JG Motorsports explained

JG Motorsports was a NASCAR Busch Series race team co-owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick, which attempted 20 races in the year 2000.

The team evolved from Gordon–Evernham Motorsports, which ran six races in the Busch Series in 1999.

History

Gordon–Evernham Motorsports (1999)

In 1999, Brooke Gordon (then wife of Jeff Gordon) and Ray Evernham formed Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (GEM) to compete in that year's Busch Series season. The team's Pepsi-sponsored cars ran six races with Jeff Gordon as driver and Evernham as crew chief. DuPont sponsored the No. 24 car in two races in 1999 with driver Ricky Hendrick, with Evernham and Patrick Donahue as crew chiefs. During the season, Gordon won the Outback Steakhouse 200, the inaugural Busch Series race^[1] at Phoenix International Raceway.^[2]

Due to offers from Dodge, Evernham sold his half of GEM to Rick Hendrick at the end of the year.

JG Motorsports (2000)

The GEM cars competed in the 2000 NASCAR Busch Series under the title "JG Motorsports". The team was jointly owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick and attempted 20 races in the year. The team ran sixteen races with Ricky Hendrick as driver and did not qualify for five of the sixteen. Pepsi stayed as sponsor for the five races Gordon drove and GMAC came on as sponsor for the races Ricky Hendrick drove. In the team's final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Gordon won the season finale after leading the final 71 laps.^[3]

Race statistics

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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

1999 (Gordon/Evernham Motorsports)
	Driver	Sponsor	Race	Location	Qualified	Result	Ref
3	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi	Sam's Town 300	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	2	4	[4]
6			Coca-Cola 300	Texas Motor Speedway	4	13	[5]
14		Pepsi/	Carquest Auto Parts 300	Lowe's Motor Speedway	5	33	[6]
19	Ricky Hendrick	DuPont	Myrtle Beach 250	Myrtle Beach Speedway	5	20	[7]
23	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi	NAPA 200	Michigan International Speedway	4	2	[8]
26	Ricky Hendrick	DuPont	Autolite Platinum 250	Richmond International Raceway	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ	[9]
28	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi	All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300	Lowe's Motor Speedway	2	2	[10]
29	Ricky Hendrick	DuPont	Kmart 200	North Carolina Speedway	33	37	[11]
30			Sam's Town 250	Memphis Motorsports Park	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ	[12]
31	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi	Outback Steakhouse 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Cancelled	1	[13]

2000 (JG Motorsports)
	Driver	Sponsor	Race	Location	Qualified	Result	Ref
2	Ricky Hendrick	GMAC	Alltel 200	North Carolina Speedway	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ	[14]
3	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi	Sam's Town 300	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	27	18	[15]
5	Ricky Hendrick	GMAC	SunCom 200	Darlington Raceway	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ	[16]
7	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi	Albertsons 300	Texas Motor Speedway	31	42	[17]
8	Ricky Hendrick	GMAC	BellSouth Mobility 320	Nashville Speedway USA	34	5	[18]
11			Hardee's 250	Richmond International Raceway	27	28	[19]
12			Busch 200	New Hampshire International Speedway	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ	[20]
13	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi	CarQuest Auto Parts 300	Lowe's Motor Speedway	6	4	[21]
15	Ricky Hendrick	GMAC	Textilease Medique 300	South Boston Speedway	35	42	[22]
16			Myrtle Beach 250	Myrtle Beach Speedway	9	13	[23]
18			Sears DieHard 250	Milwaukee Mile	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ	[24]
20			NAPA Auto Care 250	Pikes Peak International Raceway	28	26	[25]
21			CarQuest Auto Parts 250	Gateway International Raceway	37	38	[26]
22			Kroger 200	Indianapolis Raceway Park	30	36	[27]
23	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi	NAPAonline 250	Michigan International Speedway	25	7	[28]
24	Ricky Hendrick	GMAC	Food City 250	Bristol Motor Speedway	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ	[29]
25			Dura Lube 200	Darlington Raceway	32	29	[30]
28			All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300	Lowe's Motor Speedway	5	13	[31]
29			Sam's Club 200	North Carolina Speedway	7	39	[32]
32	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi No. 24	Miami 300	Homestead-Miami Speedway	6	1	[33]
	Ricky Hendrick	GMAC No. 14			12	39

External links

• • Jeff Gordon Online page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shut out. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104031616/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/1999/10/30/gordon_phoenix_ap/. dead. November 4, 2013. CNN Sports Illustrated. October 30, 1999. August 23, 2013.
2. Web site: Callahan. Terry. Jeff Gordon wins first Busch Series race at Phoenix. The Auto Channel. November 6, 1999. August 23, 2013.
3. Web site: The spoiler. https://web.archive.org/web/20010626173516/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/2000/11/11/gordon_wins_ap/. dead. June 26, 2001. CNN Sports Illustrated. November 11, 2000. August 23, 2013.
4. Web site: 1999 Sam's Town 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
5. Web site: 1999 Coca-Cola 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
6. Web site: 1999 Carquest Auto Parts 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
7. Web site: 1999 Myrtle Beach 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
8. Web site: 1999 NAPA 200. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
9. Web site: 1999 Autolite Platinum 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
10. Web site: 1999 All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
11. Web site: 1999 Kmart 200. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
12. Web site: 1999 Sam's Town 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
13. Web site: 1999 Outback Steakhouse 200. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
14. Web site: 2000 Alltel 200. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
15. Web site: 2000 Sam's Town 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
16. Web site: 2000 SunCom 200. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
17. Web site: 2000 Albertson's 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
18. Web site: 2000 BellSouth Mobility 320. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
19. Web site: 2000 Hardee's 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
20. Web site: 2000 Busch 200. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
21. Web site: 2000 Carquest Auto Parts 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
22. Web site: 2000 Textilease / Medique 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
23. Web site: 2000 Myrtyle Beach 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
24. Web site: 2000 Sears DieHard 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
25. Web site: 2000 NAPA Autocare 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
26. Web site: 2000 Carquest Auto Parts 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
27. Web site: 2000 Kroger 200 By the Fifth Third Bank. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
28. Web site: 2000 NAPAonline.com 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
29. Web site: 2000 Food City 250. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
30. Web site: 2000 Dura Lube / All Pro Bumper to Bumper 200. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
31. Web site: 2000 All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
32. Web site: 2000 Sam's Club 200. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.
33. Web site: 2000 Miami 300. Racing-Reference. March 4, 2019.