JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. The team is based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. The team currently fields three full-time entries in the Xfinity Series: the No. 1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Camaro for Elliott Sadler, the No. 7 BRANDT Agricultural Products Chevrolet Camaro for Justin Allgaier, and the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Cole Custer and Kenny Habul. The team also fields the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro part-time for Kahne. In the Camping World Truck Series, the team fields the No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet Silverado for Custer.
History of JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports began in a shed on the property of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in 1998 with just one employee, as the marketing division of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s race team. The original intent of the business was to help Earnhardt Jr. sell T-shirts and negotiate sponsorship deals. It wasn't until 2002 that Earnhardt Jr. turned the business into a race team, when T. J. Majors drove street stock division at Concord Motorsport Park, in North Carolina. Upon Earnhardt Jr.'s signing with Hendrick Motorsports the Hendrick and JR Nationwide Series teams were merged.