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XCI Racing

{{short description|NASCAR team}}

{{Infobox NASCAR team

| name = XCI Racing

| logo =XCI_Racing_logo.jpg

| owners = Landon Ash

| base =

| series = NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series

| numbers = 81

| drivers =

| Sponsors = Cup Series:
81. iK9
Xfinity Series:
81. Xtreme Concepts, Comcast

| manufacturer = Toyota

| opened = 2019

| closed = 2019

| debut = Cup Series:
2019 GEICO 500 (Talladega)
Xfinity Series:
2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas)

| final =

| races = Total: 4
Cup Series: 1
Xfinity Series: 3

| drivers_champ = 0

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

}}

Xtreme Concepts Inc. Racing, also known as XCI Racing, was an American professional stock car racing team owned by Landon Ash and was a subsidiary of Xtreme Concepts Inc. The team last competed part-time in 2019 in the NASCAR Cup Series, fielding the No. 81 Toyota Camry for Jeffrey Earnhardt and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 81 Toyota Supra for Earnhardt and Erik Jones as well. XCI Racing had a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing.{{cite web|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/02/14/jeffrey-earnhardt-to-drive-seven-races-for-new-cup-xfinity-team-in-2019/|title=Jeffrey Earnhardt to drive seven races for new Cup, Xfinity team in 2019|website=NBC Sports|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.|date=February 14, 2019|access-date=February 14, 2019}}

NASCAR Cup Series

The team scheduled to attempt both Talladega races in 2019 with Earnhardt in the No. 81 Camry. Team executive Landon Ash has stated that the goal of XCI Racing is to run a full schedule in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.{{cite web |title=NASCAR's newest team is XCI Racing |url=https://www.mrn.com/2019/02/14/nascars-newest-team-is-xtreme-concepts-racing/ |website=Motor Racing Network |access-date=17 February 2019}} On August 7, 2019, Earnhardt announced that he parted ways with sponsor and XCI affiliate iK9, as well as Joe Gibbs Racing.{{cite web |url=https://racer.com/2019/08/07/earnhardt-splits-with-sponsor-ik9/ |title=Earnhardt splits with sponsor iK9 |first=Kelly |last=Crandall |website=Racer.com |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019}}

= NASCAR Cup Series results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
Year

! Driver

! No.

! Make

! 1

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! 36

! {{Tooltip|MENCC|Monster Energy NASCAR Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2019

! Jeffrey Earnhardt

! 81

! Toyota

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| CAL

| MAR

| TEX

| BRI

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
22

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| CHI

| DAY

| KEN

| NHA

| POC

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| IND

| LVS

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

|style="background:#;"| TAL

| KAN

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! -*

! -*

!

NASCAR Xfinity Series

The team attempted five races with Earnhardt in the No. 81 Supra, beginning at Texas in March. Additional races include Chicagoland Speedway in June, Daytona International Speedway in July and Bristol Motor Speedway and Darlington Raceway in August.{{cite web |last1=Bonkowski |first1=Jerry |title=Jeffery Earnhardt to drive seven races for new Cup, Xfinity team in 2019 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/jeffrey-earnhardt-drive-seven-races-220903180.html |website=NASCAR on NBC |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=17 February 2019}} On July 3, 2019, XCI Racing unexpectedly withdrew from the July Daytona race.{{cite web |url=https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-xs/news/jeffrey-earnhardt-withdraws-daytona-xfinity/4487926/ |title=Jeffrey Earnhardt withdraws from Daytona Xfinity Series race |first=Nick |last=DeGroot |website=Motorsport Network |date=July 3, 2019 |access-date=July 10, 2019}} On August 7, 2019, Earnhardt announced that he parted ways with sponsor and XCI affiliate iK9, as well as Joe Gibbs Racing. JGR driver Erik Jones took over the No. 81 car at the Bristol night race,{{cite web |url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/08/12/preliminary-entry-lists-for-bristol-motor-speedway-2/ |title=Preliminary entry lists for Bristol Motor Speedway |first=Daniel |last=McFadin |publisher=NBC Sports |date=August 12, 2019 |access-date=August 16, 2019}} where he finished 37th after being involved in a multi-car pileup with Christopher Bell, Cole Custer, and Joey Logano.{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/video/franchise/xfinity-series-highlights/frontrunners-involved-in-early-on-track-incident-at-bristol/ |title=Frontrunners involved in early on-track incident at Bristol |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |date=August 16, 2019 |access-date=August 17, 2019}}

= NASCAR Xfinity Series results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
Year

! Driver

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

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! 14

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! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! {{Tooltip|NXSC|NASCAR Xfinity Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2|2019

! Jeffrey Earnhardt

! Rowspan=2|81

! rowspan=2|Toyota

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| CAL

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TEX
8

| BRI

| RCH

| TAL

| DOV

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| IOW

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CHI
16

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

| KEN

| NHA

| IOW

| GLN

| MOH

| colspan=12|

! rowspan=2

*

! Rowspan=2

*

! Rowspan=2|

Erik Jones

|colspan=21|

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

| ROA

| DAR

| IND

| LVS

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| KAN

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

References

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