WHO WE ARE

JR Motorsports is the professional race team co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer and 15-time Most Popular Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt Miller, and NASCAR Hall of Famer Rick Hendrick that competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The company is based in Mooresville, North Carolina. It operates out of a 66,000-square-foot facility that serves as the nucleus for Earnhardt Jr.’s racing, management, and business interests, including Dirty Mo Media, one of the leading content producers in motorsports and home of the award-winning Dale Jr. Download podcast. Earnhardt Jr.’s championship-winning Late Model team is also based in Mooresville and has fostered the careers of several drivers who have reached the top levels in NASCAR.

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JR Motorsports

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Mooresville, NC 28117

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Our History
JR Motorsports was formed in 2002 as the basis for a three-car street stock team which competed locally at Concord Motor Speedway

2002

JR Motorsports was formed in 2002 as the basis for a three-car street stock team which competed locally at Concord Motor Speedway

2005

After numerous wins at the late model level, JRM made the leap to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, making its debut in the season finale event at Homestead-Miami Speedway with driver Mark McFarland.

2006

Robby Gordon scored the team’s first top-five result on August 19 at Michigan International Raceway, finishing third

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin

2008

Dale Earnhardt Jr. teamed up with Hendrick Motorsports, which would supply engineering and chassis support. The association paid immediate dividends, as Mark Martin drove the No. 5 Chevrolet to the team’s first victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 1.

No. 88 win

2008

Victories by Brad Keselowski (Nashville Superspeedway and Bristol Motor Speedway) and Ron Fellows (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve) followed. Fellows, a well-known road racer, earned the first road-course win for JRM in Montreal, which was also the first NASCAR event ever run in rain conditions.

2010

JRM signs IndyCar standout Danica Patrick to compete part-time in 2010, followed by full-time seasons in 2011 and 2012.

2012

In the final race of the 2012 season, Regan Smith drove to a victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway in his first start for the team. That would open the door to a new era in JRM history.

Cars on track at Daytona International Speedway

2014

Regan Smith again proved his mettle in the season opener, winning by a scant .013 seconds over Keselowski. The race marked the first JRM start for Chase Elliott, son of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, who came to the team with sponsor NAPA Auto Parts in tow and with much fanfare.

Dale Jr. and Chase Elliot

2014

Chase Elliott, running the team’s No. 9 Chevrolet, earned the first NXS championship for JRM with a season that saw him win three of the season’s first eight races—at Texas Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway and Chicagoland Speedway—and clinch the title with one race remaining on the schedule. Smith finished second in the points to make it a 1-2 finish for JRM.

No. 00 Truck racing

2015

The company expanded its squad to include a single entry in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for drivers Cole Custer, Alex Bowman, Jeb Burton, Harvick, Kahne and young Kyle Larson.

No. 9 Car on track

2015

In September 2015, Elliott led 83 laps en route to a win at Richmond Raceway – giving Chevrolet its 400th Xfinity Series victory

2016

The 2016 season was one of big changes, as JRM added Justin Allgaier and Elliott Sadler as full-time participants in the NXS and employed a full-time third team for multiple drivers including Bowman, Custer, Harvick and the team’s full-time Late Model driver, Josh Berry.

William Byron and Dale Jr.

2017

JRM expanded to four full-time entries for the first time with the addition of rookie and former JRM Late Model driver William Byron and veteran Michael Annett to its existing lineup of Sadler and Allgaier. With the expansion, the organization signaled its intention to become a primary player in the future of NASCAR’s top divisions.

2017

Byron brought home JRM’s second NXS championship and the team went 1-2-3 in the driver point standings – Byron, Sadler, Allgaier.

2018

Tyler Reddick took over the reins for the No. 9 Chevrolet. In his first race, he nipped Sadler at the finish line by 0.0004 seconds, the closest finish in series history. He did not win again until the championship race at Homestead, where he led the final 37 laps to lock up the team’s third series championship.

2019

Josh Berry, JRM’s flagship Late Model driver, added a crown jewel to the team’s trophy case by winning the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway. Berry dominated by winning the pole with a track-record speed, led all 200 laps, and earned the track’s signature grandfather clock trophy for his efforts.

2020

Michael Annett, Allgaier and Gragson returned to the fold full-time while the fourth team ran several drivers as it had in 2019. In the Late Model ranks, Berry became the first JRM driver to earn the coveted NASCAR Weekly Racing Series National Championship.

2021

Berry was elevated to a partial 12-race schedule in the team’s No. 8 Chevrolet and won at Martinsville in the spring, leading 95 laps on the way to his first NXS victory. Meanwhile, rookie Sam Mayer, a former JRM Late Model driver in his own right, took over the No. 8 Chevrolet for the second half of the season.

2022

The 2022 season featured a driver lineup of Allgaier, Gragson, Berry and Mayer, and the four drivers combined to give JRM a record 15 victories.

2023

Brandon Jones, a five-time NXS winner, joined the JRM stable with Allgaier, Berry and Mayer for the 2023 season. Mayer captured his first career NXS Series victory at Road America.

2024

Allgaier, Mayer and Jones reprised their roles with their current teams, while Sammy Smith joined as we the driver of the No. 8 Chevrolet.