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FILMAR Racing is a former NASCARWinston Cup and Busch Series team. It was owned by Fil Martocci and crew chiefGil Martin. The team was sold in 1999 to the Pinnacle Motorsports Group and then to Davis & Weight Motorsports.
FILMAR Racing/Davis & Weight Motorsports
Owner(s)
Fil Martocci, Gil Martin, Jerry Davis, Anthony Weight
FILMAR began racing in 1989 when they fielded the No. 8 Oldsmobile driven by Bobby Hamilton in the Busch series, winning in September at Richmond. Originally unsponsored, they picked up sponsorship from TIC Financial Industries in June 1990, starting at Orange County Speedway. Hamilton had seven top-fives and finished eleventh in points, but departed for the Winston Cup series and was replaced by David Green. Despite missing a pair of races early in the season, Green won the pole for the season-opening Goody's 300 and won at Lanier Raceway. He finished thirteenth in points and finished runner-up to Jeff Gordon for Rookie of the Year honors. At the end of the season, Green was replaced by Jeff Burton. Burton had four top-fives, including a win at New Hampshire International Speedway, and finished ninth in points.
In 1993, Baby Ruth became the team's sponsor as they switched to Ford, and despite winning at Myrtle Beach Speedway, Burton and the team dropped to fourteenth in points. The team also made its Cup debut that year with Burton at New Hampshire, starting 6th but finishing 37th after their No. 0 Ford wrecked in a lap 3 incident.
In 1995, FILMAR and Wallace split time between the Cup and Busch Series. In Cup, the team ran 11 races, finishing in the top-30 three times. In Busch, the team ran fifteen races with sponsorship from Red Dog and won at Richmond and finished 27th in points. In addition to winning again at Richmond in 1996, the team moved up to the Cup series full-time with sponsorship from Square D. Wallace had a seventh-place finish at North Carolina Speedway and finished 28th in points. The following season, FILMAR ran its last Busch race at Richmond as the No. 12 Graybar Ford, starting 27th and finishing 26th. That year, Wallace won his first two career poles in Cup at Martinsville and Bristol. Despite two top-tens, Wallace and the team dropped to 33rd in the standings.
In 1998, Wallace posted seven top-tens but failed to qualify twice, finishing 31st in points.
Davis & WeightEdit
Towards the end of 1998, Wallace announced he and Square D would be departing FILMAR and join Andy Petree Racing. After rumors spread that Todd Bodine or Willy T. Ribbs would be the team's new driver for 1999,[1] Marcotti sold the team to an organization called the Pinnacle Motorsports Group. The team planned to run that year's Daytona 500 with Morgan Shepherd driving, but failed to qualify. The group was sold again to Davis & Weight Motorsports late in the season. The team made its Busch debut at the Food City 250 with Brandon Sperling driving the No. 55 Pontiac Grand Prix with sponsorship from the University of Florida. He started and finished 27th. Michael Ritch ran a pair of races for D&W that year, at Rockingham and Memphis Motorsports Park, his best finish a 35th.
D&W hired Ritch to compete full-time in the Busch Series in 2000 competing for Rookie of the Year honors. In addition, they announced they would run the No. 81 in Cup in five races that season to move up full-time in 2001. Ritch made 21 starts that season and had five top-twenty finishes in the UoF/KleenexFord Taurus, and finished 33rd in points, but the team did not attempt any Cup races. In 2001, Mark Green took over, and had a best finish of sixteenth at Darlington Raceway when the team announced it was closing its Busch program to focus on Cup. After announcing they would attempt the Brickyard 400, the team laid off all of its employees and did not attempt a race again.
^. Archived from the original on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
External linksEdit
Fil Martocci Winston Cup Owner Statistics
Fil Martocci - NASCAR owner
Davis & Weight Motorsports Home Page
October 24, 2023
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This article is about the former NASCAR team For the former Australian Touring Car team see Pinnacle Motorsport For the current Irish licensed Asian based single seater team see Pinnacle Motorsport auto racing team This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources FILMAR Racing news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2019 FILMAR Racing is a former NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series team It was owned by Fil Martocci and crew chief Gil Martin The team was sold in 1999 to the Pinnacle Motorsports Group and then to Davis amp Weight Motorsports FILMAR Racing Davis amp Weight MotorsportsOwner s Fil Martocci Gil Martin Jerry Davis Anthony WeightBaseNorth CarolinaSeriesWinston Cup Busch SeriesRace driversDavid Green Jeff BurtonSponsorsSquare DManufacturerFord OldsmobileOpened1989Closed2003CareerDrivers Championships0Race victories0 Contents 1 Beginnings 2 Kenny Wallace years 3 Davis amp Weight 4 Winston Cup Results 4 1 Car No 81 results 5 References 6 External linksBeginnings EditFILMAR began racing in 1989 when they fielded the No 8 Oldsmobile driven by Bobby Hamilton in the Busch series winning in September at Richmond Originally unsponsored they picked up sponsorship from TIC Financial Industries in June 1990 starting at Orange County Speedway Hamilton had seven top fives and finished eleventh in points but departed for the Winston Cup series and was replaced by David Green Despite missing a pair of races early in the season Green won the pole for the season opening Goody s 300 and won at Lanier Raceway He finished thirteenth in points and finished runner up to Jeff Gordon for Rookie of the Year honors At the end of the season Green was replaced by Jeff Burton Burton had four top fives including a win at New Hampshire International Speedway and finished ninth in points In 1993 Baby Ruth became the team s sponsor as they switched to Ford and despite winning at Myrtle Beach Speedway Burton and the team dropped to fourteenth in points The team also made its Cup debut that year with Burton at New Hampshire starting 6th but finishing 37th after their No 0 Ford wrecked in a lap 3 incident Kenny Wallace years Edit nbsp The 81 car from 1996 1997 After Burton left to run for Stavola Brothers Racing s Cup program Kenny Wallace was hired as the team s new driver for 1994 Wallace won a pole at Nazareth Speedway and won at Bristol Martinsville and Richmond late in the year and finished fourth in points They also ran a Cup race at Michigan finishing nineteenth in the No 81 car In 1995 FILMAR and Wallace split time between the Cup and Busch Series In Cup the team ran 11 races finishing in the top 30 three times In Busch the team ran fifteen races with sponsorship from Red Dog and won at Richmond and finished 27th in points In addition to winning again at Richmond in 1996 the team moved up to the Cup series full time with sponsorship from Square D Wallace had a seventh place finish at North Carolina Speedway and finished 28th in points The following season FILMAR ran its last Busch race at Richmond as the No 12 Graybar Ford starting 27th and finishing 26th That year Wallace won his first two career poles in Cup at Martinsville and Bristol Despite two top tens Wallace and the team dropped to 33rd in the standings In 1998 Wallace posted seven top tens but failed to qualify twice finishing 31st in points Davis amp Weight EditTowards the end of 1998 Wallace announced he and Square D would be departing FILMAR and join Andy Petree Racing After rumors spread that Todd Bodine or Willy T Ribbs would be the team s new driver for 1999 1 Marcotti sold the team to an organization called the Pinnacle Motorsports Group The team planned to run that year s Daytona 500 with Morgan Shepherd driving but failed to qualify The group was sold again to Davis amp Weight Motorsports late in the season The team made its Busch debut at the Food City 250 with Brandon Sperling driving the No 55 Pontiac Grand Prix with sponsorship from the University of Florida He started and finished 27th Michael Ritch ran a pair of races for D amp W that year at Rockingham and Memphis Motorsports Park his best finish a 35th D amp W hired Ritch to compete full time in the Busch Series in 2000 competing for Rookie of the Year honors In addition they announced they would run the No 81 in Cup in five races that season to move up full time in 2001 Ritch made 21 starts that season and had five top twenty finishes in the UoF Kleenex Ford Taurus and finished 33rd in points but the team did not attempt any Cup races In 2001 Mark Green took over and had a best finish of sixteenth at Darlington Raceway when the team announced it was closing its Busch program to focus on Cup After announcing they would attempt the Brickyard 400 the team laid off all of its employees and did not attempt a race again Winston Cup Results EditCar No 81 results Edit 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 Pts1993 Jeff Burton 0 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA37 POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 521994 Kenny Wallace 81 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH19 DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 1061995 DAYDNQ CAR20 RCHDNQ ATLDNQ DARDNQ BRI NWSDNQ MAR21 TAL36 SON CLT31 DOV18 POC MCH36 DAYDNQ NHA POC37 TAL IND36 GLN MCH24 BRIDNQ DAR RCH20 DOV MARDNQ NWS CLTDNQ CAR PHO26 ATL 8781996 DAY21 CAR7 RCH15 ATL37 DAR17 BRI34 NWS18 MAR14 TAL14 SON27 CLT32 DOV20 POC37 MCH33 DAY38 NHA19 POC36 TAL20 IND33 GLN31 MCH37 BRI15 DAR13 RCH38 DOV20 MAR10 NWS15 CLT30 CAR19 PHO37 ATLDNQ 26941997 DAY22 CAR41 RCH40 ATL29 DAR14 TEX13 BRI41 MAR6 SON36 TAL26 CLT39 DOV27 POC34 MCH43 CALDNQ DAY11 NHA19 POC34 IND30 GLN27 MCH32 BRI39 DAR24 RCH24 NHA27 DOV38 MAR6 CLT28 TAL15 CAR37 PHO35 ATL30 24621998 DAYDNQ CAR38 LVS42 ATL7 DAR9 BRI42 TEX34 MAR22 TAL7 CAL19 CLT25 DOV40 RCH23 MCH39 POC39 SON22 NHA10 POC35 IND43 GLN26 MCHDNQ BRI42 NHA6 DAR10 RCH11 DOV43 MAR43 CLT16 TAL40 DAY35 PHO8 CAR16 ATL34 2121References Edit Jayski s Silly Season Site Past News Page Archived from the original on 2018 01 24 Retrieved 2006 07 10 External links EditFil Martocci Winston Cup Owner Statistics Fil Martocci NASCAR owner Jayski No 81 page Davis amp Weight Motorsports Home Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FILMAR Racing amp oldid 1179394069, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
