Identity Ventures Racing

[1][2] Following lawsuits against Hardwick in August and September 2014, his ownership stake in the team passed back to Hamilton, Bailey and Robinson.

56 for Michael Waltrip Racing; its current incarnation had its beginnings in an incident during the 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway, in which MWR was charged with fixing the outcome of the race to get Martin Truex Jr. into the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

[4][5][6] For 2014, MWR initially planned to run a part-time car out of their shop for owner Michael Waltrip and veteran Jeff Burton.

For certain other races, Identity fielded the car out of their own shop but with strong MWR support.

Finally, the car was fielded out of the MWR shop for some races, but still using Identity's equipment and points.

Sponsorship of the team had included PEAK Motor Oil, Farm Bureau Insurance, Testroil, Vydox, myAFIBstory.com, Royal Teak Collection and others.

Some of Hardwick's other companies also appeared on the car, including Morris-Hardwick-Schneider, Smart Ben and the Dustin Johnson Foundation.

[1][3][11] Although Identity Ventures executives still owned the team, this ended the primary sponsorship from Hardwick's companies.

The team was forced to rely on its secondary partners for sponsorship for the rest of the season, while picking up additional backing from several southeast law firms.