Jimmy Means Racing

Jimmy Means Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 52 Chevrolet Camaro part-time for Harrison Rhodes, Gar Robinson, and Brennan Poole. It is owned by former driver Jimmy Means, who was the team's primary driver upon the team's founding in 1978 as a Winston Cup team known as Means Racing.

Jimmy Means Racing

Owner(s)	Jimmy Means
Base	Forest City, North Carolina
Series	Xfinity Series
Race drivers	52. Harrison Rhodes, Gar Robinson, Brennan Poole (part-time)
Sponsors	52. American Dream Leasing and Financing
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	1978
Career
Debut	Cup Series: 1978 Daytona 500 (Daytona) Xfinity Series: 2001 Aaron's 312 (Atlanta)
Latest race	Cup Series: 2012 Quaker State 400 (Kentucky) Xfinity Series: 2022 Drive for the Cure 250 (Charlotte)
Races competed	923
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0
Pole positions	0

History

Cup Series

After 44 starts driving for Bill Gray (and one for Rod Osterlund), Means made his debut as an owner in 1978 when he fielded the No. 52 Chevrolet. He had two top-tens and finished sixteenth in points. He expanded to a multi-car team briefly, fielding the No. 25 for Charlie Chamblee at Nashville, the No. 53 for Cecil Gordon at North Wilkesboro Speedway, and the No. 50 for Baxter Price at Texas World Speedway. His best years driving his car were from 1980 to 1983, when he finished no worse than 18th in the standings and had an average finish of 20th or better in all 4 seasons.

 

Means at Pocono in 1985

While remaining the primary driver of his car, in 1983, he stepped aside for Lennie Pond at Michigan International Speedway, who finished 22nd. In 1984, Means was injured and was replaced by Dale Jarrett, Sterling Marlin, Morgan Shepherd, Roy Smith and Bobby Wawak, and Means drove the No. 52 solely for the next six years. In 1991, Means gave up the No. 52 on two occasions; Bobby Hillin Jr. drove at Dover and Sears Point (finishing 19th and 21st), and Mike Wallace (finishing 31st and 39th) at Phoenix and Atlanta. In the early 1990s he frequently handed the wheel over to other drivers, including Hillin Jr, road racing ace Tommy Kendall; future IRL champion Scott Sharp; and future Craftsman Truck Series champ Mike Skinner. He also fielded occasional second entries for other drivers, including John McFadden, Mike Potter, and Brad Teague.

Means secured new sponsorship from NAPA for the 1993 season, but he was injured at Daytona. His temporary replacement was new NASCAR Rookie of the Year Jimmy Hensley. Means returned to finish 22nd at Atlanta. In what proved to be his final year as a driver, he was later 16th in the spring race at Bristol, 18th in Bristol's fall race, and 17th at Dover in September before his final race at Rockingham that fall. Besides Means' performances, the team's best result was 25th at Rockingham in February by Hensley. In 1994, the team's primary driver was Brad Teague, whose best finish in 8 starts was 22nd at Bristol in the summer. 4 other drivers competed once each in the No. 52 NAPA Ford in 1994. Mike Skinner finished 31st at Rockingham in February, Kirk Shelmerdine (former crew chief for Dale Earnhardt) was 26th at Talladega in May, Bob Keselowski was 41st at Pocono in June, and Gary Bradberry came home 30th in the season-ending Hooters 500 at Atlanta. In 1995, NAPA moved to the new NASCAR SuperTruck Series to sponsor Ron Hornaday Jr. and therefore did not return to sponsor Means Racing. The team picked up some sponsorship from Advance Communications/Race Page, but failed to qualify in all of their attempts with Bradberry, Teague, and Randy MacDonald sharing the car. The team attempted every race to start the year but then scaled back to part-time after the numerous DNQs, only running at the fall Darlington race with Teague, but again failing to make the field. The team closed down in 1996.

In 2012, the team announced that they would be returning to the Cup Series for the first time since 1995, fielding the No. 52 Toyota part-time for Scott Speed and Mike Skinner in a partnership with Dell Hamilton, running as Hamilton Means Racing.^[1] After many problems acquiring equipment and preparing cars, Speed attempted Martinsville but didn't qualify. The team made their debut at Darlington. The team picked up some sponsorship from Crusader Staffing. Skinner started and parked the car in their first race after 20 laps. Skinner tried again at Kentucky but did not qualify. In 2013, Means sold his owner points to Brian Keselowski Motorsports.

Xfinity Series

Car No. 52 history

In 2001, Means Racing returned to NASCAR in the Busch Series with a partnership with Moy Racing. They began the season with Jason Rudd, who ran the first race for the team, and Brad Teague, who ran five races total for them that season, his best finish a 38th at Watkins Glen International. Gaylord also returned to run two races, both resulting in 42nd-place finishes. Kertus Davis, Ricky Sanders and Andy Kirby also drove for the team that year. In 2002, Teague drove eleven races for the team, his best finish 38th at Nazareth Speedway. Jimmy Kitchens, Phil Bonifield and Eric Jones drove part-time as well for the team that year. Teague made 11 starts for Means in 2003, with Donnie Neuenberger running an additional two races.

In 2004, Bruce Bechtel joined as another driver to the team. He made several attempts but only made one race, at Pikes Peak. Teague continued to run with the team, his best finish being a 26th at Bristol. The next season, Shane Hall was the team's original driver but was soon released. Eric McClure began running with the team, with a best finish of 30th at Texas Motor Speedway, but was released in favor of Neuenberger. At the Dover 200, Neuenberger flipped over the Plan B Technologies Ford Taurus on Lap 2. He was uninjured, but as that was the team's only car, the team did not run again for a year.

The No. 52 returned for the 2007 Orbitz 300 at Daytona but failed to qualify with Brad Teague at the wheel. Teague, Neuenberger, Kevin Lepage, Jamie Mosley and Ian Henderson had driven throughout the season, with Scott Gaylord driving at Montreal, Phoenix, and Watkins Glen. Chris Lawson attempted but did not qualify at Memphis. Neuenberger drove four races with Royal Farms' sponsorship.

Derrike Cope was the team's driver for the first part of 2008 season. At the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington, Cope was replaced by Brad Teague. Teague finished 22nd, 4 laps down. Teague mostly drove the car in 2008, but Neuenberger sometimes raced with Lepage, Scott Gaylord, Tony Raines and Boris Said occasionally drove. The 2009 season in the nationwide series was up and down for Means racing, with very many drivers. They were a "start and park" operation and missed several races.

 

Tim Schendel at Road America in 2011

 

Ryan Ellis at Road America in 2012

For 2011, they returned to the Nationwide Series full-time in the No. 52 Chevy. Target Your Market Promotions and My 3 Sons Vending sponsored the team numerous times and continued to do so, off and on throughout the year. After Bobby Santos III took a hard hit during practice for the season opener in Daytona, Dale Earnhardt Jr. gave the team the No. 88 backup car, on the condition that Means Racing would run the whole race with the car, and not Start and Park. Means Racing did run the whole race, they would end up finishing 17th. Since Daytona, the team has run with several other drivers, including Daryl Harr, Tim Schendel, and Tony Raines.

For 2012, the team ran Daytona with driver former Cup driver Reed Sorenson,^[2] and then switched between drivers Tim Schendel, Kevin Lepage, Joey Gase, Justin Jennings and Ryan Ellis for one race. The team achieved a spot in the top-30, locking them into the first five races. The team's best finish was a 19th at Kansas with Gase.

In 2013, the No. 52 team mainly used driver Gase, for 18 total races.^[3] Means also used Donnie Neuenberger, Lepage, Schendel and Ellis each for one race. The year's best finish was also 19th, but this time at Talladega with driver Neuenberger. Toyotas were driven for 7 of the 22 races with Chevrolet cars used the other races.

 

Joey Gase at Road America in 2014

 

Gase at Richmond in April 2016

In 2014, Gase again served as the team's primary driver with a high finish of 11th at Talladega. Sponsors included Donate Life, DB Sales Company, and ASC.

In 2015, the team returned with Gase. At Talladega, Gase earned his first top 5 finish by finishing 5th and earned the team their first top 5 finish.

In 2016, they returned with Gase. At Talladega, Gase was involved in a hard crash with Chris Cockrum. He collected a best finish of 19th at Daytona (June). He finished again 21st in the standings.

In 2017, Gase started on a high note a 7th-place finish at Daytona.

 

David Starr at Daytona in February 2019

 

Starr at Road America in 2019

In 2018, Gase left JMR and moved to the Go Green/SS-Green Light Racing No. 35 car. The team would sign David Starr to replace him for the full season. He started the season with a 17th-place finish in the season-opener at Daytona. Starr continued to drive for the team in 2019.

Starr left for JD Motorsports in 2020 and was replaced by Kody Vanderwal, who ran all but the first three races of the season, which were run by J. J. Yeley.^[4] Due to the team needing more sponsorship, which Vanderwal did not bring to the team, he did not return in 2021.^[5]

In 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Gray Gaulding, who brought his own sponsorship to the team, would replace Vanderwal in the No. 52.^[6] Gaulding entered 21 races and he failed to qualify 4 races.^[7] Gase would return with the team at Pocono, Talladega, Texas, Kansas, and season finale at Phoenix.^[8][9] At Talladega, the team fields a Ford that is owned by Gase himself instead of their usual Chevrolet.^[10] Gase failed to qualify at Phoenix.^[11] Spencer Boyd drove for the team at New Hampshire, Daytona, Charlotte Roval, and Martinsville.^{[12][13][14][15]} Dave Smith made starts with the team at Watkins Glen.^[16] Japanese driver Akinori Ogata drove for the team at Richmond.^[17] At Vegas, JMR lent their owner points to Rick Ware Racing so they could field a second car for Carson Ware.

In 2022, Harrison Rhodes drove the No. 52 at Daytona, as well as the three west coast races at Auto Club, Las Vegas and Phoenix.^[18] The team ended up skipping the west coast swing due to a lack of sponsorship but returned at Atlanta. Gar Robinson would drive the No. 52 at Circuit of the Americas, but did not qualify. Rhodes returned for the races at Richmond, where he did not qualify, and Martinsville, which they did not qualify as well. Means' 52 team did not attempt a race until they had subsequent sponsorship. The team returned at Bristol with Brennan Poole, but they did not qualify by just 0.023 seconds. Poole returned again at Charlotte Roval, but once again, they did not qualify.

Car No. 52 results

NASCAR Xfinity 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	Owners	Pts
2001	Jason Rudd	52	Ford	DAY	CAR 40																								RCH 31										N/A	N/A
	Scott Gaylord					LVS 42																		PPR 42
	Brad Teague						ATL 43	DAR 40	BRI 32	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA						GLN 38	CHI								DOV 41	KAN	CLT			CAR 42	HOM
	Kertus Davis															NZH 35	CLT	DOV 42	KEN	MLW 40
	Eric Jones																						GTY 39
	Mike Potter																								IRP 41	MCH	BRI
	Ricky Sanders																											DAR 41
	Andy Kirby																																MEM 41	PHO
2002	Brad Teague			DAY	CAR 41	LVS	DAR 42	BRI 43	TEX		TAL 42		RCH 42	NHA 40	NZH 38	CLT					DAY 43	CHI	GTY	PPR 42				DAR 42	RCH							PHO 43			N/A	N/A
	Jimmy Kitchens									NSH 42								NSH 42	KEN
	Scott Gaylord											CAL 40
	Phil Bonifield																DOV 43			MLW 42					IRP 43	MCH	BRI
	Donnie Neuenberger																													DOV DNQ
	Ryck Sanders																														KAN DNQ
	Cam Strader																															CLT DNQ	MEM	ATL	CAR DNQ		HOM
2003	Brad Teague			DAY DNQ						TAL 33		CAL DNQ	RCH								DAY 42		NHA 39		IRP 40			DAR QL^‡	RCH 41		KAN 41	CLT DNQ	MEM 37	ATL		CAR DNQ	HOM		N/A	N/A
	Mike Potter				CAR 42		DAR 41	BRI 41			NSH 43			GTY 40	NZH 38	CLT	DOV 43	NSH 41	KEN DNQ	MLW		CHI 36				MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR 43
	Wayne Jacks					LVS DNQ
	Donnie Neuenberger								TEX 41																					DOV 36
	Ryck Sanders																							PPR 39
	Bruce Bechtel																																		PHO 42
2004				DAY	CAR	LVS DNQ			TEX DNQ	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH										PPR 34									MEM DNQ	ATL					N/A	N/A
	Brad Teague						DAR 42	BRI 26										NSH 42	KEN DNQ	MLW 36	DAY	CHI	NHA 40		IRP DNQ	MCH	BRI DNQ	CAL	RCH 40	DOV 40	KAN DNQ	CLT DNQ			PHO DNQ	DAR 43	HOM
	Jason Rudd														NZH 42	CLT	DOV
2005	Shane Hall			DAY DNQ	CAL DNQ		LVS DNQ																																N/A	N/A
	Scott Gaylord					MXC QL
	Jimmy Morales					MXC 20
	Stan Boyd							ATL DNQ
	Eric McClure								NSH 41		TEX 30	PHO 38		DAR DNQ	RCH DNQ	CLT DNQ		NSH 31		MLW 34		CHI DNQ	NHA DNQ	PPR 40	GTY DNQ			MCH DNQ		CAL 39	RCH
	Brad Teague									BRI DNQ									KEN DNQ										BRI DNQ
	Donnie Neuenberger												TAL DNQ				DOV 39				DAY DNQ											DOV 43	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
	D. J. Hoelzle																									IRP 31
	Scott Turner																										GLN DNQ
2007	Brad Teague	52	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI 40	NSH 39								NSH 42						GTY 40	IRP 42					CAL 40	RCH								N/A	N/A
	Kevin Lepage										TEX 42	PHO 39		RCH 42	DAR DNQ	CLT
	Donnie Neuenberger												TAL 38				DOV 39					DAY 41	CHI									DOV 25	KAN	CLT
	Jamie Mosley																		KEN 40
	Ian Henderson																			MLW 37	NHA DNQ
	Scott Gaylord																									CGV 39	GLN 40	MCH	BRI
	Chris Lawson																																		MEM DNQ	TEX	PHO	HOM
2008	Donnie Neuenberger		Chevy	DAY DNQ									TAL 14									DAY 34						MCH 31								TEX 38			N/A	N/A
			Ford														DOV 34
			Dodge																													DOV 43
	Derrike Cope		Chevy		CAL 36	LVS 32	ATL 37	BRI 36	NSH 40	TEX 37	PHO 35			RCH 33
	Scott Gaylord		Ford									MXC 42														CGV 29
			Chevy																											CAL 40			KAN 29				PHO 39
	Brad Teague														DAR 22	CLT 28		NSH 27	KEN 27	MLW 30	NHA 28		CHI QL^¤	GTY 23	IRP 29				BRI 32		RCH 32							HOM 40
			Ford																																MEM 36
	Kevin Lepage		Chevy																				CHI 34
	Boris Said		Ford																								GLN 27
	Tony Raines		Chevy																												RCH QL^±			CLT 26
2009	Donnie Neuenberger			DAY 36							TAL 28									DAY 42	CHI																		N/A	N/A
	Scott Gaylord				CAL 32	LVS 36																			GLN DNQ
	Trevor Bayne						BRI 23
	Kevin Lepage							TEX 33						CLT DNQ	DOV 35	NSH 34	KEN DNQ	MLW DNQ	NHA 39
			Ford										DAR 35
	Brad Teague		Chevy						NSH DNQ													GTY DNQ					BRI 34				DOV 32				MEM DNQ	TEX
	Kevin Hamlin									PHO 41																						KAN DNQ	CAL	CLT
			Ford									RCH DNQ
	Chris Lawson		Chevy																				IRP 36							RCH DNQ							PHO DNQ	HOM
	Jack Smith																							IOW DNQ
	Mike Wallace																									MCH 34
	Tony Ave																											CGV 39	ATL DNQ
2010	Donnie Neuenberger			DAY Wth	CAL	LVS					TAL 38	RCH	DAR																		DOV DNQ								N/A	N/A
	Chris Lawson		Ford				BRI DNQ
			Chevy													NSH 40			NHA DNQ	DAY	CHI	GTY DNQ	IRP 41				BRI DNQ	CGV
	Tim Schendel							NSH DNQ	PHO	TEX														IOW 40											GTY DNQ
	Kevin Hamlin													DOV 41	CLT
	Kenny Hendrick																KEN DNQ	ROA
	Joey Scarallo																								GLN 38	MCH
	Kevin Lepage																												ATL 40	RCH		KAN 40	CAL 38	CLT		TEX 42	PHO DNQ	HOM 41
2011	Bobby Santos III			DAY 17																																			31st	492
	Daryl Harr				PHO 39	LVS 35									IOW 24
	Tim Schendel						BRI 36		TEX 35		NSH 35								ROA 25					IRP 24	IOW 27
	Tony Raines							CAL 26										MCH 42
	Danny Efland									TAL 21
	Kevin Lepage											RCH 34	DAR 21	DOV 38		CLT 33	CHI 28			DAY 33	KEN 29	NHA 24	NSH 28					BRI 31	ATL 30	RCH 23		DOV 27	KAN 28	CLT 27		PHO 20	HOM 35
	Dan Clarke																									GLN 39
	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin																										CGV 28
	Blake Koch		Dodge																												CHI 27
	Jamie Dick		Chevy																																TEX 31
2012	Reed Sorenson			DAY 34																																			33rd	338
	Tim Schendel				PHO 30	LVS 29	BRI 37	CAL 29	TEX 27							MCH 35					CHI 33	IND 28
	Kevin Lepage									RCH 27	TAL 43	DAR 35						KEN 36
	Joey Gase												IOW 33	CLT 25	DOV 26				DAY 37	NHA 27						BRI 31	ATL 43	RCH DNQ	CHI 35	KEN 35		CLT DNQ	KAN 19	TEX 31	PHO DNQ	HOM 32
	Ryan Ellis																ROA 39							GLN DNQ	CGV DNQ
	Justin Jennings																						IOW 26								DOV 32
2013	Joey Gase		Toyota	DAY DNQ				CAL 40						DOV 34		MCH 27	ROA Wth				CHI 40								CHI 35				CLT DNQ	TEX 30					37th	262
			Chevy		PHO 30	LVS 33	BRI Wth		TEX DNQ									KEN 32	DAY 36	NHA 33		IND DNQ	IOW 26	GLN 33		BRI DNQ	ATL 31	RCH 32		KEN 31	DOV 29	KAN DNQ			PHO 29	HOM
	Derek Thorn		Toyota							RCH DNQ
	Donnie Neuenberger		Chevy								TAL 19
	Kevin Lepage		Toyota									DAR 35	CLT
	Tim Schendel		Chevy												IOW 33
	Ryan Ellis																								MOH 38
2014	Joey Gase			DAY 32	PHO 24		BRI 29	CAL 26	TEX 26	DAR 26	RCH 31	TAL 11	IOW 27		DOV 23	MCH 27	ROA 30	KEN 32	DAY 37	NHA 29	CHI 31	IND 31	IOW 24	GLN 36	MOH 27	BRI 32	ATL 30	RCH 28	CHI 35	KEN 28	DOV 27	KAN 32	CLT 26	TEX 37	PHO 28	HOM 39			30th	482
			Toyota			LVS 36								CLT 34
2015			Chevy	DAY 32	ATL 30	LVS 27	PHO 31	CAL 30	TEX 31	BRI 25	RCH 26	TAL 5	IOW 27	CLT 32	DOV 29	MCH 27	CHI 31	DAY 30	KEN 25	NHA 28	IND 26	IOW 34	GLN 31	MOH 26	BRI 27	ROA 29	DAR 30	RCH 27	CHI 28	KEN 21	DOV 24	CLT 27	KAN 28	TEX 26	PHO 25	HOM 32			29th	545
2016		DAY 32		ATL 32	LVS 28	PHO 33	CAL 28	TEX 27	BRI 31	RCH 26	TAL 38	DOV 23	CLT 36	POC 23	MCH 25	IOW 25	DAY 19	KEN 27	NHA 25	IND 28	IOW 24	GLN 32	MOH 28	BRI 22	ROA 22	DAR 24	RCH 27	CHI 26	KEN 31	DOV 27	CLT 32	KAN 23	TEX 31	PHO 24	HOM 37			27th	437
2017		DAY 7		ATL 31	LVS 30	PHO 35	CAL 28	TEX 26	BRI 28	RCH 20	TAL 16	CLT 23	DOV 36	POC 32	MCH 25	IOW 18	DAY 10	KEN 33	NHA 25	IND 30	IOW 24	GLN 29	MOH 21	BRI 27	ROA 32	DAR 28	RCH 36	CHI 27	KEN 30	DOV 28	CLT 31	KAN 30	TEX 27	PHO 33	HOM 29			30th	336
2018	David Starr	DAY 17		ATL 28	LVS 35	PHO 39	CAL 26	TEX 21	BRI 24	RCH 35	TAL 32	DOV 26	CLT 20	POC 20	MCH 33	IOW 24	CHI 23	DAY 35	KEN 23	NHA 28	IOW 19	GLN 33	MOH 21	BRI 21	ROA 36	DAR 36	IND 18	LVS 32	RCH 20	CLT 27	DOV 24	KAN 17	TEX 24	PHO 27	HOM 28			28th	352
2019		DAY 20		ATL 27	LVS 19	PHO 27	CAL 21	TEX 20	BRI 25	RCH 29	TAL 14	DOV 28	CLT 22	POC 24	MCH 25	IOW 34	CHI 36	DAY 32	KEN 21	NHA 26	IOW 31	GLN 29	MOH 33	BRI 24	ROA 17	DAR 27	IND 37	LVS 26	RCH 25	CLT 34	DOV 21	KAN 23	TEX 33	PHO 25	HOM 23			31st	364
2020	J. J. Yeley	DAY 12		LVS 22	CAL 25																																	35th	315
	Kody Vanderwal				PHO 29	DAR 32	CLT 35	BRI 21	ATL 37	HOM 37	HOM 33	TAL 31	POC 19	IND 28	KEN 25	KEN 29	TEX 32	KAN 27	ROA 27	DAY 23	DOV 31	DOV 27	DAY 34	DAR 29	RCH 28	RCH 29	BRI 29	LVS 31	TAL 28	CLT 20	KAN 26	TEX 21	MAR 29	PHO 22
2021	Gray Gaulding	DAY 34	DAY 21	HOM 28	LVS 27	PHO 27	ATL 36	MAR 21	TAL 34	DAR 38	DOV 31	COA 27	CLT DNQ	MOH 17	TEX 38	NSH DNQ		ROA DNQ	ATL 35			IND DNQ	MCH 27		DAR 40		BRI 18										39th	200
	Joey Gase																POC 36														TEX 30	KAN 40		PHO DNQ
		Ford																												TAL 15
	Spencer Boyd	Chevy																			NHA 33				DAY 38						CLT 31			MAR 30
	Dave Smith																					GLN 33
	Akinori Ogata																										RCH 34
	Carson Ware	Toyota																											LVS 31
2022	Harrison Rhodes	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL DNQ		RCH DNQ	MAR DNQ	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN											–*	–*
	Gar Robinson							COA DNQ
	Brennan Poole																											BRI DNQ	TEX	TAL	CLT DNQ	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

Car No. 53 history

In 2019, Jimmy Means Racing fielded the No. 53 car, which was fielded for Max Tullman at Mid-Ohio and Kyle Weatherman at Dover in October, which they failed to finish both. The car did not attempt any races after that year.

Car No. 53 results

NASCAR Xfinity 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	Owners	Pts
2019	Max Tullman	53	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH 38	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT						49th	3
	Kyle Weatherman																															DOV 35	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM

Car No. 55 history

Jimmy Means Racing fielded the No. 55 car in 2008 as a backup for the 52. Brad Teague and Scott Gaylord raced for this team at Nashville and Phoenix respectively. Teague would also race this car at Dover. Chad Chaffin attempted to race at Milwaukee but didn’t qualify. Teague then attempted Bristol in 2009 with this car but did not qualify.

Car No. 55 results

NASCAR Nationwide 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	Owners	Pts
2008	Brad Teague	55	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH 41	TEX																													N/A	N/A
			Chevy														DOV 37	NSH	KEN
	Scott Gaylord		Ford								PHO 43	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT
	Chad Chaffin																			MLW DNQ	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2009	Brad Teague			DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI DNQ	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	N/A

Car No. 79 history

 

Tim Schendel at Road America in 2014

For multiple races in 2014, Jimmy Means Racing fielded a second car, the No. 79, which was a late entry/field filler team for races to have a full 40-car field. The car is the backup car from No. 52 but renumbered. Carl Long, Tim Schendel and John Jackson all drove one race each and start and parked.

In 2015, the No. 79 returned to complete the 40-car field five times. Matt Frahm drove for two races, Ryan Ellis, Zachary Bruenger and John Jackson all drove one race each. They start and parked all of them.

In 2016, the team returned to complete the 40-car field. Josh Williams drove at Michigan.

After the No. 79 did not attempt any races in 2017, the car did return once in 2018 with Josh Reaume driving it at Kentucky.

Car No. 79 results

NASCAR Xfinity 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	Owners	Pts
2014	Carl Long	79	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL 38	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH																					64th	0
	Tim Schendel		Chevy														ROA 37	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN
	John Jackson																								MOH 34	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
2015	Matt Frahm			DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI 39	DAY		NHA 35	IND																55th	0
	Ryan Ellis																		KEN 39
	Zachary Bruenger																					IOW 38	GLN
	John Jackson																							MOH 38	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2016	Josh Williams			DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH 38	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	55th	0
2018	Josh Reaume	79	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN 39	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	57th	1

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External links

• Jimmy Means Owner Statistics