Car No. 25 history
;Early years (1999–2000) The team, then known as
Team Rensi Motorsports first joined the Busch Series in
1999, fielding the No. 25
Dura Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Jeff Finley. They finished 13th at the season opening
NAPA Auto Parts 300, but Finley failed to qualify for the next few races, and he and the team drifted apart.
Kenny Wallace took over at
Nashville, and drove 18 races that season for the team, posting nine finishes of seventh or better.
Rick Fuller,
David Blankenship and
Scott Lagasse drove two races a piece for the team as well, and they finished eighteenth in owner's points that season. Wallace returned again in 2000 with new sponsor
Lance Snacks, and posted eight top-ten finishes, his best finish was 4th twice at
Bristol races. Blankenship and
Andy Santerre drove in the races that Wallace did not run, with Santerre finishing 3rd at
Pikes Peak. ;Chad Chaffin (2001) In 2001, the
U.S. Marines signed on as sponsor. Since Wallace had moved onto
Innovative Motorsports,
Chad Chaffin began the year with the team, but after he couldn't finish higher than 16th at Atlanta, he was released. Rookie
David Donohue took over at the
Pepsi 300 Presented by Mapco/Williams, but he too, struggled in the ride, and was released after 12 starts.
Randy Tolsma finished the season for the team, who finished 29th in points that year. ;Bobby Hamilton Jr. (2002–2004) After 2001, Rensi switched to
Ford Tauruses and signed
Bobby Hamilton Jr. to drive. After a slow start, the two began to gain momentum, and they picked up their first win at the
Busch 200, and finished eighth in points. This success carried over into the next season as well, as Hamilton won four races and finished fourth in points. They would not be able to win in 2004, and after the
Cabela's 250, Hamilton left to drive for
PPI Motorsports at the Nextel Cup level, and
Mike McLaughlin took over for the rest of the season, finishing second at the
Stacker 200 Presented by YJ Stinger. ;Ashton Lewis (2005–2006) In
2005, Rensi signed
Ashton Lewis to drive the 25 car. Lewis had five top-ten finishes and a fourteenth-place finish in points. After many poor performances, however, Lewis was released and the
Marines left as a sponsor. ;David Gilliland and Richard Johns (2007) For
2007,
credit report site
FreeCreditReport.com signed on as sponsor, with Nextel Cup driver
David Gilliland and head engineer
Richard Johns originally slated to share the ride. During the
RoadLoans.com 200 weekend, Gilliland announced his departure from the No. 25, citing that he needed to focus on his
Yates Racing No. 38 Cup ride. Johns drove for the remainder of the season. ;Bobby Hamilton Jr. (2008) The team returned Hamilton to the ride for the 2008 season in the newly renamed
Nationwide Series, as his No. 35 team had folded.
Smithfield Foods served as the sponsor for 30 races, and Hamilton drove to a fifteenth-place points finish with two top-ten finishes.
Boris Said drove the 25 for two road course races with
No Fear sponsorship. ;Part-time (2009–2011) The No. 25 returned for one race in 2009, at ORP with Hamilton Jr. driving. In 2010, the No. 25 raced at Richmond and Charlotte with
Kelly Bires behind the wheel and
Raybestos as the sponsor. For 2011, the No. 25 team, with driver Kelly Bires, qualified for the Daytona race, but lack of funding caused them to
start and park, only completing a few laps. The last time they were seen at a racetrack was at Michigan which was going to be the Nationwide debut for Chad Finley. Unfortunately, Finley crashed the car in practice and the team did not have a backup, so they were forced to withdraw.
Car No. 25 results == Craftsman Trucks ==