Precision Performance Motorsports (PPM) is an American professional

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and former stock car racing team that currently competes full-time in the

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using a GT Daytona-class Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo. In stock car racing, the team was known for competing in the

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and the

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. The team is owned by Rick Gdovic and was formed from the assets of Viva Motorsports. After the 2017 season, PPM shuttered its stock car operation to transition to sports car racing.

Xfinity Series

Car No. 46 history

The No. 46 team debut was at the season opener at

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in 2016, with

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behind the wheel with sponsorship Nexteer Automotive and

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. The second race for the No. 46 was the 2016

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with Brandon Gdovic behind the wheel with sponsorship Pitt Ohio Express. He started 27th and finished 18th. Gdovic also ran at Pocono, Indianapolis, the other Bristol race and Phoenix.

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drove the car in the season-finale at Homestead-Miami. In 2017, Kumpen returned to the No. 46 at Daytona and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Where he finished 22nd and 18th. Quin Houff made its Xfinity Series debut in the No. 46 at Bristol, with an impressive 15th-place finish. Houff also ran the following race at Richmond, the spring race at Iowa, the fall race at Kentucky and Kansas. Houff also failed to qualify for the summer race at Kentucky and in the season-finale at Homestead-Miami. Parker Kligerman drove the car at Road America and finished 10th, giving the team their first Top-10.

Car No. 55 history

Brandon Gdovic drove two races in the No. 55 for Viva Motorsports before PPM purchased their equipment. The team made their first Xfinity Series debut in 2015, at Watkins Glen, with Gdovic driving and finished a career best 13th.

signed with PPM to drive two races starting at Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Sports car racing

The team announced in early December 2017 that it would be suspending its

operations and moving into the

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and posted the sale of its

equipment. Later, team owner Rick Gdovic said that his son Brandon Gdovic wanted to move to

, and that the financial model in that discipline is better than stock car racing. Rick had tried to sell the team before the 2017 season began but an investment group set to buy the team fell through. In 2018, the team fielded two entries in the

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North America series before expanding to the

for 2019.

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* {{Precision Performance Motorsports NASCAR Xfinity Series WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams NASCAR teams