# Keith Coleman Racing

Keith Coleman Racing was a NASCAR Busch Series team. It fielded the No. 23 and No. 26 cars for three seasons. The team was formed in 2004 by New Orleans native Keith Coleman and at the time bought the team's equipment from Holigan Racing and later from Bill Davis Racing.
KCR debuted in 2004 at the Mr. Goodcents 300 as the No. 26 LoveFifi.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Driver Mark Green qualified 26th and finished 34th in the race after suffering engine failure. He would run four more races that year for KCR, his best finish being a 23rd at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In the season-closing Ford 300, Green failed to qualify the No. 26, but KCR was able to get an entry in, the No. 50 Vassarette machine piloted by Jennifer Jo Cobb. Cobb crashed on the third lap of the race.
Despite her accident at Homestead, Cobb signed up to run the full 2005 Busch Series year with Coleman in the No. 26. NASCAR did not approve of her running at all tracks. Coleman originally asked Christi Passmore to fill in for Cobb in the races NASCAR did not allow Cobb to run, but that fell apart. Because Vassarette insisted that they would only sponsor a car with a woman behind the wheel, KCR selected Shawna Robinson as the team's driver for the full season. When she did not finish higher than 27th, Coleman removed her from the car, and she and Vassarette left the team during the summer. Mark Green returned to the No. 23, with BMAR joining as sponsor. He ran 16 races that year with KCR, his best finish being an 11th at Talladega. Meanwhile, KCR began operating a second car, the No. 26, in addition to the No. 23.
In June 2005, it was announced that Kim Crosby would drive the new car part-time, with Boudreaux's Butt Paste and Vassarette as sponsors. Crosby finished 28th in her KCR debut at the Winn-Dixie 250, and then 39th a few weeks later at Pikes Peak. Due to lack of team performance, Crosby left the team towards the end of the season. In 2006, Chris Wimmer began the season the No. 23 car, but was released after the Pepsi 300. Marc Mitchell took over at Phoenix, but crashed during practice, forcing the team to miss the race. Carl Long drove the car beginning at the Federated Auto Parts 300 and had a best finish of 34th before he was released, and Brad Keselowski finished the season with the team with Ridley Motorcycles coming on board as sponsor. Eduardo Troconis attempted the race at Watkins Glen International, but failed to qualify. Keselowski was to drive the car full-time in 2007 with the Oklahoma Centennial Commission serving as the team's original primary sponsor, before Mactac Graphics became the team's new primary sponsor midway through the year. In July 2007, the team suspended operations, due to health problems from Coleman. The team officially closed later in the month. An auction was held in 2007 to liquidate the assets of the team.

## Car No. 23 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 |
| 2004 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | 50 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO | DAR | HOM 43 | | 105th | 34 |
| 2005 | Shawna Robinson | 23 | Chevy | DAY 27 | CAL 35 | MXC 30 | LVS 31 | ATL 36 | NSH DNQ | BRI 39 | TEX DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36th | 1989 |
| 2005 | Mark Green | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | PHO 22 | TAL 11 | DAR 22 | RCH 22 | CLT 25 | DOV 32 | NSH 41 | KEN 33 | MLW 28 | DAY DNQ | CHI DNQ | NHA 27 | PPR 20 | GTY 38 | IRP 21 | GLN DNQ | MCH 33 | BRI 28 | CAL DNQ | RCH DNQ | DOV 41 | KAN DNQ | CLT DNQ | MEM DNQ | | | | | | 36th | 1989 |
| 2005 | Chris Wimmer | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TEX DNQ | PHO 37 | HOM DNQ | 36th | 1989 |
| 2006 | Chris Wimmer | 23 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | CAL DNQ | MXC DNQ | LVS DNQ | ATL DNQ | BRI 39 | TEX DNQ | NSH 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49th | 993 |
| 2006 | Marc Mitchell | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | PHO DNQ | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49th | 993 |
| 2006 | Carl Long | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NSH 41 | | | | CHI DNQ | NHA 38 | MAR 41 | GTY 34 | IRP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49th | 993 |
| 2006 | Stan Boyd | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KEN DNQ | MLW | DAY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49th | 993 |
| 2006 | Eduardo Troconis | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN DNQ | MCH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49th | 993 |
| 2006 | Brad Keselowski | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRI DNQ | CAL 37 | RCH 38 | DOV | KAN 26 | CLT 34 | MEM 41 | TEX 29 | | HOM 39 | 49th | 993 |
| 2006 | Brian Keselowski | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PHO 43 | | 49th | 993 |
| 2007 | Brad Keselowski | 23 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | CAL 32 | MXC 43 | LVS 34 | ATL 25 | BRI 41 | NSH 38 | TEX 43 | PHO 32 | TAL | RCH 35 | DAR 36 | CLT 37 | DOV 24 | NSH 40 | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 49th | 758 |

## Car No. 26 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 |
| 2004 | Mark Green | 26 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN 34 | CLT 24 | MEM 34 | ATL 23 | PHO 33 | DAR | HOM DNQ | | 61st | 399 |
| 2005 | Mark Green | 26 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH | BRI | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 63rd | 288 |
| 2005 | Kim Crosby | 26 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY 28 | CHI DNQ | NHA DNQ | PPR 39 | GTY DNQ | IRP DNQ | GLN DNQ | MCH DNQ | BRI | CAL DNQ | RCH | DOV | KAN DNQ | CLT DNQ | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 63rd | 288 |
| 2006 | Joey McCarthy | 26 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA 43 | MAR | GTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 91st | 34 |
| 2006 | Carl Long | 26 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IRP 43 | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 91st | 34 |