Bolen Motorsports was an American professional

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team that competed part-time in the

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. The team fielded the No. 66

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for Jordan Anderson,

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, Justin Fontaine,

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and

Vinnie Miller Vance Matthew "Vinnie" Miller (born August 16, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro/Toyota Supra for B. J. McLeod Motorsports. He ...

Founding

Owner Jeff Bolen (a former amateur driver himself) had met driver

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in various levels of racing, including two

events in 2015. Bolen contacted Anderson in the 2015 off-season about forming a team together, and they unveiled the team, along with sponsor

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(Anderson's hometown), at

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on January 27, 2016.

Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 66 history

The team debuted in the

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with

behind the wheel. Due to rear gear problems, the team was dropped to 30th that race. The team continued with Anderson for most of the season, with a best finish of 11th at

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, then the team substituted in drivers like

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, and

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. The team led one lap in its first year (Anderson at Gateway), and finished 24th in owner points. Near the end of the 2016 offseason, Bolen Motorsports announced that Anderson would not pilot the No. 66 in 2017. Naming drivers on a week-to-week basis, the 66 truck was driven by

, who had run the

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race in 2016 for Bolen. After getting caught up in a large second-lap melee at Daytona, Chastain handed the team its first top ten finish, a tenth at

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driving an unsponsored truck. Chastain has tried to find a full-time driver for the truck after the Atlanta race. Unable to do so, Chastain again returned at

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, this time with a special paint scheme from team owner Bolen's alma mater, the University of South Carolina, commemorating the school's success in both men's and women's basketball. After running Chastain in a number of companion events with the

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, the team started a variable driver rotation based on lack of funding during crossover weekends, bringing in

, and

in to drive. However, when sponsorship dried up, the team abandoned its full-time schedule, instead running its next race in a partnership with

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with its equipment and AM development driver Justin Fontaine behind the wheel. After that race, the only three possible races for the team in 2017 were upcoming events at

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and

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, a regular

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competitor, drove the truck to a 15th place finish at Canada. The team added another race to its schedule when

joined the team for the

race. The team has not raced since 2017.

References

External links

Bolen Motorsports official website

Jeff Bolen Owner Statistics at Racing-Reference.info
{{Bolen Motorsports Defunct NASCAR teams 2016 establishments in North Carolina Auto racing teams established in 2016 Companies based in North Carolina Auto racing teams in the United States