Sharp Gallaher Racing
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| Owner(s) | Eddie Sharp Bill Gallaher |
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| Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Series | Camping World Truck Series |
| Race drivers | 6. Justin Lofton/Danny Efland 8. Max Gresham |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2005 |
| Closed | 2013 |
| Career | |
| Debut | 2010 Mountain Dew 250 |
| Latest race | 2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 |
| Races competed | 118 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 2 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
Sharp Gallaher Racing (formerly known as Eddie Sharp Racing) is a disbanded NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina that competed in the ARCA Racing Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fielded the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado for Justin Lofton and various other drivers and the No. 8 Chevrolet for Max Gresham.
History
[edit]ARCA
[edit]The team was formed by former driver and crew chief Eddie Sharp in 2005, who had formerly fielded his own ASA team and was the crew chief for Bill Baird during his championship-winning 1999 ARCA season. The team made its debut in 2006 with former Grand-Am driver Michael McDowell running a limited schedule. McDowell and Sharp ran full-time in 2007, running the No. 2 Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge. McDowell grabbed four wins in his rookie season but finished second in the championship to Frank Kimmel. ESR also fielded the No. 22 Dodge, with Josh Wise and Ken Butler III sharing the ride, with Butler winning at Toledo Speedway. With McDowell moving on to Michael Waltrip Racing, Sharp expanded to three teams and switched to running Toyotas, hiring former Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Scott Speed to drive the No. 2, while retaining Butler for the full season and fielding a third car (No. 93) in a number of races for Canadian NASCAR driver Pierre Bourque. The team soon changed numbers to the No. 20 with Justin Lofton for the rest of the year. ESR dominated the season, with Speed winning four races en route to a second-place finish in the championship and Lofton won at Michigan.
With Speed heading to the Sprint Cup Series, ESR gained a reputation of fielding championship-caliber drivers. In 2009, Lofton stayed on with ESR for the full season as the team expanded to a fourth car, the No. 81 for Camping World Series East driver Craig Goess. The No. 2 would be driven by another Grand-Am driver, Tim George Jr., and the No. 20 would be driven by Canadian Steve Arpin on a part-time basis. Lofton won ESR's first ever championship that season, grabbing an impressive four wins, while Goess and Arpin impressed many. Like his predecessors, Lofton moved to Red Horse Racing to run for the Camping World Truck Series title in 2010, while Goess returned for the full season. ESR ran only Goess' 81 for the full season, while continuing to field the 6 for a bevy of drivers, including another former F1 driver, Nelson Piquet Jr., Blake Koch, Brandon McReynolds (son of Fox broadcaster Larry McReynolds), and others. Goess had a solid season, winning only once at Pocono but finishing second in points to Patrick Sheltra.
NASCAR Truck Series
[edit]2006: Woodard & Sharp Racing
[edit]ESR made its first foray into NASCAR in 2006, when he partnered with co-owner Rick Woodard to field a full-time Truck Series team that year with former Hendrick Motorsports development driver Boston Reid running full-time in the No. 25. Woodard did not join Sharp's existing ARCA team as a co-owner, and their Truck team was operated separately from it. After the first four races of the season, Sharp left WSR, leaving Woodard as the team's only owner. Reid would be replaced by ARCA driver Damon Lusk as the team's driver with five races to go in the season. Although the team supposedly was preparing to return for at least the Daytona season-opener, Woodard Racing closed down before the start of the 2007 season.[1]
Truck No. 25 results
[edit]| 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 | Owners | Pts |
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| 2006 | Boston Reid | 25 | Dodge | DAY 36 |
CAL 34 |
ATL 24 |
MAR 31 |
GTY 16 |
CLT 16 |
MFD 14 |
DOV 33 |
TEX 17 |
MCH 17 |
MLW 26 |
KAN 28 |
KEN 14 |
MEM 24 |
IRP 24 |
NSH 14 |
BRI 28 |
NHA 33 |
LVS 33 |
TAL 29 |
27th | 2262 | |||||
| Damon Lusk | MAR 36 |
ATL 17 |
TEX 18 |
PHO 26 |
HOM 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010: Sharp-Hartman Racing
[edit]Sharp would not be an owner in the Truck Series again until 2010, where he returned to the series with another co-owner, Carl Hartman, to field a No. 41 Toyota Tundra for Steve Park in two events.
Truck No. 41 results
[edit]| 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 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Steve Park | 41 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP | POC | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI 18 |
KEN 25 |
NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 55th | 197 |
2010–2013: Eddie Sharp Racing
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Late in the season, ESR had purchased the assets of Team Gill Racing No. 46 and had intended to run Craig Goess for Rookie of the Year in 2011. After only 9 races, Goess was released from the team and Sharp was reunited with Lofton, who had sponsorship from CollegeComplete.com and a new crew chief in Daniel Bormann.
For 2012, Eddie Sharp purchased the spun-off assets of Kevin Harvick Incorporated that were not acquired in the race team's merger with Richard Childress Racing, specifically the 8 and 33 trucks driven by Piquet and Ron Hornaday. Cale Gale drove the 33 in 2012 with sponsorship from Rheem, and a technical alliance with Childress. The 8 truck was driven by Mike Skinner at Daytona, but he wrecked early alongside Gale. In Martinsville, Eddie Sharp sold the No. 8 Truck's owners points to Jennifer Jo Cobb, who swapped manufacturers and numbers (Cobb had the No. 8 as a Dodge, while Chris Lafferty drove the No. 10 Chevrolet). Sharp then gave the owners points to Cobb for the rest of 2012 in order to allow the truck to eventually be used part-time if a third driver was necessary.[citation needed] On May 18, 2012, Justin Lofton won his first race in the No. 6 truck. Gale would win the season finale at Homestead in a photo finish.
For 2013, Lofton would reduce his schedule to only a few races, while Gale and Rheem departed for Turner Scott Motorsports. Max Gresham would run the full schedule for the team, with Truck Series veteran crew chief Gary Showalter.
2013: Sharp Gallaher Racing
[edit]In August of that year, Eddie Sharp announced a partnership with California businessman Bill Gallaher, changing the team name to Sharp Gallaher Racing. Soon after this, it was also announced that the team would relocate from Denver, North Carolina to the stock car racing hotbed of Mooresville, North Carolina.[2] On December 17, 2013, reports arose that the team had shut down with immediate effect until later in the day when it was confirmed that the team had shut down with the remaining staff being laid off.
Truck No. 6 results
[edit]| 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 | Owners | Pts |
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| 2010 | Craig Goess | 46 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTW | IRP | POC | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL 10 |
HOM 12 |
21st | 2445 | ||
| Jason Bowles | TEX 28 |
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| Steve Park | PHO 19 |
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| 2011 | Craig Goess | DAY 16 |
PHO 23 |
DAR 19 |
MAR 24 |
NSH 9 |
DOV 24 |
CLT 22 |
KAN 23 |
TEX 18 |
16th | 684 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Lofton | KEN 15 |
IOW 12 |
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| 6 | NSH 15 |
IRP 20 |
POC 16 |
MCH 15 |
BRI 7 |
ATL 26 |
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| Chevy | CHI 15 |
NHA 13 |
KEN 11 |
LVS 19 |
TAL 11 |
MAR 17 |
TEX 10 |
HOM 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | DAY 3 |
MAR 4 |
CAR 10 |
KAN 7 |
CLT 1 |
DOV 10 |
TEX 9 |
KEN 14 |
IOW 5 |
CHI 21 |
POC 9 |
MCH 12 |
BRI 10 |
ATL 14 |
IOW 31 |
KEN 7 |
LVS 20 |
TAL 24 |
MAR 19 |
TEX 22 |
PHO 10 |
HOM 9 |
9th | 710 | ||||||
| 2013 | DAY 4 |
MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT 10 |
DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | BRI 14 |
IOW 19 |
CHI 15 |
LVS 18 |
TAL 20 |
TEX 5 |
22nd | 437 | |||||||||||||
| Jared Landers | ELD 12 |
POC | MCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Skeen | MSP 13 |
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| Daniel Hemric | MAR 32 |
PHO 13 |
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| Austin Dillon | HOM 20 |
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Truck No. 8 results
[edit]| 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 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Mike Skinner | 8 | Chevy | DAY 33 |
MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | CHI | POC | MCH | BRI | 37th | 150 | |||||||||
| Max Gresham | ATL 22 |
IOW | KEN 23 |
LVS | TAL | MAR 11 |
TEX 12 |
PHO | HOM 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | DAY 24 |
MAR 30 |
CAR 16 |
KAN 25 |
CLT 3 |
DOV 28 |
TEX 22 |
KEN 31 |
IOW 15 |
ELD 10 |
POC 13 |
MCH 18 |
BRI 15 |
MSP 24 |
IOW 13 |
CHI 19 |
LVS 10 |
TAL 8 |
MAR 11 |
TEX 18 |
PHO 15 |
HOM 22 |
18th | 579 | |||
Truck No. 33 results
[edit]| 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 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cale Gale | 33 | Chevy | DAY 32 |
MAR 15 |
CAR 17 |
KAN 11 |
CLT 19 |
DOV 5 |
TEX 8 |
KEN 25 |
IOW 26 |
CHI 6 |
POC 14 |
MCH 20 |
BRI 28 |
ATL 15 |
IOW 5 |
KEN 19 |
LVS 7 |
TAL 10 |
MAR 35 |
TEX 15 |
PHO 7 |
HOM 1 |
14th | 634 |
| 2013 | John King | DAY 18 |
MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 59th | 26 |
Truck No. 45 results
[edit]| 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 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mike Skinner | 45 | Toyota | DAY DNQ |
PHO 24 |
62nd | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chad McCumbee | DAR DNQ |
MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | ||||||||
| Tim George Jr. | Chevy | HOM DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2007 Truck Series Team/Driver Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ Elkins, Ken (September 23, 2013). "Sharp-Gallaher Racing to spend $3.1 million to move shop to Mooresville from Denver". Charlotte Business Journal. Charlotte, NC. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
External links
[edit]- Sharp Gallaher Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference