MOPAR Racing

**MOPAR Racing** is an American professional stock car racing team from 2001-2013 in the NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series. Then 2021-Present again. A Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity Series team 2007-Present

## MOPAR Racing

### Current Drivers

Xfinty- Anthony Alfredo, Jeb Burton, Sam MayerPepsi- Riley Herbst

### Championships

Xfinity2018 - Ty Majeski2019 - Austin Cindric2020 - Austin Cindric2022 - Anthony Alfredo

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### First Year

2001 (Pepsi)2021 (Pepsi Again) (Left In 2013 Season)2007 (Xfinity)

### Future Drivers Scheduled To Race

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In 2001 MOPAR Racing debuted at Dover International Speedway for the MBNA Platinum 400. Scott Pruett drove the number 86 MOPAR Racing Dodge in blue flames with a cool design many fans still say today. Kasey Kahne drove a similar styled car if not the same for Evernham Motorsports in the number 9 Dodge. Scott Pruett finished 37th after starting 41st 1 lap down. The team finished 50th in the season standings.

In 2002 Scott entered the Daytona 500 with the team for their first attempt and their second race. MOPAR did not qualify on speed but did race his way in starting in the 43rd and final position. With Scott avoiding all the crashes MOPAR got their first Top 15. Scott returned for the Sonoma race later in the year and started 39th and finished 29th on the lead lap. Scott drove the last to super speedways of the year at Daytona and Talladega. Wrecked in Daytona early placed him last after starting a wonderful 20th. At Talladega, MOPAR and Scott noticed a lot got 10th in qualifying and finished 10th as well for their first top 10. The team finished 44th in the season standings.

In 2003 the team resigned Scott Pruett for the 2003 and 2004 seasons full-time with their first ever sponsor of Lucas Oil keeping their same design with the Lucas Oil logo on the car. Lucas Oil also signed the all race sponsor for 2003 and 2004. Scott made every 2003 race and got 4 top 10s at the Daytona 500, Talladega 500, Kmart 400, and the Global Crossing @ (At) The Glen Race. He got a top 5 at Sonoma for the Dodge/Save Mart 350 in 5th. The team finished a solid 34th in the season standings.

In 2004 it was a similar year with Scott getting 2 top 10s at the Daytona 500 and Sonoma. He finished 39th in the standings with MOPAR.

Into 2005 Scott was in a bad practice crash with the team in off-season testing at Charlotte Motor Speedway Scott's worst ever NASCAR track and didn't make any starts. Ward Burton, Casey Atwood, and John Andretti made separate starts with Andretti's lone top 5 and Atwood and Burton's 2 top 10s each. The team finished 39th in the standings once again.

In 2006 Casey Atwood raced the first 10 races of the season after once again Scott got injured. Casey got 1 top 5 and 4 top 10s in those lone 10 starts. Scott returned and got 3 top 5s at Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Sonoma. He got 5 top 10s at Talladega, Watkins Glen, Richmond, Martinsville, and Homestead. With the help of Atwood and Pruett and Lucas Oil's now 2006-2008 deal, the team pulled off a 29th points finish in the standings for the season.

In 2007 the team started an Busch Series team, soon to be Nationwide Series team and now Xfinity Series. Casey Atwood was placed the full-time driver with Lucas Oil sponsoring all but 1 race which Combos Candy will race at the Daytona Season Opener. Atwood in the number 86 got 4 top 5s and 8 top 10s. 1 top 5 was second in the Daytona Season Opener race. No DNFS. He finished 16th in the standings. Scott Pruett in the Cup Series had found a breaking point, with his first full-time run since 2004, Scott had a break out season with 8 top 5s and 12 top 10s. He finished a 18th in the standings.

Into 2008 Casey and the MOPAR Nationwide Team have gotten Combos on a 5 race deal, Lucas Oil on a 20 race deal, and Snickers on a 7 race deal. Casey broke out with top 5s and 10s being the game. He got 18 top 5s and 24 top 10s. He finished 6th in the standings with 2 DNFS only!!!!!!!!!!! Pocono and Michigan. Scott on the other hand was split up with the teams first NASCAR win at Sonoma, 8 top 5 finishes and 12 top 10s. A 19th place points finish due to 4 DNFS in a row in the mid season area.

Into 2009 Lucas Oil resigned until 2012 for the Nationwide and Pepsi Series teams. Lucas Oil was on only a 5 race deal for the Nationwide team, Combos took the hooks with 29 races, and Snickers a 4 race deal. Casey Atwood was a contender with 2 wins at Bristol and Homestead, 19 top 5s, and 29 top 10s. He finished 2nd in the standings missing the championship by 11 points. It would have been 30 if he didn't win Homestead. Scott in the Pepsi Cup Series on the other hand got another win at Talladega with all 5 top 5s coming before that and only 7 top 10s. Scott also had a leg injury at Phoenix along with 11 other DNFS the most out of anybody on the season. Casey Atwood replaced Scott for the final race of the season at Homestead due to his leg injury, Casey finished top 5 leading 90 laps the second most to Jimmie Johnson at 101.

In 2010 the Busch Series team got a new driver with Clint Bowyer making 20 starts, Kurt Busch making 5 starts, and 8 with Scott Pruett demoted back. The team got 20 top 10s and 11 top 5s in total with a 9th place finish in the standings. In 2010 the Cup Series had Casey Atwood moved up with a struggling start to the season turned into 8 top 5s and 14 top 10s. He finished 17th in the season standings.

In 2011 Kurt Busch and Scott Pruett ran half and half of the season with Combos as the all-race sponsor. besides the lone Talladega Lucas Oil race which Scott won one of his only race in the Nationwide Series. Kurt won 2 of the races. The team got 5th in the standings with a total of 29 top 10s and 25 top 5s. In the Pepsi Cup Casey Atwood had a win at Dover that got rained out with 29 laps left. Casey got 18 top 5s and 28 top 10s. He placed 9th in the standings making The Chase For The Pepsi Cup.

In 2012 Scott and Kurt shared half and half once again with Kurt's lone Michigan win and Pruett's Watkins Glen and Kansas wins. With 20 top 5s and 21 top 10s and a 5th place points finish and no DNFS. In the Cup Series Casey Atwood DNFED 20 times and nearly injured in one of them at Talladega. He got 1 top 5 and 4 top 10s. No wins and a 30th points place finish.

Into 2013 the NASCAR Pepsi Cup Team had fallen sponsorless. The number 86 still on the car with Dodge where a sponsor should be. With MOPAR being the only dodge left in NASCAR and allowed to stay after dodge's dominance over the sport was toned down to be fair with others like Toyota, Chevy, and newly for 2013 Ford. 2012 was already a struggle for MOPAR but being the only less powerful now Dodge, they are truly having some issues. Anyway in the Xfinity Series, dominance was still around with at least 2 wins a year. Kurt Busch left the team after Chevy was upset at him being at a Dodge team. Scott Pruett decided to only run super-speedways and road courses for the team and the final race at Homestead. With Combos and newly Miller Light added to the Nationwide team, Ryan Blaney decided to go to MOPAR as Penske didn't have enough loyal sponsors besides Discount Tire. Ryan Blaney in his about 26 starts he was able to collect 18 top 5s and 22 top 10s. He won 2 times at Texas and Phoenix. He finished 9th in the standings with help from Scott Pruett's 4 race road course winnings finishing top five every race he was in. Meanwhile in the Pepsi Cup, Scott made his first cup starts since 2009 with the team and in general. He did the same as the Nationwide Series, running all road courses, super speedways, and the final race at Homestead. The team qualified for the Daytona 500 with Dakoda Armstrong which did bring one sponsor for the year during that race which was Win Field. RCR and Chevy Dakoda's Nationwide partners did not mind Win Field and Dakoda's Dodge race decision because it was in a different series. Dakoda started 43rd and finished 16th in the race. Dakoda returned without Win Field this time and no sponsor in the July Daytona Race and started 39th. He finished 26th. The team finished 38th in the standings this season for the Pepsi Cup.

In 2014 the Nationwide team had Ryan Blaney moved full-time in the 86. With Scott Pruett's wins and still to be talent, the team ended up fielding a second car for the first time in any series. It was the number 83 car funded by Combos for all 6 races he raced which were the same as last season besides Montreal leaving the sport. Blaney had Miller Light sponsor for 29 races and Combos for 4 races. Blaney was able to get 3 wins at Texas, Talladega, and Martinsville. Meanwhile Pruett won the Watkins Glen race being his only top 5 and 10 on the season with all the others outside the top 20 two being DNFS at Talladega and Homestead. The Pepsi Cup Team shut down to focus on an Nationwide Series group. Blaney finished 3rd in the standings and Pruett 34th.

In 2015 the Nationwide Series was renamed to the Xfinity Series with new partner deals. Pruett only raced Watkins Glen in the number 83 Combos Dodge but crashed out and finished 39th. Meanwhile teammate Ryan Blaney had Miller and Combos backed up as sponsors and had a break out season. With Blaney debuted some races in the Pepsi Cup with Wood Brothers, he dominated the Xfinity Series in 2015 winning 7 races at Daytona, Atlanta, Dover, Talladega, Watkins Glen, Daytona, and Phoenix. He won the championship over ALMOST over Chris Buescher but Chris edged him out in the Homestead battle which ended in Ryan's second place finish.

In 2016 the Xfinity team had lost Ryan Blaney who went to the Cup Series for the Wood Brothers and replaced him with Ty Majeski the Xfinity rookie. Scott Pruett in the number 83 meanwhile with Combos still Loyal decided to enter in his final NASCAR starts. He raced the Daytona, Watkins Glen, Talladega, and Homestead races with Combos on the car. His finishes in that order were 16th, 10th, 19th, and 33rd. Meanwhile rookie Majeski got 1 win at Dover and 15 top 5s along with 20 top 10s. He finished 7th in the season standings with Combos and now Cheerios due to Miller Light going with Blaney.

In 2017 sponsors went to the number 83 car which was now driven by rookie Austin Cindric. Combos, Money Lion, Menards, and Verizon all sponsored rookie Cindirc. Meanwhile Majeski still had his Cheerios and Combos sponsors onboard for the full-season. MOPAR has basically been a development program for the Wood Brothers which have now switched to Dodge for 2017 in the Cup Series and got their alliance team of Team Penske to do the same and become the first teams to be Dodge in the Pepsi Series since MOPAR in 2013. In the Xfinity Series Majeski was able to crack up 4 wins and Cindric the rookie 2. 6 all together placing Majeski 8th in the standings and Cindric 11th.

In 2018 the sponsors and driver lineup for their now powerful Xfinity Team. Majeski was able to grab 8 wins and a magical championship and Cindric getting 4 and being runner up in the championship.

In 2019, Majeski went to the Wood Brothers full-time in The Pepsi Cup Series. Meanwhile Cindric still in the Xfinity 83, the 86 now was Chase Briscoe, and now the newly 85 with Menards as the all race sponsor was Paul Menard who has left cup racing for part-time Xfinity. MOPAR wanting to get the 85 team off the ground with some experience chose Menard as the driver. Together the team got SIXTEEN WINS! 7 from Cindirc, 5 for Menard, and 4 from rookie Briscoe which had Cindric get the championship. Briscoe got 4th in the standings and Menard who only raced part-time got 22nd in the standings.

In 2020 Menard left NASCAR and Cindric decided to go 1 more season in Xfinity before going to cup.

The lineup for the 2020 Xfinity Series is below

1. 83 - Austin Cindric
2. 85 - Anthony Alfredo/Riley Herbst/Paul Menard/Kaz Grala
3. 86 - Chase Briscoe

For 2020 Cindric won 9 races and a second championship. Briscoe got 4 wins and second in the championship. Together the full-time 85 team with 4 different drivers got 2 wins with Riley and Paul and made it to the final four with Paul to finish 3rd in the standings.

In 2021 the Xfinity team lineup is below.

1. 83 - Jeb Burton
2. 85 - Sam Mayer
3. 86 - Riley Herbst

The whole lineup was different for 2021 in the Xfinity Series. Which means a championship is highly unlikely. The team got 4 wins with Riley getting 2 and 4th in the standings. Sam getting 1 and 6th in the standings. And Jeb getting 1 and 9th in the standings.

Also in 2021 the Cup team returned for MOPAR in the 86 for the first time since 2013 with Scott Pruett and Dakoda Armstrong. Austin CINDRIC! was the driver with all sponsors from before on his car. Cindric won the first ever NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series Road America race and finished 10th in the standings winning rookie of the year!

In 2022 the Xfinity Series lineup is below.

1. 83 - Jeb Burton
2. 85 - Sam Mayer
3. 86 - Anthony Alfredo

Anthony Alfredo returned to the team as Riley Herbst went to the MOPAR Team in The Pepsi Cup Series to replace Austin Cindric who went to Penske. Jeb Burton, Sam Mayer, and Anthony Alfredo took the season by storm with Jeb's 4 wins, Sam's 8, and Alfredo's 12. The team only lost 9 races all together. Anthony Alfredo won the championship. They all finished 1, 2, and 3 with Alfredo, Mayer, and Burton.

In The Pepsi Cup Series we had Riley Herbst replace Cindric. Riley did decent finishing second twice and scoring 9 top 5s and 14 top 10s. He finished 18th in the season standings and Monster Energy was the main sponsor for Herbst.