Go Green Racing is an American professionalstock car racing team that is currently on hiatus in theNASCAR Xfinity Series. The team debuted inNASCAR competition in 2009, competing in theNationwide Series, before adding a part-timeSprint Cup Series team in 2012. The team, which raced with 14 different drivers in the 2011 season,^[1] is headquartered inOld Orchard Beach, Maine, but operates from a shop inMooresville, North Carolina. In 2014, St. Hilaire closed down his Nationwide Series operation to merge the team intoGo FAS Racing withFrank Stoddard. In 2018, the team returned to the Xfinity Series with driverJoey Gase, but parted ways with Gase at the end of the year.

On January 5, 2018, Go Green Racing announced that they would be returning to theXfinity Series full time withJoey Gase. The number was announced as No. 35, and Sparks Energy as the primary sponsor. Go Green fielded cars out of the same shop asSS-Green Light Racing, although the two organizations remained separate.^[2] Gase ultimately finished 20th in the final point standings at season's end.

At the end of 2018,MBM Motorsports took over the No. 35 team with Gase still as the driver, and Go Green has been inactive ever since.^[3]

Owned byArchie St. Hilaire, Go Green Racing was founded in 2009, making its debut in the Nationwide Series with the No. 39 Ford in theKroger On Track for the Cure 250 atMemphis Motorsports Park with driverEddie MacDonald, finishing 22nd.^[4] The team ran three races in 2010 withCharles Lewandoski andSean Caisse driving, before running the full Nationwide Series schedule for the first time in 2011 withJosh Wise, Lewandoski,Danny O'Quinn, Jr.,Danny Efland,Luis Martinez, Jr.,Will Kimmel,Matt Frahm,Joey Gase,Casey Roderick,Fain Skinner, andMatt Carter all sharing time in the No. 39 car.^[4] The No. 39 posted a best finish of 13th, atRoad America with Wise driving,^[4] and finished 26th in owner standings at the end of the 2011 season.^[1]

The No. 39 car started the 2012 season withJoey Gase as its regular driver, competing forRookie of the Year in the Nationwide Series; however, a lack of funding meant that Gase was released from the ride after the fifth race of the year, with Bires and Frahm each running a race in the car beforeJosh Richards took over regular driving duties starting atTalladega Superspeedway.^[4] Grand-Am driverMatt Bell drove the car at Road America,Jeffrey Earnhardt drove the No. 39 as a Chevrolet at Indy and Charlotte, whileTim Andrews, Carter and Canadian driverDexter Stacey finished out the season. For 2013, Earnhardt was drive the newly numbered 79 car full-time. However, the team later scaled back to a partial schedule. Earnhardt would leave forJD Motorsports at season's end, and Hilaire subsequently shut down the Nationwide program upon the team's merger with FAS Lane in the Cup Series.

The No. 04 Ford made its debut as Go Green's second car at the5-hour Energy 200 atDover International Speedway in the spring of 2011. Primarily running as astart and park car, Lewandoski,Kelly Bires, Efland, O'Quinn,Benny Gordon,Tim Andrews, and Roderick competed in the car during the year;^[4] The No. 04 car posted a best finish of 28th atBristol Motor Speedway in August with Gordon driving, the only race the car completed all season,^[4] and finished 49th in the series owner standings.^[5]

For 2012, it was planned for Andrews to make semi-regular starts in the No. 04 car, sharing it with several other drivers;^[6] However it never ended up attempting any races.

Paulie Harraka drove the No. 52 Ford at 2013Sonoma, usingBrian Keselowski Motorsports' owners points to make the field. Harraka crashed his car before the start of the race but the team was able to make repairs and finished 39th.

For the 2012 season, Go Green Racing added a part-time NASCARSprint Cup Series team to their racing efforts, with driverTim Andrews being hired to drive and his fatherPaul Andrews acting ascrew chief; they were the first father and son driver and crew chief combination in the series since 1987.^[1] The team planned to attempt 10 to 12 races over the course of the season.^[1] Andrews failed to qualify in the team's first effort at theSTP 400 atKansas Speedway; veteranScott Speed was hired to drive the No. 79 Ford, qualifying for theBojangles Southern 500 atDarlington Raceway for the team's first race, where he finished 42nd; at Dover later that spring, he qualified for the team's second straight race, only to be caught up in an early wreck and finish 43rd.^[7]

In late 2013, Go Green and FAS Lane Racing announced that they were entering into an alliance to jointly field the No. 32 in the Sprint Cup Series in 2014.^[8]

Go Green Racing has also operated a racing team in the development seriesK&N Pro Series East; in 2012 they announced plans to have a "Young Guns" competition to select a Maine driver to drive the team's car atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway in September,^[9] the selected driver wasAustin Theriault. The team also regularly enters cars in theTD Bank 250 atOxford Plains Speedway, considered by racers to be the premier auto race held in the state of Maine;Jeffrey Earnhardt andKevin Lepage have driven for the team in the event.^[10]

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