As a successor to DiGard Motorsports, the team achieved its most prominent victory in the 1990 Daytona 500 with driver Derrike Cope.
Despite winning Rookie of the Year, Bouchard managed only one top 10 and failed to qualify for five races, including the Daytona 500.
Five races into the 1989 season, Bouchard was fired in favor of Derrike Cope, who had recently left Jim Testa's No.
For the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, Whitcomb Racing would switch from the Pontiac Grand Prix to the Chevrolet Lumina, receiving technical support from Hendrick Motorsports.
On the final lap, Earnhardt would blow a tire, allowing Cope to slide under and score his first career win.
[14] Cope was subsequently offered to drive the 98 for Cale Yarborough Motorsports, leaving Jimmy Hensley without a team for the start of the 1993 season.
[15] The team's assets went for sale in 1993,[16] but Whitcomb would make one more attempt as an owner at Richmond in September 1994.