TriStar Motorsports

TriStar Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that used to compete in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

The team competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series primarily during the early to mid 1990s, suspending racing operations in 1997 and continuing on as Tri-Star Motors, and later Pro Motor Engines, supplying engines to many NASCAR teams prior to returning to competition in 2010.

Brad Teague made the team's second start at Charlotte Motor Speedway with Mello Yello but finished 31st after suffering engine failure.

Greg Sacks drove for the rest of the season, with Dorsey Schroeder filling in at the road course races, and Loy Allen driving at Phoenix International Raceway.

Allen and Hooters left Tri-Star at the end of the year, and Phil Parsons took over the driving duties for the first five races of the 1995 season with Ultra Custom Wheels sponsorship.

After failing to qualify for the Miller 400, Child Support Recovery was dropped by the team due to lack of funding and racing operations were suspended again.

Mark Smith returned to the Cup Series in 2012 by partnering with former HP Racing co-owner Randy Humphrey.

As Humphrey Smith Racing, the team fielded Jason Leffler, Chris Cook, Jeff Green, and Mike Bliss in the No.

[2] Following his death, the team, like others in the racing community, ran "LEFTURN" logos above the driver doors in honor of Leffler.

[6] The charter leased to the team was returned to Front Row, and sold to Rick Ware Racing for the No.

44 Toyota Camry and ran the full race at Bristol in August, finishing tenth with Gold Bond as the sponsor.

[17] For the rest of the year, Blake Koch and Jeff Green ran the majority of the races, again mostly as a start and park.

At Daytona in July, Koch had sponsorship from Celsius Negative Calorie Cola, with TriStar bringing five cars to run the full race.

At the time it was a completely new entry, consisting of veteran Jason Keller as the driver and former Rusty Wallace Racing crew chief Bryan Berry atop the pit box.

14 Toyota Camry for the full 2015 season, running for Rookie of the Year with crew chief Eddie Pardue.

Alongside his teammate, Raines and the crew scored the seasons first top-10 in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, finishing 7th after running in the top-5 for various parts of the race.

34 and Raines was funded by Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino at California, doorstopnation.com at Daytona & Talladega, Continental Fire & Safety at Dover, and Boss Industries/The Walter Payton Foundation at Chicagoland.

Crew Chief Dave Fuge remained with the team but was replaced early in the season by Wes Ward.

Ward also left the team early on and was replaced by TRG interim crew chief Paul Clapprood.

For 2012, Bliss was replaced by Tayler Malsam as he brought sponsorship from Green Earth Technologies and G-Oil as well as the team's manufacturer change to Toyota Camry.

Mike Bliss was once again in the car full-time, with Tweaker Energy Shot sponsoring several races.

19 Toyota Camry at Bristol in August and Richmond in September, with the Virginia State Lottery sponsoring, while Bliss moved to the No.

[9] [21] Scott Lagasse Jr. attempted the season opener at Daytona with sponsor Alert Today Florida,[26] but failed to qualify and moved over to the No.

These include Hal Martin, Paulie Harraka, Carlos Contreras, ARCA driver Will Kimmel, and Matt Frahm.

Stuart, Florida– American Custom Yachts returned as a sponsor for the team (not appearing on the hood), as they did in Martin's first 10 races of 2013.

[36] Harraka qualified 22nd, and finished a solid 19th after battling back from a pit road incident with Brendan Gaughan.

David Starr signed a three-year contract with TriStar and longtime sponsor Zachry Group to run the No.

[21] Starr finished a strong 6th place at the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, after avoiding 2 big crashes in the late stages of the race.

Benny Gordon drove at the PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway with sponsorship from Florida Lottery.

91 Toyota Camry with BWP bats sponsoring, but did not post a fast enough speed before being taken out in a crash at the end of the first round.

Cole Whitt driving the No. 72 at Sonoma Raceway in 2018
Jeff Green at Road America in 2014.
No. 35 driven by Tony Ave at Road America in 2010
Yeley's No. 14 at Road America in 2017.
No. 34 driven by Tony Raines in 2010
The No. 44 car in 2013, driven by Cole Whitt
Carlos Contreras at Road America in 2014.