Gaunt Brothers Racing
Owner(s) | Marty Gaunt |
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Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
Series | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series |
Race drivers | 96. Parker Kligerman (part-time) |
Sponsors | 96. Team USA, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota Racing Development |
Manufacturer | Toyota |
Opened | 2010 |
Career | |
Debut | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 2017 Daytona 500 (Daytona) Pinty's Series: 2010 Keystone Light 200 (Delaware) |
Latest race | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Bluegreen Vacations 500 (Phoenix) Pinty's Series: 2011 NAPA Autopro 100 (Montreal) |
Races competed | Total: 37 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 25 Pinty's Series: 12 |
Drivers' Championships | Total: 0 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 0 Pinty's Series: 0 |
Race victories | Total: 0 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 0 Pinty's Series: 0 |
Pole positions | Total: 1 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 0 Pinty's Series: 1 |
Gaunt Brothers Racing is a Canadian professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team currently fields the No. 96 Toyota Camry part-time for Parker Kligerman. The team formerly competed in the Pinty's Series and the K&N Pro Series. The team is owned by Marty Gaunt, president of the now-defunct Triad Racing Technologies; GBR originally used engines from Triad before moving to Toyota Racing Development motors in alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing.[1]
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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Car No. 96 history
On January 18, 2017, Gaunt Brothers Racing declared their plans to attempt the 2017 Daytona 500 with Canadian driver D. J. Kennington behind the wheel of the No. 96 Toyota Camry. The team was fielded in a partnership with RAB Racing. They plan to attempt all four superspeedway events in 2017.[2] Kennington made the 59th annual Daytona 500, by passing Elliott Sadler at Cam-Am Duel 2. The team failed to finish the race after being involved in a crash just past halfway. The team returned to Talladega where they used ThorSport Racing's No. 98 hauler. The team failed to qualify. They didn't return to Daytona in July because Kennington joined Premium Motorsports, leaving the team without a driver.
However, the team, with Kennington, returned to Daytona in an attempt to qualify for a second straight 500 in 2018, guaranteed after only 40 showed up to try to get in the race. The team entered the spring ISM Raceway race, which would be their first appearance on a non restrictor track, qualifying 34th. Parker Kligerman joined GBR for the Coca-Cola 600, his first Cup race since 2014.[3] Jeffrey Earnhardt joined the team in August 2018 for 14 of the final 16 races. Jesse Little was announced to drive at the August Bristol night race. Earnhardt and GBR parted ways before the Martinsville race. He was replaced by Kennington at Martinsville and Kligerman at Texas.
Kligerman returned to the team in an attempt to qualify the Daytona 500.
Car No. 96 results
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
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2017 | D. J. Kennington | 96 | Toyota | DAY 36 |
ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL DNQ |
KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 44th | 1 |
2018 | DAY 24 |
ATL | LVS | PHO 31 |
CAL | MAR 28 |
TEX | BRI 27 |
RCH | TAL 20 |
DOV | KAN | DAY 13 |
KEN | NHA | MAR 27 |
37th | 183 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Parker Kligerman | CLT 27 |
POC | MCH | SON 23 |
CHI | GLN 24 |
TEX 31 |
PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jeffrey Earnhardt | POC 29 |
MCH 39 |
DAR 34 |
IND 32 |
LVS 25 |
RCH 37 |
CLT 26 |
DOV 31 |
TAL 37 |
KAN 37 |
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Jesse Little | BRI 35 |
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2019 | Parker Kligerman | DAY 15 |
ATL 30 |
LVS 31 |
PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX 27 |
BRI | RCH | TAL 27 |
DOV | KAN | CLT 26 |
POC | MCH | SON 30 |
CHI | DAY 31 |
KEN | NHA | POC | GLN 26 |
MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | -* |
Camping World Truck Series
Truck No. 96 history
In August 2017, GBR and Kennington reunited to run the Truck race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, where Kennington drove the No. 96.[4]
Pinty's Series
Car No. 11 history
The team announced its Pinty's Series involvement in May 2010, initially setting John Gaunt as driver of the No. 11 entry.[5] Gaunt started seven of the twelve events in the series that year.[6] In 2011, Jason Bowles joined the team for two races, winning the pole in one.[7]
References
- ^ Long, Dustin (August 4, 2018). "Gaunt Brothers Racing expanding its schedule". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ^ "GAUNT BROTHERS RACING SETS '17 SCHEDULE; KENNINGTON TO COMPETE AT DAYTONA". NASCAR. January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ DeGroot, Nick (May 10, 2018). "Parker Kligerman to run Coke 600 at Charlotte with Gaunt Brothers". Motorsport.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ Wilson, Steven B. (August 28, 2017). "Gaunt Brothers Racing, DJ Kennington to Compete in NASCAR Truck Race". Speedway Digest. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ "GBR Joins Canadian Tire Series | NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "John Gaunt 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "Jason Bowles 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-01.