Former partners James Whitener and Gregg Mixon of GIC-Mixon Motorsports announced the formation of a new team on January 20, 2014 with James Whitener as the owner and Gregg Mixon as the General Manager.
[1][2] During its opening season in 2014, JGL Racing used second-hand Dodge Challengers (Dodge left the sport after 2012) purchased from Team Penske and engines also leased from PENSKE,[1] as other teams have done in the Xfinity Series such as Vision Racing.
In August 2015 and continuing into 2016, the team began using engines from Joe Gibbs Racing and expanded its operations to Denver, NC with a multi-building campus.
[5][6] On November 15, 2017, it was announced that JGL would form a partnership with Roush Fenway Racing and move to Ford for 2018.
Kaz Grala was announced as the first driver for the new JGL/Ford pairing, while later signing Dylan Lupton and Tony Mrakovich to the No.
The team would shut down after a 23rd finish with Lupton at Pocono coming on the heels of the release of Kaz Grala after Dover.
The financial struggles were medical issues for team owner James Whitener Sr., and the No.
McClure brought longtime sponsors Hefty and Reynolds Wrap from TriStar Motorsports.
Jay Guy was initially announced as crew chief; Steven Lane would assume the duty for the season.
[2][3][9][10] After 9 races however, McClure and JGL parted ways and he returned to TriStar Motorsports for the rest of the year.
[13] Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Matt Tifft drove the car at the Daytona season opener with sponsorship from ClinicalRM, finishing 21st.
[13] youtheory later signed on to sponsor LaJoie in eight races beginning at Fontana in March.
[17] For 2017, Scott Lagasse Jr., Corey LaJoie, Drew Herring, Jeb Burton, Dylan Lupton and Cale Conley shared the ride.
[22] Tomy Drissi returned to the team at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio, promoting the Straight Outta Compton film.
[24] Hermie Sadler drove 2 races in the car at Bristol and Richmond with sponsorship from the Virginia Lottery.
Bell later took over the ride remainder of the season by start and parking majority of the races.
28 at Daytona in 2014 with Unker's Medicated Cream as the sponsor, with the intent of running the full season.
[27][28] After Derek White (another owner who operates out of Carl Long's shop) ran the car at Fontana, J. J. Yeley moved over from the No.
Afterwards, Yeley got out of his car and expressed his displeasure with Bayne as he passed by, and in his post-wreck interview.
18 replacing Matt Tifft at Iowa bringing his sponsor which JGL hired Drew Herring to drive the No.
On June 7, 2018, Dylan Lupton announced on Twitter that he left the team to find a more competitive car.
93 was an original entry for JGL Racing in 2014, debuting as a Dodge at Daytona in February.
[1][26] Carl Long ran the next race at Phoenix, parking after 13 laps for a 37th-place finish.
[34] Long start and parked the car again at Bristol, then Yeley ran the next two races scoring two top 20s.
Long, Harrison Rhodes, Josh Reaume, and Kevin Lepage all ran races in the car.
Wallace also ran the next race at Daytona in July with sponsorship from Smith Transportation, working out a deal with the team that would put his son Matt in the No.
Up-and-comer Kevin Swindell joined the team at Indianapolis with sponsorship from Curb Records and John Christner Trucking.
93 car to a 20th-place finish at Watkins Glen with sponsorship from the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film in 3D.