R3 Motorsports
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R3 Motorsports is a NASCAR
race team which began racing in 2004. It currently fields the #23 Wildlife Conservation Society
Chevrolet Impala
driven by Robert Richardson II (NASCAR
in 2005 as Richardson Racing. It fielded the #33 in the first two races of the season with Richardson Jr., with a fourteenth place finish at Nashville Superspeedway
. The team changed its name to R3 Motorsports and started their entry into NASCAR's top series.
with Richardson, Jr. finishing thirty-fourth in the #35 Chevrolet Silverado
after wrecking.
At the end of the season, the team bought the equipment and owners points from Ultra Motorsports
and changed to the #1 running full time in 2006. With WinYourMortage.com sponsoring, the team qualified for twenty races and had two top-twenty finishes, but shut down their Truck team at the end of the season due to lack of sponsorship. They did attempt three Busch Series
races in the #80 McKinley Pipe/Kinky Friedman
Chevy, but did not qualify for either race.
for Charles Lewandoski
due to the short field of 42 cars. Alex Kennedy drove the #03 at Fontana. Scott Riggs drove at Michigan and Kentucky. Scott Wimmer drove at Road America. All races in 2011 have been start and parks to help fund the #23, the teams main car.
Also in 2011 a third R3 car the #50 car attempted one race at Watkins Glen. Driver Brian Simo got a DNQ.
attempting 8 races and making 5. Renegade wheels served as the sponsor at Lowes and Mahindra Tractors
at other races. Richardson had a best finish of 23rd at Kansas.
In 2009
, the team ran a full schedule with Aaron's and Mahindra
serving as the primary sponsors. Robert Richardson Jr and Ken Butler III served as the primary drivers for the season. For the race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
, Canadian
driver Jean-Francois Dumoulin
drove the car and finished in 7th (R3 Motorsports' best finish of the year). Jeff Fuller drove at Darlington Raceway
and finished thirtieth.
For the 2010 season, R3 Motorsports fielded five drivers in the NASCAR Nationwide series #23. Robert Richardson III ran most of the tracks throughout the season. R3 hired Alex Kennedy for Road America and Watkins Glen. R3 Motorsports also hired Coleman Pressley (the son of former NASCAR Sprint cup series driver Robert Pressley) to drive at Bristol Motor Speedway and Nashville, the team finished 12th at Nashville. The team also ran with Marc Davis, Johnny Sauter, and Payton Sellers each running one race.
For 2011, the #23 team will return and switch from Chevorlet to Dodge and be sponsored by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Richardson has run the majority of the races. Richardson's best finish so far is 22nd at Las Vegas and Iowa. Alex Kennedy drove the #23 at Dover and America finishing 32nd and 21st respectively. Scott Riggs ran the #23 at Darlington finishing 13th, R3's best finish in 2011. The team made the switched back Chevrolet at Kentucky Motorspeedway and will remain in the Chevy Camp feilding Impala's.
R3 attempted only one race in 2007. Richardson attempted to qualify the #80 at Texas, but once again failed to qualify. After 2007, R3 shut down the #80 team.
with Mike Skinner
, but did not qualify for the event.
In 2010, R3 Motorsports attempted to run the October race at Charlotte with Johnny Sauter
driving, but failed to qualify. They also attempted the November Texas race with Josh Wise
, but again did not qualify..
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
race team which began racing in 2004. It currently fields the #23 Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society based at the Bronx Zoo was founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society and currently manages some of wild places around the world, with over 500 field conservation projects in 60 countries, and 200 scientists on staff...
Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet Impala
The Chevrolet Impala is a full-size automobile built by the Chevrolet division of General Motors introduced for the 1958 model year. Deriving its name from the southern African antelope, Chevrolet's most expensive passenger model through 1965 had become the best-selling automobile in the United...
driven by Robert Richardson II (NASCAR
History
R3 Motorsports began running the ARCA RE/MAX SeriesARCA RE/MAX Series
-History:The series started as a local touring group. Led by John Marcum, the Midwest Association for Race Cars was formed with drivers like Iggy Katona and Nelson Stacy being early drivers.The series became a part of the Daytona Speedweeks in 1964...
in 2005 as Richardson Racing. It fielded the #33 in the first two races of the season with Richardson Jr., with a fourteenth place finish at Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee , United States, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. On August 2, 2011, it was announced that Nashville Superspeedway will not host any NASCAR events in 2012. It is a concrete oval track 1 1/3 miles in...
. The team changed its name to R3 Motorsports and started their entry into NASCAR's top series.
Truck #1 History
In 2005, R3 ran one race in the Craftsman Truck Series at PhoenixPhoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series...
with Richardson, Jr. finishing thirty-fourth in the #35 Chevrolet Silverado
Chevrolet Silverado
The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.-History:...
after wrecking.
At the end of the season, the team bought the equipment and owners points from Ultra Motorsports
Ultra Motorsports
Ultra Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup & Craftsman Truck Series racing team. Jim Smith helped start the team and the Craftsman Truck Series. It ran full time in the Craftsman Truck Series from 1994 to 2005, earning many wins and a 2005 championship with Ted Musgrave...
and changed to the #1 running full time in 2006. With WinYourMortage.com sponsoring, the team qualified for twenty races and had two top-twenty finishes, but shut down their Truck team at the end of the season due to lack of sponsorship. They did attempt three Busch Series
Busch Series
The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. It is promoted as NASCAR's "minor league" circuit, and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big leagues"; the Sprint Cup circuit...
races in the #80 McKinley Pipe/Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election...
Chevy, but did not qualify for either race.
Car #03/50 History
In 2011, the team entered a second car, #03, at Las VegasLas Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada near Las Vegas, is a complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.-History:...
for Charles Lewandoski
Charles Lewandoski
Charles Lewandoski is a driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.-Background:...
due to the short field of 42 cars. Alex Kennedy drove the #03 at Fontana. Scott Riggs drove at Michigan and Kentucky. Scott Wimmer drove at Road America. All races in 2011 have been start and parks to help fund the #23, the teams main car.
Also in 2011 a third R3 car the #50 car attempted one race at Watkins Glen. Driver Brian Simo got a DNQ.
Car #23 History
In 2008, R3 returned with Robert RichardsonRobert Richardson (NASCAR)
Robert Richardson Jr. is an American stock car driver. He began driving at the Richard Petty Driving Experience and Team Texas Driving School at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002. He was runner-up in Rookie of the Year honors the following season in Romco Super Late Models. In 2004, he made his Auto...
attempting 8 races and making 5. Renegade wheels served as the sponsor at Lowes and Mahindra Tractors
Mahindra Tractors
Mahindra Tractors, the farm equipment division of Mahindra & Mahindra, builds and sources tractors that are sold worldwide across six continents. Mahindra is also among the top three tractor manufacturers in the world. Mahindra has a huge consumer base in India, China and America and a growing base...
at other races. Richardson had a best finish of 23rd at Kansas.
In 2009
2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series
The 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series began on February 14, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300. The season concluded on November 21, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. With 25 top-five finishes, Kyle Busch was the season champion...
, the team ran a full schedule with Aaron's and Mahindra
Mahindra Tractors
Mahindra Tractors, the farm equipment division of Mahindra & Mahindra, builds and sources tractors that are sold worldwide across six continents. Mahindra is also among the top three tractor manufacturers in the world. Mahindra has a huge consumer base in India, China and America and a growing base...
serving as the primary sponsors. Robert Richardson Jr and Ken Butler III served as the primary drivers for the season. For the race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a motor racing circuit, venue for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series....
, Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
driver Jean-Francois Dumoulin
Jean-Francois Dumoulin
Jean-François Dumoulin is a Canadian race car driver who drives in the Rolex Sports Car Series and drove one NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Montreal and finished 7th.-Grand-Am career:...
drove the car and finished in 7th (R3 Motorsports' best finish of the year). Jeff Fuller drove at Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"...
and finished thirtieth.
For the 2010 season, R3 Motorsports fielded five drivers in the NASCAR Nationwide series #23. Robert Richardson III ran most of the tracks throughout the season. R3 hired Alex Kennedy for Road America and Watkins Glen. R3 Motorsports also hired Coleman Pressley (the son of former NASCAR Sprint cup series driver Robert Pressley) to drive at Bristol Motor Speedway and Nashville, the team finished 12th at Nashville. The team also ran with Marc Davis, Johnny Sauter, and Payton Sellers each running one race.
For 2011, the #23 team will return and switch from Chevorlet to Dodge and be sponsored by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Richardson has run the majority of the races. Richardson's best finish so far is 22nd at Las Vegas and Iowa. Alex Kennedy drove the #23 at Dover and America finishing 32nd and 21st respectively. Scott Riggs ran the #23 at Darlington finishing 13th, R3's best finish in 2011. The team made the switched back Chevrolet at Kentucky Motorspeedway and will remain in the Chevy Camp feilding Impala's.
Car #80 History
In 2006, R3 attempted three Nationwide series races in the #80 Chevy with Richardson driving. The team did not qualify for any of their events.R3 attempted only one race in 2007. Richardson attempted to qualify the #80 at Texas, but once again failed to qualify. After 2007, R3 shut down the #80 team.
Car #23 History
R3 attempted the 2009 Daytona 5002009 Daytona 500
The 2009 Daytona 500, the fifty-first running of Daytona 500, was the first points-paying race to open the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The race was won by Matt Kenseth making a car numbered 17 winning the Daytona 500 for the first time in 20 years since Darrell Waltrip's win back in 1989 and the...
with Mike Skinner
Mike Skinner (NASCAR)
Mike Skinner is an American driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is the primary driver of the #60 Big Red Soda Toyota Camry for Germain Racing. He is the father of former NASCAR drivers Jamie and Dustin Skinner...
, but did not qualify for the event.
In 2010, R3 Motorsports attempted to run the October race at Charlotte with Johnny Sauter
Johnny Sauter
Johnathan Joseph Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter, and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter...
driving, but failed to qualify. They also attempted the November Texas race with Josh Wise
Josh Wise
Josh Wise is a NASCAR driver who currently runs in its Nationwide Series. He drives the #7 Chevrolet Impala for JR Motorsports and the #39 Ford Mustang for Go Green Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He is a former member of the driver development program for Michael Waltrip Racing...
, but again did not qualify..
Nationwide Statistics
| Year | Car Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | #23 | Robert Richardson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||
| 2009 | #23 | Robert Richardson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | ||
| 2009 | #23 | Ken Butler | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||
| 2009 | #23 | Jeff Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | ||
| 2009 | #23 | Jean-Francois Dumoulin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Truck Statistics
| Year | Truck Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | #35 | Robert Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | ||
| 2006 | #1 | Robert Richardson | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||