Phoenix Racing (NASCAR team)
| Owner(s) | James Finch |
|---|---|
| Series |
Sprint Cup Series Nationwide Series |
| Car numbers | 09, 1, 4, 7, 28, 50, 51 |
| Manufacturer |
Chevrolet Ford Dodge Oldsmobile |
| Opened | 1990 |
| Closed | 2013 |
| Career | |
| Debut | 1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 (Dover) |
| Latest race | 2013 Advocare 500 (Atlanta) |
| Races competed | 251 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 1 (Sprint Cup Series): 2009 Aaron's 499 (Talladega) |
| Pole positions | 0 |
Phoenix Racing is a former motorsports team that competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series. Owned by Florida businessman James Finch, the team fielded entries from 1990 through 2013. The team fielded a wide variety of drivers and often changed manufacturers, though it often maintained a relationship with Hendrick Motorsports. In Sprint Cup, Phoenix Racing was victorious just once in 251 starts over 24 seasons.
The team was sold to Harry Scott, Jr. in September 2013, later renamed HScott Motorsports.
Phoenix Racing began racing in the Cup Series in 1990, when it fielded the No. 51 Plasti-Kote Chevrolet Lumina for Jeff Purvis. In four races, Purvis failed to finish a race, his best finishing being a 31st at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Phoenix attempted to run a full schedule in 1991, but soon cut back to a part-time schedule, completing six races in total. Due to a lack of funding, the team only ran two races in 1992, with Finch's company Phoenix Construction of Panama City, Florida, serving as sponsor. In 1993, the team ran all of the restrictor plate races on the schedule, except for the Daytona 500, for which they failed to qualify. For 1994, they picked up sponsorship from Country Time and had planned to run a limited schedule with Neil Bonnett driving. Bonnett was killed in a practice crash at Daytona before the 1994 Daytona 500, and Purvis was brought back to drive the car. In six races, his best finish was 21st. Phoenix changed its number to 44 in 1995, and ran six more races with Purvis and Jackaroo Sauce, only finishing one race. MCA Records became the new sponsor for 1996, and the team had two top-ten qualification starts, but could not finish higher than twelfth.
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