LJ Racing
| Owner(s) | Joe Falk, Ron Neal |
|---|---|
| Series | Winston Cup Series |
| Car numbers | 91 |
| Race drivers | Mike Wallace, Kevin Lepage, Todd Bodine, Dick Trickle, Morgan Shepherd |
| Sponsors | Spam |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Closed | 2000 |
| Career | |
| Races competed | 53 |
LJ Racing was a racing team that competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series between 1997 and 2000. Owned by Joe Falk, the team posted a best finish of fifth with driver Todd Bodine, and a best Winston West Series finish of second with Mike Wallace driving. LJ Racing has since been revived as Circle Sport Racing.
Virginia businessman Joe Falk entered NASCAR team ownership in the Winston Cup Series (now the Sprint Cup Series) in 1997, fielding the No. 91 Chevrolet in a partnership with Ron Neal under the LJ Racing banner, with driver Mike Wallace and sponsorship from Spam. Neal had been running the team as the No. 81 in the Busch Series as ProTech Motorsports. Wallace had posted the team's best finish in any series, in the only Winston West Series race they ever entered, the 1997 Auto Club 200 at California Speedway. Having failed to qualify for the weekend's Winston Cup Series event, they posted a late entry to the West Series race, and Mike Wallace drove from the back of the field to finish second. However the team struggled to make races, and Wallace was released midway through the season; Spam left the team shortly thereafter, and several other drivers drove the car later in the year, with little additional success. Kevin Lepage joined the team towards the end of the year, and would drive the No. 91 through the first half of 1998 before leaving to join Roush Racing. He was replaced by Morgan Shepherd, and then Todd Bodine, who would score the team's best finish in the Cup Series, fifth, in the final race of the 1998 season at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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