Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing
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| Owner(s) | Bob Leavine Sharon Leavine |
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| Base |
Tyler, Texas Concord, North Carolina |
| Series | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series |
| Car numbers | 59, 95 |
| Race drivers | 95. Michael McDowell |
| Sponsors | 95. K-LOVE, WRL General Contractors |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2011 |
| Career | |
| Debut |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 2011 Samsung Mobile 500 (Texas) Nationwide Series: 2013 Dollar General 300 (Charlotte) ARCA Racing Series: 2012 Mobile ARCA 200 (Mobile) |
| Latest race |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Nationwide Series: 2013 Dollar General 300 (Charlotte) ARCA Racing Series: 2012 Kansas Lottery 98.9 (Kansas) |
| Races competed |
Total: 120 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 112 Nationwide Series: 1 ARCA Racing Series: 7 |
| Drivers' Championships |
Total: 0 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Race victories |
Total: 0 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Pole positions |
Total: 0 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
2017 Food City 500 (Bristol)
Leavine Family Racing (formerly Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing and originally Leavine Fenton Racing) is an American professional team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team currently fields the No. 95 Chevrolet SS full-time for Michael McDowell. Owned by Sharon and Bob Leavine, the team is headquartered in Tyler, Texas, but operates its racing team from a shop in Concord, North Carolina. In 2016, longtime NASCAR team owner Joe Falk became part of the ownership group, merging his Circle Sport operation with LFR, however as the 2016 season comes to an end, Falk left the team securing his charter, and causing LFR to purchase a charter from Tommy Baldwin Racing.
Founded as Leavine Fenton Racing by Bob Leavine and Lance Fenton in early 2011, the team planned to compete on a limited basis in the Sprint Cup Series and Camping World Truck Series, with David Starr competing in the former for six events and Fenton driving in the latter for three. Based in Tyler, Texas but with its race shop in Concord, North Carolina, the team made its debut in the Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway in April of that year; Starr qualified for the race, his first in Sprint Cup competition, and finished 38th following an accident.
Following competing in the Sprint Showdown and Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the team announced that Fenton's share in the team had been acquired by Leavine and his wife, Sharon; the team was renamed as Leavine Family Racing. Fenton had not attempted any Truck Series events before leaving the team. After failing to qualify at Kentucky Speedway, the team next raced at Bristol Motor Speedway in August, scoring its best finish and Starr's career best in the series, 27th; LFR and Starr would fail to qualify for events at Chicagoland Speedway, Kansas Speedway and in the fall at Texas Motor Speedway over the remainder of the year, only making one further race, at Atlanta Motor Speedway where they posted a 29th-place finish.
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