Owner(s) |
Clarence Brewer President |
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Series | NASCAR Busch Series |
Car numbers | 27, 37, 41, 66 |
Sponsors | Castrol, Duraflame, Swedish Match, Kleenex |
Manufacturer |
Chevy Pontiac Ford |
Opened | 1995 |
Closed | 2007 |
Career | |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 10 |
Clarence Brewer
Brewco Motorsports was a racing team that competed in the NASCAR Busch Series (now the Xfinity Series). The team was owned from 1995 until 2007 by Clarence Brewer, his wife Tammy, and Todd Wilkerson. The team won 10 races over 13 seasons in the Busch Series, and entered a single Sprint Cup race in 2004. The team was sold to Mike Curb and Gary Baker with nine races left in the 2007 season, with both Brewco entries becoming part of Baker-Curb Racing.
Brewco debuted at the Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1995. Mark Green finished 18th in the No. 41 car. After a 28th-place finish the next month at Richmond, the team gained sponsorship from Timber Wolf and ran ten races with Green in 1996 as the No. 37, posting a top-ten finish at Myrtle Beach Speedway. The team finally went full-time in 1997, with Green chalking up five top-ten finishes and finishing just 79 points shy of a top-ten finish in points. After the 1998 season yielded four top-ten's, Green left for Washington-Erving Motorsports, and was replaced by Kevin Grubb. Grubb failed to qualify four times, yet finished fifth at Richmond and was seventeenth in points at season's end. Grubb improved four spots the next season with six top-tens, and in 2001, he had seven finishes of ninth or better. After that season, Grubb departed for Carroll Racing, and was replaced by Jeff Purvis. Purvis started off by winning at Texas Motor Speedway, but almost died later in the year from a crash at Nazareth Speedway. Kevin Lepage took his place, and won two poles before Elton Sawyer finished out the year.