About JR Motorsports

JR Motorsports was established in 1999 as the management company for NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and is now a full-fledged racing operation with three late model teams, a USAR Hooters Pro Cup team, and a full-time NASCAR Busch Series program.

JR Motorsports first foray into racing came in the form of a street stock car that raced at Concord Motorsports Park in Concord, N.C., during the summer of 2002. During the next three years the team progressed through the late model stock car and Pro Cup ranks, collecting numerous wins and pole awards along the way. With support from the U.S. Navy, Earnhardt Jr. launched the JR Motorsports NASCAR Busch Series program in 2006.

The JR Motorsports team has come a long way from its start in 2002. Once housed in a building on Earnhardt Jr.’s property, the team operated out of a small shop in Mooresville, N.C., in 2006 before moving into a large 66,000-square-foot facility that serves as the nucleus of Earnhardt Jr.’s racing operation and business interests at the start of 2007. All of the teams are housed in this facility along with the business operations of JR Motorsports, allowing them to share resources and personnel in an effort to continue the team’s successful growth into the future.

JR MOTORSPORTS TIMELINE

1999

Dale Jr. starts his own company, JR Motorsports.  He has one employee.

2002

Dale Jr. and a group of friends build a car and enter it in the street stock division at Concord Motorsports Park under the JRM name.  T.J. Majors is the driver.  The team runs 10 races that season.

2003

In the No. 17 car, Majors races his way to the team’s first heat win in the Taco Bell 300 at Martinsville.  The team travels to tracks all across the Southeast in the late model stocks division.

2004

JRM captures its first-ever feature win at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., on Aug. 21.  Mark McFarland takes over driving duties for No. 17 Chevy and takes the checkered flag in three of the final five races of the season.

2005

JRM competes in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series for the first time.  McFarland captures team’s first win at Southern National Raceway Park (Kenly, N.C.)  He also earns 10 top-five finishes and a series-leading seven poles.  In August, the team unveils plans to enter the NASCAR Busch Series with the U.S. Navy.  JRM competes in its first race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finishing 20th.

2006

JRM expands to one Busch team, one Pro Cup team, and three late model teams.  Mark McFarland, Martin Truex Jr., Robby Gordon and Shane Huffman all drive the No. 88 Chevrolet in the Busch Series.  Team finishes 19th in the point standings with two top-fives.  The No. 88s Pro Cup team earns four wins and 11 top-fives with Huffman, Johnny Rumley and Richard Boswell driving.  Boswell also collected a late model win at Old Dominion Speedway (Manassas, Va.).

2007

JRM moves into new 66,000-square foot facility in Mooresville, N.C. The team fields the No. 88 Navy Accelerate Your Life Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in the NASCAR Busch Series, the No. 88 Champion Chevrolet in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series and three late model stock car teams, the No. 71 and 73 R&B Chevrolets and the No. 72 Monster Energy Drink Chevrolet.