Trail Motorsport

Fitz Motorsports
aka FitzBradshaw Racing, Highline Performance Group, Trail Motorsport
Owner(s)Armando Fitz, Mimi Fitz Terry Bradshaw, Art Shelton, Patrick Shelton
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesWinston Cup Series, Nationwide Series
Race driversKerry Earnhardt, Tim Fedewa, Casey Atwood, David Stremme, Mike Bliss
SponsorsSupercuts, United States Navy
ManufacturerDodge, Chevrolet
Opened2001
Closed2009
Career
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories0

Trail Motorsports (formerly HighLine Performance Group, FitzBradshaw Racing and Fitz Motorsports) was a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near Charlotte. The team was owned by Armando Fitz and Art Shelton, and was previously co-owned by Fitz's former wife Mimi. The team was known as the HighLine Performance Group until the end of the 2001 season, when they teamed up with Terry Bradshaw and formally created FitzBradshaw Racing. At the end of the 2004 season FBR announced that it was partnering with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, which gave them access to more technical and engineering support. In addition to that partnership they also switched manufacturers from Chevrolet to Dodge. The team also formed a partnership with Michael Waltrip Racing for the 2006 season. Bradshaw left the organization at the end of the 2006 season. The team changed its name to Trail Motorsports in early 2009 after Shelton came on board. The team fielded the No. 22 Dodge Charger for Johnny Borneman III in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the No. 32 Chevrolet Silverado for Chase Austin in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the No. 58 Chevrolet Impala driven by Jarit Johnson, younger brother of seven-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, in the Camping World East Series.

Sprint Cup Series

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While the team was called FitzBradshaw, Trail briefly ran a Cup operation in 2002 with Kerry Earnhardt driving No. 83 RacingUSA.com/Aaron's Chevrolet.[1][2][3] The car was fielded with support from Dale Earnhardt, Inc.[2][4] The team had planned to run full-time in Cup by 2004.[1][5] Earnhardt failed in each of his attempts, due to rain cancelling qualifying at all three events.[3][6] Ron Hornaday Jr. qualified for that year's Checker Auto Parts 500, finishing 36th.[7] Earnhardt attempted three more races in 2003 with sponsorship from Aaron's, Supercuts, and Hot Tamales, but also failed to qualify.[3][8][9]

Car No. 83 results

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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 35 36 NWCC Pts
2002 Kerry Earnhardt 83 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL
DNQ
CLT
DNQ
MAR ATL
DNQ
CAR 61st 109
Ron Hornaday Jr. PHO
36
HOM
2003 Kerry Earnhardt DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX
DNQ
TAL MAR CAL
DNQ
RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY
DNQ
CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO CAR HOM 63rd 93

Nationwide Series

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The No. 12 (left) and No. 14 cars of FitzBradshaw in 2004.

Beginnings

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Armando Fitz's team started as a two-car operation during the 2001 season. He and his wife, Mimi, purchased the team from Team SABCO, owned by his father-in-law and current Sprint Cup Series co-owner Felix Sabates at the end of the 2000 season.[10][11] The team, then known as the HighLine Performance Group ran the No. 8 Chevrolet and No. 11 Chevrolet. Blaise Alexander began the season in the No. 8 car, but after four races, the team cut back to a part-time schedule. Frank Kimmel, Jeff Falk, Michael Dokken, Jason Rudd, Mario Hernandez, Mark Voigt, and Josh Richeson all shared time in the car over the season, with the No. 8 team finishing 42nd in owner's points. Marty Houston drove the newly renumbered No. 11 car at the beginning of the year,[12] his best finish being a 13th at the NAPA Auto Parts 300, but he was replaced by Ron Hornaday Jr. after the Outback Steakhouse 300. Hornaday had two top-tens but was released before the season was over, and was replaced by Todd Bodine who had one top-five in three races at the end of the season.[12][13] Andy Santerre and Tim Fedewa also ran races in the car.[12][13] The No. 11 car ended 21st in owner points, with Bodine finishing 29th in points.[12][13]

Car No. 8 results

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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 Owners Pts
2001 Blaise Alexander 8 Chevy DAY
30
CAR
16
LVS
43
ATL
12
DAR BRI TEX 42nd 1132
Frank Kimmel NSH
11
TAL CAL
Jeff Falk RCH
31
NHA NZH
29
CLT DOV KEN
DNQ
MLW GLN CHI GTY BRI
24
RCH
25
Michael Dokken PPR
41
IRP MCH DAR
42
CLT
42
HOM
DNQ
Jason Rudd DOV
40
KAN
Mario Hernandez MEM
36
Mark Voigt PHO
43
Josh Richeson CAR
37

Car No. 11 results

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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 Owners Pts
2001 Marty Houston 11 Chevy DAY
13
CAR
42
LVS
36
ATL
33
DAR
20
BRI
14
TEX
25
NSH
23
TAL
37
CAL
32
RCH
38
NHA
30
NZH
25
CLT
32
DOV
17
KEN
21
21st 3282
Ron Hornaday Jr. MLW
8
GLN
10
CHI
16
MCH
14
BRI
27
DAR
11
RCH
11
DOV
26
KAN
34
Andy Santerre GTY
16
PPR
13
IRP
17
Todd Bodine CLT
15
PHO
5
CAR
24
HOM
15
Tim Fedewa MEM
6

Car No. 12/22 history

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Rear Adm. Jeff Fowler, right, looks-on as the new driver of the Busch Series "Life Accelerator," David Stremme, takes questions during a press conference at Memphis Motor Sports Park. Fowler announced that the Navy would extend its partnership with NASCAR and FitzBradshaw for the 2005 season.

In 2002, the newly formed FitzBradshaw Racing signed Supercuts, 10-10-220, Hot Tamales, and Jani-King as sponsors and Kerry Earnhardt as the driver of the team's No. 12 Chevrolet. The team also formed a technical alliance with Dale Earnhardt, Inc., receiving engines and engineering support from DEI.[12][13][14][15] Earnhardt had two top-fives and finished 22nd in points. Earnhardt did not have a top-ten finish in 2003, and was released after the Tropicana Twister 300.[6][16][17][18] Tim Fedewa, who had been Earnhardt's spotter since 2002, and crew chief for a single race, replaced him for the balance of the season.[8][17][19] Fedewa finished in the top-20 eight times. Fedewa had five top-tens in 2004, and finished sixteenth in points. Fedewa struggled in 2005, and did not finish in the top-ten, causing him to be released after Pikes Peak.[20] Joel Kauffman, Paul Wolfe, Carlos Contreras, Kertus Davis, Sterling Marlin, and Steadman Marlin all shared the ride for the rest of the season. In 2006, the No. 12 car has seen several different drivers through the first 25 races of the season. Joel Kauffman was slated to run the full schedule for the team this year, however after struggling the team scaled back his schedule. David Reutimann ran the car at Daytona because Kauffman had not received approval for superspeedway racing. Tracy Hines and Mike Skinner drove the car in multiple races. For the 2007 season, Fitz Motorsports switched to the No. 22 and signed David Stremme and Mike Bliss as their principal drivers. Both drivers had great success in the No. 22, with Bliss scoring the team's best finish of second at Memphis. When the team came to Montreal for the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts 200, the team - in a last-second decision - placed Canadian CART regular Patrick Carpentier in the car. Carpentier won the pole position for the race and charged from 6th with less than 2 laps to go to finish second to Kevin Harvick.

Bliss returned in 2008 to drive full-time, but left for Phoenix Racing after six races, and was replaced by various Cup drivers including Robby Gordon and Reed Sorenson. Michael Waltrip Racing development driver Josh Wise became the new driver for thirteen races with one top-five finish. Of note, Fitz switched temporarily to Toyota during Wise's runs with the team. A wide variety of drivers including ex-Champ Car driver Andrew Ranger, 2008 Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman, Jarit Johnson, and Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Marc Davis, took over for the rest of the season. This team shut down in early 2009.

Car No. 12/22 results

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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 35 Owners Pts
2002 Kerry Earnhardt 12 Chevy DAY
41
CAR
28
LVS
19
DAR
18
BRI
28
TEX
23
NSH
8
TAL
18
CAL
21
RCH
33
NHA
18
NZH
20
CLT
28
DOV
16
NSH
18
KEN
7
MLW
27
DAY
38
CHI
43
GTY
12
PPR
18
IRP
35
MCH
21
BRI
31
DAR
28
RCH
27
DOV
39
KAN
2
CLT
31
MEM
5
ATL
41
CAR
31
PHO
10
HOM
27
26th 3145
2003 DAY
14
CAR
15
LVS
14
DAR
33
BRI
34
TEX
31
TAL
17
NSH
26
CAL
40
RCH
19
GTY
17
NZH
14
CLT
35
DOV
14
NSH
30
KEN
34
MLW
15
DAY
33
CHI
41
18th 3170
Tim Fedewa NHA
12
PPR
13
IRP
13
MCH
25
BRI
24
DAR
19
RCH
18
DOV
17
KAN
18
CLT
25
MEM
20
ATL
24
PHO
24
CAR
24
HOM
42
2004 DAY
16
CAR
18
LVS
7
DAR
16
BRI
12
TEX
15
NSH
12
TAL
37
CAL
31
GTY
9
RCH
17
NZH
15
CLT
42
DOV
9
NSH
11
KEN
34
MLW
17
DAY
10
CHI
17
NHA
2
PPR
25
IRP
34
MCH
23
BRI
16
CAL
27
RCH
35
DOV
13
KAN
38
CLT
31
MEM
23
ATL
33
PHO
18
DAR
14
HOM
21
20th 3480
2005 Dodge DAY
24
CAL
21
MXC
21
LVS
15
ATL
38
NSH
26
BRI
25
TEX
16
PHO
41
TAL
37
DAR
19
RCH
41
CLT
29
DOV
34
NSH
21
KEN
40
MLW
27
DAY
24
CHI
32
NHA
13
PPR
18
28th 2846
Sterling Marlin GTY
12
Joel Kauffman IRP
25
BRI
34
DOV
36
KAN
23
MEM
34
PHO
29
HOM
22
Paul Wolfe GLN
23
MCH
32
RCH
29
Carlos Contreras CAL
33
Steadman Marlin CLT
19
Kertus Davis TEX
40
2006 David Reutimann DAY
29
34th 2561
Joel Kauffman CAL
27
MXC
34
LVS
43
ATL
32
BRI
42
TEX
35
NSH
23
PHO
30
RCH
DNQ
DAR
35
CLT
DNQ
KEN
27
MLW
31
Tracy Hines TAL
25
DAY
29
CHI
41
NHA
34
Mike Skinner DOV
25
NSH
26
IRP
18
MCH
29
BRI
13
RCH
32
CLT
10
TEX
21
PHO
DNQ
HOM
24
Carlos Contreras MAR
29
GLN
32
CAL
38
MEM
39
Kevin Hamlin GTY
DNQ
Scott Wimmer DOV
11
Ted Musgrave KAN
30
2007 David Stremme 22 DAY
DNQ
CAL
12
LVS
5
ATL
11
BRI
33
TEX
19
CLT
16
CHI
25
MCH
24
8th 3381
Carlos Contreras MXC
35
Mike Bliss BRI
10
NSH
10
PHO
15
TAL
14
RCH
33
DAR
18
DOV
9
NSH
16
KEN
9
MLW
25
NHA
13
DAY
17
GTY
33
BRI
13
RCH
5
DOV
4
KAN
31
CLT
29
MEM
2
TEX
43
PHO
32
HOM
23
Josh Wise IRP
19
Patrick Carpentier CGV
2
GLN
19
Robby Gordon CAL
9
2008 Mike Bliss DAY
17
CAL
13
LVS
26
ATL
7
BRI
5
NSH
11
23rd 3409
Robby Gordon TEX
20
PHO
27
Rubén Pardo MXC
18
DAR
42
Reed Sorenson TAL
29
Johnny Sauter RCH
24
Josh Wise CLT
24
DOV
19
NSH
33
KEN
23
MLW
33
NHA
20
DAY
33
CHI
25
GTY
16
IRP
5
DOV
13
Andrew Ranger CGV
28
BRI
19
RCH
33
KAN
31
CLT
20
Ryan Newman GLN
12
Josh Wise Toyota MCH
14
CAL
22
Jarit Johnson Dodge MEM
32
Marc Davis TEX
30
PHO
27
HOM
27

Car No. 36 history

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David Stremme pitting the No. 14 during the 2005 Kroger 200.

The team expanded to two cars in 2003 halfway through the season as the United States Navy came aboard to sponsor the No. 14 for nine races.[5][21][22] Casey Atwood debuted the car at Kentucky Speedway, bringing it home in 9th place. Atwood ran 11 races that year, posting four top-ten finishes. Atwood came back in 2004, and had seven top-tens, when he was dismissed after Lowe's.[23] His immediate replacement was Dave Blaney for one race,[23] with Braun Racing's David Stremme named as his permanent replacement. As part of the arrangement to bring Stremme to the team, FitzBradshaw agreed to align themselves with Chip Ganassi Racing, who had him under contract as part of a driver development deal. This would allow the team to finish the season as a Chevrolet team, but beginning the next year both the No. 12 and the No. 14 would switch to Dodge as Ganassi's team was fielding the vehicles at the time.

Stremme ran the No. 14 full-time in 2005, and had ten top-tens, finishing 13th in points, before moving up to compete in the NEXTEL Cup series. Tracy Hines was hired to run in the No. 14 Dodge for the 2006 season, however sponsorship issues forced the team to compete on a limited basis. Steadman Marlin competed for the team in two races and A. J. Foyt IV competed in one race for the team. It was announced in July 2006 that Family Dollar would sponsor the car for nine races and the team would feature Ricky Craven, Carlos Contreras, and Mike Skinner as drivers. Fitz Motorsports changed the car number to No. 44 for 2007 and Rubén Pardo qualified for the team's first race at the Telcel-Motorola México 200, followed up by another start at Nashville Superspeedway. Mike Bliss also drove the No. 44 with Family Dollar sponsorship at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May 2007. For 2008, Kenny Wallace was signed to drive the No. 36 with sponsorship from Shark Energy Drink. Although Wallace missed the season opener at Daytona, he ran all following races until owner Armando Fitz announced on March 17 that the No. 36 team would only run part-time due to a lack of product distribution, and the owner points of the 36 were switched the No. 28 of Wallace's new team. The No. 36 began running part-time with Pardo and Charles Lewandoski driving midway through the season.

Car No. 36 results

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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 35 Owners Pts
2003 Casey Atwood 14 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN
9
MLW
19
DAY
27
CHI NHA
32
PPR IRP MCH BRI
18
DAR
10
RCH
11
DOV
25
KAN CLT
32
MEM
7
ATL PHO
8
CAR HOM
43
42nd 1243
2004 DAY
15
CAR
19
LVS
36
DAR
9
BRI
34
TEX
21
NSH
20
TAL
13
CAL
29
GTY
23
RCH
14
NZH
6
CLT
17
DOV
18
NSH
7
KEN
22
MLW
32
DAY
24
CHI
13
NHA
31
PPR
9
IRP
8
MCH
25
BRI
10
CAL
26
RCH
2
DOV
24
KAN
22
CLT
20
14th 3680
Dave Blaney MEM
19
David Stremme ATL
8
PHO
21
DAR
31
HOM
12
2005 Dodge DAY
40
CAL
8
MXC
22
LVS
3
ATL
13
NSH
26
BRI
38
TEX
17
PHO
3
TAL
3
DAR
6
RCH
27
CLT
8
DOV
33
NSH
6
KEN
32
MLW
5
DAY
18
CHI
20
NHA
22
PPR
35
GTY
22
IRP
5
GLN
17
MCH
22
BRI
26
CAL
9
RCH
35
DOV
19
KAN
43
CLT
23
MEM
11
TEX
18
PHO
34
HOM
32
16th 3694
2006 Tracy Hines DAY
20
CAL
33
LVS
38
ATL
41
BRI
13
TEX
30
PHO
43
TAL 40th 1430
Carlos Contreras MXC
11
HOM
33
Steadman Marlin NSH
31
A. J. Foyt IV RCH
DNQ
DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA
Ricky Craven MAR
39
GTY
Ted Musgrave IRP
25
GLN RCH
21
DOV KAN CLT
24
TEX
34
Scott Wimmer MCH
42
BRI
17
CAL
Willie Allen MEM
28
PHO
35
2007 Rubén Pardo 44 DAY CAL MXC
41
LVS ATL BRI NSH
43
TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR 73rd 80
Mike Bliss CLT
39
DOV NSH
Carlos Contreras KEN
43
MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP
Mark Green CGV
40
GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2008 Kenny Wallace 36 DAY
DNQ
CAL
18
LVS
13
ATL
25
BRI
11
50th 505
Rubén Pardo NSH
DNQ
TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
42
KEN MLW
DNQ
GTY
41
Charles Lewandoski NHA
41
DAY IRP
DNQ
CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
Chad Blount CHI
DNQ

Car No. 40 history

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Casey Atwood in the 82 in 2003

The third FitzBradshaw car made its debut in 2003, with Jimmy Spencer driving the No. 82 Jani-King Chevrolet at Texas, finishing sixth.[3] Casey Atwood attempted the Charlotte spring race in the No. 82 NAVY Chevrolet,[21][22] failing to qualify. Atwood later drove the car at the Tropicana Twister 300 sponsored by Jani-King, finishing 21st.[18] Randy LaJoie drove the car again at Phoenix, finishing 14th. LaJoie continued to run the car part-time in 2004 with sponsorship from Jani-King and Goulds Pumps, his best finish being 13th at Las Vegas.[24] Dave Blaney also ran two races in the car.[23]

In 2005, the team became a driver development team for Chip Ganassi Racing, and switched to Ganassi's No. 40 with sponsorship from Jani-King and Cottman Transmission.[10][11][25] Sterling Marlin began the season with the team, with Carlos Contreras and Ganassi development driver Scott Lagasse Jr. filling in. Towards the end of the season, Contreras, Paul Wolfe, and Erin Crocker got majority of the starts in the car. Reed Sorenson ran the Aaron's 312 at Atlanta in March in the car after the transmission on his regular No. 41 Discount Tire car mysteriously locked up during qualifying for the race.[26] For 2006, Michael Waltrip purchased the team's owners points and began a partnership with FBR to run the No. 99 Aaron's Dodge.

Car No. 40 results

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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 35 Owners Pts
2003 Jimmy Spencer 82 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX
6
TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH 57th 481
Casey Atwood CLT
DNQ
DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI
21
NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL
28
Randy LaJoie PHO
14
CAR HOM
Wth
2004 DAY CAR LVS
13
DAR BRI TEX
23
NSH TAL CAL
30
GTY RCH NZH
25
CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY
16
CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN 56th 619
Dave Blaney CLT
25
MEM ATL PHO
42
DAR HOM
2005 Sterling Marlin 40 Dodge DAY
42
CAL
15
LVS
25
ATL
QL
NSH
37
BRI
5
TEX
19
TAL
21
DAR
39
RCH
10
CLT
2
NSH
QL
KEN
6
DAY
41
CHI
35
MCH
12
BRI
25
DOV
17
CLT
5
TEX
22
25th 2987
Carlos Contreras MXC
36
GLN
32
KAN
38
PHO
30
HOM
25
Reed Sorenson ATL
18
Scott Lagasse Jr. PHO
40
DOV
42
MLW
22
NHA
40
PPR
28
Johnny Benson NSH
18
Paul Wolfe GTY
29
IRP
38
Stanton Barrett CAL
41
RCH
42
Erin Crocker MEM
29

Other series

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In addition to the Busch Series, Fitz Motorsports operated race teams in other series as well. In 2007, they fielded entries in the NASCAR Busch East Series with Ruben Pardo as the team's driver, with Pierre Borque racing on a part-time basis, and the NASCAR Mexico Series, where Carlos Pardo drove the team's FitzContreras Racing entry, along with development driver Maxime Dumarey.

In 2007, the team partnered with Hyper Sport to race in the Grand-Am Road Racing series.

Ruben Pardo raced in 2008 in the East Series for Fitz. For 2009, former Rusty Wallace Racing driver Chase Austin was to drive the No. 32 Chevrolet in the Camping World Truck Series and Jarit Johnson, younger brother of seven time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, was to drive in the Camping World East Series. However, the team shut down before their plans could come to fruition.

References

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