Midwest Transit Racing

{{short description|Former NASCAR team}}

{{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}}

{{Infobox NASCAR team

| name = Midwest Transit Racing

| logo =Midwest_Transit_Racing_logo.png

| owners = Hal Hicks
Mike Witter

| base =

| series = Winston Cup Series

| numbers = 50

| drivers =

| sponsors =

| manufacturer = Chevrolet

| opened = 1998

| closed = 2001

| debut = 1998 Pepsi 400 (Daytona)

| final = 2001 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)

| races = 38

| drivers_champ = 0

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

}}

Midwest Transit Racing is a disbanded NASCAR Winston Cup Series team owned and operated by Hal Hicks and Mike Witter. It was formed in 1998 as No. 03 with Dan Pardus driving and Midwest Transit as the sponsor. Before the car hit the track however, NASCAR changed the car number to 07 for unspecified reasons. The team planned to run as many races as possible, but several starts led to nothing but DNQ's until the Pepsi 400, where Pardus finished 36th after a crash. The team tried again in 1999, only switching its car number to 50. When Pardus did not qualify for any of his attempts, he was replaced by Ricky Craven. At first, the combination seemed to work, but in 2000, the team began to fail to qualify for races again as well as having problems finishing races. After Craven quit the team, Rick Mast drove the car briefly, attempting races on a limited schedule, before Rich Bickle took over for one race at Indianapolis. After that the team suspended operations and closed down, ending a brief but tumultuous run in NASCAR.

Car No. 50 results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year

! Driver

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! {{Abbr|Owners|Owners Points classification}}

! Pts

1998

! rowspan=2| Dan Pardus

! 07

! rowspan=8| Chevy

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
DNQ

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| MAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL
DNQ

| CAL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| DOV

| RCH

| MCH

| POC

| SON

| NHA

| POC

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IND
DNQ

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NHA
DNQ

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL
DNQ

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

| PHO

| CAR

| ATL

| colspan=3|

! 52nd

! 160

rowspan=4| 1999

! rowspan=7| 50

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
DNQ

| style="background:#DFC484;"| CAR
Wth

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL
DNQ

| CAL

| RCH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| DOV

| MCH

| POC

| SON

| colspan=20|

! rowspan=4| 46th

! rowspan=4| 855

Billy Standridge

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| colspan=34|

Ron Hornaday Jr.

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| LVS
DNQ

| ATL

| DAR

| TEX

| BRI

| MAR

| colspan=28|

rowspan=2| Ricky Craven

| colspan=16|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
43

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

| POC

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND
34

| GLN

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
30

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

| DAR

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA
43

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
40

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
24

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
43

| TAL

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
41

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
30

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
32

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL
DNQ

| colspan=2|

2000

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
40

| ATL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAR
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI
DNQ

| TEX

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
31

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
29

| CAL

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
40

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

| DOV

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MCH
DNQ

| POC

| SON

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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
17

| POC

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IND
41

| GLN

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

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI
DNQ

| DAR

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

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

| DOV

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

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
15

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

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOM
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
30

| colspan=2|

! 45th

! 1393

rowspan=2| 2001

! Rick Mast

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|32}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| LVS
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAR
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|36}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TEX
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|41}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL
{{small|DNQ}}

| CAL

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
{{small|20}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|32}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MCH
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|22}}

| SON

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|34}}

| CHI

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
{{small|14}}

| POC

| colspan=16|

! rowspan=2| 45th

! rowspan=2| 890

Rich Bickle

| colspan=20|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND
32

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| MAR

| TAL

| PHO

| CAR

| HOM

| ATL

| NHA

colspan=42| - Replaced after first round qualifying by Billy Standridge