Team Racing
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Team Racing is a NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series team. It is owned by driver Phil Bonifield. The team has fielded multiple trucks, usually with sponsorship from Red Line Oil
and the Coverall Carports.
at Evergreen Speedway
, under the banner Team 23 Racing. Bonifield qualified the #23 truck 29th but finished 30th after suffering fuel pump
failure early in the race. Jerry Kobza
ran the truck two races later at Memphis Motorsports Park
, but dropped out early due to engine failure. Bonifield ran the truck for most of the year, posting thirteen more starts and a best finish of 30th twice, finishing 31st in points. Kobza was supposed to share the ride with Bonifield during the season, but did not qualify for his attempts and soon left the team. David Starr
ran two races in the 23 at Portland
and Watkins Glen
, finishing 31st and 29th, respectively. Boris Said
also drove in a one-race deal at Richmond International Raceway
, finishing seventeenth, and Tom Bambard
ran the 23 at California Speedway
, finishing 22nd. Rick McCray attempted Texas Motor Speedway
, but failed to qualify.
The team returned in 2000
, with Bonifield as the primary driver. He ran eight races and had a best finish of 30th at Nazareth Speedway
. Carl Long
ran at Texas and finished seventeenth, and Bill Lester
ran at Portland, finishing 24th. In 2001, Bonifield started the year running the 23, but moved over to pilot trucks owned by Impact Motorsports. Dana White took over at Memphis Motorsports Park
, finishing 20th. Lance Hooper
and Michael Dokken
both ran one race apiece in the 23, before Bonifield finished out the year for the team.
Bonifield’s best finish in seven starts the #23 in 2002
was 31st at Milwaukee
. Emerson Newton-John ran the truck for one race at Loudon
, finishing 31st. Hooper ran the truck for a pair of races, before White, Bonifield, and Wayne Edwards
took over for the rest of the year.
In 2003
, White and Bonifield started out the year, before Jamie Aube
took over briefly. Bonifield ran thirteen races in the 23 that season, his best finish 24th at Kentucky Speedway
, White’s best finish was 32nd at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
, and Aube’s best run a 33rd at Texas. Alex Mueller also ran a race at Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing 26th. At the end of the season, the 23 team stopped running in the Truck series, as its equipment was sold to Bill Davis Racing
.
started and finished 28th after suffering engine failure. Dokken, Brian Tyler, White, Brian Rose
, and Barry Bodine
all ran one race apiece in the 25 before Bonifield finished out the year for the team. The 25 truck made its debut the next season when Aube finished 36th at Lowe's Motor Speedway
. Wayne Edwards took over for a pair of races, his best finish 36th at Texas. Aube also ran two races in the 25, his best finish 35th at Las Vegas. In 2004
, Bonifield ran four races in the 25, before the team closed its doors.
also attempted a race, but failed to qualify. Lance Hooper finished the year in the 86, his best finish a sixteenth at South Boston Speedway
. After Hooper left during Daytona 2003, Bonifield drove the 86 in eight races, his best finish a 23rd in Memphis. Rookie T. J. Bell
took over for nine races. His best finish was 12th at Dover, the best finish a Team Racing driver ever posted. Brad Teague
finished sixteenth at Bristol in a one-race deal, and Shane Wallace had a 26th place finish at Texas, before Aube and Bonifield finished out the year in the truck. The team dissolved at the end of the season, despite finishing in 20th in owner's points. In 2007
, the team purchased equipment from R3 Racing, and returned at the Quaker State & Lube 200 with Clay Rogers
finishing 35th after a clutch failure. Dana White and Kevin Lepage
drove in several races for Team Racing as well that season.
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...
Craftsman Truck Series team. It is owned by driver Phil Bonifield. The team has fielded multiple trucks, usually with sponsorship from Red Line Oil
Red Line Oil
Red Line Synthetic Oil Corporation is a company that produces a full range of synthetic lubricants.-History:Red Line was founded in 1979 by Tim Kerrigan and Peter Filice in Benicia, California....
and the Coverall Carports.
Truck #23 history
Team Racing made its debut in 19991999 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began March 20 and ended October 30. Jack Sprague of Hendrick Motorsports was crowned champion.See also: 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1999 NASCAR Busch Series- 1999 Team Chart :...
at Evergreen Speedway
Evergreen Speedway
Evergreen Speedway is an automobile racetrack located within the confines of the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington. The stadium can accommodate up to 7500 spectators in the covered grandstand and an additional 7500 in the uncovered modular grandstands...
, under the banner Team 23 Racing. Bonifield qualified the #23 truck 29th but finished 30th after suffering fuel pump
Fuel pump
A fuel pump is a frequently essential component on a car or other internal combustion engined device. Many engines do not require any fuel pump at all, requiring only gravity to feed fuel from the fuel tank through a line or hose to the engine...
failure early in the race. Jerry Kobza
Jerry Kobza
Jerry Kobza is a USAC and CRSA driver in the open-wheel ranks of racing, collecting a handful of championships. In 1999, he made his only career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start, which came for Team Racing at Memphis Motorsports Park...
ran the truck two races later at Memphis Motorsports Park
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...
, but dropped out early due to engine failure. Bonifield ran the truck for most of the year, posting thirteen more starts and a best finish of 30th twice, finishing 31st in points. Kobza was supposed to share the ride with Bonifield during the season, but did not qualify for his attempts and soon left the team. 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...
ran two races in the 23 at Portland
Portland International Raceway
Portland International Raceway is located in Portland, Oregon, USA's, Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River. It is west of a light rail station and less than a mile west of Interstate 5....
and Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
, finishing 31st and 29th, respectively. Boris Said
Boris Said
Boris Said is an American race car driver from Carlsbad, California but considers his hometown to be Stamford, Connecticut. His father, Bob Said, was a Formula One race driver and US Olympic bobsled driver in 1968 and 1972. He drove the #26 Ford Fusion for Latitude 43 Motorsports in the NASCAR...
also drove in a one-race deal at Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series...
, finishing seventeenth, and Tom Bambard
Tom Bambard
Tom Bambard is a former NASCAR driver and ice dancer.He competed in two Craftsman Truck Series events in 1999. He made his debut at Louisville, running for Conely Motorsports. He started 28th, but finished 27th after radiator problems...
ran the 23 at California Speedway
California Speedway
Auto Club Speedway is a two-mile , low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. The track was also used for open wheel racing events until 2005. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and...
, finishing 22nd. Rick McCray attempted 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....
, but failed to qualify.
The team returned in 2000
2000 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began February 18 and ended October 28. Greg Biffle of Roush Racing was crowned the series champion.See also: 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 2000 NASCAR Busch Series- 2000 Team Chart :- Daytona 250 :...
, with Bonifield as the primary driver. He ran eight races and had a best finish of 30th at Nazareth Speedway
Nazareth Speedway
Nazareth Speedway was an auto racing track in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania which operated from 1910 to 2004. The track is often associated with local drivers Mario and Michael Andretti. It was associated with Frankie Schneider in its earlier dirt track history....
. Carl Long
Carl Long
James Carlyle Long is a former NASCAR Sprint Cup race car driver and mechanic who is currently returning from suspension after a violation on his car during the 2009 Sprint All-Star Race weekend. Prior to his suspension, he was a crew member on the #34 Front Row Motorsports Cup team...
ran at Texas and finished seventeenth, and Bill Lester
Bill Lester
William Alexander Lester III is a racing driver who competes in the Grand Touring category in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Autohaus Motorsports. In 1984, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley...
ran at Portland, finishing 24th. In 2001, Bonifield started the year running the 23, but moved over to pilot trucks owned by Impact Motorsports. Dana White took over at Memphis Motorsports Park
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...
, finishing 20th. Lance Hooper
Lance Hooper
Lance Allen Hooper is a race car driver in NASCAR as well as several touring divisions. Hooper attended his first race when he was just two weeks old, and also came from a long line of racing champions, including his uncle, father, and brother...
and Michael Dokken
Michael Dokken
Michael Dokken,, is a former NASCAR driver. Before racing NASCAR, he raced short tracks in the southeast...
both ran one race apiece in the 23, before Bonifield finished out the year for the team.
Bonifield’s best finish in seven starts the #23 in 2002
2002 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began February 15 and endedNovember 15. Mike Bliss of Xpress Motorsports was crowned the champion at season's end.See also: 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 2002 NASCAR Busch Series- 2002 Team Chart :...
was 31st at Milwaukee
Milwaukee Mile
The Milwaukee Mile is a -long oval race track in West Allis, Wisconsin that seats about 40,000 spectators. It operated as a dirt track until 1953. The track was paved in 1954....
. Emerson Newton-John ran the truck for one race at Loudon
New Hampshire International Speedway
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an IndyCar weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic...
, finishing 31st. Hooper ran the truck for a pair of races, before White, Bonifield, and Wayne Edwards
Wayne Edwards
Wayne Edwards is a part time racer in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He has driven for numerous teams over the past eight years....
took over for the rest of the year.
In 2003
2003 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season was the ninth season of the third highest stock car racing in the United States. The season included twenty-five races, beginning with the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway...
, White and Bonifield started out the year, before Jamie Aube
Jamie Aube
Jamie Aube is a race car driver. He raced in the NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch East Series, where he has won three consecutive championships...
took over briefly. Bonifield ran thirteen races in the 23 that season, his best finish 24th at Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned...
, White’s best finish was 32nd at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las 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:...
, and Aube’s best run a 33rd at Texas. Alex Mueller also ran a race at Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing 26th. At the end of the season, the 23 team stopped running in the Truck series, as its equipment was sold to Bill Davis Racing
Bill Davis Racing
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 both the Camping World Truck Series and Sprint Cup Series since 2007. Dodge, Ford, and Pontiac previously backed the team...
.
Truck #25 history
The 25 truck made its debut in 2002 after Bonifield purchased Impact's equipment when the team closed its doors. The organization, newly named Team Racing, debuted the 25 truck at the MBNA America 200 . Ronnie HornadayRonnie Hornaday
Ron Hornaday III is a NASCAR driver and the son of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday, Jr. On May 12, 2001, he earned a career best finish of 11th at Darlington Raceway, his best out of 12 starts....
started and finished 28th after suffering engine failure. Dokken, Brian Tyler, White, Brian Rose
Brian Rose (racing driver)
Brian Rose is an American race car driver.Rose began his NASCAR career in 2001 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He ran 15 races for Rick Ware in the #51, scoring a best finish of 12th....
, and Barry Bodine
Barry Bodine
Barry Bodine is a former NASCAR driver. He is the son of Geoffrey Bodine, and the nephew of Todd and Brett Bodine.-Busch Series Career:...
all ran one race apiece in the 25 before Bonifield finished out the year for the team. The 25 truck made its debut the next season when Aube finished 36th at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
. Wayne Edwards took over for a pair of races, his best finish 36th at Texas. Aube also ran two races in the 25, his best finish 35th at Las Vegas. In 2004
2004 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season began on February 13 and ended on November 19. Bobby Hamilton of Bobby Hamilton Racing won the championship.See also: 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, 2004 NASCAR Busch Series- Full-time 2004 teams :...
, Bonifield ran four races in the 25, before the team closed its doors.
Truck #86 history
Like the 25, Bonifield and Mazzuchi purchased the 86's equipment from the defunct Impact Motorsports in 2002. Under the Team Racing banner, the 86 made its debut in the beginning of 2002 at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 with Bonifield driving. He finished 35th. Wayne Edwards made two starts in the 86 in 2002, his best finish 25th at the Darlington 200. Then White drove the 86 for six races, his best finish a 24th twice. Donnie NeuenbergerDonnie Neuenberger
Donnie Neuenberger is a NASCAR driver. Neuenberger is a cancer survivor. During the 2004 season, he was diagnosed after nerves were pinched by the tumor during a race...
also attempted a race, but failed to qualify. Lance Hooper finished the year in the 86, his best finish a sixteenth at South Boston Speedway
South Boston Speedway
South Boston Speedway or "SoBo" is a short track located just outside South Boston, Virginia, U.S.A.. SoBo is located approximately sixty miles east of another area familiar to most NASCAR fans, Martinsville. It is owned by Mattco, Inc, the Mattioli family trust that owns Pocono Raceway, with...
. After Hooper left during Daytona 2003, Bonifield drove the 86 in eight races, his best finish a 23rd in Memphis. Rookie T. J. Bell
T. J. Bell
Timothy Peter Bell Jr. is an American racing driver. He currently drives the #50 Liberty Tire Recycling Chevrolet Silverado for MAKE Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series....
took over for nine races. His best finish was 12th at Dover, the best finish a Team Racing driver ever posted. Brad Teague
Brad Teague
Brad Teague is a veteran of the NASCAR Busch Series and the Nextel Cup Series. He was born November 9, 1947 in Buladean, North Carolina. He resides in Johnson City, Tennessee.- Nationwide Series :...
finished sixteenth at Bristol in a one-race deal, and Shane Wallace had a 26th place finish at Texas, before Aube and Bonifield finished out the year in the truck. The team dissolved at the end of the season, despite finishing in 20th in owner's points. In 2007
2007 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 12th season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season set off on February 16, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Chevy Silverado HD 250, and ended on November 16, 2007 with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway...
, the team purchased equipment from R3 Racing, and returned at the Quaker State & Lube 200 with Clay Rogers
Clay Rogers
Clayton Rogers is an American stock car driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series, and is the 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2010 champion in the USARacing Pro Cup Series series...
finishing 35th after a clutch failure. Dana White and Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #52 car, for Jimmy Means Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500.-Early career:...
drove in several races for Team Racing as well that season.