Gerhart Racing is an American professional

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team that currently competes in the

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

. The team is owned by

Bobby Gerhart Robert Gerhart Jr. (born July 21, 1958) is an American retired professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the ARCA Menards Series, driving Chevrolet SS for Gerhart Racing and the No. 63 Chevy Silverado for his own team in a joint e ...

and his brother Billy Gerhart, who is also the crew chief and lead mechanic. Due to Gerhart suffering a heart attack in December of 2019, the team has been inactive. After laying dormant for two seasons, the No. 5 returned in 2022, with Dale Quarterley driving at Daytona.

Cup Series

Car No. 85 History

After starting his

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career with Gray Racing, Gerhart brought his own cars to Cup events starting in 1984. Qualifying for 22 races, the team used Nos. 71 and 59 in 1984, No. 25 in 1985, and No. 85 from 1986 and on. The team had a best finish of 19th at

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, but ran most of its races at

Pocono Raceway Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as ''The Tricky Triangle'', is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. It is the site of three NASCAR national series races and an ARCA M ...

, near the team's shop. The team also failed to qualify for 22 races, five of them

Daytona 500 The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three ...

's. The team has not entered a Cup race since 2002.

Xfinity Series

Car No. 85 history

After several years of driving for Bob Schacht in NASCAR's second series, Gerhart moved his ARCA team to the Nationwide in 2013, attempting just three races: the two races at

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and the race at

Talladega Superspeedway Talladega Superspeedway, nicknamed “'Dega”, and formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway (AIMS) from 1969 to 1989, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base ...

. With Gerhart driving, the team qualified for the Talladega and the later Daytona race with funding from

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. 2014 brought a similar mantra for the team: attempt the three restrictor plate races. Gerhart made two of them, the spring Daytona and Talladega, while failing to qualify for the summer Daytona race. In 2015, Gerhart made one of the three races he attempted with the team, the

Subway Firecracker 250 The Wawa 250 Powered By Coca-Cola is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that is held at Daytona International Speedway. Scheduled as a race, it is held the night before the NASCAR Cup Series' Coke Zero Sugar 400, and was run on Independence Day weeken ...

. He failed to qualify for the

PowerShares QQQ 300 The Daytona 300, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300, is the first race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, held at Daytona International Speedway. It is held the day before the Daytona 500, and is c ...

and the Winn-Dixie 300. Known for running well at

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tracks, Gerhart attempted and made the first two plate races of the 2016 season, crashing at Daytona and turning in a 33rd place finish at Talladega.

Car No. 85 results

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

Truck No. 36 history

Gerhart drove this truck in the 2015 Truck race at Talladega, sticking to the theme of restrictor plate tracks. In 2016, the team attempted the season-opening

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at Daytona. Gerhart equaled his 2015 Talladega result with a 12th place finish.

Truck No. 63 history

In 2017, Gerhart drove this truck in the season-opening

at Daytona. He was involved in the big one just in the initial laps but suffered only minor damages but that turned out in a radiator failure later in the race. Bobby finished in 21st place. He drove the 63 at Daytona and Talladega the next year. In the 2019 Daytona race, he was involved in a late overtime crash but earned an 11th place finish.

ARCA Menards Series

Car No. 5 history

5 Bobby Gerhart 2017 Road America 100 ARCA

Since 1988, Gerhart has competed for his self-owned team in the ARCA Racing Series. All 9 of his ARCA wins came at Daytona and Talladega. On two separate occasions, Gerhart won 3 straight races at Daytona, from 2005–2007, and again from 2010–2012. Gerhart's best ARCA performance was in the 2006 season, running the full schedule since the 2000 season, and finishing 2nd in points to

Frank Kimmel Francis James Kimmel (born April 30, 1962) is an American former stock car racing driver. He competed primarily in the ARCA Racing Series, from 1990 through 2016. Kimmel is the most successful driver in ARCA history. He has won the ARCA champions ...

. Gerhart has typically run the majority of the season since 2007, with other teams leasing his points to run races. In 2022,

Dale Quarterley Dale Quarterley (born January 25, 1961) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 46 Toyota Tundra for G2G Racing. He also competes for his own team, 1/4 Ley ...

tested a BGR car at Daytona. BGR and Quarterley would run the 2022 ARCA season opener at Daytona.

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