Red Horse Racing
Encyclopedia
Red Horse Racing is an American
racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina
. It is co-owned by business executive Tom DeLoach and NASCAR on Fox
broadcaster Jeff Hammond. They field the #7 Stemco Duroline/K&N Toyota Tundra
for Miguel Paludo and the #17 Apex Tool Group
/K&N Toyota Tundra for Timothy Peters
in the NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series.
in the #71 WeekendWarriorsTV.com Toyota Camry
at Texas Motor Speedway
in the 2010
O'Reilly 300
and finished 37th after starting 31st.
. The team debuted at Mesa Marin Speedway finishing 19th. Clean Line was purchased by retired Mobil Oil executive Tom DeLoach, and championship crew chief/sports commentator Jeff Hammond before the 2005 season and was renamed Red Horse Racing. Whitt grabbed the team's first win at Memphis
from the pole.
For the 2006 season, David Starr
, former driver of the #75 Spears
Chevy Silverado, drove the team's Toyotas, which switched from #38 to #11. Starr then won the fourth race of the season at Martinsville
and finished fourth in the standings. Despite their success, the team was forced to release Starr at the end of the year due to a lack of sponsorship. He was replaced by Aaron Fike
in 2007, and the team switched numbers again, to #1. After Fike was arrested in Ohio for drug use, Busch Series
drivers David Green
and Jason Leffler
rounded out the season for the team, and Whitt returned at Atlanta. For 2008, David Starr returned to RHR after departing for Circle Bar Racing
, with the team running the #11. The team's reunion would garner them four top fives and eight top tens but only a 12th place points finish. Starr would again depart the team, taking new sponsor Zachry Holdings with him to HT Motorsports
. Red Horse would bring along former ARCA
driver T. J. Bell, who had five top-tens and finished fifteenth in points. The team switched to the #1 and hired former Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet.
at the wheel as the #1 truck. On June 8, 2009, the team announced that the number 1 truck would be shut down due to a lack of sponsorship, leaving Benson without a ride to defend the title he won in 2008. It would run one race later in the season at O'Reilly Raceway Park with Caitlin Shaw
driving it to a 24th place finish. The team returned in 2010, fielding 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series
champion Justin Lofton
in the #7 Tundra for Rookie of the Year honors. Lofton would finish second to Austin Dillon in ROTY points, but was released at season's end. He will be replaced by Brazil
native Miguel Paludo, who brings sponsorship from Stemco Duroline.
. Peters returned to the team in 2010 and scored his second win at Daytona
en route to finishing 6th in points for the year. Peters will return to the truck for 2011, but will have veteran crew chief Butch Hylton.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina
Mooresville, North Carolina
Mooresville is a large suburban town in southern Iredell County, North Carolina, USA. It is in the Metrolina metro area. The population was 32,133 at the 2010 United States Census...
. It is co-owned by business executive Tom DeLoach and NASCAR on Fox
NASCAR on Fox
NASCAR on Fox is the Emmy-winning branding used for Fox Sports's broadcasts of NASCAR races airing on the Fox network since 2001. The production has been in high-definition since 2005.-Background:...
broadcaster Jeff Hammond. They field the #7 Stemco Duroline/K&N Toyota Tundra
Toyota Tundra
The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck introduced by Toyota in the year 2000. It was widely considered to be the first full-size import-brand truck built with an American look and feel and a refined V8 engine. The Tundra was eventually nominated for the North American Truck of the Year...
for Miguel Paludo and the #17 Apex Tool Group
Cooper Tools
Cooper Tools is a division of Cooper Industries, a Houston-based manufacturing company. It is composed of Cooper Hand Tools and Cooper Power Tools, which manufacture hand tools and power tools respectively.- Cooper Hand Tools :...
/K&N Toyota Tundra for Timothy Peters
Timothy Peters
Timothy Peters is an American NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 17 K&N Engineering, Inc. Toyota for Red Horse Racing. He is a former member of the Bobby Hamilton Racing and Richard Childress Racing driver development programs.-Racing career:He began his...
in the NASCAR
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...
Camping World Truck Series.
Nationwide Series
The team has made one Nationwide Series start with Truck Series driver, Justin LoftonJustin Lofton
Justin Lofton is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #6 Chevrolet Silverado for Eddie Sharp Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series....
in the #71 WeekendWarriorsTV.com Toyota Camry
Toyota Camry
The Toyota Camry is a series of mid-size automobiles manufactured by Toyota since 1982, and sold in the majority of automotive markets throughout the world...
at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
in the 2010
2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series
The 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season was the twenty-ninth season of semi-professional stock car racing in the United States. Beginning at Daytona International Speedway, the season included thirty-five races, which ended with the Ford 300 at Homestead Miami Speedway...
O'Reilly 300
O'Reilly 300
The O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 is a NASCAR Nationwide Series race that takes place each spring at Texas Motor Speedway, and was first held in 1997. In 2005, TMS was rewarded with a second Nationwide Series event in November, the O'Reilly Challenge...
and finished 37th after starting 31st.
Truck #1 History
Red Horse Racing debuted in 2004 as Clean Line Motorsports. It was owned by Daniel Whitt and fielded the #38 Ford for his son BrandonBrandon Whitt
Brandon Whitt is a third-generation race car driver. He has run in all three of NASCAR's top divisions...
. The team debuted at Mesa Marin Speedway finishing 19th. Clean Line was purchased by retired Mobil Oil executive Tom DeLoach, and championship crew chief/sports commentator Jeff Hammond before the 2005 season and was renamed Red Horse Racing. Whitt grabbed the team's first win at Memphis
Memphis Motorsports Park
Memphis International Raceway is an auto racing park located across the Loosahatchie River from Memphis, Tennessee, approximately ten miles south of Millington, Tennessee. The facility opened in 1987 with a drag strip and 1.8-mile road course...
from the pole.
For the 2006 season, David Starr
David Starr
David Starr is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #95 WRL General Contractors/TWD Drywall/B&D Electrical/Fenton Motor Group Ford Fusion for Leavine Fenton Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series part-time and the #81 Zachry Holdings, Inc. Toyota Tundra for SS-Green Light Racing...
, former driver of the #75 Spears
Spears Motorsports
Spears Motorsports was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team owned by Wayne and Connie Spears of Agua Dulce, California. The team is most notable for its longevity in the Truck Series, running all but two races before their closure, their commitment to running with Chevrolet and for always running...
Chevy Silverado, drove the team's Toyotas, which switched from #38 to #11. Starr then won the fourth race of the season at Martinsville
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
and finished fourth in the standings. Despite their success, the team was forced to release Starr at the end of the year due to a lack of sponsorship. He was replaced by Aaron Fike
Aaron Fike
Aaron Fike is a former NASCAR and USAC driver from Galesburg, Illinois. Prior to a drug arrest, he was the driver of the #1 Toyota Tundra Craftsman Truck Series truck.He is the younger brother of former NASCAR driver A. J...
in 2007, and the team switched numbers again, to #1. After Fike was arrested in Ohio for drug use, 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...
drivers David Green
David Green (NASCAR)
David A. Green is a NASCAR driver. He won the Nationwide Series championship in 1994. His two younger brothers, Jeff and Mark have also competed in the NASCAR circuit...
and Jason Leffler
Jason Leffler
Jason Leffler is a NASCAR driver from Long Beach, California. Leffler began racing in the open-wheel ranks before moving to NASCAR's three major series...
rounded out the season for the team, and Whitt returned at Atlanta. For 2008, David Starr returned to RHR after departing for Circle Bar Racing
Circle Bar Racing
Circle Bar Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team is owned by Tom Mitchell, and they hold the distinction of having one of the longest lasting teams in the Truck Series. They field the #14 Ford F-150...
, with the team running the #11. The team's reunion would garner them four top fives and eight top tens but only a 12th place points finish. Starr would again depart the team, taking new sponsor Zachry Holdings with him to HT Motorsports
HT Motorsports
HT Motorsports was an American truck racing team from Martinsville, Virginia owned by trucking company owner Jim Harris. It fielded entries for the nine years in the Camping World Truck Series before suspending operations early in 2010.-Truck #24 History:...
. Red Horse would bring along former ARCA
ARCA 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...
driver T. J. Bell, who had five top-tens and finished fifteenth in points. The team switched to the #1 and hired former Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet.
Truck #7 History
This truck debuted in 2009 with defending champion Johnny BensonJohnny Benson
Jonathan Benson, Jr. is an American NASCAR driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson, Sr...
at the wheel as the #1 truck. On June 8, 2009, the team announced that the number 1 truck would be shut down due to a lack of sponsorship, leaving Benson without a ride to defend the title he won in 2008. It would run one race later in the season at O'Reilly Raceway Park with Caitlin Shaw
Caitlin Shaw
Caitlin Shaw is a North American stock car driver. Born August 28, 1989. Her hometown is in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2009, Shaw made her debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at O'Reilly Raceway Park....
driving it to a 24th place finish. The team returned in 2010, fielding 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series
ARCA 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...
champion Justin Lofton
Justin Lofton
Justin Lofton is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #6 Chevrolet Silverado for Eddie Sharp Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series....
in the #7 Tundra for Rookie of the Year honors. Lofton would finish second to Austin Dillon in ROTY points, but was released at season's end. He will be replaced by Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
native Miguel Paludo, who brings sponsorship from Stemco Duroline.
Truck #17 History
Peters joined the team midway through 2009 from Premier Racing with Strutmasters sponsorship, and earned his first win at Martinsville SpeedwayMartinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
. Peters returned to the team in 2010 and scored his second win at Daytona
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...
en route to finishing 6th in points for the year. Peters will return to the truck for 2011, but will have veteran crew chief Butch Hylton.