# Sam Hunt Racing

Sam Hunt Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 26 Toyota Supra full-time for Dean Thompson and the No. 24 part-time for multiple drivers.
The team is currently based in Mooresville, North Carolina, although they have Virginia roots and their original shop was located in Chester, Virginia.

## History

The team, first known as DRIVE Technology, was founded in 2013 by Sam Hunt and Virginian Shayne Lockhart, a former NASCAR driver-turned crew chief. In 2013 they acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's ARCA Menards Series East No. 18 team, which was closing down after the 2012 season. They kept using the No. 18. The team picked up sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation for most of the races.
At the end of 2019 Hunt announced the team would move up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with their driver Colin Garrett in the season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Joe Gibbs Engines under the hood.

## Xfinity Series

They started fielding the No. 26 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2019 in the season finale at Homestead–Miami Speedway for Colin Garrett, he started 15th and would end up finishing 21st.
For the 2020 season, SHR formed a partnership with Toyota Racing Development in continuation with their partnership on engines with Joe Gibbs Engines.
In 2022, SHR began operating out of The Motorsports Group's former shop just up the road from the shop they had rented from Rette Jones Racing from 2020-2021 as well as forming a larger partnership with TRD on the technical side.

### Car No. 24 history
#### Part-time (2021–2022)

Starting at the Indy RC, SHR started fielding a 2nd entry in the No. 24 for Will Rodgers with continued Partnership from GoodRx where he finished 28th after starting in 9th.
Jeffrey Earnhardt would drive the No. 24 at Daytona and would finish 15th. Joe Nemechek would attempt to race against his son John Hunter Nemechek however, due to qualifying being cancelled due to rain, the elder Nemechek did not qualify. He was originally entered for the Talladega race, but his entry was withdrawn because of the high chance of qualifying being rained out.

#### Connor Mosack and others (2023)

Connor Mosack would anchor the No. 24 for the 2023 season by driving in 22 races. Cup series driver Tyler Reddick and Truck Series driver Corey Heim, among others, would also drive in the car for the team.

#### Part-time (2024–)

The first race in 2024 that Sam Hunt Racing entered the No. 24 into was the race at COTA, with Ed Jones serving as driver. Ryan Truex was announced as the driver for the 2025 Daytona 300.
On February 23, 2025, it was announced that Corey Heim would drive the No. 24 part-time in 2025, with support from 23XI Racing.

#### Car No. 24 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 | NXSC | Pts |
| 2021 | Will Rodgers | 24 | Toyota | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH | POC | ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IND 28 | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 47th | 9 |
| 2022 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 24 | Toyota | DAY 15 | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | TEX | CLT | PIR | NSH | ROA | ATL | NHA | POC | IND | MCH | GLN | | | | | | | | | | | | 47th | 22 |
| 2022 | Joe Nemechek | 24 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY DNQ | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | CLT | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 47th | 22 |
| 2023 | Parker Chase | 24 | Toyota | DAY 16 | | | | | | | | TAL 38 | | | | | | | | ATL 27 | | | | | | | | | | | TEX 16 | | | | | | 25th | 447 |
| 2023 | Tyler Reddick | 24 | Toyota | | CAL 36 | LVS 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 447 |
| 2023 | Connor Mosack | 24 | Toyota | | | | PHO 24 | ATL 30 | COA 19 | RCH 28 | MAR 33 | | | | CLT 23 | PIR 8 | SON 32 | NSH 35 | CSC 35 | | NHA 26 | | | MCH 36 | IRC 26 | GLN 5 | DAY 37 | | KAN 14 | BRI 14 | | ROV 24 | LVS 19 | HOM 31 | MAR 31 | PHO 34 | 25th | 447 |
| 2023 | Corey Heim | 24 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | DOV 35 | DAR 10 | | | | | | | | POC 37 | | | | | | DAR 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 447 |
| 2023 | Sage Karam | 24 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ROA 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 447 |
| 2024 | Ed Jones | 24 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | COA 35 | RCH | MAR | TEX | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR 5 | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 45th | 35 |
| 2025 | Ryan Truex | 24 | Toyota | DAY 17 | ATL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Corey Heim | 24 | Toyota | | | COA 31 | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 24 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | | |

### Car No. 26 history
#### Part-time (2019–2020)

On October 28, 2019, the team announced that they would field an Xfinity team for the first time in 2020, the No. 26 Toyota, with Garrett driving. Brian Keselowski became the team's crew chief, moving over from the Brandonbilt Motorsports No. 68 car. They later attempted the season finale at Homestead in 2019, where they qualified 15th and finished 20th in preparation for their 2020 schedule of races.
In 2020 Colin Garrett ran select races for the team with a best finish of 14th at Homestead-Miami in June of that year.
Brandon Gdovic would join the team for 2 races at the Indianapolis Road Course and Daytona Road Course finishing 12th and 28th respectively.
On October 26, 2020, it was announced that TD2 driver Mason Diaz would drive the No. 26 Toyota for the final two races of the 2020 season at Martinsville and Phoenix.

#### Multiple drivers (2021–2022)

In 2021 the team ran the full schedule with a huge rotation of drivers Brandon Gdovic, Kris Wright, Santino Ferrucci, Colin Garrett, John Hunter Nemechek. Grant Enfinger, Will Rodgers, and Dylan Lupton splitting the seat.
The team recorded their first ever top 10 with Brandon Gdovic at the season opener at Daytona.
In September at Richmond the team scored their first ever top 5 with John Hunter Nemechek battling for the win in the closing laps with Justin Haley and eventual race winner Noah Gragson going on to score a 3rd-place finish.
On January 13, 2022 Ryan Truex was announced to drive the No. 26 at Daytona as well as several other races throughout the season and the next day Jeffrey Earnhardt was announced to compete in at least 7 races bringing sponsorship from ForeverLawn.
On January 25, 2022, it was announced John Hunter Nemechek would drive the car at both races at Las Vegas in the season with sponsorship from Berry's Bullets. Other drivers such as Parker Chase, Derek Griffith, and Chandler Smith would also drive the No. 26.
On October 27, 2022, it was announced that Kaz Grala would drive the car in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway on November 5, 2022, marking Grala's Toyota Racing debut. On December 8, the team announced that Grala would drive the No. 26 full-time for the 2023 season.

#### Kaz Grala (2023)

Kaz Grala drove the No. 26 to two top-5 finishes at Richmond and the Charlotte Roval, as well as nine top-10 finishes during the season. Grala finished the season seventeenth in points. In late November, SHR announced that Grala wouldn't be returning to the No. 26 Supra in 2024. No replacement driver(s) were announced at that point.

#### Multiple drivers (2024)

In January 2024, the team announced Corey Heim, Jeffrey Earnhardt, and Sage Karam, would be driving the No. 26 in multiple races throughout the season.
In May 2024, it was announced that Truck Series regular, Dean Thompson, would make his debut in the Xfinity Series at Charlotte's spring race.

#### 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 | NXSC | Pts |
| 2019 | Colin Garrett | 26 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM 21 | 47th | 16 |
| 2020 | Colin Garrett | 26 | Toyota | DAY DNQ | LVS | CAL | PHO | DAR 37 | CLT | BRI | ATL | HOM 21 | HOM 14 | TAL 35 | POC | | | | | KAN 16 | ROA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 38th | 127 |
| 2020 | Brandon Gdovic | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | IND 12 | KEN | KEN | TEX | | | DAY 28 | DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | | | | 38th | 127 |
| 2020 | Mason Diaz | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAR 20 | PHO 24 | 38th | 127 |
| 2021 | Brandon Gdovic | 26 | Toyota | DAY 8 | | | | | | MAR 17 | | DAR 36 | | | | | TEX 23 | | | | | NHA 16 | | | | | | | BRI 21 | | | | | | | | 23rd | 485 |
| 2021 | Kris Wright | 26 | Toyota | | DAY 18 | | | | | | | | | COA 32 | | MOH 32 | | | | ROA 25 | | | GLN 17 | IND 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 485 |
| 2021 | Santino Ferrucci | 26 | Toyota | | | HOM 30 | LVS 13 | PHO 15 | ATL 15 | | | | | | | | | | POC 14 | | ATL 33 | | | | | | | | | | TAL 17 | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 485 |
| 2021 | Colin Garrett | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | TAL 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 20 | DAY 37 | DAR 17 | | | | | | | | MAR 14 | | 23rd | 485 |
| 2021 | John Hunter Nemechek | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | DOV 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 485 |
| 2021 | Grant Enfinger | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 485 |
| 2021 | Will Rodgers | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NSH 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 29 | | | | | | | | 23rd | 485 |
| 2021 | Dylan Lupton | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LVS 35 | | | TEX 38 | KAN 27 | | PHO 15 | 23rd | 485 |
| 2022 | Ryan Truex | 26 | Toyota | DAY 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 26 | Toyota | | CAL 29 | | | ATL 13 | | | | | | | TEX 19 | CLT 37 | | NSH 7 | | ATL 19 | | | | | | | | | BRI 12 | TEX 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | John Hunter Nemechek | 26 | Toyota | | | LVS 12 | PHO 5 | | | | | | | DAR 4 | | | | | ROA 18 | | | | | MCH 19 | | DAY 35 | DAR 9 | | | | | | LVS 16 | | | | | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | Parker Chase | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | COA 19 | | | | | | | | PIR 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | Derek Griffith | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | RCH 26 | MAR 21 | | | | | | | | | | NHA 18 | | | | | | | KAN 27 | | | TAL 23 | | | | MAR 15 | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | Chandler Smith | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | TAL 38 | DOV 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 7 | | | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | Santino Ferrucci | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 35 | IND 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | Connor Mosack | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | Daniil Kvyat | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 15 | | | | | | | | 18th | 624 |
| 2022 | Kaz Grala | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PHO 23 | 18th | 624 |
| 2023 | Kaz Grala | 26 | Toyota | DAY 32 | CAL 13 | LVS 23 | PHO 34 | ATL 35 | COA 18 | RCH 4 | MAR 23 | TAL 24 | DOV 12 | DAR 9 | CLT 16 | PIR 26 | SON 20 | NSH 16 | CSC 10 | ATL 14 | NHA 13 | POC 25 | ROA 7 | MCH 21 | IRC 9 | GLN 28 | DAY 20 | DAR 28 | KAN 10 | BRI 10 | TEX 29 | ROV 5 | LVS 35 | HOM 30 | MAR 28 | PHO 10 | 19th | 617 |
| 2024 | Sage Karam | 26 | Toyota | DAY 28 | | | | COA 17 | | | | | | | | PIR 34 | | | | | CSC 33 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 26 | Toyota | | ATL 8 | | | | | | | TAL 37 | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 21 | DAY 28 | | | | BRI 35 | | | | | | | PHO 35 | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | Corey Heim | 26 | Toyota | | | LVS 13 | PHO 22 | | RCH 4 | MAR 35 | TEX 17 | | DOV 35 | | | | | IOW 3 | NHA 10 | | | POC 16 | | | | DAR 25 | ATL 5 | | | KAN 31 | | | LVS 11 | | | | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | John Hunter Nemechek | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | Dean Thompson | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 34 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 20 | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | Ed Jones | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SON 15 | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 24 | | | | ROV 37 | | | | | | | | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | Tyler Reddick | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NSH 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | Conor Daly | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IND 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | Ryan Truex | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 21 | | | | 19th | 537 |
| 2024 | Bubba Pollard | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAR 31 | | 19th | 537 |
| 2025 | Dean Thompson | 26 | Toyota | DAY 8 | ATL 35 | COA 18 | PHO 38 | LVS 15 | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | | |

## K&N Pro Series
### Car No. 18 history
#### 2013

In 2013 Sam Hunt along with former-driver turned crew chief Shayne Lockhart formed DRIVE Technology after they had acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East No. 18 team, which was closing down after the 2012 season. Sam Hunt, ran the full season, moving over from Precision Performance Motorsports. They kept using the No. 18. The team picked up sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation for most of the races. The team later ended up running only part-time, skipping the races at Five Flags, Winston-Salem, both Iowa races, and New Hampshire. Also, Sergio Peña drove the car at the season-finale at Road Atlanta instead of Hunt.

#### 2014

In 2014, Hunt ran another part-time schedule. One of his races was set to be Daytona, but after full-time driver Brandon Jones failed to qualify in his own No. 33 car for Turner Scott Motorsports, he replaced Hunt in the No. 18. Other drivers for the team that year were Mason Massey in two races at the Langley and Columbus Speedways. Venezuelan female driver Milka Duno drove the No. 18 at the season-finale, now at Dover as a result of Road Atlanta being taken off the schedule.

#### 2015

The team attempted fewer races in 2015. Peyton Sellers drove two races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and at Dover. Full-time ARCA Series driver Sarah Cornett-Ching drove the car at Bristol in a partnership between DRIVE Technology and her ARCA team, RACE 101. Justin LaDuke made his only start of the year and to-date of his career at Winston-Salem. Hunt returned for two races at tracks in his home state of Virginia: Langley and Richmond.

#### 2016

The team continued to scale back in 2016, with Peña returning to the team for the first time in three years after he was released from Rev Racing. He ran the road course race at Virginia International Raceway, and it is his last NASCAR start to date. The team withdrew with Hunt at the next race at Dominion Raceway, another track in Virginia. Lockhart left the team in the end of the 2015 and Peyton Sellers become the new co-owner, the new team name became Hunt-Sellers Racing.

#### 2017

Sam Hunt and Peyton Sellers ran two races apiece that year.

#### 2018

HSR ran nearly the full season in 2018, with yet another driver from Virginia, rookie Colin Garrett, running all but the first two races of the season. Garrett originally signed on for four races but extended it to the remainder of the schedule after strong initial runs. He finished tenth in points. His best finish was a third at the first of the doubleheader races at South Boston, his only top-5 of the year. Garrett did score four top-10's as well. Clinton Cram served as crew chief in 2018.

#### 2019

The team announced on January 17, 2019, that Garrett would return to the team, (now renamed as Sam Hunt Racing after Sellers departure) to run the full season with them in 2019. In addition, the team switched from Toyota to Chevrolet that year.