Hillman-Circle Sport

40 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series entries branded as Circle Sport LLC and Hillman Racing respectively.

In 2011 Joe Falk, former owner of LJ Racing, returned to team ownership in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, running the No.

[4] The 33 team ran Martinsville with Hermie Sadler as a collaboration between Circle Sport and RCR.

[6][7] The team's first race under full Circle Sport control was at Texas, where Tony Raines drove an unsponsored Chevrolet.

[4][7][8] Falk planned to run a number of drivers in the car over the remainder of the season, including Raines,[8] Jeff Green, Stephen Leicht, Austin Dillon, Hermie and Elliott Sadler, and C. E.

[6][9] However, in late May it was announced that Leicht would be competing for the team for the majority of the remainder of the season, attempting to win Rookie of the Year honors,[10] except for the June race at Michigan, where Childress ran the No.

Leicht would win Rookie of the Year honors despite competing in just 15 races, finishing with a team-best 26th at Watkins Glen.

The 33 was run as an RCR entry for the first two races of 2014 with Brian Scott and family sponsors Shore Lodge and Whitetail Club.

Bobby Labonte ran an RCR car under the Circle Sport banner at Daytona in July, the same one that sat on the Talladega pole with Scott.

At the Camping World RV Sales 301 at Loudon in July, 72-year-old veteran Morgan Shepherd ran a Circle Sport car with Thunder Coal sponsoring its third race.

After Kennedy's previously announced starts at Pocono and Watkins Glen, the team fielded him for a fifth time at Michigan.

Dillon had tested a car numbered 33 for Furniture Row Racing at Texas in March.

Stremme ran New Hampshire and Dover, after which Hill returned for the second Kansas race and Charlotte.

33 its first top ten finish (sixth, tying a career-best mark for Kvapil as well) under the Circle Sport banner on the same day Cassill piloted the No.

RCR returned for the final two races of the season with Ty Dillon at Phoenix and Brian Scott at Homestead.

33 at the first three races of the season, with Ty Dillon at Daytona and Brian Scott at Atlanta and Las Vegas.

However Scott, scheduled to run at Atlanta for Circle Sport, would give up his ride to HScott Motorsports after Michael Annett failed to qualify his normal HScott ride (under NASCAR rules, Joe Falk was credited with the owner's points).

[17] However, Derek White drove the July race at New Hampshire, bringing sponsorship from Braille Battery and Grafoid.

[4] In 2017, Circle Sport returned after merging with The Motorsports Group, with Jeffrey Earnhardt driving the No.

There were talks of Austin Theriault running for this team in at least Loudon in 2019 in partnership with GFR, but plans ultimately fell through.

This move allowed Landon Cassill and Circle Sport to compete in races in which RCR drivers Austin Dillon and Brian Scott were scheduled to run the No.

40 did not receive a charter for the 2016 season, the team attempted the Daytona 500 with Reed Sorenson, failing to qualify.

Burton would be joined by State Water Heaters, which had sponsored him in the Sprint Cup Series with Morgan-McClure Motorsports.

Ward's 19-year-old son Jeb Burton (not approved to run at Superspeedways) would then take over the truck for select races beginning with his series debut at Martinsville Speedway in March.

The new team would use the equipment from Richard Childress Racing that took Austin Dillon to a series championship in 2011.

Brandon Knupp, C. E. Falk, B. J. McLeod, Travis Miller, Stephen Leicht, and Ryan Lynch would all run races for the team.

Twenty-year-old Ryan Truex was then signed to drive the 27 (the team's tenth driver of the season) beginning at Martinsville in October.

Jeb Burton and crew chief Mike Hillman, Jr. would move to the 4 truck of Turner Scott Motorsports for 2013.

Austin Dillon, Landon Cassill, Ryan Preece, Kyle Benjamin, Travis Miller, Brian Wong, Corey LaJoie and Spencer Davis all drove for the team in K&N.

Alongside Jones and Benjamin, Harrison Burton, Travis Miller, Matt Tifft and Michael Self also drove for the team in ARCA.