Team Bristol Motorsports

Team Bristol Motorsports was a former NASCAR Busch Series team owned by Rick Goodwin and was based out of Bristol, Virginia.

Team Bristol Motorsports

Owner(s)	Rick Goodwin
Base	Bristol, Virginia
Series	Busch Series
Race drivers	Kelly Denton, Tom Hubert, Steadman Marlin, Tim Fedewa, Kevin Grubb, Jerry Nadeau, Hermie Sadler
Sponsors	General Creation, Toys "R" Us
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Career
Debut	2001 Auto Club 300
Latest race	2003 Hardee's 250
Races competed	64

Cup Series

2002

The team entered their only Cup race at the spring Richmond race with Kevin Grubb driving. They were 36th fastest in practice, which would've been fast enough to make the race, however during qualifying, Grubb spun out on his second lap and they would only record the 37th fastest time. Without any owner provisionals, they would be the only team that would fail to qualify for the race. The team had plans to run full time Cup in 2003 with Grubb, but the plans would fall through.^{[citation needed]}

Car No. 54 results

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
2002	Kevin Grubb	54	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH DNQ	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	74th	31

Busch Series

2001

The team was formed early in the 2001 season, Kelly Denton was picked as the driver, with sponsorship coming from a local toy maker company, General Creation. They made their debut at California, finishing 34th. They would run a total of 20 races in their first season, with a pair of 13th-place finishes being the best result. Tom Hubert, Steadman Marlin, and Tim Fedewa all made a start late in the year.^{[citation needed]}

2002

Denton drove the first two races in 2002, but would be released from the team after qualifying in Las Vegas. Kevin Grubb was named his replacement and would drive the remainder of the season.^[1] The team would also announce Toys "R" Us as their primary sponsor starting at the spring Bristol race.^[2] Grubb would secure the teams first top five finish a few weeks later at Richmond and would follow that up with another top ten in Loudon. A 3rd-place finish later in the season at Gateway would end up being the teams best result. After crashing out in back to back weeks, Grubb would sit out a few races due to dizziness symptoms he experienced while practicing in Kansas, Fedewa and Jerry Nadeau would fill in. At the end of the season, Grubb and the team would part ways.^{[citation needed]}

2003

The team announced plans on having Deborah Renshaw drive full time for the 2003 season, however, after breaking her leg in a wreck that fatally killed Eric Martin, the deal fell through.^[3] Prior to the accident, she had plans on making her debut with the team in late 2002 at Memphis.^[4] Hermie Sadler would end up signing with the team to drive full time.^[5] Despite finishing a season best 11th at Richmond, Sadler asked for his release due to the team struggling financially. The team had lost their primary sponsorship and were going to skip the next few races.^[6] They would shut down soon after.

Car No. 54 results

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	Owners	Pts
2001	Kelly Denton	54	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL 34	RCH 41	NHA	NZH 24	CLT 42	DOV 16	KEN 13	MLW 13	GLN 25	CHI 40	GTY 21	PPR 25	IRP	MCH 38	BRI 37	DAR 27	RCH 42	DOV 30	KAN				CAR 28	HOM		39th	1405
	Tom Hubert																															CLT 35
	Steadman Marlin																																MEM 42
	Tim Fedewa																																	PHO 26
2002	Kelly Denton			DAY 16	CAR 27	LVS QL																																23rd	3273
	Kevin Grubb					LVS 41	DAR 32	BRI 12	TEX 24	NSH 16	TAL 11	CAL 19	RCH 5	NHA 10	NZH 32	CLT 8	DOV 10	NSH 39	KEN 35	MLW 30	DAY 9	CHI 16	GTY 3	PPR 11	IRP 30	MCH 31	BRI 20	DAR 14	RCH 33	DOV 35	KAN QL		MEM 29	ATL 25	CAR 31	PHO 13	HOM 35
	Tim Fedewa																														KAN 25
	Jerry Nadeau																															CLT 20
2003	Hermie Sadler			DAY 32	CAR 20	LVS 21	DAR 29	BRI 29	TEX 21	TAL 22	NSH 19	CAL 37	RCH 11	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	43rd	907

References

1. "Grubb To Stay In 54 Car". Motor Racing Network. March 13, 2002. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
2. "Kevin Grubb gains season sponsor". Motorsport.com. March 24, 2002. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
3. "BUSCH: Richmond II: News of Note". Motorsport.com. September 5, 2002. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
4. "Healing process takes Renshaw to track after fatal October wreck". South Coast Today. February 2, 2003. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
5. "BUSCH: Bristol Motorsports signs Hermie Sadler". Motorsport.com. January 15, 2003. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
6. "May 9 – Today in Jayski's NASCAR history". Jayski.com. May 9, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

External links

• Team Bristol Motorsports owner statistics at Racing-Reference