Germain Racing

Germain Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. It was owned by Bob Germain, whose family owns many car dealerships across the United States as Germain Motor Company.^[2] The team last fielded the No. 13 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE full-time for Ty Dillon. It previously fielded the No. 03, No. 9, No. 30, No. 62 and No. 77 Toyota Tundras in the Camping World Truck Series and the No. 7 and No. 15 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Previously, the team had been affiliated with Arnold Motorsports, a former Cup Series team, until the 2005 season as Germain-Arnold Racing.^[2]

Germain Racing

Owner(s)	Bob Germain
Base	Welcome, North Carolina^[1]
Series	NASCAR Cup Series
Race drivers	13.Ty Dillon
Sponsors	13.GEICO
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	2004
Closed	2020
Career
Debut	Cup Series: 2009 Shelby 427 (Las Vegas) Nationwide Series: 2007 Gateway 250 (Gateway) Camping World Truck Series: 2004 Infineon 200 (Charlotte) ARCA Re/Max Series: 2008 Daytona ARCA 200 (Daytona)
Latest race	Cup Series: 2020 Season Finale 500 (Phoenix) Nationwide Series: 2011 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona) Camping World Truck Series: 2011 Ford 200 (Homestead) ARCA Re/Max Series: 2008 ARCA Re/Max 250 (Talladega)
Races competed	Total: 896 Cup Series: 424 Nationwide Series: 113 Camping World Truck Series: 357 ARCA Re/Max Series: 2
Drivers' Championships	Total: 2 Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 2 2006, 2010 ARCA Re/Max Series: 0
Race victories	Total: 22 Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 22 ARCA Re/Max Series: 0
Pole positions	Total: 11 Cup Series: 1 Nationwide Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 9 ARCA Re/Max Series: 1

After fielding Toyotas for most of its history, the team fielded Ford Fusions in 2012 and 2013. Then in 2014, the team switched to Chevrolet, ending a two-year partnership with Ford, and formed a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.^[3][4][1]

Following the announcement that longtime sponsor GEICO would not renew their partnership after the 2020 season, Germain Racing sold their charter to Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan on September 21, 2020.^[5] Jordan and Hamlin would use the charter for their team 23XI Racing starting in 2021.^[6]

NASCAR Cup Series

Car No. 13 history

Max Papis (2008-2010)

 

Max Papis' No. 13 car at the 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350.

Germain entered into Sprint Cup racing through a technical alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) beginning with two races during the 2008 season, with MWR supplying Toyota Camrys and technical support for Germain and driver Max Papis.^[7] Papis had previously driven for MWR vice president Cal Wells in the CART series.^[7]

In 2009, Germain Racing attempted to run a limited schedule in the Sprint Cup Series with Papis driving the No. 13 with sponsor GEICO. The team qualified for 15 races in 21 attempts. Germain planned to run full-time in 2010, but it was required to start and park some events due to its limited sponsorship from GEICO and lack of additional sponsorship. ^[8] In the first event of the 2010 season, Papis qualified for the Daytona 500,^[9] where he was involved in an early wreck before finishing 40th due to engine woes. After Watkins Glen, the team announced that Papis would be replaced and reassigned to the Camping World Truck Series. Max Papis ran the following week Michigan in a start and park effort, the following week Casey Mears took over as the full-time driver at Bristol in another start and park effort. Papis ran 17 races in 2010, with 10 DNFs and 5 DNQs. Mears then finished out the 2010 season starting and parking in some events.

Casey Mears (2010-2016)

 

Casey Mears in the No. 13 at the 2013 Toyota Owners 400.

For 2011, Germain Racing announced that Mears would take over the ride full-time for the 2011 season. Mears and the team missed the Daytona 500, but no other events. The team finished 32nd in owners points.

On January 6, 2012, Germain Racing announced that Mears would return as the driver of the No. 13 GEICO Ford Fusion. GEICO is signed with the team through 2014.^[10] Mears led during the middle portions at Talladega, but crashed out. He finished 29th in points.

 

The Germain Race Shop, located in Mooresville, North Carolina in November 2016.

The team had a rebound year in 2013 with 1 Top 10 at Daytona and 7 Top 15s. Mears also improved to 24th in the standings, his best finish in the points since 2009. GEICO also plans to sponsor the team full season next year as well.

In 2014, Germain formed a partnership with Richard Childress Racing to field Chevrolets. Mears had previously driven for RCR in 2009.^[3] The team started the new season off with a top-10 when Mears finished 10th in the 2014 Daytona 500. Mears eventually recorded fourteen top-20s and three top-10s during the season, and finished 26th in driver points, although on a much more competitive landscape than the 24th place in 2013.

Mears began 2015 with a 6th-place finish in the Daytona 500. It was the team's 4th consecutive top-10 finish at Daytona. In 2016, it was announced that Ty Dillon would replace Mears in the No. 13 starting in 2017.^[11] Mears found a ride by driving part-time with Biagi-DenBeste Racing in the 98 GEICO Military car.

Ty Dillon (2017–2020)

 

Ty Dillon in the No. 13 at the 2018 Brickyard 400.

On November 28, 2016, Ty Dillon was named the new driver for the No. 13 car for the 2017 season. In the 2017 offseason, Twisted Tea came on board for four races, the first time Germain had two sponsors on the same car in a year. After running solidly in 2017, Dillon's best runs included Dover, where he was fourth on a late restart, only to be taken out by his teammate by alliance Ryan Newman. He also led very late in the 2017 Coke Zero 400, where he got shuffled and finished 16th. Dillon's 2018 season was mediocre at most, with sixth place at the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 being his highest finish.

Dillon started his 2019 season with a sixth-place finish at the 2019 Daytona 500. He also scored his first stage win at the spring Bristol race.

On August 26, 2019, crew chief Matt Borland was indefinitely suspended for violating NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy. Germain Racing confirmed that Justin Alexander, who serves as crew chief for the part-time No. 21 Xfinity Series car for Richard Childress Racing (who Germain has an alliance with), served as interim crew chief beginning at Darlington and until Borland's suspension was lifted.^[12] On September 24, NASCAR reinstated Borland after he completed the Road to Recovery Program.^[13][14] In Germain Racing's final season, the No. 13 managed to score a third-place finish in the fall Talladega race and ended up 26th in the points standings.^[15]

Car No. 13 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
2008	Max Papis	13	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX DNQ	PHO	HOM DNQ	57th	50
2009				DAY	CAL	LVS 36	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX 35	PHO	TAL 18	RCH	DAR 35	CLT 42	DOV DNQ	POC	MCH 35	SON 12	NHA	DAY DNQ	CHI	IND DNQ	POC	GLN 8	MCH	BRI DNQ	ATL 40	RCH 37	NHA	DOV	KAN 32	CAL 35	CLT 41	MAR	TAL 29	TEX DNQ	PHO 35	HOM DNQ	43rd	1209
2010				DAY 40	CAL 28	LVS 33	ATL 34	BRI DNQ	MAR 40	PHO 40	TEX 22	TAL 40	RCH DNQ	DAR 29	DOV DNQ	CLT DNQ	POC 34	MCH 43	SON 43	NHA 43	DAY 42	CHI 42	IND 43	POC DNQ	GLN 22	MCH 41														38th	1994
	Casey Mears																										BRI 39	ATL 26	RCH 21	NHA 38	DOV 29	KAN 24	CAL 25	CLT DNQ	MAR 40	TAL 24	TEX 26	PHO 24	HOM 33
2011				DAY DNQ	PHO 18	LVS 25	BRI 37	CAL 29	MAR 36	TEX 26	TAL 22	RCH 28	DAR 30	DOV 23	CLT 23	KAN 37	POC 30	MCH 38	SON 34	DAY 32	KEN 25	NHA 38	IND 29	POC 36	GLN 20	MCH 37	BRI 23	ATL 28	RCH 17	CHI 29	NHA 42	DOV 35	KAN 42	CLT 32	TAL 17	MAR 12	TEX 25	PHO 26	HOM 26	32nd	541
2012			Ford	DAY 25	PHO 39	LVS 27	BRI 25	CAL 23	MAR 25	TEX 25	KAN 26	RCH 21	TAL 18	DAR 22	CLT 22	DOV 41	POC 35	MCH 20	SON 15	KEN 18	DAY 18	NHA 36	IND 34	POC 35	GLN 16	MCH 37	BRI 21	ATL 33	RCH 29	CHI 36	NHA 36	DOV 31	TAL 26	CLT 29	KAN 37	MAR 25	TEX 21	PHO 22	HOM 29	30th	612
2013				DAY 29	PHO 14	LVS 29	BRI 15	CAL 15	MAR 16	TEX 31	KAN 34	RCH 30	TAL 24	DAR 37	CLT 23	DOV 16	POC 22	MCH 21	SON 16	KEN 18	DAY 9	NHA 36	IND 27	POC 24	GLN 12	MCH 25	BRI 33	ATL 22	RCH 26	CHI 30	NHA 25	DOV 24	KAN 21	CLT 31	TAL 27	MAR 21	TEX 33	PHO 27	HOM 28	26th	719
2014			Chevy	DAY 10	PHO 14	LVS 28	BRI 27	CAL 15	MAR 24	TEX 28	DAR 18	RCH 19	TAL 14	KAN 26	CLT 24	DOV 25	POC 23	MCH 24	SON 13	KEN 20	DAY 4	NHA 38	IND 33	POC 12	GLN 15	MCH 17	BRI 26	ATL 22	RCH 31	CHI 26	NHA 22	DOV 27	KAN 28	CLT 31	TAL 10	MAR 37	TEX 18	PHO 35	HOM 20	26th	782
2015				DAY 6	ATL 15	LVS 25	PHO 20	CAL 23	MAR 15	TEX 27	BRI 36	RCH 30	TAL 28	KAN 19	CLT 24	DOV 27	POC 16	MCH 13	SON 38	DAY 11	KEN 23	NHA 16	IND 20	POC 28	GLN 18	MCH 42	BRI 23	DAR 29	RCH 21	CHI 20	NHA 18	DOV 24	CLT 18	KAN 23	TAL 31	MAR 17	TEX 26	PHO 22	HOM 42	23rd	754
2016				DAY 32	ATL 14	LVS 23	PHO 35	CAL 17	MAR 31	TEX 23	BRI 24	RCH 29	TAL 33	KAN 21	DOV 26	CLT 30	POC 24	MCH 32	SON 24	DAY 12	KEN 30	NHA 27	IND 24	POC 21	GLN 12	BRI 25	MCH 22	DAR 25	RCH 21	CHI 34	NHA 27	DOV 26	CLT 40	KAN 23	TAL 39	MAR 21	TEX 39	PHO 18	HOM 18	29th	556
2017	Ty Dillon			DAY 30	ATL 15	LVS 21	PHO 16	CAL 18	MAR 22	TEX 17	BRI 15	RCH 26	TAL 13	KAN 14	CLT 36	DOV 14	POC 18	MCH 20	SON 28	DAY 16	KEN 33	NHA 16	IND 19	POC 17	GLN 19	MCH 21	BRI 36	DAR 13	RCH 22	CHI 28	NHA 22	DOV 22	CLT 21	TAL 11	KAN 16	MAR 30	TEX 24	PHO 11	HOM 26	25th	593
2018				DAY 39	ATL 26	LVS 24	PHO 30	CAL 27	MAR 22	TEX 13	BRI 28	RCH 20	TAL 15	DOV 24	KAN 38	CLT 21	POC 23	MCH 21	SON 33	CHI 28	DAY 6	KEN 29	NHA 23	POC 24	GLN 23	MCH 38	BRI 21	DAR 21	IND 21	LVS 34	RCH 28	CLT 22	DOV 29	TAL 15	KAN 25	MAR 15	TEX 22	PHO 19	HOM 22	29th	482
2019				DAY 6	ATL 25	LVS 29	PHO 15	CAL 27	MAR 13	TEX 21	BRI 15	RCH 21	TAL 17	DOV 22	KAN 28	CLT 23	POC 27	MCH 22	SON 27	CHI 35	DAY 4	KEN 26	NHA 16	POC 29	GLN 30	MCH 11	BRI 20	DAR 20	IND 13	LVS 16	RCH 26	CLT 15	DOV 23	TAL 10	KAN 22	MAR 24	TEX 18	PHO 20	HOM 24	24th	613
2020				DAY 30	LVS 10	CAL 26	PHO 15	DAR 19	DAR 19	CLT 25	CLT 27	BRI 39	ATL 29	MAR 22	HOM 28	TAL 12	POC 26	POC 23	IND 14	KEN 16	TEX 35	KAN 15	NHA 22	MCH 23	MCH 18	DAY 20	DOV 18	DOV 29	DAY 22	DAR 27	RCH 28	BRI 18	LVS 26	TAL 3	CLT 23	KAN 24	TEX 24	MAR 16	PHO 21	27th	556

Car No. 27 history

 

The No. 60 at Charlotte

The No. 60 Toyota Camry debuted in 2011 with Todd Bodine driving and received sponsorship from Tire Kingdom for the Daytona 500. Bodine and team did not qualify for the event. For the rest of 2011, Landon Cassill and Mike Skinner ran the car with sponsorship from Big Red as a start and park ride to gain enough funds for the No. 13 to race on weekends that GEICO is not the sponsor. From Atlanta No. 60 has switched to Chevrolet . In October 2011, Germain Racing parked the No. 60 ride for the remainder of the season after running 20 races, but never finishing better than 38th.

The team's second car returned as the No. 27 for the 2019 Daytona 500 with Casey Mears as the driver. As a result of an accident on lap 104, Mears finished 40th in the race.

Car No. 27 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
2009	Todd Bodine	35	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL DNQ	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	63rd	31
2011	Todd Bodine	60	Toyota	DAY DNQ				CAL 40																																46th	51
	Landon Cassill				PHO 38	LVS 43	BRI 42
	Mike Skinner								MAR 42	TEX 43	TAL DNQ	RCH 41	DAR 40	DOV 41	CLT 43	KAN 40	POC DNQ	MCH DNQ	SON 42	DAY 40	KEN 43	NHA 42	IND 40	POC DNQ	GLN 43	MCH 42	BRI 41				NHA Wth	DOV DNQ	KAN DNQ	CLT Wth	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
			Chevy																										RCH DNQ	CHI DNQ
	Dave Blaney																											ATL 43
2019	Casey Mears	27	Chevy	DAY 40	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	46th	1

Nationwide Series

Car No. 03 history

Germain debuted in the Nationwide Series in 2007 with the No. 03 Germain Toyota Camry with Todd Bodine driving. He finished in the top-ten in his first two attempts, and ran three more races after that. The car did not run again until 2008, when Bodine drove to a fourth-place finish. Michael Annett made the next attempt at the season-ending race at Homestead, where he finished 36th after a crash.

Car No. 03 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	Owners	Pts
2007	Todd Bodine	03	Toyota	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY 10	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH 8	BRI	CAL	RCH 20	DOV	KAN 14	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM 37	53rd	557
2008				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR 4	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN						62nd	222
	Justin Marks																																	CLT DNQ	MEM	TEX	PHO
	Michael Annett																																					HOM 36

Car No. 15 history

Mike Wallace (2008)

Germain Racing fielded its first full-time entry in the Nationwide Series in 2008, with Mike Wallace driving. Wallace brought his car number, 7, and his sponsor, GEICO, with him from Phoenix Racing. The team purchased the legal assets of the former Busch Series team of Yates Racing for purposes of an exemption as part of NASCAR's all-exempt tour policy in the three national series. Wallace finished eighth in his first and only season with Germain with 1 top-5 and 8 top-10s. After the end of the 2008 season, GEICO moved to the Cup Series due to a conflict of interest with series sponsor Nationwide.

 

Michael Annett in 2009.

 

Annett in 2010.

Michael Annett (2009-2010)

At the start of the 2009 season Germain changed the No. 7 team to No. 15 and hired Michael Annett for the season. Annett drove the No. 15 full-time in 2009, with HYPE Energy and Pilot Flying J sponsoring. Annett went on to finishing third in the Rookie of the Year battle and 10th in the overall driver points. He collected 4 top-10 finishes in his first full-time season.

In 2010, Annett continued driving for the team. Pilot Travel Centers continued their sponsorship of Annett and the team. Annett finished the year with 2 top-10s en route to a 13th-place finish in the final standings.

Transfer to Rick Ware Racing (2011)

For 2011 Annett moved to Rusty Wallace Racing's No. 62 for 2011, bringing Pilot Travel Centers with him. Todd Bodine drove the No. 15 at Daytona with Tire Kingdom as the sponsor, as rookie driver Timmy Hill was under 18 and not eligible to run in a national touring series. After Daytona, the No. 15 owner points were sold to Hill's team Rick Ware Racing.

Car No. 15 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	Owners	Pts
2008	Mike Wallace	7	Toyota	DAY 24	CAL 16	LVS 7	ATL 17	BRI 10	NSH 20	TEX 25	PHO 15	MXC 12	TAL 10	RCH 13	DAR 25	CLT 22	DOV 8	NSH 6	KEN 3	MLW 18	NHA 15	DAY 22	CHI 20	GTY 11	IRP 17	CGV 15	GLN 18	MCH 15	BRI 35	CAL 16	RCH 15	DOV 12	KAN 15	CLT 10	MEM 14	TEX 12	PHO 9	HOM 18	13th	4128
2009	Michael Annett	15		DAY 35	CAL 16	LVS 32	BRI 20	TEX 11	NSH 19	PHO 16	TAL 21	RCH 34	DAR 29	CLT 39	DOV 19	NSH 27	KEN 7	MLW 28	NHA 19	DAY 35	CHI 17	GTY 7	IRP 35	IOW 11	GLN 20	MCH 13	BRI 8	CGV 18	ATL 14	RCH 25	DOV 13	KAN 30	CAL 6	CLT 13	MEM 16	TEX 22	PHO 20	HOM 21	18th	3598
2010				DAY 12	CAL 17	LVS 33	BRI 20	NSH 9	PHO 33	TEX 16	TAL 43	RCH 26	DAR 11	DOV 15	CLT 14	NSH 14	KEN 34	ROA 24	NHA 19	DAY 12	CHI 14	GTY 11	IRP 19	IOW 7	GLN 19	MCH 16	BRI 18	CGV 25	ATL 21	RCH 20	DOV 15	KAN 16	CAL 20	CLT 36	GTY 21	TEX 18	PHO 18	HOM 24	14th	3651
2011	Todd Bodine			DAY 18	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM		24th*	681*

• Includes points scored after Rick Ware Racing took over the entry but only results scored by Germain Racing are shown.

Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 9 history

 

Musgrave's 2006 No. 9 truck

 

Justin Marks' truck at Charlotte in 2008.

Shigeaki Hattori (2005)

The No. 9 Toyota Tundra debuted at Daytona in 2005 with rookie Shigeaki Hattori behind the wheel in a partnership with Arnold Motorsports, the team was called Germain-Arnold Racing. Although he had two seventh place starts, Hattori struggled in his transition to stock cars, and was released towards the end of the season, and replaced by Justin Hobgood, whose best finish was a 20th at Phoenix.

Ted Musgrave (2006-2007)

2005 champion Ted Musgrave, whose team, Ultra Motorsports, had shut down only days before preseason testing, came to the team with a sponsor in Team ASE. He went the entire 2006 season without a win, before picking up a win at Texas in 2007. Musgrave, in 2007, was also suspended for one race for intentionally running into Kelly Bires under a caution flag, which resulted in Germain putting Brad Keselowski in the #9 truck, ultimately launching Keselowski's career off the ground.

Justin Marks (2008)

ARCA RE/MAX Series driver Justin Marks replaced Musgrave in the No. 9 with sponsorship from Construct Corps/Crocs. Marks had one pole and an eighth-place finish but he was replaced later in the year. The No. 9 truck was filled for the rest of the year by Chrissy Wallace, Michael Annett, David Reutimann, Paul Tracy, and Sean Caisse.

Max Papis (2009-2011)

The No. 9 only ran a limited number of races in 2009 and 2010 with Max Papis, and sponsor GEICO.

Papis drove the No. 9 full-time in 2011 with GEICO sponsoring, but only managed two top-10 finishes and finished 18th in points. For 2012, Germain shut down their truck operations and GEICO moved up to the Sprint Cup Series with Mears.

Truck No. 9 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	Owners	Pts
2005	Shigeaki Hattori	9	Toyota	DAY 34	CAL 30	ATL 27	MAR DNQ	GTY 27	MFD 36	CLT 34	DOV	TEX 35	MCH 27	MLW DNQ	KAN	KEN 24	MEM	IRP	NSH 35	BRI									37th	1039
	Justin Hobgood																				RCH 23	NHA	LVS	MAR	ATL DNQ	TEX DNQ	PHO 20	HOM 35
2006	Ted Musgrave			DAY 3	CAL 3	ATL 4	MAR 2	GTY 2	CLT 4	MFD 16	DOV 18	TEX 7	MCH 23	MLW 24	KAN 22	KEN 6	MEM 19	IRP 8	NSH 4	BRI 3	NHA 31	LVS 2	TAL 3	MAR 15*	ATL 24	TEX 11	PHO 19	HOM 33	7th	3314
2007				DAY 9	CAL 5	ATL 8	MAR 5	KAN 12	CLT 5	MFD 8	DOV 20	TEX 9	MCH 5	MLW 34		KEN 3	IRP 12	NSH 8	BRI 27	GTW 3	NHA 7	LVS 15	TAL 25	MAR 8	ATL 9	TEX 1	PHO 11	HOM 18	7th	3303
	Brad Keselowski														MEM 16
2008	Justin Marks			DAY 8	CAL 33	ATL 14	MAR 20	KAN 11	CLT 32	MFD 18	DOV 16	TEX 14	MCH 13	MLW 25	MEM 24	KEN 31	IRP 30	NSH 20	BRI 22	GTW 27		LVS 29							24th	2485
	David Reutimann																				NHA 13
	Mike Wallace																						TAL 5
	Sean Caisse																							MAR 36
	Chrissy Wallace																								ATL 25			HOM 31
	Paul Tracy																									TEX 20
	Michael Annett																										PHO 18
2009	Max Papis			DAY	CAL 10	ATL 20	MAR 13	KAN	CLT	DOV 16	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI 28	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA 22	LVS 18	MAR 21	TAL 22	TEX	PHO	HOM	31st	958
2010				DAY 21	ATL	MAR 8	NSH	KAN	DOV 29	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY 15	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI 14	CHI	KEN	NHA			TAL 27	TEX 23		HOM 18	33rd	1087
	Justin Hobgood																						LVS 35
	B. J. McLeod																							MAR 17
	Tom Hessert III																										PHO 31
2011	Max Papis			DAY 12	PHO 15	DAR 18	MAR 10	NSH 23	DOV 13	CLT 25	KAN 22	TEX 15	KEN 11	IOW 20	NSH 27	IRP 18	POC 11	MCH 19	BRI 26	ATL 14	CHI 18	NHA 20	KEN 28	LVS 29	TAL 10	MAR 18	TEX 14	HOM 21	21st	643

Truck No. 30 history

 

Todd Bodine (right) racing fellow Truck Series champion Mike Skinner in 2007.

Todd Bodine (2004)

Germain debuted with this truck in 2004 at the Kroger 200, where Todd Bodine finished fourth after starting third in the No. 30 truck. Bodine won two races that year Fontana and Texas, before missing the field at the Ford 200.

Chad Chaffin (2005)

Bodine left for Fiddleback Racing in 2005, and was replaced by Chad Chaffin. Chaffin recorded four top tens with the team before he left to join upstart team Wyler Racing after Michigan.

Todd Bodine returns (2005-2011)

Bodine would return to the team after Fiddleback Racing shut down. The Bodine-Germain combination would win five races together, ending up with a third-place points finish.

Lumber Liquidators became the team's new primary sponsor in 2006, and Bodine and crew would take home 3 victories along with the Truck championship. In the 2007 season, Bodine won at Texas and Talladega and finished fourth in points. He won an additional three races in 2008 and moved up to third in points. Lumber Liquidators left the team after 2008, but Bodine still won the first race of the season in 2009. Copart and Ventrilo sponsored the team for most of the season, and Bodine finished 4th in points. GEICO sponsored the truck for the first race at Daytona, but the team ran without sponsorship for most of the season. Bodine won his second championship in 2010.

Bodine and the No. 30 team ran the first ten races of the season before parking the truck due to lack of sponsorship. Bodine ran the No. 5 truck due to a new partnership between Germain Racing and Randy Moss Motorsports. In 2012, Germain Racing shut down its truck operations due to a lack of sponsorship. Bodine moved to Red Horse Racing, while Germain sold its Truck Series equipment to former manager Mike Hillman Sr., who started his own race team.

Truck No. 30 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	Owners	Pts
2004	Todd Bodine	30	Toyota	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTY	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH 4	NHA 34	LVS 2	CAL 1	TEX 1*	MAR 7	PHO 29	DAR 20	HOM DNQ	34th	1136
2005	Chad Chaffin			DAY 21	CAL 28	ATL 7	MAR 5	GTY 9	MFD 32	CLT 30	DOV 23	TEX 23	MCH 7																3rd	3411
	Todd Bodine													MLW 34	KAN 1*	KEN 2	MEM 23	IRP 15	NSH 3	BRI 2	RCH 2	NHA 22	LVS 1*	MAR 10	ATL 2	TEX 1	PHO 1	HOM 1*
2006				DAY 2	CAL 2	ATL 1	MAR 12	GTY 1*	CLT 3	MFD 15	DOV 3	TEX 1	MCH 4	MLW 20	KAN 7	KEN 10	MEM 15	IRP 7	NSH 8	BRI 2	NHA 4	LVS 12	TAL 4	MAR 14	ATL 25	TEX 14	PHO 4	HOM 21	1st	3666
2007				DAY 5	CAL 7	ATL 2	MAR 2	KAN 7	CLT 3	MFD 31	DOV 11	TEX 1	MCH 7	MLW 3	MEM 8	KEN 11	IRP 6	NSH 5	BRI 24	GTY 4	NHA 4	LVS 28	TAL 1*	MAR 20	ATL 24	TEX 16	PHO 6	HOM 14	4th	3525
2008				DAY 1*	CAL 2	ATL 9	MAR 12	KAN 23	CLT 12	MFD 3	DOV 29	TEX 5	MCH 4	MLW 5	MEM 14	KEN 27	IRP 22	NSH 3*	BRI 2	GTY 4	NHA 19	LVS 9	TAL 1	MAR 5	ATL 4	TEX 4	PHO 3	HOM 1	4th	3621
2009				DAY 1*	CAL 2	ATL 3	MAR 18	KAN 21	CLT 25	DOV 18	TEX 1	MCH 13	MLW 4	MEM 10	KEN 16*	IRP 18	NSH 13	BRI 32	CHI 2	IOW 19	GTY 18	NHA 24	LVS 4	MAR 2	TAL 3	TEX 4	PHO 12	HOM 5	6th	3432
2010				DAY 2*	ATL 5	MAR 30	NSH 5	KAN 3	DOV 5	CLT 2	TEX 1*	MCH 2*	IOW 17	GTY 4	IRP 7	POC 12	NSH 1*	DAR 1*	BRI 6	CHI 2	KEN 1	NHA 9	LVS 4	MAR 3*	TAL 18	TEX 4	PHO 12	HOM 4	1st	3937
2011				DAY 23	PHO 14	DAR 3	MAR 14	NSH 19	DOV 27	CLT 27	KAN 3	TEX 31	KEN 4	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	29th	277

Truck No. 62 history

Brendan Gaughan (2011)

The No. 62 truck ran only in 2011, as a full-time team with Brendan Gaughan driving the Toyota Tundra with sponsorship from South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa. Gaughan left for Richard Childress Racing taking his sponsorship with him after Germain shut down their truck teams.

Truck No. 62 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	Owners	Pts
2011	Brendan Gaughan	62	Toyota	DAY 27	PHO 17	DAR 25	MAR 9	NSH 17	DOV 7	CLT 30	KAN 7	TEX 14	KEN 3	IOW 16	NSH 13	IRP 16	POC 22	MCH 8	BRI 20	ATL 18	CHI 14	NHA 12	KEN 19	LVS 9	TAL 8	MAR 9	TEX 31	HOM 20	14th	713

Truck No. 77 history

The No. 77 truck was started off as the No. 03 truck. The No. 03 truck debuted in 2007 at Lowe's Motor Speedway with Justin Hobgood racing. He qualified eighth, but finished last after an early wreck. The next race for the team came at New Hampshire, but Sean Caisse did not qualify for the race. The following month, Justin Marks made his Truck Series debut at the Easy Care Vehicle Service Contracts 200, with voodoo ride sponsoring, finishing 22nd. Marks ran the final three races of the season, posting a best finish of eighth place at the Ford 200.

In 2008, the No. 03 truck again ran part-time, with Chrissy Wallace driving for four races, with her best finish being 18th in her debut at Martinsville Speedway. Dustin Skinner drove one race later in the season at Martinsville, but wrecked and finished 34th.

Chrissy Wallace was supposed to drive the No. 03 full-time in 2009, but failure to obtain sponsorship negated those plans, and the No. 03 shut down operations.

Truck No. 03 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	Owners	Pts
2007	Justin Hobgood	03	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT 36	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW									36th	588
	Sean Caisse																				NHA DNQ	LVS
	Mike Wallace																						TAL 17	MAR
	Justin Marks																								ATL 22	TEX 23	PHO 25	HOM 8
2008	Chrissy Wallace			DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR 18	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW 20	MEM	KEN 33	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW 19	NHA	LVS	TAL						39th	382
	Dustin Skinner																							MAR 34	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM

In 2010, Germain Racing ran the No. 77 truck part-time with many drivers. Miguel Paludo was the first to drive in 2010, qualifying for the second races at Bristol and Kentucky with sponsorship from Stemco/Duroline. Paludo finished 9th and 20th respectively. Next in the seat of the No. 77 was Jason Bowles who drove unsponsored at Las Vegas, bringing home a 16th-place finish. Tom Hessert III drove the truck at Homestead with sponsorship from Cherry Hill Classic Cars. He finished 29th.

The No. 77 began the 2011 season as a full-time team driven by ARCA Champion Justin Lofton. However, Lofton and Germain parted ways after Texas, with Lofton taking his sponsorship to Eddie Sharp Racing. The No. 77 was shut down following Lofton's departure.

Truck No. 77 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	Owners	Pts
2010	Miguel Paludo	77	Toyota	DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI 9	CHI	KEN 20	NHA							44th	432
	Jason Bowles																						LVS 16	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO
	Tom Hessert III																											HOM 29
2011	Justin Lofton			DAY 18	PHO 30	DAR 13	MAR 32	NSH 16	DOV 25	CLT 13	KAN 19	TEX 10	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	31st	221

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External links

• Germain Racing Homepage 2021-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Bob Germain Owner Statistics
• Richard Germain Owner Statistics
• Stephen Germain Owner Statistics