American Equipment Racing
Owner(s) | Buz McCall |
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Base | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Series | Trans-Am Winston Cup Busch Series |
Race drivers | Scott Sharp, Jack Baldwin Ward Burton, David Green |
Sponsors | Hot Wheels, Sunoco Caterpillar Inc. |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
Closed | 1998 |
Career | |
Drivers' Championships | 0 0 |
Race victories | 2 |
American Equipment Racing was a racing team that competed in the SCCA Trans-Am series in the 1980s and 1990s, and in the NASCAR Busch Grand National and Winston Cup Series during the mid-1990s.
Owned by American Equipment Company owner Buz McCall, AER competed in IMSA sports-car racing and the Trans-Am series in the 1980s and early 1990s; the team won four consecutive Trans-Am championships with drivers Scott Sharp, Jack Baldwin, and Scott Pruett from 1991 to 1994.[1]
The team moved to NASCAR starting in 1994, competing in the Busch Grand National Series with Trans-Am Champion Jack Baldwin driving in two races, running the No. 95. Signing rookie driver John Tanner and sponsor Caterpillar Inc. for 1995, the team ran half of the 1995 season; Tanner was released after a handful of races and replaced for the majority of the team's races with Ward Burton. For 1996 AER signed 1994 Busch Series champion David Green to run for full-time in 1996. Finishing 2nd in series points,[2] Green and AER moved up to the Winston Cup Series in 1997, where after a difficult season Green finished 37th in points. After twelve races in 1998, Green was released by the team, and a variety of drivers, including Hut Stricklin and Steve Grissom, drove for the team to finish out the year; the team closed following the 1998 season when they lost the Caterpillar sponsorship.[3]
Team Results
[edit]Car No. 96 Results
[edit]NASCAR Cup Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | 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 | NCS | Pts | |||
1997 | David Green | 96 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | CAR 38 | RCH 33 | ATL 24 | DAR 41 | TEX DNQ | BRI 22 | MAR DNQ | SON DNQ | TAL 38 | CLT 16 | DOV 18 | POC 28 | MCH 28 | CAL 25 | DAY 19 | NHA 24 | POC 39 | IND 35 | GLN 22 | MCH 20 | BRI 39 | RCH 37 | NHA 40 | DOV 25 | MAR 20 | CLT 31 | TAL 16 | CAR 27 | PHO 29 | ATL DNQ | 37th | 2075 | |||||
Todd Bodine | DAR 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | David Green | DAY DNQ | CAR 42 | LVS 34 | ATL 30 | DAR 26 | BRI 21 | TEX 18 | MAR 43 | TAL 17 | CAL 18 | CLT 43 | DOV 38 | 1913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Lepage | RCH 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hut Stricklin | MCH 42 | POC 28 | NHA 42 | POC 27 | IND DNQ | MCH DNQ | BRI 41 | DAR DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robby Gordon | SON 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ron Fellows | GLN 42 | NHA 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ted Musgrave | RCH 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan Shepherd | DOV DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Bliss | MAR 25 | PHO 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steve Grissom | CLT 32 | TAL 36 | DAY 29 | CAR DNQ | ATL DNQ |
References
[edit]- ^ Milian, Jorge (February 25, 1994). "Owner On 3-year Run Of Luck". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, FL. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ^ "Buz McCall (owner) NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ^ "Buz McCall (owner) NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
External links
[edit]- American Equipment Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference