The Asphalt Archives is dedicated to preserving the history of American Motorsports. Motorsports are not well documented in its history compared to stick in ball sports, this site is a mission to preserve and tell the story of it as best as we can.

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Hendrick Motorsports #46 Logo in 1993, driven by Al Unser, Jr.

Hendrick Motorsports #46

1993

Triad Motorsports

1994 - 1999

Team Menard

2000

Bud Moore Engineering #15

1973

Bill Elliott Racing

1997 - 2000

Freedlander Racing

1985 - 1987

Close-up of the number 14 in bold white font with red and black outline on a black background.

Precision Products Racing #14

1998

Bessey Racing

1999 - 2000

NUMBERS OF THE MONTH

Close-up of a stylized, three-dimensional number 91 in white with black and yellow outlines.
The iconic number 8 logo of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the 2000's.

  #91 - LJ Racing (1997-1998)  

This very forgotten about team ran for two years with sponsorship from Spam. Running a best of fifth with Todd Bodine at Atlanta in 1998. Team owner Joe Falk would later run a team, Circle Sport that would run in the 2010’s.

#8 - Dale Earnhardt Inc. (1999-2007)

This number is synominous with Dale Earnhardt Jr. This number adorned the side of his car full-time from 2000 to 2007 with sponsor Budweiser riding with him. This number remains one of the most iconic numbers in the sports history.

Mark Martin's first number 6 logo with Roush Racing.
Race Hill Farms Team's number 47 that was used in the 1980's. Notably with Ron Bouchard.

#47 - Race Hill Farms (1981-1987)

The little team that could, based out of Connecticut, Race Hill Farm Team is best remembered for its upset wins with Ron Bouchard in 1981 at Talladega and Morgan Shepherd in 1986 at Atlanta. This team was the last non U.S. South based team to win until Furniture Row in 2011.

#6 - Roush Racing (1988-1989)

This number style started it all when Mark Martin took Michigan based Jack Roush out on the track for the first time, they chose the number 6 because it was the only single digit number available in 1988. This car was paired with Strohs Light.

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RACE TEAMS OF THE MONTH

Newman Hendrick Racing (1990)

A short lived operation between actor Paul Newman and owner Rick Hendrick, they operated the number 18 chevrolet for one year, driven by greg sacks. One time battling with dale earnhardt for a win at Talladega in their first attempt together and scoring a pole at Daytona that July. The team shut down after sponsor Ultra Slim-Fast Pulled out all funding, later selling the teams equipment to the upstart Joe Gibbs Racing.

Bahari’ Racing (1986-1999)

BIZARRELY named Bahari Racing, named after the three owners, is best remembered as its days as a mid-pack team in the Cup Series in the Late 1980’s and 1990’s. Best remembered for drivers Michael Waltrip and Johnny Benson driving the 30 Pontiac with sponsorship such as Maxwell House, Pennzoil, and Gumout Lubricants. The team was sold in 1999 and renamed to Eel River Racing the next year.

Logo of Junior Johnson & Associates Inc. with stylized text in blue and red colors.
Kaulig Racing logo with bold black text and a stylized red checkered flag design.
A stylized illustration of the Bahari Racing logo with a jaguar in yellow with black spots walking against a clear background.
Logo of Newman Hendrick Racing with a checkered flag background and bold black and red text.

Kaulig Racing (2020-Present)

LeafFilter founder and owner, Matthew Kaulig sponsored blake Koch in 2015 and realized it would be better to fund a team starting in 2016, in 2020, the team made the jump up to the Cup Series for the first time and attempted full time in 2022, best known for the team that REJUVENATED A.J. Allmendinger’s career, winning two races in the process. They currently run the 10 and 16 cars in Cup and 5 Truck teams in the Craftsman Truck Series.

Junior Johnson & Associates (1965-1995)

The gold standard of teams, operated by legendary Junior Johnson out of Wilkes County, North Carolina, this team accomplished 132 wins and 6 championships, fourth most wins all time in NASCAR history behind Hendrick Motorsports, Petty Enterprises, and Joe Gibbs Racing. The team ran with Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison, LeeRoy Yarbrough and Bill Elliott among other drivers.

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