In 2016, longtime NASCAR team owner Joe Falk became part of the ownership group, merging his Circle Sport operation with Leavine Family Racing, however as the 2016 season came to an end, Falk left the team securing his charter, and causing Leavine Family Racing to purchase a charter from Tommy Baldwin Racing.

On July 23, 2020, it was reported that Bob Leavine solicited bids for the team due to the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[2] On August 4, Leavine confirmed that his team had been sold and would cease operations at the end of the 2020 season, with its fleet of Toyota cars to be returned to Joe Gibbs Racing.

[5] Based in Tyler, Texas but with its race shop in Concord, North Carolina,[6] Lightning McQueen from the Cars movies was the inspiration for the team to use no.

He was replaced on an interim basis by Blake Koch, Scott Riggs, and Reed Sorenson.

[16] In October 2013, Leavine Family Racing announced that Michael McDowell would drive the team's No.

The team posted four DNQs in 2015, three of which were due to rainouts and an increase in full-time entries.

In early summer, the team made the news in unfortunate fashion after part of their shop burned down.

This forced them to take refuge on the Team Penske campus, inside their former sports car shop, until their facility was repaired enough for them to return.

On September 19, 2017, Leavine Family Racing announced former Hendrick Motorsports driver Kasey Kahne would be replacing McDowell in the No.

[22] On August 16, 2018, Kahne announced that he will step away from full time competition at the end of the year.

[23][24] On September 6, 2018, after heat exhaustion from the Southern 500, Kahne announced that he would sit out the Brickyard 400, which became the first race he missed since he began his full-time Cup Series career.

[25] On October 9, Kahne announced that he will miss the rest of the season due to lingering medical conditions.

[26] On October 10, 2018, Matt DiBenedetto signed a two-year contract with Leavine Family Racing to drive the No.

DiBenedetto then scored four more top 10s in the summer months including an eighth at Daytona, a fifth at Loudon, a sixth at Watkins Glen, and a career-high second for both DiBenedetto and Leavine Family Racing at the Bristol Night Race.

[27] On September 24, 2019, Leavine Family Racing officially announced Christopher Bell as the new driver of the No.

[28] Prior to the Las Vegas race, the team was docked 10 driver and owner points for an L1 level penalty during pre-race inspection.