Gerhart Racing

Owner(s)	Bobby Gerhart Billy Gerhart
Series	ARCA Menards Series
Race drivers	5.Dale Quarterley
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	1988

Gerhart Racing is an American professionalstock car racing team that currently competes in theARCA Menards Series. The team is owned byBobby Gerhart and his brotherBilly Gerhart, who is also the crew chief and lead mechanic.^[1][2] Due to Gerhart suffering a heart attack in December of 2019, the team has been inactive. After laying dormant for two seasons, the No. 5 returned in 2022, with Dale Quarterley driving at Daytona.

After starting hisWinston Cup career withGray Racing, Gerhart brought his own cars to Cup events starting in 1984. Qualifying for 22 races, the team used Nos. 71 and 59 in 1984, No. 25 in 1985, and No. 85 from 1986 and on.^[3] The team had a best finish of 19th atNorth Wilkesboro Speedway, but ran most of its races atPocono Raceway, near the team's shop. The team also failed to qualify for 22 races, five of themDaytona 500's.^[4] The team has not entered a Cup race since 2002.

After several years of driving forBob Schacht in NASCAR's second series, Gerhart moved his ARCA team to the Nationwide in 2013, attempting just three races: the two races atDaytona International Speedway and the race atTalladega Superspeedway. With Gerhart driving, the team qualified for the Talladega and the later Daytona race with funding fromLucas Oil.^[5] 2014 brought a similar mantra for the team: attempt the three restrictor plate races. Gerhart made two of them, the spring Daytona and Talladega, while failing to qualify for the summer Daytona race.^[6] In 2015, Gerhart made one of the three races he attempted with the team, theSubway Firecracker 250. He failed to qualify for thePowerShares QQQ 300 and theWinn-Dixie 300.^[7] Known for running well atrestrictor plate tracks, Gerhart attempted and made the first two plate races of the 2016 season, crashing at Daytona and turning in a 33rd place finish at Talladega.^[8]

Gerhart drove this truck in the 2015 Truck race at Talladega, sticking to the theme of restrictor plate tracks.^[9] In 2016, the team attempted the season-openingNextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona. Gerhart equaled his 2015 Talladega result with a 12th place finish.^[10]

In 2017, Gerhart drove this truck in the season-openingNextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona. He was involved in the big one just in the initial laps but suffered only minor damages but that turned out in a radiator failure later in the race. Bobby finished in 21st place. He drove the 63 at Daytona and Talladega the next year. In the 2019 Daytona race, he was involved in a late overtime crash but earned an 11th place finish.

Since 1988, Gerhart has competed for his self-owned team in the ARCA Racing Series. All 9 of his ARCA wins came at Daytona and Talladega. On two separate occasions, Gerhart won 3 straight races at Daytona, from 2005–2007, and again from 2010–2012. Gerhart's best ARCA performance was in the 2006 season, running the full schedule since the 2000 season, and finishing 2nd in points toFrank Kimmel. Gerhart has typically run the majority of the season since 2007, with other teams leasing his points to run races.

In 2022,Dale Quarterley tested a BGR car at Daytona. BGR and Quarterley would run the 2022 ARCA season opener at Daytona.

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