Chance 2 Motorsports
| Owner(s) |
Teresa Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt, Jr. |
|---|---|
| Series | Busch Series |
| Car numbers | 8, 81 |
| Race drivers |
Martin Truex, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Tony Stewart |
| Sponsors | Yum! Brands, Bass Pro Shops |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2003 |
| Closed | 2006 |
| Career | |
| Races competed | 69 |
| Drivers' Championships | 2 |
| Race victories | 14 |
| Pole positions | 11 |
Chance 2 Motorsports is a former NASCAR racing team that was founded by Teresa Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in 2003. Although connected with Dale Earnhardt, Inc., the race team founded by Dale Earnhardt, Sr. and run by Teresa Earnhardt after his death, the two were separate operations.
The team ran in the NASCAR Busch Series (now the Xfinity Series) for the three years it was in operation. The team fielded the No. 8 Bass Pro Shops/Yum! Brands Chevrolet for Martin Truex, Jr. and the No. 81 under various sponsorships and for various drivers including Earnhardt, Jr., Truex, and Tony Stewart. Truex scored 2 Busch Series championships and 12 wins for the company in its 3-year existence. Between 2004 and 2005, Earnhardt Jr. also won 2 races for Chance 2.
Chance 2 was founded in 2003 by Teresa Earnhardt, widow of Dale Earnhardt, and Earnhardt's son Dale Earnhardt, Jr. The team name originates from Chance Racing, the team Earnhardt, Sr. founded for his children Kerry, Kelley, and Dale Jr. which was the precursor to Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
The 2004 season saw the first full-time season for Chance 2 as Martin Truex, Jr. was to run the full season and was considered one of the favorites. Truex had run several races for Chance 2 the year before in the No. 81 and had made fourteen previous starts in the Busch Series prior to 2004, driving one race for Phoenix Racing in the No. 1 Yellow Transportation Chevrolet, driving several for his father, Marty Truex, and one race for Stanton Barrett's race team. Truex was expected to wage a spirited battle with Kyle Busch, who was racing his first full season since the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement had taken away his Truck Series ride at Roush Racing when he was 16, for the points championship; Busch was driving the No. 5 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, the team that had won the series points championship in 2003 with Brian Vickers driving.
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