JG Motorsports
| Owner(s) |
Jeff Gordon Rick Hendrick |
|---|---|
| Base | Denver, North Carolina |
| Series | Busch Series |
| Car numbers |
No. 24 No. 14 |
| Race drivers |
Jeff Gordon Ricky Hendrick |
| Sponsors | Pepsi, DuPont, GMAC |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Closed | 2000 |
| Career | |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 2 |
JG Motorsports was a NASCAR Busch Series race team co-owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick, which attempted 20 races in the year 2000.
The team evolved from Gordon–Evernham Motorsports which ran six races in the Busch Series in 1999.
History
Gordon–Evernham Motorsports (1999)
In 1999, Brooke Gordon (then wife of Jeff Gordon) and Ray Evernham formed Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (GEM) to compete in that year's Busch Series season. The team's Pepsi-sponsored cars ran six races with Jeff Gordon as driver and Evernham as crew chief. DuPont sponsored the No. 24 car in two races in 1999 with driver Ricky Hendrick, with Evernham and Patrick Donahue as crew chiefs. During the season, Gordon won the Outback Steakhouse 200, the inaugural Busch Series race[1] at Phoenix International Raceway.[2]
Due to offers from Dodge, Evernham sold his half of GEM to Rick Hendrick at the end of the year.
JG Motorsports (2000)
The GEM cars competed in the 2000 NASCAR Busch Series under the title "JG Motorsports". The team was jointly owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick and attempted 20 races in the year. The team ran sixteen races with Ricky Hendrick as driver and did not qualify for five of the sixteen. Pepsi stayed as sponsor for the five races Gordon drove and GMAC came on as sponsor for the races Ricky Hendrick drove. In the team's final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Gordon won the season finale after leading the final 71 laps.[3]
In 2002 JG Motorsports was merged into Hendrick Motorsports and became the No. 48 car in the Cup Series driven by Jimmie Johnson. In NASCAR 09, this team was mentioned as the No. 5 car in the Nationwide Series.
Race statistics
| The 1999 Busch season for GEM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Sponsor | Race | Location | Qualified | Result |
| Jeff Gordon | Pepsi | Sam's Town 300 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 2 | 4 |
| Coca-Cola 300 | Texas Motor Speedway | 4 | 13 | ||
| Pepsi/Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Carquest Auto Parts 300 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | 5 | 33 | |
| Ricky Hendrick | DuPont | Myrtle Beach 250 | Myrtle Beach Speedway | 5 | 20 |
| Jeff Gordon | Pepsi | NAPA 200 | Michigan International Speedway | 4 | 2 |
| All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ricky Hendrick | DuPont | Kmart 200 | North Carolina Speedway | 33 | 37 |
| Jeff Gordon | Pepsi | Outback Steakhouse 200 | Phoenix International Raceway | Cancelled | 1 |
References
- ↑ "Shut out". CNN Sports Illustrated. October 30, 1999. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ↑ Callahan, Terry (November 6, 1999). "Jeff Gordon wins first Busch Series race at Phoenix". The Auto Channel. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ↑ "The spoiler". CNN Sports Illustrated. November 11, 2000. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
External links
- JG Motorsports owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Jeff Gordon Online page