Truck No. 28 history Rosenblum started a team in the Truck Series'
inaugural 1995 season for Teague as the No. 51; Teague's best finish with the team was 13th, achieved at
Tucson Raceway Park and
Bristol Motor Speedway. In 1996, Rosenblum fielded one-off runs for
T. J. Clark,
Ritchie Petty, and
Perry Tripp before shutting the team down due to monetary problems. They did one last attempt in 1997 with Terry McCarthy, but did not qualify. Two years later, he revived the operation and fielded trucks for Ronnie Hoover (1999) and
Kenny Allen and
Conrad Burr (2000). In 1999, they also changed the number to 28. Kenny Allen would then fail to qualify at Daytona in 2001. Partnering with
RahMoc Enterprises owner Bob Rahilly, Rosenblum would rename the team FDNY Racing in 2002.
Joe Ruttman also ran a race for the team at
Darlington Raceway. Kenny Allen attempted Daytona in 2002 but didn't qualify. L. W. Miller would attempt Martinsville in 2002 but did not qualify. In 2003,
L. W. Miller ran the first five races of the season. A year later, Buddy Davis failed to qualify the No. 28 at
Indianapolis Raceway Park. Also in 2004, L. W. Miller attempted Daytona but did not qualify. In 2005, for the season opener at
Daytona International Speedway, the truck ran with a decal stating "Always remember... never forget" and the names of firefighters Lt. Curtis Meyran, John Bellew, and Richard Sclafani; the three had died on
Black Sunday in fires earlier in the year. The team attempted two races with
David Ragan in 2005, including another run at Lowe's, but failed to qualify for both. The team made a return to a race in 2006 with
Carl Long at
Lowe's Motor Speedway. Long also made two other attempts, but he only made Charlotte. In 2007,
Brandon Knupp did 2 races, and
Shane Sieg attempted Martinsville. Sieg did not qualify. In 2008,
Wayne Edwards attempted four races but made two. In 2009,
Andy Lally attempted 2 races but made one of them. Edwards returned at Charlotte, only to DNQ there. In 2010, L. W. Miller, Wayne Edwards, Andy Lally, and
Chad McCumbee attempted races for the team. Lally and McCumbee made their races, while Miller and Edwards did not.
Wes Burton raced for the team in 2011. Also in 2011,
Grant Enfinger attempted Daytona but did not qualify. In 2012,
Wes Burton returned to make five attempts but only made one of them. In 2013,
Blake Koch and
Dominick Casola contested a race each. In 2014,
Grand-Am driver
Ryan Ellis tested with the team at Daytona's Preseason Thunder session and led the speed charts with a speed of . During the race at Charlotte, Ellis was involved in a crash with
Jake Crum, which destroyed FDNY's truck. After receiving some funding from a
GoFundMe campaign and Ellis'
Kappa Sigma college fraternity, the team returned at Pocono. During the year,
Whelen Modified Tour driver
Bryan Dauzat made his Truck Series debut in the No. 28 at
Bristol Motor Speedway, where he finished last after completing just four laps due to suspension problems. 2015 marked the FDNY's 150th Anniversary, during which FDNY and Ellis attempted three races, qualifying at Daytona and Bristol, where he finished siteenth and twentieth, respectively. Andy Seuss also tried to make Talladega that year as well, but missed the race. Seuss returned to the team in 2016, finally making his Truck debut at Charlotte; qualifying was rained out and the team was in position to miss the race due to a lack of race attempts that year, prompting Rosenblum to make an agreement with
MAKE Motorsports to take over MAKE's No. 1 truck for the race. He would finish last after crashing on lap twenty. Despite the initial announcement, FDNY Racing returned for that year's Talladega event, where Dauzat finished eighth for his and the team's first top-ten finish. Dauzat returned to FDNY and their No. 28 truck in
2020. He and the team ran more races than originally scheduled due to the fact that the field size for the Truck Series was expanded from 32 to 40 as a result of the cancellation of qualifying due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 29, 2021, it was revealed that Dauzat would return for another part-time schedule in the FDNY No. 28 truck in
2021, beginning at the season-opener at Daytona and would also run Pocono and Talladega. In 2022, they would race at Daytona, Pocono, and Talladega. Dauzat returned in 2023, attempting Daytona once again, but he did not qualify. He also did not qualify for the race at Pocono but made the field for the Talladega race that fall. Dauzat made the Daytona race in 2024. He would survive a massive crash on the final lap, and would finish ninth, the 2nd best for FDNY all-time and for Dauzat. He would return to the truck at
Nashville, but failed to qualify. He would then run the following race at
Pocono, finishing 34th. Dauzat qualified the No. 28 at Talladega but was replaced for the race by
Keith McGee, who would finish in 26th.
Truck No. 28 results ==References==