Vision Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Re/Max Series. The team last fielded the No. 17 Toyota Camry for Benny Gordon in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team previously used Dodge Challenger cars and engines previously run by Team Penske before 2012, as well as Toyotas from Joe Gibbs Racing. After Tanner Berryhill failed to qualify Daytona Xfinity race in 2015,[1] the team decided to shut down due to lack of sponsorship, running its final race at Talladega in May with Benny Gordon.[2]
| Owner(s) | Adrian Berryhill |
|---|---|
| Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Series | NASCAR Xfinity Series NASCAR K&N Pro Series East ARCA Re/Max Series |
| Race drivers | 17. Benny Gordon |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet Toyota Dodge |
| Opened | 2005 |
| Closed | 2015 |
| Career | |
| Debut | Xfinity Series: 2006 O'Reilly Challenge (Texas) |
| Latest race | Xfinity Series: 2015 Winn-Dixie 300 (Talladega) |
| Races competed | Total: 56 Xfinity Series: 47 ARCA Re/Max Series: 9 |
| Drivers' Championships | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 ARCA Re/Max Series: 0 |
| Race victories | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 ARCA Re/Max Series: 0 |
| Pole positions | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 ARCA Re/Max Series: 0 |
Following Talladega, Gordon and business partner Larry Mostoller purchased the team to form Performance Energy Group.[3][4]
History
editVision Racing ran in the ARCA Racing Series in 2005, running at Nashville and Kentucky with Zach Chappel and at Pocono with Damon Lusk. Lusk also ran the season opening ARCA race at Daytona in 2006. Will Vaught ran a No. 13 car at Kansas, then the No. 37 at Gateway. The team began running the No. 37 Chevy in the then-Busch Series in 2006, debuting with Josh Krug at Richmond International Raceway in September. Randy LaJoie drove at Kansas in September and Texas in November, before Krug ran at Phoenix.
In 2010, Berryhill ran the ARCA race at Iowa in the No. 7 Nation Cash Lenders Chevy. In 2011, he ran 7 races in the K&N Pro Series East in the No. 97 Chevy.
2012
editThe Nationwide team did not run again until 2012. At Richmond in April, J. J. Yeley ran the No. 17 Toyota Camry, while Tanner Berryhill ran the No. 24 Chevrolet Impala, both with sponsorship from New Gulf Resources. Berryhill finished 29th while Yeley finished 37th. Berryhill ran three more races in the No. 17 with a best finish of 26th at Chicago.
2013
editThe team ran the No. 17 and No. 37 in a limited schedule with sponsorship from National Cash Lenders. Berryhill ran 5 races in the 17 and one in the No. 37. Matt DiBenedetto ran 5 races in the No. 37. The team's best finish was a 28th at Richmond in April with Berryhill. Midway through the season, the team switched to Dodge, which had pulled factory support from NASCAR, and began running R6 engines from former Dodge team Team Penske at Charlotte.
2014
editIn 2014, Tanner Berryhill ran the full season for Rookie of the Year in the No. 17. BWP Bats sponsored the first six races of the season. The 17 and DiBenedetto in the No. 37 both missed the season opener at Daytona. At Talladega, Chad Boat and Billy Boat Motorsports missed the race, then made a deal to run the 17 in the race using their own car, finishing 25th. At Mid-Ohio, Berryhill got the team's best finish of 2014 with a lead-lap finish of 17th.
Ryan Ellis tweeted on August 19 that he would run the No. 37 car at Bristol,[5] but failed to qualify. Berryhill would finish 22nd in points.[6]
2015
editThe No. 17 and Berryhill planned to run the full 2015 season pending sponsorship, with the team purchasing Toyota Camrys from Joe Gibbs Racing. After crashing in qualifying for the season opener at Daytona, however, the team shut down due to financial woes. The team was later put up for sale by owner Adrian Berryhill.[6][1][7]
In April, the team announced it would be fielding the 17 Toyota at Talladega in May, if a driver with $45,000 of sponsorship funds could be found.[8] The car would be run by Benny Gordon and VSI Racing, qualifying 25th and finishing 13th.[2][3] Gordon has since bought the team and rebranded it as PEG Racing.[3][4]
Car No. 17 results
edit| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Owners | Pts | |||
| 2012 | J. J. Yeley | 17 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH 29 |
TAL | DAR | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | 57th | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tanner Berryhill | KEN 28 |
DAY | NHA | CHI 26 |
IND | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH 35 |
CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH 28 |
TAL | DAR 40 |
CLT DNQ |
DOV | IOW | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI 35 |
IND 29 |
IOW | GLN | MOH | 53rd | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dodge | CLT 29 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Starr | Toyota | BRI DNQ |
ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Tanner Berryhill | Dodge | DAY DNQ |
PHO 28 |
LVS 25 |
BRI 36 |
CAL 31 |
TEX 30 |
DAR 27 |
RCH 35 |
TAL QL |
IOW 35 |
CLT 40 |
DOV 29 |
MCH 36 |
ROA 28 |
KEN 38 |
DAY 36 |
NHA 27 |
CHI 29 |
IND 30 |
IOW 35 |
GLN 31 |
MOH 17 |
BRI 36 |
ATL 23 |
RCH DNQ |
CHI 34 |
KEN 34 |
DOV 34 |
KAN DNQ |
34th | 384 | ||||||||
| Toyota | CLT 37 |
TEX 27 |
PHO 33 |
HOM 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | DAY DNQ |
ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | 54th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benny Gordon | TAL 13 |
IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||
Car No. 37 results
edit| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Owners | Pts | |
| 2006 | Josh Krug | 37 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH DNQ |
DOV | PHO DNQ |
HOM | N/A | 40 | |||||
| Randy LaJoie | KAN DNQ |
CLT | MEM | TEX 41 |
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| 2013 | Matt DiBenedetto | 37 | Dodge | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT DNQ |
DOV 39 |
IOW | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI 39 |
IND DNQ |
IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI 37 |
ATL 33 |
RCH 37 |
55th | 30 | |||||||||||
| Tanner Berryhill | CHI 37 |
KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Matt DiBenedetto | DAY DNQ |
PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | 66th | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Ellis | BRI DNQ |
ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Long, Dustin (February 24, 2015). "Tanner Berryhill says Daytona qualifying crash will sideline his Xfinity team". nascartalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ a b Press Release (April 29, 2015). "Benny Gordon to make NASCAR XFINITY Series Talladega Start". Catchfence.com. Mooresville, North Carolina: Catchfence.com. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Wilson, Steven B. (May 2015). "BENNY GORDON FINISHES 13TH AT TALLADEGA". speedwaydigest.com. Speedway Digest, VSI PR. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Benny Gordon and Larry Mostoller Establish NASCAR Xfinity Team: Performance Energy Group". pegracing.com. Mooresville, North Carolina: Performance Energy Group. June 10, 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "@ryanellisracing" on Twitter
- ^ a b Rittenoure, John (January 18, 2015). "Bixby's Tanner Berryhill has a blast at Chili Bowl". tulsaworld.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ Dator, James (March 24, 2015). "Here's your chance to buy an ENTIRE NASCAR TEAM". sbnation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Mobile Uploads". facebook.com. Mooresville, North Carolina: Facebook, Vision Racing Team. April 19, 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
External links
edit- Official website
- Vision Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Vision Racing Team on Facebook