Frank Cicci Racing

Cicci Motorsports

Owner(s)	Frank Cicci, Mark Daniel
Series	Xfinity Series
Opened	1986
Closed	2007
Career
Debut	Budweiser At The Glen (Watkins Glen) Xfinity Series: 1985 Sandhills 200 (Rockingham)
Races competed	Total: 502 Xfinity Series: 497
Race victories	Total: 19 Xfinity Series: 19
Pole positions	Total: 12 Xfinity Series: 11

Cicci Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Frank Cicci of Elmira, New York and was last driven by Jay Sauter.

Beginnings

FCR first began racing as a short track team in Upstate New York. They won the Late Model division championship in 1985 at Shangri-La Speedway (later Tioga Motorsports Park before closing after 2005) That year, they made their NASCAR Busch Series debut at North Carolina Speedway, as the No. 67. Jimmy Spencer qualified 30th and finished 19th. They hired Spencer to race in NASCAR's National Modified Tour after that, and subsequently won the championship in that series in 1986 and 1987. During the 1987 season, Cicci and Spencer ran two more races in the Busch Series with Quick Stop Beverage sponsoring. They decided to run Busch full-time in 1988, the team being named Team 34 Racing. Despite not winning a race, Spencer had 13 top-ten finishes, and finished seventh in points that season. They began 1989 without major sponsorship, but Spencer was able to pick up his first career victory at Hickory Motor Speedway, then won two more races that season at Rougemount and Myrtle Beach. Suddenly, Cicci released Spencer to have Randy LaJoie drive the 34 for the rest of the season, who posted two top-ten finishes. Spencer returned to run a limited schedule in a second Cicci car, the Lowe's Foods No. 87 car, and had two top-ten finishes as well. He left for the Winston Cup Series at the end of the season.

Early 90s

In 1990, FCR hired Clifford Allison to drive the Gwaltney Meats Buick. Allison struggled, however, and was released after the seventh race of the season. Jack Sprague took over for the balance of the season, and had a sixth-place finish at Orange County.

Still searching for competitiveness, Cicci teamed up with Jeffrey and Scott Welliver for 1991 and hired Todd Bodine to drive. Bodine rewarded them with a win at the Budweiser 200 and a seventh-place finish in points. The next season, armed with sponsor Hungry Jack, Bodine won three times and finished third in points. After switching to Chevrolets for 1993, Bodine won three more races but struggled with consistency, and finished 9th in points. He left for Butch Mock Motorsports at the end of the season. He was replaced by Mike McLaughlin, who had eight top-ten finishes in the Fiddle Faddle-sponsored car.

Prime years

In 1995, French's Mustard became primary sponsor, and McLaughlin picked up his first career win at Dover International Speedway, and finished third in points. After a winless 1996, McLaughlin chalked up two more wins in 1997, and was named the Series' most popular driver. During the 1997 season, the team expanded to a multi-car operation, fielding the No. 36 Stanley Tools Pontiac Grand Prix for Bodine. He won one race and finished runner-up in the championship chase. Goulds Pumps was the team's new sponsor in 1998, and together they won two more races and finished 3rd in points. Bodine had left for Team Tabasco at the end of the season, and rookie driver Matt Hutter took his place. Despite posting one top-ten finish, Hutter was replaced mid-season by David Green, who put together seven top-five finishes. A third car appeared for Cicci-Welliver in 1998 as well, the No. 30 Slim Jim Chevy driven by Mike Cope. Cope struggled with consistency as well, and would be replaced by Bodine for the balance of the season.

The team changed its name to Cicci-Welliver Racing before the 1999 season. In 1999, Tim Fedewa took over the No. 36, and had 9 top-ten finishes and a 14th-place finish in points. Bodine continued driving the newly renumbered 66 Phillips Chevy and had ten top-fives. McLaughlin meanwhile decided he needed a change of scenery, and announced he was leaving the team for Innovative Motorsports, to the shock of the NASCAR community. David Green returned to take his place with AFG Glass as sponsor. He had eleven top-tens and a 9th in points. Fedewa picked up a win at New Hampshire, but failed to qualify twice and finished 18th in points. Bodine picked up one more victory and had a fourth-place finish in points.

Struggles and rebirth

In 2001, Bodine left for Haas-Carter Motorsports, and Fedewa took his place in the 66. Consequently, Stanley was replaced by GNC, and Hank Parker Jr. took over the driving duties for the No. 36. Green stayed in the No. 34 and had six top-tens, but was not happy with the results and left. Parker picked up his first career win and finished 15th in points. Fedewa struggled with his new ride however, and would be released midway through the season. Geoffrey Bodine took over for the rest of the season, his best finish being a fourth at Richmond.

In 2002, the Wellivers pulled out of the team after a long association. Cicci sold the 36 and 66 teams to Wayne Jesel. Jimmy Spencer returned to the team as a partner, with the United States Air Force came aboard to sponsor the No. 34, which was to be driven by rookie Stuart Kirby on a part-time schedule. Kirby ran eight races, but did not finish higher than 17th, and he was replaced by Steve Grissom, who didn't fare any better than a 22nd-place run at Richmond. The next season, former National Football League quarterback Jim Kelly came on board as a partner to try to attract sponsors. They could only get LesCare Kitchens to run that season, on a part-time basis. McLaughlin returned after a prior deal had fallen through, and had one top-ten finish, but LesCare did not live up to their sponsorship obligations, causing Spencer to dissolve the partnership.

The team shut down after that, but returned in 2005 with Dollar General sponsoring the car, driven by Randy LaJoie. LaJoie had three top-ten finishes, but was replaced by Todd Bodine on occasion, and finished 19th in points. For 2006, Champ Car World Series driver Paul Tracy took the wheel for 5 races with SportClips and American Crew. Other drivers that drove the car included Bodine, Scott Lynch, Carlos Pardo, Kertus Davis, Mike Bliss, Jason Keller, Jeff Fuller and Kim Crosby.

For Frank Cicci Racing's 20th year in the Busch Series the team was set to run the full 2007 season with new driver Brian Conz, coming over from the ARCA RE/MAX Series, with Scottish Rite as the sponsor. After Steve Grissom drove at Daytona, it was reported that Cicci has placed Conz and his sponsor on notice for failing to pay its financial obligations. Jay Sauter was to drive the car for most of the 2007 season, but the team suspended operations in April. They attempted to run the Zippo 200 but could not come up with funds to do so.

Motorsports results

Winston Cup

Car No. 34 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	34	Owners	Pts
1992	Todd Bodine	34	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN 37	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
1994	Mike McLaughlin		Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA 22	POC	TAL	IND	GLN 27	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
1996				DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN DNQ	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
1997	Todd Bodine			DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN 35	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL			59th	58
2000				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN 42	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL	63rd	34

Busch Series

Car No. 34 results

Year	Drivers	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	34	35	Owners	Pts
1985	Jimmy Spencer	67	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	HCY	BRI	MAR	DAR	SBO	LGY	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	ROU	CLT	HCY	CAR 19	MAR
1987		4	Olds	DAY	HCY	MAR	DAR	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT 36	DOV
		24											IRP DNQ	ROU	JFC	OXF 41	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI	JFC	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR
			Buick																									CLT DNQ	CAR	MAR
1988		34		DAY 29	HCY 16	CAR 11	MAR 8	DAR 20	BRI 5	LNG 8	NZH 8	SBO 12	NSV 3	CLT 16	DOV 28	ROU 3	LAN 8	LVL 5	MYB 18	OXF 11	SBO 17	HCY 22	LNG 9	IRP 17	ROU 16	BRI 6	DAR 6	RCH 16	DOV 6	MAR 5	CLT 29	CAR 13	MAR 16
1989				DAY 34	CAR 8	MAR 6	HCY 1*	DAR 17	BRI 9	NZH 9	SBO 22	LAN 15	NSV 9	CLT 11	DOV 26	ROU 1*	LVL 17	VOL 26	MYB 1*	SBO 17
	Randy LaJoie																				HCY 2	DUB 15	IRP 12	ROU 25	BRI 11	DAR 18	RCH 11	DOV 20	MAR 27	CLT 14	CAR 8	MAR 23
1990	Clifford Allison			DAY 13	RCH DNQ	CAR 29	MAR 25	HCY DNQ	DAR 17	BRI 25	LAN	SBO
	Jack Sprague												NZH 24	HCY 18	CLT 30	DOV 20	ROU 6	VOL 21	MYB 15	OXF 12	NHA 21	SBO 11	DUB 17	IRP 25	ROU 15	BRI 22	DAR 25	RCH	DOV 36	MAR 20	CLT 35	NHA 46	CAR 19	MAR 17
1991	Todd Bodine			DAY 27	RCH 15	CAR 4	MAR 12	VOL 8	HCY 8	DAR 5	BRI 26	LAN 8	SBO 10	NZH 22	CLT 39	DOV 1	ROU 22	HCY 18		GLN 5	OXF 3	NHA 22	SBO 6	DUB 18	IRP 12	ROU 21	BRI 22	DAR 3	RCH 33	DOV 26	CLT 8		CAR 10	MAR 4
			Olds																MYB 6
	Glenn Sullivan		Chevy																													NHA 45
1992	Todd Bodine			DAY 24		RCH 12					HCY 27	LAN 6		NZH 1				MYB 15			NHA 6	TAL 3	IRP 8		MCH 1*	NHA 3		DAR 10	RCH 7	DOV 13	CLT 37			HCY 3
			Buick		CAR 23		ATL 20	MAR 25	DAR 5	BRI 20			DUB 11		CLT 7	DOV 8	ROU 6		GLN 2	VOL 5				ROU 4			BRI 1					MAR 21	CAR 3
1993			Chevy	DAY 41	CAR 33	RCH 9	DAR 5	BRI 2	HCY 5	ROU 22	MAR 18	NZH 11	CLT 31	DOV 1*	MYB 6	GLN 5	MLW 11	TAL 38	IRP 19	MCH 7	NHA 40	BRI 1*	DAR 27	RCH 18	DOV 1	ROU 18	CLT 5	MAR 11	CAR 4	HCY 10	ATL 34
1994	Mike McLaughlin			DAY 29	CAR 22	RCH 11	ATL 39	MAR 21	DAR 21	HCY 12	BRI DNQ	ROU 16	NHA 10	NZH 5	CLT 9	DOV 18	MYB 31	GLN 19	MLW 6	SBO 15	TAL 7	HCY 16	IRP 3	MCH 4	BRI DNQ	DAR 6	RCH 11	DOV 28	CLT 27	MAR 11	CAR 35
1995				DAY 37	CAR 13	RCH 4	ATL 31	NSV 7	DAR 16	BRI 30	HCY 3	NHA 4	NZH 31	CLT 20	DOV 1*	MYB 8	GLN 4	MLW 5	TAL 32	SBO 2	IRP 3	MCH 10	BRI 21	DAR 10	RCH 17	DOV 7	CLT 5	CAR 13	HOM 24
1996				DAY 31	CAR 2	RCH 38	ATL 11	NSV 30	DAR 41*	BRI 27	HCY 25	NZH 29	CLT 35	DOV 32	SBO 2	MYB 6	GLN 3	MLW 2	NHA 9	TAL 25	IRP 2	MCH 13	BRI 38	DAR 38	RCH 11	DOV 6	CLT 5	CAR 4	HOM 27
1997				DAY 33	CAR 8	RCH 27	ATL 17	LVS 24	DAR 33	HCY 10	TEX 5*	BRI 2	NSV 13	TAL 35	NHA 1	NZH 8	CLT 33	DOV 23	SBO 8	GLN 1	MLW 13	MYB 2	GTY 5	IRP 37	MCH 13	BRI 16	DAR 2	RCH 32	DOV 10	CLT 13	CAL 9	CAR 7	HOM 22						4th	3614
1998				DAY 18	CAR 5	LVS 27	NSV 1	DAR 8	BRI 6	TEX 11	HCY 21	TAL 3	NHA 7	NZH 3	CLT 7	DOV 5	RCH 34	PPR 20	GLN 2	MLW 6	MYB 3	CAL 24	SBO 3	IRP 18	MCH 15	BRI 17	DAR 3*	RCH 28	DOV 4	CLT 1	GTY 12	CAR 41	ATL 29	HOM 18					3rd	4045
1999				DAY 15	CAR 6	LVS 19	ATL 12	DAR 16	TEX 4	NSV 7	BRI 27	TAL 21	CAL 41	NHA 40	RCH 14	NZH 28	CLT 27	DOV 28	SBO 15	GLN 3	MLW 11	MYB 12	PPR 15	GTY 9	IRP 17	MCH 24	BRI 39	DAR 38	RCH 43	DOV 9	CLT 3	CAR 16	MEM 7	PHO 16	HOM 20				9th	3478
2000	David Green			DAY 11	CAR 36	LVS 19	ATL 6	DAR 7	BRI 6	TEX 3	NSV 8	TAL 40	CAL 40	RCH 18	NHA 8	CLT 13	DOV 24	SBO 22	MYB 25	GLN 44	MLW 30	NZH 18	PPR 2	GTY 26	IRP 9	MCH 33	BRI 10	DAR 24	RCH 10	DOV 37	CLT 37	CAR 27	MEM 41	PHO 9	HOM 17				12th	3316
2001				DAY 23	CAR 28	LVS 40	ATL 18	DAR 31	BRI 15	TEX 6	NSH 24	TAL 32	CAL 13	RCH 13	NHA 23	NZH 16	CLT 9	DOV 8	KEN 23	MLW 15	GLN 35	CHI 15	GTY 7	PPR 6	IRP 18	MCH 37	BRI 15	DAR 22	RCH 12	DOV 15	KAN 13	CLT 21	MEM 33	PHO 15	CAR 6	HOM 11			15th	3554
2002	Mike Laughlin Jr.			DAY	CAR	LVS DNQ	DAR	BRI																															41st	1084
	Stuart Kirby								TEX 43	NSH	TAL	CAL 33	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT 41	DOV	NSH 25	KEN 29	MLW 17	DAY	CHI	GTY 36	PPR 26	IRP
	Steve Grissom																									MCH 30	BRI 41	DAR	RCH 22	DOV 29	KAN 37	CLT 23	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM 31
2003	Mike McLaughlin			DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL 39	NSH	CAL	RCH 13	GTY	NZH	CLT 30	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY 9	CHI 30	NHA 26	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM		54th	539
2005	Randy LaJoie			DAY 19	CAL 31	MXC 32	LVS 8	ATL 15	NSH 28	BRI 27	TEX 26	PHO 35	TAL 6	DAR 26	RCH 26	CLT 28	DOV 17	NSH 24	KEN 21	MLW 7	DAY 30	CHI 31	NHA 39	PPR 16	GTY 14	IRP 17	GLN 21	MCH 41		CAL 21	RCH 15	DOV 42			MEM 25		PHO 25		24th	3109
	Todd Bodine																												BRI 21				KAN 33	CLT 32		TEX 32		HOM 40
2006	Paul Tracy			DAY 24			LVS 36						TAL 35								DAY 28									CAL 42	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	45th	1191
	Todd Bodine				CAL 37												DOV 36
	Carlos Pardo					MXC 42
	Scott Lynch							ATL 43
	Mike Bliss								BRI 36	TEX 12	NSH 26	PHO 38
	Jason Keller													RCH DNQ
	Kertus Davis														DAR 42	CLT DNQ
	Jeff Fuller																	NSH 27	KEN 41
	Kim Crosby																			MLW 40
	Kevin Lepage																					CHI 43	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP
	Brian Simo																										GLN 22	MCH	BRI
2007	Steve Grissom			DAY 25																																			51st	592
	Jay Sauter				CAL 28		LVS 21	ATL DNQ	BRI 15	NSH 28	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
	Brian Simo					MXC 22

Car No. 36 results

Year	Drivers	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	Owners	Pts
1997	Todd Bodine	36	Pontiac	DAY 2	CAR 7	RCH 7	ATL 6	LVS 3	DAR 10	HCY 5	TEX 4	BRI 30	NSV 5	TAL 8	NHA 6*	NZH 2	CLT 7	DOV 7	SBO 9	GLN 2	MLW 11	MYB 4	GTY 24	IRP 25	MCH 6	BRI 8	DAR 8	RCH 25	DOV 15	CLT 20	CAL 1	CAR 34	HOM 7				2nd	4115
1998	Matt Hutter			DAY 21	CAR 19	LVS 29	NSV 39	DAR 25	BRI 18	TEX 38	HCY 24	TAL 9	NHA 29	NZH 31	CLT DNQ	DOV 30	RCH 41	PPR 37																			16th	3190
	David Green																		GLN 4	MLW 4	MYB 2	CAL 5	SBO 4	IRP 5	MCH 23	BRI 10	DAR 11	RCH 11	DOV 40	CLT 21	GTY 19	CAR 21	ATL 19	HOM 5
1999	Tim Fedewa			DAY 35	CAR 10	LVS 34	ATL DNQ	DAR 8	TEX 21	NSV 37	BRI 9	TAL 28	CAL 6	NHA 23	RCH 33	NZH 3	CLT 38	DOV 21	SBO 5	GLN 27	MLW 31	MYB 27	PPR 2	GTY 43	IRP 7	MCH DNQ	BRI 25	DAR 28	RCH 14	DOV 41	CLT 26	CAR 17	MEM 9	PHO 35	HOM 15		14th	3033
2000			Chevy	DAY 24	CAR 39	LVS 20	ATL 40	DAR 11	BRI 28	TEX 41	NSV 11	TAL 31	CAL DNQ	RCH 20	NHA 1*	CLT 27	DOV 19	SBO 12	MYB 38	GLN 6	MLW 4	NZH 19	PPR 10	GTY 21	IRP 41	MCH 16	BRI 13	DAR 37	RCH 36	DOV 11	CLT 23		MEM 5	PHO 29	HOM 10		15th	3158
	Geoffrey Bodine																															CAR 14
2001	Hank Parker Jr.			DAY 14	CAR 17	LVS 22	ATL 38	DAR 25	BRI 21	TEX 29	NSH 25	TAL 41	CAL 1	RCH 11	NHA 18	NZH 39	CLT 15	DOV 30	KEN 11	MLW 14	GLN 32	CHI 35	GTY 26	PPR 22	IRP 25	MCH 28	BRI 34	DAR 17	RCH 28	DOV 8	KAN 2	CLT 7	MEM 32	PHO 8	CAR 8	HOM 20	18th	3341

Car No. 66 results

Year	Drivers	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	Owners	Pts
1998	Mike Cope	30	Chevy	DAY 42	CAR 34	LVS 40	NSV 40	DAR 40	BRI 15	TEX 24	HCY 7	TAL 18	NHA 38	NZH 30	CLT DNQ	DOV 33	RCH 33	PPR 9	GLN 35	MLW 26	MYB 31																19th	2985
	Todd Bodine																					CAL 33	SBO 5	IRP 15	MCH 12	BRI 4	DAR 5	RCH 5	DOV 5	CLT 8	GTY 9	CAR 12	ATL 15	HOM 38
1999		66		DAY 32	CAR 9	LVS 40	ATL 5	DAR 10	TEX 37	NSV 5	BRI 5	TAL 31	CAL 25	NHA 9	RCH 4	NZH 15	CLT 9	DOV 3	SBO 12	GLN 9	MLW 8	MYB 6	PPR 3	GTY 10	IRP 2	MCH 13	BRI 5	DAR 10	RCH 38	DOV 32	CLT 9	CAR 5	MEM 4*	PHO 9	HOM 32		4th	4029
2000				DAY 34	CAR 8	LVS 4	ATL 4	DAR 5	BRI 3	TEX 4	NSV 9	TAL 25	CAL 5	RCH 7	NHA 4	CLT 5	DOV 13	SBO 36	MYB 6	GLN 4	MLW 31	NZH 40	PPR 21	GTY 3	IRP 7	MCH 1*	BRI 30	DAR 16	RCH 4	DOV 4	CLT 42	CAR 4	MEM 20	PHO 12	HOM 32		4th	4075
2001	Tim Fedewa			DAY 24	CAR 30	LVS 28	ATL 31	DAR 18	BRI 2	TEX 26	NSH 18	TAL 18	CAL 11	RCH 21	NHA 25	NZH 5	CLT 27	DOV 31																			23rd	3191
	Geoffrey Bodine																		KEN 41	MLW 17	GLN 20	CHI 23	GTY 19	PPR 18	IRP 8	MCH 40	BRI 14	DAR 34	RCH 4	DOV 22	KAN 26	CLT 33	MEM 35	PHO 30	CAR 18
	Casey Mears																																			HOM 28

Car No. 84 results

Year	Drivers	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	34	35	Owners	Pts
1991	Todd Bodine	84	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	NHA 18	CAR	MAR
2005	Randy LaJoie		Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI 17	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	75th	112

External links

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• Frank Cicci Racing
• Cicci closes shop
• Frank Cicci – NASCAR Owner
• Jeffrey Welliver – NASCAR Owner
• Scott Welliver – NASCAR Owner