Faith Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the

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Camping World Truck Series and

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. The team was owned by Shane Lamb, and fielded entries for

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and Donnie Levister.

History

In 2014, owner Shane Lamb signs dirt-track veteran, Donnie Levister for the 2015 Whelen All-American Series South Carolina State Championship. Levister was born in

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, and he was making the transition to stock car racing. Levister would be contending in the series under the Faith Motorsports banner and would contend for rookie of the year.

NASCAR Whelen All-American Series

Car No. 22 History

In 2015, Levister competed in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series South Carolina State Championship in the No. 22 Chevrolet sponsored by Property Pros, based in Kansas City, for 16 races. It was a solid season for Levister, scoring 1 top 5 and 8 top 10s. He finished 476th in the country, 23rd in the state of

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. Levister even got a few rookie of the year nominations, but in the end, he didn't win the award. Levister gained co-ownership of Faith Motorsports after the season. On December 4, 2015, Levister and Lamb announced the formation of their new Camping World Truck Series team. They planned to run the full season in a Toyota Tundra, and in the process, they would suspend operations for their Whelen All-American Series team.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 44 History

While in search for their first series start, owner Shane Lamb acquired the owner points of the No. 44 for

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after round 3 of the season at Martinsville. Martins' team would be focusing on the

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from now on. The team wanted to start racing with Donnie Levister right away with Shane Lamb listed as the owner, but NASCAR would not approve due to Levister's lack of experience. Lamb And Levister also switched back to Chevrolet after running a

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last season. As a result, the team hired

to drive before Levister would be eligible. Mills competed at

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, and Dover. Mills was running at the finish in all events finishing 17th, 24th, and 17th. The team planned to enter

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with Mills, but they later withdrew. The team had hinted that Donnie Levister would attempt to run at Gateway and future races, but Levister and Lamb parted ways after Gateway, and the team did not attempt another race.

Truck No. 62 History

In early 2016, the team announced they would run a

full-time for Donnie Levister with sponsorship from Property Pro's and Shawn Magee Design. However, after not entering Daytona or

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, and withdrawing from Martinsville, the team scaled back to a part-time schedule. The team initially wanted to be No. 22 but however

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acquire rights of the No. 22, so they instead chose the No. 62. The team returned at the 11th race at Eldora with Levister, but they withdrew before practicing. They returned for the 20th race at Martinsville, again with Levister. After qualifying 35th out of 36 trucks, they failed to qualify.

Truck No. 74 history

At the 8th race of the

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season at

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, Faith Motorsports partnered with

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to get them higher in owner points. They ran a Chevrolet for this attempt.

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would be listed as the owner, but they would run under the Faith Motorsports banner. Levister qualified 31st out of 33, but he didn't have enough owner points, so he failed to qualify. The partnership returned at the 13th race at

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with Levister in a

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, but the team withdrew.

References

External links

Official Website
{{Faith Motorsports Auto racing teams in the United States Defunct NASCAR teams