Then in 2014, the team switched to Chevrolet, ending a two-year partnership with Ford, and formed a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.
[3][4][1] Following the announcement that longtime sponsor GEICO would not renew their partnership after the 2020 season, Germain Racing sold their charter to Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan on September 21, 2020.
[7] Papis had previously driven for MWR vice president Cal Wells in the CART series.
[7] In 2009, Germain Racing attempted to run a limited schedule in the Sprint Cup Series with Papis driving the No.
[8] In the first event of the 2010 season, Papis qualified for the Daytona 500,[9] where he was involved in an early wreck before finishing 40th due to engine woes.
After Watkins Glen, the team announced that Papis would be replaced and reassigned to the Camping World Truck Series.
Mears eventually recorded fourteen top-20s and three top-10s during the season, and finished 26th in driver points, although on a much more competitive landscape than the 24th place in 2013.
[11] Mears found a ride by driving part-time with Biagi-DenBeste Racing in the 98 GEICO Military car.
In the 2017 offseason, Twisted Tea came on board for four races, the first time Germain had two sponsors on the same car in a year.
On August 26, 2019, crew chief Matt Borland was indefinitely suspended for violating NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy.
Germain Racing confirmed that Justin Alexander, who serves as crew chief for the part-time No.
21 Xfinity Series car for Richard Childress Racing (who Germain has an alliance with), served as interim crew chief beginning at Darlington and until Borland's suspension was lifted.
13 managed to score a third-place finish in the fall Talladega race and ended up 26th in the points standings.
60 Toyota Camry debuted in 2011 with Todd Bodine driving and received sponsorship from Tire Kingdom for the Daytona 500.
For the rest of 2011, Landon Cassill and Mike Skinner ran the car with sponsorship from Big Red as a start and park ride to gain enough funds for the No.
Michael Annett made the next attempt at the season-ending race at Homestead, where he finished 36th after a crash.
Germain Racing fielded its first full-time entry in the Nationwide Series in 2008, with Mike Wallace driving.
15 at Daytona with Tire Kingdom as the sponsor, as rookie driver Timmy Hill was under 18 and not eligible to run in a national touring series.
9 Toyota Tundra debuted at Daytona in 2005 with rookie Shigeaki Hattori behind the wheel in a partnership with Arnold Motorsports, the team was called Germain-Arnold Racing.
Although he had two seventh place starts, Hattori struggled in his transition to stock cars, and was released towards the end of the season, and replaced by Justin Hobgood, whose best finish was a 20th at Phoenix.
9 truck was filled for the rest of the year by Chrissy Wallace, Michael Annett, David Reutimann, Paul Tracy, and Sean Caisse.
For 2012, Germain shut down their truck operations and GEICO moved up to the Sprint Cup Series with Mears.
Lumber Liquidators became the team's new primary sponsor in 2006, and Bodine and crew would take home 3 victories along with the Truck championship.
30 team ran the first ten races of the season before parking the truck due to lack of sponsorship.
62 truck ran only in 2011, as a full-time team with Brendan Gaughan driving the Toyota Tundra with sponsorship from South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa.
Gaughan left for Richard Childress Racing taking his sponsorship with him after Germain shut down their truck teams.
The following month, Justin Marks made his Truck Series debut at the Easy Care Vehicle Service Contracts 200, with voodoo ride sponsoring, finishing 22nd.
Marks ran the final three races of the season, posting a best finish of eighth place at the Ford 200.
03 truck again ran part-time, with Chrissy Wallace driving for four races, with her best finish being 18th in her debut at Martinsville Speedway.
Tom Hessert III drove the truck at Homestead with sponsorship from Cherry Hill Classic Cars.