Humphrey left the team in 2012, and partnered with TriStar/PME Engines owner Mark Smith to field a 19 and 91 car as Humphrey-Smith Racing, mostly as start and parks.
[3] The team ran car number 77, which Blaney had run with Jasper Motorsports,[4] and acquired the 2013 owner points from the Humphrey Smith No.
"[6] The hiatus was initially announced as four weeks, planning to return at Indianapolis in June,[7] though they would skip an additional race at Pocono.
Upon the team's return to competition at Watkins Glen International in August, Nationwide and Camping World Trucks winner Nelson Piquet Jr. was placed in the car with sponsorship from WORKS Yard Tools.
At Loudon in September, Richard Petty Motorsports development driver Corey LaJoie made his Sprint Cup debut,[9] starting and finishing 41st, 102 laps down.