TriStar Motorsports was an American professional

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team that used to compete in the

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. The team competed in the

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primarily during the early to mid 1990s, suspending racing operations in 1997 and continuing on as Tri-Star Motors, and later Pro Motor Engines, supplying

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s to many NASCAR teams prior to returning to competition in 2010.

History

Winston Cup 1989–1998

TriStar made its debut in

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. Driver

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Brad Teague Brad Teague (born December 9, 1947) is a retired American professional stock car racing driver. He is a veteran of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series. Personal life Teague was born in Buladean, Nort ...

made the team's second start at

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with

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but finished 31st after suffering engine failure. Barn Animals sponsored

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's No. 68 entry at the

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, and fielded the No. 18 for him at

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, where he finished. TriStar switched to the No. 68 at

, and Stanley Smith wrecked the

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car and finished 37th. The team finished their first race at

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with

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finishing 24th. They ran the No. 68 with Country Time Lemonade sponsorship and

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driving in two races, with a best finish of 28th. In

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, TriStar ran full-time with Hamilton and

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again sponsoring their

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. Hamilton had four top-ten finishes and finished 22nd in points, winning Rookie of the Year honors. They began

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with no top-ten finishes, and later switched to

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s, allowing Hamilton to get two top-ten finishes and finish 25th in points. After failing to finish higher than 15th eight races into the

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season, Hamilton was released.

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drove for the rest of the season, with

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filling in at the road course races, and

Loy Allen Loy Allen Jr. is a former professional NASCAR Winston Cup, Busch, and ARCA series race car driver, turned real estate developer and embry-riddle-trained commercial pilot. On February 12, 1994, he became the youngest and first rookie in NASCAR Wi ...

driving at

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. Allen was named the full-time driver for the

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season, in addition to TriStar switching to the No. 19 and getting

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sponsorship. Allen won the pole for the

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, becoming the first rookie driver to do so. He also qualified on the pole at Atlanta and Michigan, but failed to qualify for twelve races that season and finished 39th in points. Allen and

left Tri-Star at the end of the year, and

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took over the driving duties for the first five races of the

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season with Ultra Custom Wheels sponsorship. After the first five races, the team cut back and did not run any races until the

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, when Allen returned to the team with Healthsource sponsoring the car. In their first race back together, Allen and TriStar qualified second and finished tenth, Allen's career-best finish. TriStar ran a limited schedule for the rest of 1995, with

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driving the No. 68 at Watkins Glen, and Allen driving the No. 19 during the rest of the season. Healthsource signed for a full season of sponsorship in

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, but Allen suffered a severe neck injury at the second race of the season at

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, causing him to miss the next ten races.

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filled in the interim, placing eighth at the

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. Upon Allen's return, Tri-Star again moved to a part-time schedule, getting a best finish of 21st. Healthsource left the team at the end of the season, and Child Support Recovery took its place. After two races into the

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season, Allen was released and

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replaced him. After failing to qualify for the Miller 400, Child Support Recovery was dropped by the team due to lack of funding and racing operations were suspended again. In

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, they leased their shop to

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and built engines for them. Following the team's closure near the end of the season, TriStar reacquired its equipment and fielded the No. 48 FansTeam Ford for

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at the

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, but did not qualify.

Pro Motor

Although TriStar no longer fielded a team, they continued to build engines for various teams. Known as Pro Motor Engines, they have built engines for numerous teams, including

Front Row Motorsports Front Row Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team began running part-time in 2004 as Means-Jenkins Motorsports under a partners ...

and their

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teams until the end of 2009, ML Motorsports,

MSRP Motorsports Phil Parsons Racing, formerly named MSRP Motorsports, Prism Motorsports, and later HP Racing, was a NASCAR team that competed in the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series. It was owned by former NASCAR driver Phil Parsons, and most recently fiel ...

, and Mark Smith's own TriStar Motorsports beginning in 2010 in the

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Kevin Harvick Incorporated Kevin Harvick, Inc., colloquially referred to as KHI, was a NASCAR team owned by NASCAR Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick and his wife DeLana, who is the daughter of former Busch Series driver John Linville. The team owned cars in the NASCAR Natio ...

along with many other teams in the

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and the ARCA RE/Max Series. The company has won

championships in 2002, 2003, and 2009, along with PME winning the MAHLE Engine Builder Showdown 4 years in a row.

Return to NASCAR competition

After a nine-year hiatus from fielding race teams, TriStar acquired the Nationwide team owned by

, and fielded three cars in 2010, the former FRM team No. 34

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for

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, a new team, the No. 35

for

Jason Keller Jason Keller (born April 23, 1970) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Previously, he was a mainstay in NASCAR's second-tier series, competing in 519 Nationwide Series races between 1991 and 2010. On May 15, 2010, Keller made his ...

and ran the No. 36

on a part-time schedule. The team used their own PME Motors. On July 22, 2017, Mark Smith died after a battle with cancer. His son Bryan took over ownership of TriStar Motorsports.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Racing Toyota Richmond April 2013

TriStar attempted to qualify for the race at Watkins Glen in 2010 with driver

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in the No. 35

purchased from

, however, after showing signs of mechanical issues during qualifying, which included smoke and fluid trailing from behind the car, the team did not qualify. It was the only Cup race Tri-Star attempted that year.

Car No. 19/91 history

Mark Smith returned to the Cup Series in 2012 by partnering with former

HP Racing Phil Parsons Racing, formerly named MSRP Motorsports, Prism Motorsports, and later HP Racing, was a NASCAR team that competed in the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series. It was owned by former NASCAR driver Phil Parsons, and most recently fiel ...

co-owner Randy Humphrey. As Humphrey Smith Racing, the team fielded Jason Leffler, Chris Cook, Jeff Green, and

Mike Bliss Michael Duane Bliss (born April 5, 1965) is an American professional stock car racing driver. A journeyman NASCAR competitor and the 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, he has run in all three national series. Racing career Bliss began ...

in the No. 19

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. The team started fielding the No. 91 for

Reed Sorenson Bradley Reed Sorenson (born February 5, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver and spotter. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Premium Motorsports, the Nos. 74/ ...

and Jason Leffler starting at

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as well. The team ran a mix of

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, and

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recycled from other teams for the No. 91 team, both cars are

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s. The No. 19 team and Bliss had returned for the 2013 season, running a Toyota. They attempted the full Daytona 500 with G-Oil as the sponsor, but failed to make the race. The car was driven by

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in the Party in the Poconos 400, three days before he was killed in a sprint car accident at

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. Following his death, the team, like others in the racing community, ran "LEFTURN" logos above the driver doors in honor of Leffler. The team also employed Alex Kennedy for the road courses. Kennedy crashed at Sonoma, parked at Pocono, but finished 29th at Watkins Glen. Scott Riggs attempted Michigan with them but didn’t qualify. Smith shut the team down before the

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. In 2014, Humphrey left TriStar and started his own Cup operation, the No. 77 Ford Fusion driven by

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. Smith did not field an entry in the Sprint Cup Series in 2014, and the No. 19 was claimed by

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for its new entry in 2015 for

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Car No. 72 history

In 2017, TriStar announced that they would field one full-time team, the No. 72

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for Whitt. The team took lease of the No. 35 charter from

to secure a spot every race. Whitt ended up finishing the 2017 season with a best of 12th, and brought the car home 33rd in driver & owner standings. For 2018, TriStar again took lease of a charter from Front Row Motorsports. Whitt requested a limited schedule of only ten races in order to focus on family.

Corey LaJoie Corey Daniel LaJoie (born September 25, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports. LaJoie is the son of two-time NASCAR ...

drove the No. 72 in the 26 races in which Whitt did not run in 2018, finishing 34th in driver standings with a best finish of 16th. Whitt later retired from stock car competition and LaJoie departed for the No. 32 team, leaving TriStar without a driver for 2019. The team was unable to acquire a charter for 2019 and has not attempted a race since Homestead-Miami. In a September 2019 interview, former TriStar crew chief Frank Kerr confirmed the team has since shut down. The charter leased to the team was returned to Front Row, and sold to

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for the No. 52 team, while certain equipment and a hauler were liquidated to

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' team.

Car No. 72 results

Xfinity Series

Car No. 8 history

In January 2015 the team announced that

Blake Koch Blake Koch (born August 7, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 11 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. He is also the founder of FilterTime, a res ...

would run the full season, in a new No. 8 car with crew chie
Bruce Cook
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
was the primary sponsor. Koch opened the season with a 20th-place finish at Daytona. After announcing in June that he would return to TriStar for 2016, he and LeafFilter would move to

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for 2016, taking the No. 8 team's owner points, for the 2016 season, leaving the No. 8 team to be shut down.

Car No. 8 Results

Car No. 10 history

The No. 10 began as the No. 36, which was a third car in 2010 with

and Jeff Green behind the wheel, running as a

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operation. The team used the prize money used to fund the No. 34 and No. 35 teams. For 2012 the team returned and changed number to 10, and Green drove the car as a start and park. However, when Green moved to the No. 14

after Eric McClure's injury,

and

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became the temporary drivers until McClure returned at

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. Green ran the majority of the races in 2013 as a

again.

Cole Whitt Cole Daniel Whitt (born June 22, 1991) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. After advancing his way through Kart racing, Whitt moved up to sprint cars and became a development driver for Team Red Bull. After running in the K ...

moved over from the No. 44

and ran the full race at Bristol in August, finishing tenth with

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as the sponsor.

ran the car at

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with his usual No. 19 occupied by Dakoda Armstrong. 10 Jeff Green NASCAR Nationwide 2014 Gardner Denver 200 at Road America

In 2014, David Starr ran the car competitively at Daytona season opener in February. For the rest of the year,

and Jeff Green ran the majority of the races, again mostly as a

. At Daytona in July, Koch had sponsorship from Celsius Negative Calorie Cola, with TriStar bringing five cars to run the full race. During the first round of qualifying, all five TriStar cars were running in a pack when a sudden downpour of rain caused the entire pack to spin out, causing most of the cars including four from TriStar to wreck. Koch, along with the No. 91

of Benny Gordon missed the race, and the sponsor of the No. 10 moved over to

' No. 19. Bliss ran the No. 10 at Bristol in August as a full race effort while

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ran his usual No. 19

. Jeff Green returned in 2015 at

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in February. After

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and the No. 19 team failed to qualify, Lagasse Jr. and sponsor Alert Today Florida moved over to the No. 10 car for the race, finishing 37th after a crash. The No. 10 team has been renumbered as the No. 19, carrying the owner points from the No. 10. The change came after the return of Eric McClure. The No. 10 was revived for 2016 beginning at Atlanta, with Green and

Matt DiBenedetto Matthew Guido DiBenedetto (born July 27, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 25 Chevrolet Silverado for Rackley WAR. Racing career Early care ...

once again running in a start-and-park capacity.

Car No. 10 results

Car No. 14 history

2010

What is now the No. 14

debuted in 2010 as the No. 35

. At the time it was a completely new entry, consisting of veteran

as the driver and former

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crew chief Bryan Berry atop the pit box. During their first attempt at Daytona, the No. 35 missed the race due to not having a top-35 points position and being unable to qualify on time. The team would go on to miss the races at Daytona, Las Vegas, and Texas, while successfully making the race

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in California, starting 21st and finishing 20th during the team's first race. The team would eventually make the top-35, a notable accomplishment for a team that missed 3 races during the season. The No. 35 and Keller got their first top 10 finish in the form of a top 5, finishing 4th at Talladega. At the inaugural event at

, the team selected

to drive the No. 35, Ave being a road course ace with much success at the track. He qualified the car in 10th place, and was running 5th when he was spun on the last lap of the race, finishing 20th. Ave returned to the seat at the 2010 NAPA 200 in Montreal, leading 1 lap but finishing 36th. He drove at the Watkins Glen too, finishing 15th. Antonio Pérez drove the car at

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, finishing 34th.

drove the No. 35 at

with sponsorship from BeAStockCarDriver.com. The No. 35 finished 29th in the 2010 owners points. The team managed to put together some one race sponsorship deals for various races during the season. The No. 35 and Keller managed to get sponsorship from uPillar.com at Darlington, KEL Chemicals at Dover for Kellers 500th career start, and LubePros.com at Chicagoland Speedway. BeAStockCarDriver.com sponsored Keller at Charlotte in October.

2011

The team returned to competition in 2011 as the No. 14, with

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and his longtime sponsor

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coming along with him from

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drove the No. 14 unsponsored at Dover when the car fell out of the top-30 in owners points. McClure made all 34 races that year, scoring a best finish of 18th at

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en route to a 19th-place points finish. McClure and Hefty returned in 2012, along with the team's manufacturer switch to

2012

McClure started the season in the No. 14

. He ran at the end of the first seven races before a crash at Talladega took him out of action. Jeff Green moved from the start-and-park No. 10 to the No. 14 while McClure recovered. McClure returned at Road America, moving Green back to the No. 10.

2013

A fully recovered McClure remained in the No. 14. Though he had an illness before the Mid-Ohio race was replaced by Jeff Green.

2014

Eric McClure returned for what was believed to be his final season. He ran at 28 races. Longtime partners

and

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once again sponsored the car. Teammate Jeff Green piloted the No. 14 in 5 races:

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in May,

in June,

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in August,

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in September, and Dover again in September. At Mid-Ohio, Green was running second with 20 laps to go when the throttle of the No. 14

hung out, sending him head-on into a tire barrier, relegating him to a 29th-place finish.

2015

After the season, McClure and

announced their departure for

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drove the No. 14

for the full 2015 season, running for Rookie of the Year with crew chief Eddie Pardue. However, Conley was released with three races to go due to lack of sponsorship. Mike Bliss returned to TriStar at Texas, parking the No. 14 after 40 laps.

2016

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and VSI Racing ran the No. 14 at Daytona.

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drove the car for six races beginning at Atlanta. Jeff Green has since taken over the car when Yeley replaced David Starr in the No. 44. Hermie Sadler would drive at Bristol and Richmond with sponsorship from

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. The No. 14 serves as a start and park along with the No. 10 unless Gordon, Sadler and DiBeneditto are in the car. DiBeneditto drove 2 races in the No. 14 car at Kansas and Texas with an 11th place finish and a 36th place finish sponsored by

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2017

On January 26, 2017, it was announced that Yeley returned to TriStar but driving the No. 14 with

sponsoring 13 races. Yeley would have a quiet, but a consistent year, only finishing outside the top 20 11 times - 5 were DNFs - with also a strong outing at the 2nd Iowa race, finishing 6th, plus the 11th place finishes he got at the spring Bristol and Talladega races. He finished 14th in points. The team sold its cars and equipment to the new

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team in 2018.

Car No. 14 results

Car No. 19 history

2010

What is now the No. 19 team was previously the No. 34 team from the 2010 season. TriStar acquired the team from

following the 2009 season. It remained mostly intact, with Scott Eggleston returning as crew chief and

returning as the driver of the

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entry, and with the previous years owners points transferring over which locked the team into the first 5 races of the season. During the first race for the new team at Daytona, Raines and the No. 34

lead 3 laps and finished 14th despite being involved in 2 incidents. Alongside his teammate, Raines and the crew scored the seasons first top-10 in the

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in Alabama, finishing 7th after running in the top-5 for various parts of the race. Raines got his second top 10 of the season at Gateway, finishing tenth.

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started and parked the No. 34 at

in November, with Raines in the No. 35 for that race. Dave Fuge became crew chief of the team in the second half of the season. The No. 34 finished 23rd in final owners points, with Raines finishing 17th in driver standings in 2010. The team managed to put together some one race sponsorship deals for various races for during the season. The No. 34 and Raines was funded by

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at California, doorstopnation.com at Daytona & Talladega, Continental Fire & Safety at Dover, and Boss Industries/ The Walter Payton Foundation at Chicagoland.

' owner Bob Jenkins pulled the

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sponsorship from the team following the race at

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in August, with BeAStockCarDriver.com sponsoring Raines for the final 4 races of the season. Raines was replaced by Nationwide Series veteran

2011–2012

Nationwide 19 Mike Bliss 2011 Road America Bucyrus 200

The team returned in 2011 as the No. 19, and

signed on to drive the car for the 2011 season. Crew Chief Dave Fuge remained with the team but was replaced early in the season by Wes Ward. Fuge now is part owner of

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's CFK Motorsports. Ward also left the team early on and was replaced by TRG interim crew chief Paul Clapprood. The team scored 19 top-20 finishes with a best finish of 9th at the second

race. With limited sponsorship Bliss and the No. 19 team finished the season 12th in points. For 2012, Bliss was replaced by

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as he brought sponsorship from

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and G-Oil as well as the team's manufacturer change to

. Venezuelan Alex Popow drove the car at Watkins Glen. Malsam was 13th in points when he and TriStar parted ways after Kentucky, leaving Bliss to return to the No. 19. Also,

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competed in three races in 2012.

2013

took over the No. 19

once again for the full season. G-Oil and Tweaker Energy Shot sponsored the car. Dakoda Armstrong ran the car at Homestead with sponsor WinField, while Bliss ran the No. 10. Bliss would just miss the top 10 in points.

2014

Mike Bliss was once again in the car full-time, with Tweaker Energy Shot sponsoring several races.

ran the No. 19

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in August and

in September, with the Virginia State Lottery sponsoring, while Bliss moved to the No. 10.

2015

returned to the No. 19

in 2015.

attempted the season opener at Daytona with sponsor Alert Today Florida, but failed to qualify and moved over to the No. 10 car for the race. Bliss then drove the car through Talladega, before being released by

for Iowa, where the No. 19 car had assumed the Start and Park role of the former No. 10 after the addition of McClure. For Charlotte, Jeff Green was tabbed as the driver for the No. 19 car, and remained there for the remainder of the season.

2016

The No. 19 was used by

in 2016.

Car No. 19 results

Car No. 24 history

After initially leaving TriStar for JGL Racing, after nine 2015 races

and longtime sponsor

announced their return to TriStar beginning at

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in May. The team carried over the No. 24

from JGL, while assuming the owner points from the No. 19

. McClure was released again after changes with his Hefty/Reynolds Wrap sponsorship, with the number returning to JGL and the team going inactive.

Car No. 44 history

Road America 2013 Nationwide 44 Cole Whitt

The No. 44 car was first run in 2011 by Jeff Green as a

entry at Daytona.

drove the car at

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. Green then drove the car for most of the season as a

, but was replaced for 3 races by

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. For 2012,

drove the car with various sponsorship until Dover when he moved back to the No. 19

and Green took over for the next two races.

and John Blankenship finished out the season. Though John Blankenship raced for Tommy Baldwin Racing for Chevrolet Impala for Iowa, Texas, Phoenix and Homestead.

2013

In 2013,

ran for Rookie of the year with American Custom Yachts as the sponsor, but only ran the first ten races and then two late in the season.

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ran seven races with

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and Tastee Apples sponsoring.

ran the most races for the team, with several strong runs including four top tens and only one finish outside the top twenty. Whitt was sponsored by Takagi Water Heaters and

. Whitt left for

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in the

at the end of the season.

2014

For 2014, it was announced that

would drive for TriStar full-time, splitting time between the No. 44

and the No. 10

. David Starr ran the majority of races with the team, with a best finish of 9th at Talladega. Various other drivers have run the No. 44, bringing sponsorship with them. These include

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, Carlos Contreras, ARCA driver

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, and

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returned to TriStar's No. 44

for both races at

in 2014.

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based American Custom Yachts returned as a sponsor for the team (not appearing on the hood), as they did in Martin's first 10 races of 2013. Martin finished 26th and 28th in his two races respectively. Forty-four-year-old NASCAR veteran Carlos Contreras has raced all three road courses for TriStar in the No. 44

with sponsors

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and Voli and regular TriStar sponsor

. He posted a strong 15th place at

, a solid 23rd place at

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and finished 21st in his debut at the

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in August. Twenty-six-year-old ARCA driver

, nephew of ARCA legend

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, will drive five races in the TriStar No. 44

in 2014.

will serve as the primary sponsor for all five races. Kimmel finished 33rd in his debut at

and 22nd two races later at

. Kimmel returned to the car in the fall races at

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, and

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. New Hampshire native

was announced as the driver at his hometown

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in July for his tenth start in the

. Hudson, NH based Gilchrist Metal Fabricating Company funded the car. Frahm finished a sold 25th, but 5 laps down.

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graduate and

native

drive the No. 44

at home track

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in May. The Delaware Office of Highway Safety came on board with their " Click it or Ticket" campaign to raise awareness for traffic safety. Harraka qualified 22nd, and finished a solid 19th after battling back from a pit road incident with

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. Notably, Harraka was involved in an incident the prior year at the Sonoma Cup race where his No. 52 Ford Fusion collided with the TriStar No. 19

on pit road before the race even started.

2015

David Starr signed a three-year contract with TriStar and longtime sponsor Zachry Group to run the No. 44

full-time beginning in 2015. Starr finished a strong 6th place at the season opener at

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, after avoiding 2 big crashes in the late stages of the race. Starr had a decent season, finishing 16th in points.

2016

Starr returned in 2016, with

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continuing sponsor him. He finished 18th at the season opener at Daytona, and at Atlanta he finished 39th after blowing an engine in a few laps of the race. At Richmond in April,

replaced Starr due to illness, finishing 12th. Following Richmond, Yeley officially replaced Starr in the No. 44. Yeley collected three top tens for TriStar, with an 8th place finish at fall Dover race.

2017

The car returned in a part-time basis in 2017.

drove at the

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with sponsorship from

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. He was involved in a single-car crash, and finished 27th.

Car No. 44 results

Car No. 91 history

TriStar occasionally ran a fifth car, usually for the restrictor plate races or as a start and park when the team's usual four cars have full sponsorship, or to help fund the No. 10 team.

2014

Jeff Green ran the car at Daytona in February and Auto Club in March, finishing last in both. He finished 39th at Darlington in April and 38th at Talladega in May. SupportMilitary.org and

appeared on the car at various points, though not changing the team's start-and-park status. At Daytona in July,

attempted to qualify in the No. 91

with BWP bats sponsoring, but did not post a fast enough speed before being taken out in a crash at the end of the first round. Green ran a total of seven races in the car, with

running the car at

Car No. 91 results

Pro Motor Engines

In addition to his racing operations, owner Bryan Smith operates Pro Motor Engines (PME Engines), an independent engine builder in

as well as ARCA and SCCA. Building and leasing primarily

engines as well as the

engines used by TriStar and others, PME-powered teams have won three

championships (2002, 2003, and 2009). Engine builders Dennis Borem and Darrell Hoffman also earned three consecutive MAHLE Clevite Engine Builder of the Year awards from 2007 to 2009, beating engine builders from

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, DEI,

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, Roush-Yates, and other top-tier teams.

References

External links

* (Mark Smith) * (Bryan Smith, 2017-2018)
TriStar Motorsports website
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