Arnold Motorsports

Arnold Motorsports was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team operated by Don Arnold, owner of Arnold Development Companies and Arnold & Arnold Real Estate.[1][2] 1983 Winston Cup champion Bobby Allison was the Vice President of operations and also served a consultant. From 2004 to 2005, the team formed a partnership with then-Craftsman Truck Series team Germain Racing as Germain-Arnold Racing, although Germain fielded Toyota Tundras in the Truck Series while the Cup Series team fielded Dodges.[2]

Arnold Motorsports

Owner(s)	Don Arnold
Base	Concord, North Carolina
Series	Nextel Cup Series
Race drivers	Derrike Cope, P. J. Jones, Todd Bodine, Jimmy Spencer, Jorge Goeters
Sponsors	Arnold Development Companies, Allied Steel Buildings, U.S. Micro Corporation, Thrifty Rent A Car, Melling
Manufacturer	Dodge
Opened	2003
Closed	2006
Career
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0

History

Arnold Motorsports was formed in 2003 after the purchase of the race shop and equipment of Melling Racing.[1][2] The team debuted as the No.79 Arnold Development Companies Dodge, with Pro Cup Series driver Billy Bigley Jr. driving., the team originally planned to run 34 races, but eventually scaled back its plans. After Bigley failed to qualify for the three events he attempted, he was released. Derrick Cope attempted the season finale at Homestead, but also failed to qualify.[1]

The team returned full-time in 2004 with Derrike Cope at the wheel. Cope co-owned the team and merged his Quest Motor Racing team with Arnold's.[1] The team briefly received sponsorship from Redneckjunk.com (unrelated to a RacingJunk.com that sponsored Carl Long during this same time frame), but was forced to remove its decals by NASCAR[3] because the sanctioning body didn't believe it "projected the proper image of [the] sport."[3][4] After twelve starts, Cope was replaced by Mike Wallace at Dover. Wallace, along with P. J. Jones, Jeff Fuller and Todd Bodine, finished out the year.

In 2005 Jimmy Spencer drove the car[5] in what was a limited schedule due to lack of sponsorship. The team announced Allied Buildings as the sponsor for the rest of 2005 and all of 2006 at the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Arnold also owned a share of a Craftsman Truck Series team with Germain Motor Company as the No.30 Toyota. But Arnold sold the interest in that team to focus on Cup. The team's only attempt in 2006 came at the Daytona 500 with Larry Foyt as driver, but the team missed the race. In May 2006, the team announced it was shutting down. The shop later housed Spraker Racing in the ARCA Re/MAX Series Team founder Don Arnold died in December 2015.

In other media

The team's 50 car is featured in the video game NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup driven by Cope, and in NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control driven by Jimmy Spencer. Germain Racing's truck series cars in the latter game were listed under Arnold Motorsports.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Car No. 50 results

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 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	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
2003	Billy Bigley	79	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI DNQ	DAR	RCH DNQ	NHA	DOV DNQ	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL DNQ	PHO	CAR		58th	147
	Derrike Cope																																						HOM DNQ
2004		50		DAY 30	CAR 30	LVS 33	ATL 38	DAR 25	BRI 26	TEX 37	MAR 33	TAL 38	CAL 31	RCH 29	CLT 34																									37th	1958
	Mike Wallace															DOV 35				DAY 41		NHA 32
	P. J. Jones																POC 22	MCH 25	SON 39		CHI 39		POC 43
	Todd Bodine																							IND 41	GLN 41	MCH 43	BRI 23		RCH 43	NHA 23			KAN 39		MAR 43	ATL 39	PHO 43	DAR 39	HOM DNQ
	Jeff Fuller																											CAL 43			DOV 43	TAL		CLT 42
2005	Jimmy Spencer			DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL 29	BRI 21	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT 42	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND DNQ			BRI 28	CAL	RCH 36	NHA 39	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT DNQ	MAR	ATL DNQ	TEX 39	PHO 36	HOM 31	47th	674
	Jorge Goeters																								GLN 35	MCH
2006	Larry Foyt			DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	74th	10

See also

• Germain Racing

References

1. "rpm.espn.com: Team still looking for sponsorship". 2004-01-12. Archived from the original on 2005-08-31. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
2. Toyota (August 23, 2004). "Germain/Arnold Racing enters series' final races". Naples, Florida: motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
3. BRANT JAMES (2004-03-27). "Sports: Site notable after being junked". Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
4. BRANT JAMES (2004-03-14). "Sports: Reutimann continues rapid rise in trucks". Archived from the original on 2004-04-03. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
5. Kevin Carver (2005-01-13). "Motorsport.com: News channel". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-07-22.

External links

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