Randy Humphrey Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the

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. They fielded the No. 77 Ford Fusion for drivers

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, and

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History

Owner Randy Humphrey was originally partnered with

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, operating MSRP Motorsports in the

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and HP Racing/Prism Motorsports in the

. Humphrey left the team in 2012, and partnered with TriStar/PME Engines owner Mark Smith to field a 19 and 91 car as Humphrey-Smith Racing, mostly as

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s. The TriStar Cup team shut down before the Chase for the Cup in 2013.

2014

In January 2014, it was announced that Humphrey was forming his own team with veteran driver

and veteran crew chief Peter Sospenzo. The team purchased

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s from

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, which was switching to

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. The team ran car number 77, which Blaney had run with

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, and acquired the 2013 owner points from the Humphrey Smith No. 19, although it was ranked too deeply to grant them a provisional in the first three races of 2014. The team's first race was to be the 2014 Daytona 500, but was involved in a multi-car crash in practice, totaling their only car and forcing them to withdraw from the race. The team entered in all of the first 15 races of the season with Blaney, only making four, and had a best finish of 33rd at

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, 17 laps down. On June 25, prior to the race at

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, team owner Randy Humphrey announced that the team would be "retooling" their program, citing a lack of performance and "people issues." The hiatus was initially announced as four weeks, planning to return at

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in June, though they would skip an additional race at Pocono. Upon the team's return to competition at

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in August, Nationwide and Camping World Trucks winner

was placed in the car with sponsorship from WORKS Yard Tools. Three weeks later,

would qualify on speed at

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. At Loudon in September,

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development driver

made his Sprint Cup debut, starting and finishing 41st, 102 laps down. LaJoie would make another start at Charlotte, in the

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. The team shut down at the end of the season.

Car No. 77 results

References

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