

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