Mike Harmon Racing

Owner	Mike Harmon
Base	Denver, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Xfinity Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race drivers	Xfinity Series: 74.Carson Ware,Dawson Cram (part-time) Truck Series 74.Dawson Cram,Boston Oliver,Caleb Costner (part time)
Manufacturer	Chevrolet Toyota
Opened	2007 (Xfinity) 2009 (Truck) 2005 (ARCA)
Career
Debut	Xfinity Series: 2007Pepsi 300 (Nashville) Truck Series: 2009MemphisTravel.com 200 (Memphis) ARCA Menards Series: 2005 Pennsylvania 200 (Pocono)
Races competed	Total: 479 Xfinity Series: 352 Truck Series: 82 ARCA Menards Series: 45
Drivers' Championships	Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0
Race victories	Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0
Pole positions	Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0

Mike Harmon Racing (formerlyCHK Racing,Elite 2 Racing andRichardson-Netzloff-Harmon Racing) is an American professionalstock car racing team that fields the No. 74Chevrolet Camaro SS part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series forCarson Ware andDawson Cram, and the No. 74 part-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Cram,Boston Oliver andCaleb Costner.

Mike Harmon initially owned the team with two other co-owners, Donnie Richardson and Eddie Netzloff,^[1] in its first two years and the team was known as Richardson-Netzloff-Harmon Racing in 2007^[2] and then Elite 2 Racing in 2008 before Harmon became the sole owner in 2009 and renamed the team Mike Harmon Racing, its name until 2023 after Michael Clayton Sr. and formerJD Motorsports co-owner Gary Keller joined the team as co-owners.^[3]

Mike Harmon Racing, briefly known as Elite 2 Racing, has been active in the Xfinity Series since the2007 season, with the exception of the 2010 season. They have had more than 250 entries over 15 seasons. Since 2011, the team has primarily fielded the No. 74 car and more recently added the No. 47. The highest the team has finished in owner points was 30th, which came in the 2020 season.

In 2017, MHR andRick Ware Racing partnered to field the No. 17Dodge Challenger at theJohnsonville 180 atRoad America. The team choseroad course ringer and 2014GT Academy USA winnerNicolas Hammann, to drive the entry. The team finished 29th after starting 40th.^[4]

Two seasons later, in2019, MHR again joined with Rick Ware to jointly field the No. 17 car starting in May atCharlotte. The mid-season move came afterRick Ware Racing to field a full-time entry, but decided to scale back.^[5] The partnership fielded fifteen entries in total for the 2019 season, finishing 44th in owner points.^[6]

The No. 44 car was fielded for 12 races in MHR's debut year, 2007. Owner, Mike Harmon, was behind the wheel for eight races,^[7]Johnny Borneman III for one,^[8] andJennifer Jo Cobb made three attempts. The team failed to qualify for six of the 12 races that they entered.

In 2020, MHR and RWR ended its partnership, the team decided to continue running two cars for the2020 NXS season. The car was renumbered to No. 47, the inverse of their No. 74 entry.^[9]

NASCAR veteranJoe Nemechek handled a majority of the driving duties for the car in the first one-third of the season, whileKyle Weatherman drove a majority of the races in the last two-thirds. Additionally,Bayley Currey,Tim Viens, andJosh Reaume, drove races for the entry. The team finished 34th in owner points.^[10]

On August 17, 2020, the vehicle and trailer that carried the race car, pit box, and tool box for the No. 47 was stolen from aCracker Barrel parking lot inKingsland, Georgia, on their return trip from a race atDaytona International Speedway. The estimated evaluation of the stolen items was approximately US$400,000.^[11] As of 2022, the vehicle and trailer had not been found, despite a US$10,000 reward.^[12]

Weatherman was elevated full-time to the No. 47 car for the2021 season.^[13][14] He was able to qualify for 30 of 33 races and finish 24th in the driver's points standings^[15] and 31st in owner's points.^[16] In an announcement on January 7, 2022, it was made public that Weatherman and MHR had departed ways with no report of a replacement driver.^[17][18]

In 2022,Gray Gaulding attempted to qualify for the2022 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 atDaytona International Speedway,^[19] which he failed to do so.^[20]Brennan Poole took over driving duties for the majority of the season.^[21]

In 2007, the team fielded the No. 48 car for Harmon for two races atNashville andKentucky. He finished 40th and 41st respectively.

Harmon debuted the No. 74 team in 2011^[22] atAuto Club Speedway,start and parking after three laps and finishing 43rd. The next race the No. 74 attempted was atTexas Motor Speedway withJ. J. Yeley behind the wheel, who parked the car after five laps. That season, Harmon ran fourteen races and Yeley ran two, all of them being start and parks.

The following season,2012, Harmon continued to start and park the car, withKevin Lepage,Rick Crawford,David Green andScott Riggs being brought in for one race each.

During2013, Harmon began to bring in many new drivers. That season, Harmon himself only drove seven races, withKevin Lepage,Juan Carlos Blum,Danny Efland,Carl Long andKevin O'Connell running races. Notably, the team did not start and park in most races they entered that year. O'Connell scored the team their best non-superspeedway finish up to then, a 22nd place finish atRoad America while staying on the lead lap. Harmon also scored their best finish up to then atDaytona, finishing seventeenth on the lead lap.

Harmon ran most races in2014, and they again start and parked most times.Kevin Lepage,Mike Wallace, Reuse brothersBobby andRoger also had seat time. The team's best finish that year was a 24th-place finish atMid-Ohio with Bobby Reuse, six laps down.

For2015, Harmon attempted 29 races in the 74, start and parking in twelve races and failing to qualify in two of them,Talladega andCharlotte. The Reuse brothers returned, with Bobby driving atWatkins Glen and Roger driving atRoad America.Jordan Anderson drove atBristol, andTim Viens drove in the finale race atHomestead-Miami. Harmon scored the team's best finish atDaytona, a 24th-place finish after starting nineteenth, seven laps down.

In 2017, the car was sponsored by Veterans Motorsports Inc., a company that provides jobs for veterans. As part of the deal, MHR hired veterans to work for the team.^[23]

The team had a carousel of drivers in 2018 and 2019, finishing 40th and 34th, respectively, in owner points.^[24][25]

In 2020, Harmon only ran the plate races in the No. 74 to make way for other drivers to drive his car.Joe Nemechek,Bayley Currey andKyle Weatherman all drove races for the team's entry, with Currey piloting the car in twenty of the 33.

On January 2, 2021, it was announced that Currey would compete full time in the No. 74, making it the second full-time entry for MHR for 2021.^[26] This would be the first time that the team would attempt to run two full-time drivers. (Currey in the No. 74 and Weatherman in the No. 47)^[27]

Currey went on to secure a team-best, top-ten finish, by crossing the line in seventh atPhoenix Raceway.^[28] However, eleven races later, he was reduced to a part-time capacity when he was replaced byJesse Iwuji at Pocono.^[29] The other drivers of the No. 74 in 2021, wereDawson Cram,^[30]Tim Viens,Carson Ware,C. J. McLaughlin,Gray Gaulding,Mike Harmon,^[31] andRyan Ellis. The team finished 40th in owner points.^[32]

On November 22, 2021, NASCAR suspended Ryan Bell, the crew chief of the MHR No. 74 car, for the first six races in 2022 for violating the vehicle testing rule when MHR brought the No. 74 car to a charity event atRockingham Speedway (a track that was no longer on the Truck Series schedule and therefore unsanctioned by NASCAR) and the car was driven around the track. In addition, the team was given a deduction of 75 owner and driver points for the start of the 2022 season. The team would appeal the penalty and lose, although theUS$50,000 fine to crew chief Ryan Bell was switched to car owner Mike Harmon.^[33] On January 27, 2022, MHR won its final appeal, rescinding Bell's suspension and the monetary fine while still receiving the points deduction.^[34]

In 2022,Tim Viens debuted the car at Daytona, but failed to qualify.^[20] The No. 74 was not fielded again in 2022, as the team shifted their attention to the No. 47, possibly due to the 75 point hole the No. 74 team had to dig out of.

In 2023, the No. 74 car would attempt to return to full-time competition withRyan Vargas as the primary driver, however this never materialized.^[35] Vargas would only attempt the first three races and fail to qualify all three of them.Dawson Cram then joined the team for Phoenix and Atlanta, finishing 38th and failing to qualify. Argentine driverBaltazar Leguizamón would attempt to qualify the 74 at COTA, but would fail to do so. Cram returned for Richmond, but would fail to qualify.Kaden Honeycutt would successfully qualify at Martinsville, but finish 38th. Team owner Mike Harmon attempted to qualify at Talladega, but would fail for the 7th time in the car’s first 9 attempts. Cram would then attempt 8 races in the 13-race stretch from Dover to Indianapolis RC, qualifying for two at Charlotte and Michigan, finishing 36th and 28th.Casey Carden will drive the 74 at Watkins Glen.

In 2024,Stanton Barrett would attempt to qualify the No. 74 car for the season opener atDaytona, but would fail to do so. The team would attempt the race atMartinsville withRyan Vargas behind the wheel, but would again fail to qualify.Jade Buford would attempt three races in the No. 74 but would fail to qualify for each of them. The team managed to qualify for their first race of the season atPocono withDawson Cram, afterJD Motorsports withdrew their No. 6 entry. However, Cram wrecked on the second lap and finished 38th.

In 2025,Carson Ware would attempt to qualify atDaytona, but was unable to. However, Carson would be able to qualify 35th atAtlanta Motor Speedway and finish 32nd. It was announced thatDawson Cram would be the driver forPhoenix Raceway of the No. 74 SAVE22 and Avail Financial Chevrolet.Dawson Cram would be involved in a late caution that would take him out of the race, finishing 35th. The No. 74 would be sponsored by Realty.com for the next three races, where Cram would qualify forLas Vegas Motor Speedway but DNQ for bothHomestead–Miami Speedway andMartinsville Speedway.

In the 2014 race atMid-Ohio Sports Car Course, MHR fielded a second car, the No. 77, forRoger Reuse to compete in the race against his brotherBobby in the team's No. 74 car. The car was a late entry on the entry list and therefore did not receive any points.^[48]

In2008, the team was renamed Elite 2 Racing, and instead of sharing two numbers with other part-time teams, they used their number, the No. 84 (the No. 48 reversed). Harmon again drove the car in most of the races the team ran, withCarl Long driving at Charlotte in May (although Harmon was originally going to drive the car in that race)^[49] and road course ringerDale Quarterley driving atMontreal andWatkins Glen. Though the team reverted to MHR in 2009, Harmon and Cobb ran the No. 84 entry in that season as well.

The team debuted their truck series program with the No. 42 in 2009. Harmon drove for four races, though he failed to qualify atTalladega.^[50]

In 2015, the team fielded an additional part-time entry by running the No. 49 truck. Harmon drove the truck atTexas, andCassie Gannis attempted to make her series debut atPhoenix, but failed to qualify.^[51]

In 2016, MHR fielded the No. 66 truck forTim Viens atLas Vegas andJosh Reeves atMartinsville. This truck was fielded usingBolen Motorsports owner points.

The team debuted the No. 74 truck in 2011, with Harmon as the driver. The team attempted seven races^[52]

The following year several drivers got behind the wheel, includingWheeler Boys,Rick Crawford,^[53] Brian Weber,^[54]Scott Riggs,^[55] andTim Andrews. Harmon himself attempted another seven races in the truck.^[56]

Two years later in 2014, Harmon made three starts,^[57] withWendell Chavous making two additional starts at Martinsville and Phoenix,^[58] andJordan Anderson made the final start at Homestead.^[59]

In 2015, Anderson returned to the truck for nineteen races. He failed to qualify twice atDaytona andBristol.^[60]Paige Decker attempted bothMartinsville races, failing to qualify at thespring Martinsville race.^[61]Tim Viens made a start atDover andStew Hayward made a start atEldora Speedway, finishing 32nd with an engine failure.

In 2016, Harmon made five starts, but he failed to qualify for three races and withdrew from a race atTalladega.^[62] Viens failed to qualify atAtlanta but made the race atNew Hampshire. Decker returned to drive the No. 74 atMartinsville.^[63] Anderson made a single start atPhoenix.

In 2017, Anderson attempted to make the season opener atDaytona but he failed to qualify.Joe Hudson made a start atCanadian Tire, finishing 27th after a brake failure.^[64] Harmon attempted three starts in the truck which included a withdraw from a race atHomestead–Miami Speedway.

In 2018, Harmon made nine starts but he failed to qualify for two races atMartinsville andTexas. He also withdrew from the race atLas Vegas Motor Speedway.B. J. McLeod made one start atPocono.

In 2025,Dawson Cram andCaleb Costner were announced to be driving the No. 74Toyota atPocono Raceway andRichmond Raceway respectively.^[65] Cram would place 32nd in their first race back atPocono.

In 2013, the team fielded the No. 84 truck in partnership withGlenden Enterprises.Robert Bruce drove the 84 truck atMartinsville. Harmon made 13 starts in the 84 truck but he failed to qualify for one race atBristol.^[66]

In 2016,Brandonbilt Motorsports developed an alliance with MHR, resulting inTim Viens running one race for the team.^[67]

In 2013, MHR fielded the No. 06Chevrolet forDexter Stacey atDaytona. He started 39th and finished 20th.

In 2008, MHR fielded the No. 24Chevy full-time for Harmon. Jim Walker drove the No. 24 atKentucky.

In 2009, Harmon drove the No. 24 atDaytona andTalladega.

In 2012, MHR fielded the No. 31Ford for Harmon atDaytona andTalladega.

Harmon drove the No. 38 for Oostlander Racing full-time in2006. He bought the team after the first two races of the2007 season and it became Richardson-Netzloff-Harmon Racing starting atNashville. He finished the season with one top-ten race finish at Pocono.^[2]

In 2024, Mixon Racing fielded the No. 47Toyota in collaboration with MHR forBecca Monopoli atDaytona.^{[68][69][70][71]} She ultimately failed to qualify after setting the 46th fastest time in qualifying.^[72]

The team debuted in what was then the ARCA Re/Max Series in2005 at the JulyPocono race with Art Seeger driving the No. 78 car.

In 2007, RNH partnered withDarrell Basham Racing to fieldRicky Gonzalez in their No. 94 car atMilwaukee andGateway.

• Mike Harmon Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference (Mike Harmon)
• Mike Harmon Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference (Donnie Richardson)
• Mike Harmon Racing website