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JG Motorsports

{{short description|Former NASCAR team}}

{{Infobox former NASCAR team

| name = JG Motorsports

| logo =

| owners = Jeff Gordon
Rick Hendrick

| base = Denver, North Carolina

| series = NASCAR Busch Series

| drivers = Jeff Gordon
Ricky Hendrick

| sponsors = Pepsi, DuPont, GMAC

| manufacturer = Chevrolet

| opened = 1999

| closed = 2000

| drivers_champ = 0

| wins = 2

}}

{{Jeff Gordon series}}

JG Motorsports was a NASCAR Busch Series race team co-owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick, which attempted 20 races in the year 2000.

The team evolved from Gordon–Evernham Motorsports, which ran six races in the Busch Series in 1999.

History

=Gordon–Evernham Motorsports (1999)=

In 1999, Brooke Gordon (then wife of Jeff Gordon) and Ray Evernham formed Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (GEM) to compete in that year's Busch Series season. The team's Pepsi-sponsored cars ran six races with Jeff Gordon as driver and Evernham as crew chief. DuPont sponsored the No. 24 car in two races in 1999 with driver Ricky Hendrick, with Evernham and Patrick Donahue as crew chiefs. During the season, Gordon won the Outback Steakhouse 200, the inaugural Busch Series race{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/1999/10/30/gordon_phoenix_ap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104031616/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/1999/10/30/gordon_phoenix_ap/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2013|title=Shut out|work=CNN Sports Illustrated|date=October 30, 1999|accessdate=August 23, 2013}} at Phoenix International Raceway.{{cite web|last=Callahan|first=Terry|url=http://www.theautochannel.com/news/date/19991106/news002654.html|title=Jeff Gordon wins first Busch Series race at Phoenix|publisher=The Auto Channel|date=November 6, 1999|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}

Due to offers from Dodge, Evernham sold his half of GEM to Rick Hendrick at the end of the year.

=JG Motorsports (2000)=

The GEM cars competed in the 2000 NASCAR Busch Series under the title "JG Motorsports". The team was jointly owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick and attempted 20 races in the year. The team ran sixteen races with Ricky Hendrick as driver and did not qualify for five of the sixteen. Pepsi stayed as sponsor for the five races Gordon drove and GMAC came on as sponsor for the races Ricky Hendrick drove. In the team's final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Gordon won the season finale after leading the final 71 laps.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/2000/11/11/gordon_wins_ap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010626173516/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/2000/11/11/gordon_wins_ap/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2001|title=The spoiler|work=CNN Sports Illustrated|date=November 11, 2000|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}

=Race statistics=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable"
colspan=8| 1999 (Gordon/Evernham Motorsports)
RoundDriverSponsorRaceLocationQualifiedResultRef
3

|rowspan=3| Jeff Gordon

|rowspan=2| Pepsi

| Sam's Town 300

| Las Vegas Motor Speedway

| 2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Sam's_Town_300/B|title=1999 Sam's Town 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

6

| Coca-Cola 300

| Texas Motor Speedway

| 4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Coca-Cola_300/B|title=1999 Coca-Cola 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

14

| Pepsi/Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

| Carquest Auto Parts 300

| Lowe's Motor Speedway

| 5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Carquest_Auto_Parts_300/B|title=1999 Carquest Auto Parts 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

19

| Ricky Hendrick

| DuPont

| Myrtle Beach 250

| Myrtle Beach Speedway

| 5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Myrtle_Beach_250/B|title=1999 Myrtle Beach 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

23

| Jeff Gordon

| Pepsi

| NAPA 200

| Michigan International Speedway

| 4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_NAPA_200/B|title=1999 NAPA 200|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

26

| Ricky Hendrick

| DuPont

| Autolite Platinum 250

| Richmond International Raceway

| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Autolite_Platinum_250/B|title=1999 Autolite Platinum 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

28

| Jeff Gordon

| Pepsi

| All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300

| Lowe's Motor Speedway

| 2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_All_Pro_Bumper_to_Bumper_300/B|title=1999 All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

29

| rowspan=2| Ricky Hendrick

| rowspan=2| DuPont

| Kmart 200

| North Carolina Speedway

| 33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Kmart_200/B|title=1999 Kmart 200|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

30

| Sam's Town 250

| Memphis Motorsports Park

| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Sam's_Town_250/B|title=1999 Sam's Town 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

31

| Jeff Gordon

| Pepsi

| Outback Steakhouse 200

| Phoenix International Raceway

| Cancelled

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Outback_Steakhouse_200/B|title=1999 Outback Steakhouse 200|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

class="wikitable"
colspan=8| 2000 (JG Motorsports)
RoundDriverSponsorRaceLocationQualifiedResultRef
2

| Ricky Hendrick

| GMAC

| Alltel 200

| North Carolina Speedway

| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Alltel_200/B|title=2000 Alltel 200|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

3

| Jeff Gordon

| Pepsi

| Sam's Town 300

| Las Vegas Motor Speedway

| 27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Sam's_Town_300/B|title=2000 Sam's Town 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

5

| Ricky Hendrick

| GMAC

| SunCom 200

| Darlington Raceway

| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_SunCom_200/B|title=2000 SunCom 200|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

7

| Jeff Gordon

| Pepsi

| Albertsons 300

| Texas Motor Speedway

| 31

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Albertson's_300/B|title=2000 Albertson's 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

8

| rowspan=3| Ricky Hendrick

| rowspan=3| GMAC

| BellSouth Mobility 320

| Nashville Speedway USA

| 34

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_BellSouth_Mobility_320/B|title=2000 BellSouth Mobility 320|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

11

| Hardee's 250

| Richmond International Raceway

| 27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Hardee's_250/B|title=2000 Hardee's 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

12

| Busch 200

| New Hampshire International Speedway

| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Busch_200/B|title=2000 Busch 200|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

13

| Jeff Gordon

| Pepsi

| CarQuest Auto Parts 300

| Lowe's Motor Speedway

| 6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Carquest_Auto_Parts_300/B|title=2000 Carquest Auto Parts 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

15

| rowspan=6| Ricky Hendrick

| rowspan=6| GMAC

| Textilease Medique 300

| South Boston Speedway

| 35

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Textilease_Medique_300/B|title=2000 Textilease / Medique 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

16

| Myrtle Beach 250

| Myrtle Beach Speedway

| 9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Myrtle_Beach_250/B|title=2000 Myrtyle Beach 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

18

| Sears DieHard 250

| Milwaukee Mile

| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Sears_DieHard_250/B|title=2000 Sears DieHard 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

20

| NAPA Auto Care 250

| Pikes Peak International Raceway

| 28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_NAPA_Autocare_250/B|title=2000 NAPA Autocare 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

21

| CarQuest Auto Parts 250

| Gateway International Raceway

| 37

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Carquest_Auto_Parts_250/B|title=2000 Carquest Auto Parts 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

22

| Kroger 200

| Indianapolis Raceway Park

| 30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Kroger_200_By_the_Fifth_Third_Bank/B|title=2000 Kroger 200 By the Fifth Third Bank|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

23

| Jeff Gordon

| Pepsi

| NAPAonline 250

| Michigan International Speedway

| 25

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_NAPAonline.com_250/B|title=2000 NAPAonline.com 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

24

| rowspan=4| Ricky Hendrick

| rowspan=4| GMAC

| Food City 250

| Bristol Motor Speedway

| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Food_City_250/B|title=2000 Food City 250|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

25

| Dura Lube 200

| Darlington Raceway

| 32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Dura_Lube_All_Pro_Bumper_to_Bumper_200/B|title=2000 Dura Lube / All Pro Bumper to Bumper 200|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

28

| All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300

| Lowe's Motor Speedway

| 5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_All_Pro_Bumper_to_Bumper_300/B|title=2000 All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

29

| Sam's Club 200

| North Carolina Speedway

| 7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39

| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Sam's_Club_200/B|title=2000 Sam's Club 200|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

rowspan=2| 32

| Jeff Gordon

| Pepsi No. 24

| rowspan=2| Miami 300

| rowspan=2| Homestead-Miami Speedway

| 6

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

| rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Miami_300/B|title=2000 Miami 300|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}

Ricky Hendrick

| GMAC No. 14

| 12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39

References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{Portal|Sports}}

  • {{Racing-Reference owner|Jeff_Gordon}}
  • [http://www.gordonline.com/busch/bio.html Jeff Gordon Online page]

{{JG Motorsports}}

{{Jeff Gordon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:JG Motorsports}}

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